Putin's Threats VS Reality: Russia is freezing while Europe is Prospering

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27 Jan 202404:13

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before the fullscale invasion of Ukraine

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by Russian troops the Federation

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supplied about 40% of the EU country's

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natural gas needs the kremlin's favorite

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strategy even before February 24th 2022

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was blackmail gas prom occasionally cut

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supplies to disloyal Europeans but after

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Russia's fullscale invasion of Ukraine

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began reducing Russian energy

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consumption became part of EU policy in

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2023 pumping through gas pipelines

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decreased by more than

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50%

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the European Union first of all has

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taken significant measures to reduce

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dependence on Russian Gas Energy Saving

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Energy Efficiency significant funds have

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been allocated in the European Union for

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this the share of Green generation in

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the EU energy balance has also increased

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wind solar biofuels in the first place

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natural gas consumption in the EU has

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been reduced by about

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15% Europe has managed to hold the enemy

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market and avoid shortages as a result

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the gas price in the EU countries is now

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$300 per 1,000 cubic meters whereas

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according to the forecast of Dimitri

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medv Deputy chairman of the Russian

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Security Council it should have cost

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$5,000 per 1,000 cubic meters meaning

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that gas is now 18 times cheaper than

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Russian authorities promised the

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Europeans even if the chill holds for

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rest of the season Europe would still

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consume far less natural gas for heating

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than in a normal winter with demand down

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Regional gas storage isn't being

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depleted as fast as expected or feared

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with that comes lower prices compared

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with a year ago they are down

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45% Javier Blas Bloomberg energy expert

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in

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LinkedIn in the face of Western

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sanctions and the loss of its largest

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gas sales Market Europe Russia has

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managed to diversify its supplies

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however the losses are not comparable to

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the revenues experts

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believe Russia is suffering significant

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losses first of all it's the gaspro

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company it reduced gas consumption last

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year by about 23% because it lost 85% of

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the European Union market in terms of

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pipeline transport only supplies to

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Austria Hungary Slovakia and partly to

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the Czech Republic where left while

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blackmailing the World by cutting off

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gas supplies the Kremlin seems to have

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forgotten about its own consumers the

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current heating season has become a

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record-breaking one in terms of the

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number of communal accidents in the

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first few weeks of winter alone the

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number of homes left without water and

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heating exceeded last year's figure and

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became one of the largest in decades and

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this is just the beginning funds for

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repair and maintainance of Utilities in

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the state budget will only continue to

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shrink starting from 2025 according to

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the budget law there will will be a

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sharp sequestration of expenditures on

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housing and utilities it will be cut by

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43% to 56 billion rubles and in 2026 by

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another 25% to

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381 billion rues th in 3 years the

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budget of the housing and utilities

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sector financed by the federal treasury

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will shrink 2.3 times from the Moscow

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times only Nova on January 11th about

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10,000 people were left without heating

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a week later 13 residents of the city

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received burns after boiling water pipes

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burst later the situation in Nova worsen

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the accident occurred on the other side

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of the

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city at the same time the attempts of

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local residents to achieve Justice

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failed the Nova authorities have for the

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second time denied citizens the right to

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go to a rally the mayor's office

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considered it a threat to the

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Constitutional order reported by

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Anastasia tarava Lisa zuo uatv

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