Elijah J. Magnier 🇪🇺 (@ejmalrai): "#Europe has one week to decide if it wants the gas from #Russia and pays in #Rubel or turn to the #US as the provider of liquidity gas that European states are not prepared for. Russia said there is no point in using the US Dollar or Euros." | Nitter | PussTheCat.org – https://nitter.pussthecat.org/ejmalrai/status/1506992139850428422#m

President Putin instructs govt, Central Bank and Gazprom to implement measures to transfer payments for gas with ‘unfriendly countries’ to rubles by March 31

https://www.rt.com/business/552820-gas-ruble-payments-putin/
#rubles #currency #gas #europe

Germany: Gas and diesel could soon be rationed

German authorities are preparing the economy for possible energy rationing. “Numerous companies have contacted us because they have received letters from their gas suppliers telling them that their energy supplies may be rationed or shut down in the future. The measures are being taken against the background of the Ukraine war.

A scenario that was considered unthinkable just a few weeks ago could become reality: that German companies can no longer produce because the authorities are turning off the gas tap.

In addition to gas, diesel is also likely to become scarce soon, and there is a risk of rationing here too. [IAF: consider the impact not just on trucking/supply chain, but on farm equipment/food production].

https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/wirtschaft-verantwortung/deutsche-unternehme-bereiten-sich-auch-rationierung-von-gas-vor-li.218732
#Energy #Crisis #Germany #gas #oil #rationing #europe

G7 rejects Russian demand to pay for gas in rubles – German energy minister

https://www.rt.com/business/552844-g7-rejects-rubles-gas/
#rubles #europe #germany #gas #energy #inflation

Biden, Von der Leyen, announce agreement ‘in principle’ on transatlantic data flows

US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen declared on Friday (25 March) the two sides had reached a political agreement on international data transfers, a move cautiously welcomed by industry and analysts.

The agreement at the political level, announced at a joint press conference in Brussels, paves the way for a successor to the Privacy Shield deal, which provided the legal framework for transferring personal data to both sides of the Atlantic until it was invalidated by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in July 2020.

Since then, EU officials and members of the US administration have been scrambling to find a legal basis for a new agreement. The core issue is the US surveillance laws, which allow intelligence services to access personal data with little scrutiny and no possibility to readdress.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-protection/news/biden-von-der-leyen-announce-agreement-in-principle-on-transatlantic-data-flows/
#europe #eu #privacy #data

Elijah J. Magnier 🇪🇺 (@ejmalrai): "#UK Intelligence Service said #Russia is in control of most of southern #Ukraine. If Russia controls most of the south and the east, surrounding #Kyiv, how then the Russian forces have been defeated? Why the #US is not allowing Ukrainian officials to negotiate and stop the war?"

"We are seeing less & less fake claims that " #Russia is losing the war" and more accusations of Russian troops' indiscriminate attacks & gains. This explains that #Ukraine is not capable of winning over the Russian army. The west should stop sending weapons & promote peace."

"Thursday the 31st of March #Europe will decide if the gas from #Russia will be paid in #Rubel or it will have to live w/o (impossible) for the next year. Europe can't impose sanctions on Russia, supply #Ukraine w/ weapons & freeze 100s of billions of $ $ Euros w/o consequences." | Nitter | PussTheCat.org – https://nitter.pussthecat.org/ejmalrai/status/1508347254066847744#m

Note : The EU Commission has given 5 years to stop buying Russian oil and gas, ie 2027 Qatar is not an option now and the promised quantity to buy from the US can't match it right now. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/STATEMENT_22_2041 https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/03/11/energy/europe-russia-energy-end-date/index.html"

Ukraine War! What Is It Good For? The Nazi Agenda – OffGuardian – https://off-guardian.org/2022/03/28/ukraine-war-what-is-it-good-for-the-nazi-agenda/
#Russia’s position in the global and specifically the European energy market gave it the leverage it is using to counter #NATO expansionism. This is contrary to #US interests, since the European Union could potentially threaten US dominance of the NATO alliance. #Ukraine, as the main transit hub for Russian #gas supplies to #Europe, was a choke point.

The US and Russia engaged in a diplomatic mini-Cold War. As NATO raced eastward, Russia and Germany constructed the Nord Stream pipelines with a view to ending their mutual over-exposure in a politically unstable Ukraine. By circumnavigating Ukraine, both EU aspirations and Russia’s security vulnerabilities could be addressed. Those goals were unacceptable to the US.

Why the US and Nato have long wanted Russia to attack Ukraine - New Cold War: Know Better – https://newcoldwar.org/why-the-us-and-nato-have-long-wanted-russia-to-attack-ukraine/

The US strategy for regime change in Moscow has been long in preparation. In 2013 (before Ukraine’s President Yanukovych was overthrown in 2014) , Carl Gersham, director of National Endowment for Democracy (NED), wrote: “Ukraine is the biggest prize.” He explained that if it could be pulled away from Russia and into the West, “Putin may find himself on the losing end not just in the near abroad but within Russia itself.”

#Russia #Eurasia #China #US #Nato #Europe #Putin #Ukraire

Israel -Turkey gas pipeline discussed as European alternative to Russian energy | Reuters – https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/israel-turkey-gas-pipeline-an-option-russia-wary-europe-sources-2022-03-29/

ANKARA/JERUSALEM, March 29 (Reuters) - A Turkey-#Israel gas pipeline is being discussed behind the scenes as one of #Europe's alternatives to Russian energy supplies, but it will take complicated maneuvering to reach any deal, government and industry officials in both countries say.

The idea, first conceived years ago, is to build a subsea #pipeline from Turkey to Israel's largest offshore natural gas field, #Leviathan. #Gas would flow to #Turkey and on to southern European neighbors looking to diversify away from #Russia.

Inflation in the 19 countries using the euro hits a record level for the fifth month in a row, reaching 7.5%

https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Alert-Inflation-in-the-19-countries-using-the-17050351.php
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/inflation-19-nations-euro-soars-record-75-83806284

#europe #inflation