European Commission President von der Leyen
Recently, European Commission President von der Leyen said in an interview with Spanish media that if European households lower their residential heating temperature by 2 degrees, they can replace the idea of continuing to import Russian natural gas through the Nord Stream pipeline. become possible.
Since the President of the European Commission has said this, it is unreasonable for Russia not to test it.
CGTN quoted RIA Novosti as reporting on the 16th that Russia’s permanent representative to the European Union said that due to problems with repairing turbines in Canada, the "Nord Stream 1" pipeline that supplies natural gas from Russia to Europe via the Baltic Sea may be suspended. Operation, after the suspension of Nord Stream 1, Russia's gas transmission to the EU dropped by about 60%, and European natural gas rose by 20%. At the same time, Russia stated that although "Beixi 1" failed, " Nord Stream 2 " The plumbing equipment is in good condition and you are welcome to use it at any time.
Germany, the leader of the European Union, could not bear it anymore and directly launched the second phase alarm mechanism of the natural gas shortage emergency plan (natural gas faces a high risk of long-term shortage), and stated that the government requires the industry and ordinary people to tighten their belts and use them sparingly. natural gas.
Obviously the test has not achieved the expected results. This is not the case. Russia will soon conduct a thorough maintenance of "Beixi No. 1", and the supply of natural gas will drop directly to 0. The moment of real test for the EU has arrived. Let's see if the heating can be successfully replaced if the heating drops by 2 degrees. Russian gas?
On July 11, Gazprom will conduct an annual maintenance of "Beixi No. 1". At that time, "Beixi No. 1" will be completely "cut off". The maintenance time is expected to be about 11 days. European natural gas prices may rise. 200%, the EU economy will enter recession.
In May, at the Davos Economic Forum , American financial giant Soros once said that "Russian natural gas will be full in July. As long as the EU bites the bullet and persists, it will be a victory."
Obviously, such a moment has not come. Only more countries are using rubles to pay for natural gas. It has been more than four months since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The EU has imported nearly 100 billion euros of Russian energy, far exceeding Russia's military expenditure. On the other hand, the EU has used economic support. Russian military operations in Ukraine.
html In early June, the European Union passed the Russian oil embargo plan. If the West is not bright, the East is bright. Since the EU embargoes it, it will turn to Asia. Russia has directly become China's largest oil importer. Data released by the General Administration of Customs of China also confirms this: China imported a total of approximately 45.82 million tons of crude oil in May, a year-on-year increase of over 11.8%. Among them, 8.42 million tons of crude oil were imported from Russia, a year-on-year increase of 55%. Needless to say, India's imports of Russian oil have increased by more than 20 times year-on-year. With the support of China and India, EU sanctions will be ineffective.
The EU oil embargo failed to stop Russia, but Russia’s gas outage caused the EU a headache. There is also good news on the Russian battlefield. Ukraine withdrew from Severodonetsk overnight, and Donbass only had the strategically important Lichansiysk left. There was almost no suspense about Donbass winning.
The EU’s three giants visited Kiev not long ago.
Not long ago, the EU’s three giants visited Kiev and promised to immediately grant Ukraine EU candidate country status in exchange for Ukraine’s independent negotiation with Russia. Ukraine insisted on taking back more territory and resumed negotiations with Russia at the end of August. Obviously Ukraine will only lose more land. Russia no longer has much suspense on the battlefield, so it is playing more games with the EU outside the battlefield, proposing a Belarus plan for exporting grain. The breathless card that was thought to be released only in the winter has now been directly played, and it is against the EU. Come on, it's fatal.
Recently, the BRICS five-nation video conference directly discussed the cross-border settlement plan among the five countries. This is the fatal blow to the US dollar. Once the five countries form a unified settlement plan, they will unified settlement based on the regional economic influence of each country. It will spread rapidly, and a regional currency will definitely form a climate. The US dollar may only exist in Western society and become a regional currency.
However, the recent G7 meeting discussed limiting the price limit of Russian oil. Most of the G7 countries have embargoed Russian oil. Countries without embargo cannot do without Russian oil. How should Russian oil, which is a seller, limit the price? These Western sanctions are neither painful nor itchy, and the biggest move to eliminate SWIFT has not had much effect. Today's petty fights can only scratch the itch, and the final result can be imagined.
Since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Russia has not been defeated by Western sanctions. On the contrary, Western countries have suffered the backlash of sanctions. Russia has taken the strategic initiative in all aspects and adopted various means to force Western countries to make concessions and lift sanctions. Obviously, values cannot reduce inflation. , there are various signs that Western countries may be about to compromise, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict is expected to end as soon as possible.
