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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014
Ukraine mini-SITREP: very ominous developments (follow up)
This post is a short follow-up to the Ukraine mini-SITREP: very ominous developments post I did a couple of days ago.
Several of you have noticed what can only be called a declaration of war on Russia by one of the top figures of the AngloZionist international capital, George Soros who has declared that "Russia is an existential threat to Europe". First, Khodorkovsky, now Soros - it is pretty clear who is gunning for Russia and how, and it is equally clear that what these financiers are really admitting by their bellicose statements is that Putin is an existential threat tothem. In the latter statement, they are actually 100% correct (proving one more time that those who say that Putin is an oligarchic puppet are just useful and manipulated idiots).
Nuland, Soros, Khodorkovsky, Hillary, Friedman and the list goes on and on and on. The entire Neocon cabal is out for war and they are putting tremendous pressure on the rest of the planet to join.
The Europeans are, typically, showing less spine than a microwaved jellyfish: even though they fully know and understand that Uncle Sam is propping up a Nazi regime in Kiev and that the US policies are hurting them, they will do whatever the US tells them. There is no European foreign policy to speak of. All the Europeans can produce is a submissive "yessir! anything you say sir!". One of the most pitiful expressions of this European submission to any order from the US, no matter how stupid, is this fairytale about a Russian submarine lurking inside the Swedish waters.
Not only is that a bad replay of the Swedish Cold War era paranoia following the Whiskey on the Rocksincident, in which a navigational error resulted in a Soviet Whiskey-class sub being beached on the rocks near Karlskrona. While the Swedes of the Cold War could be excused for seeing Soviet subs as often as Scots see the Loch Ness Monster, to come up with the same nonsense in 2014 is plain embarrassing and shows that the Swedish military will also execute any other, no matter how evidently stupid. This time around, the BBC claimsthat the first sign of a Russian sub was, I kid you not, a "radio conversation in Russian was reportedly detected on Thursday 16 October between the Stockholm archipelago and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, where Russia's Baltic fleet is based". Apparently, there are people dumb enough to believe this kind of nonsense.
Seriously, funny as these "Swedish fairytales" are, we should not overlook the fact that the intention behind them is not funny at all: to create fear and possibly a pretext for a confrontation.
In the meantime, in Banderastan, things are getting worse and worse every day and the only thing holding back a full scale Ukie attack on Novorussia is the fear of further military defeats before the elections. But short of a major change in dynamic, a Ukie attack will happen as soon as the elections are over. One thing which could delay such an attack would be an anti-Poroshenko coup in Kiev.
Though this has not quite been reported that way, one thing which did come out of the Milan summit is that the Ukrainians have basically admitted that they have no money at all. None. Hence all the talks about the Europeans forking the money for the Russian gas. Also, the cold season has begun and from now on its all just going to get worse and worse.
Several of you have noticed what can only be called a declaration of war on Russia by one of the top figures of the AngloZionist international capital, George Soros who has declared that "Russia is an existential threat to Europe". First, Khodorkovsky, now Soros - it is pretty clear who is gunning for Russia and how, and it is equally clear that what these financiers are really admitting by their bellicose statements is that Putin is an existential threat tothem. In the latter statement, they are actually 100% correct (proving one more time that those who say that Putin is an oligarchic puppet are just useful and manipulated idiots).
The Europeans are, typically, showing less spine than a microwaved jellyfish: even though they fully know and understand that Uncle Sam is propping up a Nazi regime in Kiev and that the US policies are hurting them, they will do whatever the US tells them. There is no European foreign policy to speak of. All the Europeans can produce is a submissive "yessir! anything you say sir!". One of the most pitiful expressions of this European submission to any order from the US, no matter how stupid, is this fairytale about a Russian submarine lurking inside the Swedish waters.
Not only is that a bad replay of the Swedish Cold War era paranoia following the Whiskey on the Rocksincident, in which a navigational error resulted in a Soviet Whiskey-class sub being beached on the rocks near Karlskrona. While the Swedes of the Cold War could be excused for seeing Soviet subs as often as Scots see the Loch Ness Monster, to come up with the same nonsense in 2014 is plain embarrassing and shows that the Swedish military will also execute any other, no matter how evidently stupid. This time around, the BBC claimsthat the first sign of a Russian sub was, I kid you not, a "radio conversation in Russian was reportedly detected on Thursday 16 October between the Stockholm archipelago and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, where Russia's Baltic fleet is based". Apparently, there are people dumb enough to believe this kind of nonsense.
Seriously, funny as these "Swedish fairytales" are, we should not overlook the fact that the intention behind them is not funny at all: to create fear and possibly a pretext for a confrontation.
In the meantime, in Banderastan, things are getting worse and worse every day and the only thing holding back a full scale Ukie attack on Novorussia is the fear of further military defeats before the elections. But short of a major change in dynamic, a Ukie attack will happen as soon as the elections are over. One thing which could delay such an attack would be an anti-Poroshenko coup in Kiev.Though this has not quite been reported that way, one thing which did come out of the Milan summit is that the Ukrainians have basically admitted that they have no money at all. None. Hence all the talks about the Europeans forking the money for the Russian gas. Also, the cold season has begun and from now on its all just going to get worse and worse.
Links for Friday - Naked Capital with commentary from that Blog !
Ukraine
Saturday tweets..Has Putin Already Won in Ukraine? Sure Looks That Way Business Week. We called that a while ago. One proof is the way Ukraine is notably absent from US headlines.Barroso Says EU Can Give Ukraine At Most $1 Billion to Pay Bills Wall Street Journal. Note: less than what Ukraine asked for.
Ukraine’s president says gas compromise highly probable http://en.tass.ru/economy/756534
CyberBerkut says it hacks into electronic counting system, Ukraine’s CEC website http://en.tass.ru/world/756503
Cluster Alarm: #Ukraine used banned weapons, evidence indicates http://youtu.be/vKMx8gM-cFg
YouTubeFriday tweets....
TASS
European Commission caps funds for Ukraine at €790 million http://en.tass.ru/economy/756283
Halya Coynash: Whose 'widespread use of cluster munitions'? #Ukraine #Russia http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/op-ed/halya-coynash-whose-widespread-use-of-cluster-munitions-369248.html …
#EU ready to give at most $1 billion to #Kyiv, sum not enough to pay bills http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/eu-ready-to-give-at-most-1-billion-to-kyiv-sum-not-enough-to-pay-bills-369221.html …
China not to join sanctions against Russia — Chinese ForMin http://en.tass.ru/world/756250
Ceasefire reduces mortality in east of Ukraine http://en.tass.ru/world/756240
Ukraine’s complaint to WTO against Russia futile — agricultural watchdog chief http://en.tass.ru/economy/756230
MORE: Russian ruble hit new bottom reaching all-time low of 42 rubles to dollar http://bit.ly/1xgGqhB
MORE: #Putin, #Merkel discussed gas deliveries to #Ukraine during phone conversation http://bit.ly/1xgyTPS
Evening Tweets...
Italian agriculture suffers serious losses amid restricted food import to Russia http://bit.ly/1rnrk6B
600 tons of illegal meat disguised as marmalade detained on Russia-Estonia border http://bit.ly/1rnrk6B
MORE: Attempts to isolate #Russia futile - Kremlin http://bit.ly/1wuZ6vS
MORE: #Russia will sue #France if Paris refuses to honor #Mistral warship contract http://bit.ly/1rngxJu
Reuters: Lawmakers extend #Ukraine's access to #EU markets http://www.kyivpost.com/content/business/reuters-lawmakers-extend-ukraines-access-to-eu-markets-369182.html …
Kyiv Post. Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. Issue #43, Year #19.
http://rt.com/business/198460-russia-gas-ukraine-loan/
Russia against new gas ‘loans’ for Ukraine - Energy Minister
Russia is refusing to agree to payment options proposed by the EU, calling them a hidden form of credit. Kiev has less than a week to find the money for Russian gas, ahead of the next round of negotiations on October 29.
Moscow won’t accept any of the payment plans proposed so far by the European Commission, Russia’s Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak said Wednesday at a National oil and gas forum in Moscow.
One of the options put forward by the European Commission is that it could advance money to Ukraine for transit of Russian gas through to March. Novak says that this would in fact be a loan to Ukraine’s Naftogaz which the company will use to pay for Russian deliveries in November and December.
“Of course we can’t accept this, because this is another Naftogaz loan and it contradicts Russia’s stance that the country had earlier voiced. The whole idea turns into Gazprom financing gas transit, that’s why we don’t accept it,” Novak said.
The other alternative proposed by Europe would mean that French company GDF Suez will become an intermediary for supplies of Russian gas to Ukraine. The company says it is ready to purchase Russian gas and then resell it to Naftogaz.
“The question is where Ukraine is going to get financial sources to buy gas from an intermediary. If they [GDF – Ed.] are ready to offer credit to Ukraine, then why don’t they give credit to Naftogaz for it to purchase gas from Gazprom?” he asked.
Such an option would mean changes to the transit terms in the 2009 contract, which Russia strongly rejects. “The contract on gas transit was signed in 2009 and is valid to 2019. The Russian Federation and Gazprom are not going to change the system and introduce any alterations,” Novak concluded.
Russia, EU and Ukraine held trilateral talks on Tuesday in Brussels. All three parties confirmed Kiev will pay $385 per 1,000 cubic meters through to the end of March. The terms of the current deliveries stipulate that Ukraine pays off the accumulated debt for November and December of 2013 which amounts to $1.45 billion.
Gazprom estimates Ukraine’s total debt at $5.2 billion from November 2013 to June 2014. Naftogaz disagrees with the figures and has taken the case to the arbitration tribunal in Stockholm, trying to have the figure reduced. A repayment of $3.1 billion has been agreed to be made by the end of the year, and was worked out using the price of $268 by Naftogaz.
“We agreed that $3.1 billion will be discharged this year. The first tranche has to be paid off before the resumption of gas shipments and the second one, in the amount of $1.65 billion, by the end of the year. The shipments will be resumed only in this case,” Novak concluded.
Morning Tweets....
MORE: Ukrainian Energy Minister is optimistic about next three-way gas talks http://bit.ly/1wuAuDD
BREAKING: Moscow hopes that parliamentary polls will bring stability to Ukraine - Foreign Ministry
BREAKING: Russian observers to take part in #OSCE observer mission to Ukrainian parliamentary elections – Russian Foreign Ministry
BREAKING: Russia calls on West to influence Kiev to stop using cluster bombs which is considered a war crime
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