The country with the world’s largest oil reserves blasts Western idiocy
The sanctions imposed against Russia and its oil and gas are irrational, unreasonable, and illogical, said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, according to TeleSUR TV.
The sanctions imposed against Russia and its oil and gas are irrational, unreasonable, and illogical, said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, according to TeleSUR TV.
Ongoing events are relentlessly driving change across the 27 member states of the European Union. As Western Europe enters a period of uncertainty, record inflation, endemic shortages and trade isolation, it is inevitable that there will be a falling out of the ranks among the member nations.
Angry and distressed protesters demand the government’s resignation over soaring energy prices, inflation and military support for Ukraine. Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in central Prague on Saturday for a march dubbed ‘Czech Republic First,’ urging the government to resign over soaring energy prices and inflation, and to drop anti-Russia sanctions.
The American Conservative said the West had fallen into an economic trap that it had set for Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the senior editor of the publication Rod Dreher, the economic war unleashed by Western countries against Russia could result in the collapse of the West itself.
Deputy head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev believes that citizens of European countries are dissatisfied with the policies of their governments. In particular, sanctions against Russia, which, according to him, provoke ‘freezing accommodation’ and ‘empty shelves in stores and refrigerators.’ In this regard, the Europeans should call to account their governments, Medvedev said.
Threat and scare tactics are being spread by state media to discourage citizens attracted to strike against paying soaring energy bills. Amid fast-growing support in the UK for the Don’t Pay movement, which is trying to get the government to back down from raising energy prices, an executive at energy company Utilita warned that refusing to pay their electricity bills would cause ‘all sorts of problems’ for people.
The Brussels-based European Commission made up of 27 unelected commissioners is pressing Poland to take more serious decisions on the rule of law, delaying the allocation of financial assistance in connection with the pandemic because of this.
Devotees to political correctness would be horrified should they chance upon the racism inherent in every remark made by Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902).
A second front has opened in the Ukrainian conflict – the energy war in Europe concedes The Wall Street Journal. Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined his strategy for this stage in June at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
A worrying trend is unfolding among German manufacturers as more and more companies give up their production or have already restricted their operations due to the sharp increase in energy prices, a new survey has shown.
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