Liquid gas supplied by USA need lots of vessels to transport but, worse, lots of gas process plants on the Europe docks. And only Spain has a significant number of them. I don’t know, and it could be interesting, how much liquid gas can be processed right now. Or even how much gas can be moved with the existent vessels. Updated data could be appreciated :-p

The blocks (west/east) game is a silly game in the just started scarcity era. The probable end will be a nuclear war.

I read somewhere that USA government are worry because if oil prices grown up (see last JP Morgan report: expected prices are near $200, if I’m not wrong).

So: if Russia sell oil with discount to China/India, but the price has increased 40% it’s possible Russia doesn’t be hurt. But, in the other side, western economies should buy oil 40% expensive ;-)

The same for gas, cereals, platinum and lot of commodities.

The difference between Italian and Russian economy is obvious: the second is rich on resources and could be more independent/autarkic than first. Even more, public debt of Russian is between 20-30% and Italian I think should be between 120-140%.

USA has several strong points, because is another big country with lots of resources (specially gas, petrol…). But what about European allies?? They are weak and will suffer a lot… I guess they will suffer more than Russia.

But for Capitalism there is a common “nuclear button”, the debt burble. If this economic crisis make it explode: bye bye the happy years ;-)

RT is useful today to get rid of western misinformation. For example, in Catalonia today misinformation (western aligned) media talk about a Russian attack to a Ukrainian nuclear plant. It would be a stupid action, obviously, but our media spread this stupid info.

Instead, RT, first talk just about an explosion and, finally, when facts were clear, from a combat between a Ukrainian sabotage unit and the Russian patrol who has taking care for the security of the Central since Ukrainian army left it.

But, OK, you prefer just have one “information” source?? lol

Use Tor Browser and/or a VPN: https://privacyguides.org/providers/vpn/

That’s a simple relate.

Ukraine has right to self-determination, but Donbass not.

Russia has not the right to make a war, but Ukraine has (against his own people, at Donbass), and USA has too(Iraq, Syria, Vietnam, etc.).

Ukraine can have NATO bases, but Cuba can not have soviet bases?

The Ukrainian war is unacceptable, but Yemen war is OK.

USA Empire has forced this war, using Ukraine as its sacrificial lamb.

Putin is not worse than Biden. And not better than him. Russia is not worse than the USA, and not better. Just power games where the common people loose, on both sides.

Believe in god vs bad speech is just believing in all this bull shit ;-) And going happy to wars where, at last, current people lose their children and their present.

About the evilness of Ukraine, just see this: https://collapse.cat/post/15730

You can think Ukraine as evil or angelical as Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Granada, Panama, Vietnam, Korea and a long etc.

And, last, why not Ukraine and yes to sixties Cuba?

Please, don’t look the World from a USA perspective ;-) For example, see it from a world perspective: https://collapse.cat/post/15603

Have you read the 2 long Putin speeches? Russia learned another historical lesson with Nazi Germany: if your enemy approach too much, you should defend when he is inside your land (remember 1940).

It’s not time for “plans”, “promises”, etc. Five, ten and even twenty years ago they already plan/promise a lot of things. The result:

https://collapse.cat/post/11378

Please, better talk about facts and not just about wishful thinking “plans”

Are you really saying “the good guys” (USA empire) are working to solve the climate crisis??? Are you joking?? They (we) are the responsible for the emission of the most part of the CO2, etc.! Even just allocating our suppliers to China or other 3rd countries…

Please, just check this graphic:

https://collapse.cat/post/11378

Or read some post in this Lemmy community:

https://collapse.cat/c/ecologisme

Don’t confuse yourself what you wish and the reality. Data is clear, just check it ;-)

We are not talking about “all things Russia could do better”. Because people are not talking about, for example, all things USA could do better, like not support Yemen war, Syrian war, Libyan war, Somalian war, Israel civil genocides, Iraq war, Afghanistan war, etc.

We are talking about geopolitics. The real reasons. Not the moral reasons that people think (really??) their governments attend.

For Russia:

1. Bad option: Ukraine invasion, USA Empire sanctions and punishment actions. Finally, Ukraine will be a demilitarized state “supervised” by Russia.

2. Worse option: Ukraine become a NATO member, USA military bases and army there (do you remember about Russian base in Cuba, and the crazy risk of a nuclear war in the sixties? ), Donbass open war but from a NATO member…

Please, before talk about the Russian evilness, just think about similar actions of USA empire and how the free ( lol ) world has reacted to them ;-)

It’s not a good vs bad guys fight. It’s about geostrategic and world resources’ domination.

That is what USA has forcing, using Ukrainian people as the main losers / victims. Like many times before, the geopolitical game has used its sacrificial lamb, and like many times it has been the common people.

Russia has not started this game. It has been forced by the long term planned scenario where Russia has only a bad option or a worse option to choose.