Europe Backdrop to the war in Ukraine

[Gethelred]

This is the thread for the geopolitics, history and framework around the Russia-Ukraine conflict. If you want to discuss the events of the war, head over to this thread:

Europe - War in Ukraine - Thread 4 - thread rules updated

This is the thread for discussing the War in Ukraine. Should you want to discuss the geopolitics, the history, or an interesting tangent, head over here: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/backdrop-to-the-war-in-ukraine.1302028/ If a post isn't directly concerning the events of the war or...

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[jatz14]

I definitely am, because I am the only one here who quotes sources which are not mouthpieces of CIA propaganda.

The reason for that of course, everything that disagrees with your world view is ispo facto CIA propaganda.

 

[Mobbs]

Through a historical materialist analysis of social reality, which means a scientific study of the evolution of capitalist society.
One can only achieve a scientific analysis of capitalism by opposing it down the line, and by recognising the class nature of all political phenomena.

Exactly what I was gonna say!

 

[CD Xbow]

Through a historical materialist analysis of social reality, which means a scientific study of the evolution of capitalist society.
One can only achieve a scientific analysis of capitalism by opposing it down the line, and by recognising the class nature of all political phenomena.

Another comedic post by you. You have no idea about science. Dialectical materialism is not science. Marxist critiques of capitalism are not science. It's a misuse of the use of the word by Marxists to try to give them some credibility. It's much the same when Senator Moron Roberts uses the word empirical.

 

[IlovethePies]

Another comedic post by you. You have no idea about science. Dialectical materialism is not science. Marxist critiques of capitalism are not science. It's a misuse of the use of the word by Marxists to try to give them some credibility. It's much the same when Senator Moron Roberts uses the word empirical.

I feel embarassed for you. You really should refrain commenting on something about which you are completely ignorant.

 

[Aussie in exile]

I definitely am, because I am the only one here who quotes sources which are not mouthpieces of CIA propaganda.

You certainly use quotes from the kremlin propaganda machine.

 

[CD Xbow]

I'm gr

I feel embarassed for you. You really should refrain commenting on something about which you are completely ignorant.

Thank you for your embarrassment, I appreciate the thought. The fact remains dialectical materialism, marxism etc are not science. You are misusing the word science to lend credence to your failed political ideology.

 

[Jamolad]

Another comedic post by you. You have no idea about science. Dialectical materialism is not science. Marxist critiques of capitalism are not science. It's a misuse of the use of the word by Marxists to try to give them some credibility. It's much the same when Senator Moron Roberts uses the word empirical.

Literally says his analysis is biased. An objective, scientific analysis does not start from a position of opposition.

 

[wannabejack]

Gazprom stops supplying gas to Austria

The cut-off potentially spells the end for a long-term contract agreed to last until 2040.

www.euractiv.com

Austria was(?) locked into a long-term contract until 2040.

The Russian energy company Gazprom will stop sending gas to Austria effectively this weekend, said the country's energy major supplier, OMV.

After OMV was awarded €230 million in damages in an arbitration against Gazprom, it announced its intention to stop paying bills to recoup the money. In response, the state-owned Russian company is turning off the tap, the company said on Friday.

Despite that, Austria is not expecting an immediate gas shortage in the coming winter – the country’s storage facilities hold a whole year’s supply and are 90% full.

The move potentially ends a six-decade history of Austria receiving gas from Russia, first offered after Moscow blocked the alpine country from joining the EU, forcing it to remain a neutral country in the Cold War.

“But tomorrow also marks the end of a risk. If we no longer receive supplies from Russia, we can no longer be blackmailed,” she added.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Gazprom stops supplying gas to Austria

The cut-off potentially spells the end for a long-term contract agreed to last until 2040.

www.euractiv.com

Austria was(?) locked into a long-term contract until 2040.

The Russian energy company Gazprom will stop sending gas to Austria effectively this weekend, said the country's energy major supplier, OMV.

After OMV was awarded €230 million in damages in an arbitration against Gazprom, it announced its intention to stop paying bills to recoup the money. In response, the state-owned Russian company is turning off the tap, the company said on Friday.

Despite that, Austria is not expecting an immediate gas shortage in the coming winter – the country’s storage facilities hold a whole year’s supply and are 90% full.

The move potentially ends a six-decade history of Austria receiving gas from Russia, first offered after Moscow blocked the alpine country from joining the EU, forcing it to remain a neutral country in the Cold War.

“But tomorrow also marks the end of a risk. If we no longer receive supplies from Russia, we can no longer be blackmailed,” she added.

OK this is almost comical.
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So Austria has a good bit of Hydro, are running on gas, and are importing 20% of their electricity from Czechia.
Guess where the Czech's get their gas.

Czechs Return to Russian Gas as Cost of Alternatives Bites

Europe has spent the past two years trying to free itself from dependence on Russian energy, but more expensive alternatives are prompting some landlocked countries to go back to their old source.

www.bnnbloomberg.ca

 

[wannabejack]

Not that knowledgeable regarding russian supply to Europe.

From the bnnbloomberg article
Now it’s [Czech Republic] importing at least some Russian fuel via Slovakia, grid data show.

Those relatively cheap supplies are set to come to an abrupt halt at the end of the year, when a deal allowing flows from Russia to the European Union via Ukraine expires.

Image from another article

 

[barreness]

Quick Google to refresh my memory of the last time I looked -

Their billionaires make up more of the GDP per capita than any other country.


Bottom 50% share of GDP cut in half in the 90's. Top 1% quadrupled. Very slowly narrowing over time. 08 financial crisis took a bite out of the top 1% - Putin can't really be praised for that.

Corruption indices are high. Public services poor.

Trillions hidden in tax havens. Low investment.

They're in the zone of wealth inequality and low GDP, while the US's wealth inequality is off of a higher base.

Ah yes, capitalism

Now Putin pulled the plug on what little progress was made. Brain drain and sanctions will have huge effects into the future.

Yeh probs

Middle class disappearing and it's back to chaos and rising inequality, while draining the public purse (and killing 600,000 of his own citizens) for delusions of empire.

I mean 600k is probably casualties, but I don't trust many numbers until later

But he has the Urals and Asian Russia to drain of people and resources to keep his mates happy and his head out of a noose. For now.

That is Russia's strength and why the US will continue to hate them. Land and resources which could conceivably challenge the US heartland