Tag: politics

Why fuel prices in the US and Europe are rising against the backdrop of cheaper fuel in Russia

Against the background of the aggravation of the situation around Ukraine and Western sanctions against Moscow, oil on the world market has risen in price by more than one and a half times since the beginning of the year. The sharp rise in the cost of raw materials led to a rush increase in prices for motor fuel in the US and Europe. Meanwhile, in Russia, gasoline, on the contrary, began to gradually become cheaper. Experts attribute this to the action of a special damping mechanism. In addition, pricing features in the Russian fuel market also play a certain role, experts say.

Never tell your doctor you’re a Russian

A Ukrainian doctor overseeing the treatment of patients at a mobile hospital in eastern Ukraine has revealed during a television interview that he has ordered the castration of captured Russian soldiers. Speaking to TV host Yevgeny Kiselyov on the Ukraine-24 news channel, Gennadiy Druzenko explained he had given strict orders to disfigure Russian prisoners of war, who he referred to as cockroaches.

If Europe had as many feet as a centipede it would shoot itself in every foot

Tourism in Italy is considered a backbone industry, which before the quizzical pandemic brought 13% of the country’s GDP, German TV channel Das Erste reports. In 2019, 1.7 million tourists from Russia visited Italy, leaving almost a billion euros on vacation, but because of the events in Ukraine, they are no longer counted on, which leads many companies in the Italian tourism sector to despair. The same picture emerges in Greece, Spain and Portugal.