The hidden thing here is that, Russia has just one export : energy. If Europe decided that they are no longer working with Russia, even in the face of economic collapse, then it means that Russia will eventually grow smaller and smaller and will have money problems for sure. Plus, there has been so many Russian oligarchs who lost their assets and money at the same time as well, all taken from them.

This doesn't mean that economic data shows Russia doing badly right now, you are %100 right that they are doing much better after the war, but this is mainly due to everyone slowly getting away hence making the price increase and why making Russia a short term profit. Do you really see nations getting any energy from Russia 10 years later? Of course not, then what will Russia sell to keep this economy?

PS. By the way, a question! It turns out in Russia the genocide of all peoples, except for the "Russians" so to speak? The state language in Russia is Russian? Where is Tatar, where is Hebrew, where is Ukrainian and Udmurt? Pure water genocide is obtained!

0. If we talk specifically about Germany - yes, I agree, at the moment there are no terminals for receiving LNG in Germany, I apologize for the inaccuracy of the answer! But the lack of LNG terminals, namely in Germany, does not create a global problem for Germany related to obtaining LNG. Why ? Because:
1. LNG can be obtained from any neighbor, terminal owner that regasifies LNG.
2. Germany signed contracts for chartering four floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals in partnership with utility companies RWE and Uniper. And this replaces the missing terminals at the first stage.
3. Germany, in partnership with the Dutch Nederlandse Gasunie NV and RWE AG, will build a terminals for liquefied natural gas to refuse Russian imports. As a result, 4 LNG terminals will be built. They will be located in the cities of Wilhelmshaven, Stade, Hamburg, Brunsbuttel.

Those. Rented floating terminals will be used NOW, in the near future, for systemic diversification of gas supplies - 4 LNG terminals will be built. Moreover, two of them should go into operation in the coming winter - at the end of 2022 or at the very beginning of 2023.

AND ? Where is the problem ?

And about the games with the ruble, or rather its stability - that is. "strengthening the ruble" - is it just manipulation? Or how to call a currency in which stability and strength is replaced by weakness in 1 day and by order?

And another question about the ruble - if it has strengthened so much, why did inflationary processes, even for the simplest products, of domestic production, rise sharply in price? And even after the strengthening of the ruble, mathematically almost 2 times (in relation to the peak), prices continued to grow, in rubles? For local products?

Russia's invasion of Ukraine since February has somehow resurrected some buried grudges between some countries as news circulating the world has it of China's plan to infiltrate Taiwanese military defense with the hopes of claiming it.
 Taiwan, a small island nation in coast of mainland China in East Asia, sharing borders with the Philippines and Japan, on a normal day are a city of lawyers, software engineers and blacksmiths, but then, the imminent threat of China to invade their city has had them changing course; men are now engaging in military training to enable them prepare for a possible attack by China.
 Has Russia succeded in encouraging other nations who have high military might to feel they can up and invade another sovereign nation whenever the urge arises?? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34729538

Would be interested to know which direction public opinion is blowing on these policies.

China's economy isn't doing great at the moment. They're far from collapse but their economic growth appears to be slowing a bit.

They might look to Taiwan to ease any economic woes if they have them. Not that the Ukrainian war would have offered them any pause in their intentions to take Taiwan, but it certainly has reaffirmed their ambitions seeing the miserable response by most EU nations and the U.S. The only difference is that Taiwan is worth more to the U.S. than Ukraine. So if compelled, the U.S. might use military force to protect Taiwan in the event of an invasion (I'm still a bit doubtful thought).

China are the real winners here.

How do you think China would respond to this crisis? your thoughts please.

But about the lack of LNG terminals - do you think if you lie so primitively, the terminals will disappear? Or will everyone believe and not check? You're not in Russia, this doesn't work here Or maybe you just don't know? Well then, I apologize. For one I will give you data from the real world

- On the European continent, including Turkey, today there are 28 terminals for receiving and processing LNG. At the same time, according to the latest data, only half of the capacities of these terminals are used.
- Spain is the country with the most LNG terminals in Europe. In total, six terminals operate in this country with an annual capacity of 43.8 million tons.
- there are 3 LNG terminals in the UK with an annual capacity of 38.1 million tons,
- in France 4 terminals with a capacity of 25 million tons
- Italy has 3 terminals with a capacity of 11 million tons.
- 2 LNG terminals operate in Turkey,
- in Belgium, Greece, Portugal, the Netherlands and Poland - one each.
- In addition, Turkey has in its arsenal 2 floating regasification units (PRGU), Israel, Lithuania and Croatia - one PRGU each.
- There are also small terminals for receiving LNG in countries such as Norway, Sweden and Malta, which are not included in the list of LNG import terminals.
- The total capacity of LNG terminals in Europe is about 150 million tons. However, today their workload is about 50%.
- Today, Europe meets only a quarter of its gas needs with LNG. At the same time, there are about 70-75 million tons of free capacity. And this means that after a full load, the EU will be able to replace more than half of Russian gas supplies, minimize the risks with gas supplies and stop financing international terrorists.

Knowledge is power ! But lies are stupid and always revealed ....

5. I agree! But for the betrayal of some, others can pay! This is also to p.p. 4 about betrayal. Let me remind Germany and Italy of the words of the Kremlin's miserable likeness of Hitler - "like it or not, bear it my beauty" ("нpaвитcя, нe нpaвитcя, тepпи мoя кpacaвицa"), now this applies to these two countries!

You really look at the tied up and executed bodies in Bucha, and think to yourself: They would never do that to me. I'm on their side, Right?
Well maybe they would accept you on their side. except they would also give you a gun and tell you to march forward or get shot if you disobey or run.

So the choices between execution and forced conscription are somewhat alluring to you? You realise that Bucha was meant as warning of whats to come to the west, right?

What we need to do on the internet is weed out potential traitors while we have the chance. so people like that won't get the chance to paint infrared-reflective X's on people's houses as targets for Russian Air Force. Maybe we should start making a list starting on Bitcointalk. Surely they have some IP addresses of some interesting people.

Ukraine killed the traitors before the enemies. Thats what war is.

This sort of argument has been going on for many decades now. Trust me, if there was a suitable replacement for crude oil, then it could have easily replaced crude oil and gas within a span of few years. But the truth is that, till now there is no such replacement. EVs are insanely expensive and the batteries need to be replaced very frequently (on top of that there is a shortage of Lithium and Cobalt). And now coming to Hydrogen, it is neither safe nor portable. For the next two decades, the green lobby will make tall claims of running vehicles on hydrogen and electricity, and nothing will change on the ground.

I looked at the ruble
1. Do you remember the dollar exchange rate, OFFICIAL, in the USSR? Do you know why it is so "stable"? And what will happen when they impose an embargo on the purchase of oil and gas?
I give about 1-2 months after the embargo is introduced, and I predict a total collapse of the ruble. Now, by the way, it is not the stabilization of the ruble, but the washing out of the currency from the hamsters who still keep the dollar and the euro "under the mattress."
2. What can you say about the fact that the strengthening of the ruble is not economically beneficial for Russian exporters. "Great Economist" Kremlin miserable copy of Hitler, that one says that the depreciation of the ruble is pure benefit for the economy!
Here is a link to a video where he explains this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJo1YvNI6EQ (we turn on subtitles and translation, and read)
So someone sabotaged?
3. What currency is the Russian budget in? And what will the strengthening of the dollar lead to, despite the fact that the budget of Russia in good times was formed by 40-50% due to EXPORT and foreign exchange earnings?
4. About Germany. Germany's consumption of Russian gas is about 50%. Accordingly, Qatar will replace half of the gas from Russia. It's already good. LNG - yes, maybe a little more expensive, but at the same time, its supplies are increasing every day. Germany WILL have to pay for its flirtations and venality to the Kremlin terrorists - this is a fact, but they themselves are to blame for this. No need to choose such "friends" and sell yourself
There will be no suicide. There will be retribution for the "mistakes" made earlier. And in a couple of years the situation will completely stabilize, and everyone will forget about gas from Russia ...
5. About Europe. Europe, namely Germany, Italy, France, Hungary - these are those who lay under Russia, selling themselves, exchanging their pocket interests above the interests of the EU and their countries. Now they are paying for it. This is fine. It's like smoking, and then treating a long and expensive lung disease. This is predictable, they talked about it and warned, but someone decided that it would bypass him. No - it didn't work
All other countries do not have a critical dependence on Russian gas and are now actively looking for and finding alternative supplies.

And why did you again pull out a piece from the interview, passing it off as the main essence, moreover, as the main message? Don't believe? Let's compare what you put in the headline and what is actually?
You write: "In the coming days, Bulgaria will hold talks with the European Commission and discuss with its representatives Russia's demand to pay for gas in rubles"
The article, in fact, is called "Can Bulgaria also pay for Russian gas in rubles?".
There is a difference, right? And now I will briefly retell what the interview itself is about. This is where it gets even more interesting!

And so - what is it all about?
And it’s about the fact that reporters are interested in the opinion of the Minister of Energy, on such a question (journalists ask this question) - if Germany and Italy pay for gas in rubles (as the Kremlin terrorist demands in hysterics since April 1), then what should be the position Bulgaria, Poland and other countries that adhere to the legal side and comply with the terms of the contract, and not someone else's fantasy.
To which the minister replies - that the question is good, and it will be voiced at the level of the European Commission (which is categorically against fulfilling the idiotic demands of the global, including economic, terrorist). The Minister also notes that yes, the level of solidarity should be maximum, and if there are exceptions, this should be discussed. At the same time, the minister said that Gazprom uses gas supplies "as a political tool for pressure", and "the most unpleasant thing is that he (Gazprom) is an unpredictable partner."
And to the question of journalists "Why YOU SAY that Russia wants to use Gazprom as a weapon to destabilize Bulgaria", he answered bluntly - "because, obviously, she has an interest in this. This is my interpretation of what is happening"

Also, very lol (by the way, why did you decide to skip it? ), he told that at the beginning of June tankers with liquefied gas from the USA ALREADY ARRIVAL, and a contract was signed with the USA where the price of gas is BETTER than the price from Gazprom! This is real lol!

A true testament to the effectiveness of drinking children's blood perhaps.  Or at least having the blood of millions of 'useless eaters' on your hands.

I apologize for interfering in your dialogue, I will clarify a little. I agree that WAR is a consequence of the failure of diplomatic efforts, negotiations. War ... This is when the army fights against the army, with the aim of either making some decisions, or changing power by force / military means, or resolving territorial disputes. But our situation is different. This is an attempt to DESTROY the country, people, culture. Massacres, and sadistic ones, are not war. This is fascism and terrorism. Deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure is fascism and terrorism. The systematic, purposeful, total destruction of civilian cities is fascism and terrorism. The purposeful destruction of a nation, its culture, history, language is genocide, fascism and terrorism. According to your logic, it turns out that - the mass, purposeful, murder of Jews by Nazi Germany, is it just "not agreed"? No, this is called genocide and fascism! In our reality, genocide as a consequence of terrorism and rashism. Let's be honest about the situation!

Even Kissinger agrees with you:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/05/23/henry-kissinger-warns-against-defeat-russia-western-unity-sanctions/


“I hope the Ukrainians will match the heroism they have shown with wisdom,” he said, adding with his famous sense of realpolitik that the proper role for the country is to be a neutral buffer state rather than the frontier of Europe.

Remember Stalingrad?
Sure, there are differences, but in essence the (original) nazis were led into exhaust.
And yes, you need an advantage between 4:1 to 10:1 in equipment to attack and hold a region, but this isn't everything. You need skilled personell, motivated and healthy soldiers, experienced commanders and, most important, steady supply. Who cares about 20 times more in weapons when it's a question of time to see them transformed into a rusty pile of metal?
It's also starting to boil inside Russia, more and more people don't want to get poor and lose their sons MIA because of this war.
Victory?

So basically the ukrainian army is retreating to shorten their supply paths, while lenghtening the russian ones.
You may call it "intentionally falling apart".
Of course, state controlled media of Russia will exploit this as a victory, while also announcing that Russia has already destroyed 150% of western heavy artillery supplies and 200% of ukrainian nazi ammunition. As a proof, they will use embedded reporting to show artillery projectiles with laser engraved swastikas.

#meh

While the Ukraine is evidently backed by western intelligence, Russia's moves are obviously backed by russian... uhm.. "intelligence".
Looking forward to July, when all the new western supplied weaponry is moving against them BTG's in the liberalized occupied areas in east of Ukraine.

All the russian weapons and vehicles built after WW2 were produced to be used, so be it. We'll see if high precision weapons will give an advantage over "high precision" weapons, unless the former will be destroyed at a rate of several hundred percent, while being delivered in direction of the frontlines.

Nasdrovje?  

No one massively pays in rubles, the position on this issue, the EU / EC, is stable, Russia is stable in its meanness and abominations. Let's watch further!