Era of cheap Russian gas for EU ends as transit across Ukraine stops | BBC News

Yes smug faces its dark age of expensive stuff now in europe ! what a tools

New year and stupid comedian Zelenski make number one stupid decision time is up Zelenski he's not President any more time for Zelenski is to going on the front line

As war ends in weeks everything going back to normal . Go Russia

Id love to know whos paying the salaries of these so called “experts” of these so called “think tanks”.. man i should have studied “bachelor in tank thinking” and not architecture

Transtrians new Russian's nation.Its a diferent russians ?and speaking russians its russians as well😅.Russia expecting pressure from UE to Ukraine.
That doing international low minorities right above nations right, conquested ,anexated teritory above historic teritory. This we got 'how to be'.
We haven't a Organosation UN to protect not nuclear countries not panished and we got misunderstanding.
Everyone doing what they wants.
New blackmails ,new peace treats, new anexations, old 2024 UN and Security Council, and new Happy New Year. 🎉

1/5/2025 -RUSSIA AND ITS ALLIES HAVE WEAPONIZED FUEL AND FOOD!

THE UKRAINE WAR, THE VENEZUELAN STOLEN ELECTION, AND THE GLOBAL AXIS STRATEGY IS TO USE THE “PLAY BOOK’ OF “STATE CAPTURE”, AND WHEN THAT FAILS, INVASION TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY AND INSTALL AXIS ALLIED DICTATORS!AXIS= RUSSIA, IRAN, NORTH KOREA, CHINA AXIS ALLIES INCLUDE: BELARUS, VENEZUELA, CUBA, NICARAGUA, BELARUS, SYRIA (until Assad was overthrown 12/2024), etc.

By refusing to allow free and fair elections July 28,2024 in Venezuela, the corrupt autocrat Maduro is using the same "Play Book" for" State Capture" being used by dictators in Russia, Belarus, Nicaragua, Georgia, Cuba, Syria, Romania, Moldova, and so many countries in Africa. The dictator Maduro has rejected the will of the Venezuelan people, he will continue to oppress his own people forcing another wave of mass emigration while he aligns his country with the AXIS (Russian, China, North Korea, Iran) and their allies and proxies. The "State Capture" of VENEZUELA with THE LARGEST OIL RESERVE ON THE PLANET was a tremendous AXIS victory for their long term strategy of weaponizing fuel and food in their political, economic and military struggle with western democracies to create a new totalitarian world order.

After the brave people of Ukraine won the Maidan Revolution in February 2014, we saw Putin’s designated dictator Victor Yanukovych fleeing to Russia with his tail between his legs. It was obvious that the "Play Book" for "State Capture" had failed in Ukraine. Putin was frightened that a color revolution could happen in Russia. He knew that Ukraine and NATO were not a security threat to Russia, but his propaganda machine continues to hype this absurd “Russia as victim” narrative in order to justify invasion and war. While Russian propaganda claims that its security concerns and its desire to protect Russians in foreign lands are the real reasons for its wars, Russia was not being threatened with attack and its citizens were usually in a better situation in these foreign lands than they were in Russia. The real motivation for the use of the “Play Book” of “State Capture”, and invasion is that Russia pursues imperialist expansion for the following economic, military, and political benefits: To be a great world power, Russia needs to significantly increase its population as its own population is in decline. The “State Capture” of Georgia would add 3.8 million people, the “State Capture “of Moldova would add 3 million people, and the military defeat of Ukraine would add 38 million people for a total of 44.8 million people added to the Russian empire which would increase Russia’s population by a third from 145 million to 189.8 million. Next Russian needs the land, resources, industries and the militarily strategic geography these lands provide. Russia's conquest of Ukraine would mean that it would rule the second largest country in Europe bordering NATO with the most fertile land in Europe. We must remember that Russia and its AXIS allies are “weaponizing“ food and fuel in their struggle to create a world, ruled by autocrats without the rule of law in which “might makes right” to replace the multilateral world of democracies where international laws are respected and border disputes can be settled by peaceful negotiation or by the International Court of Justice without war. With the expansion of Russian territory, Russia and its AXIS allies will be in a better position to use the “Play Book” of “State Capture” with countries within NATO such as Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria.

What would NATO and the EU do if countries in NATO fell victim to the AXIS strategy of “State Capture” and fell under the rule of an AXIS allied dictator who destroyed democracy without war and without activating NATO’s Article 5?

Timothy Snyder describes Russian imperialism as follows: “Putin’s wars on Ukraine in 2014 and 2022 were "Neo-Neo-colonialism". Russia's leaders applied every argument from the history of imperialism, including Nazi and Soviet neocolonialism, to Ukraine and Ukrainians. The state did not exist; the nation did not exist; international law did not apply; borders were not real; Ukrainians were colonial people yearning for domination whose alien elites were to be destroyed and whose food and other resources were to be plundered. The scale of Russian atrocities after 2022 was comparable to that of the worst colonial wars of the past.” (On Freedom, page 128).

Russian propaganda repeated by AXIS apologists in the west, blames the NATO expansion into eastern Europe as the reason Russia invaded its neighbors in violation of their sovereign internationally recognized borders. This absurd “Russia as Victim” narrative ignores the fact that Ukraine is not a threat to Russia, and NATO is a defensive alliance respecting international law. Question? Do independent countries and free people have the right to voluntarily choose democracy and freedom under the protection of a security umbrella after experiencing decades of oppression and a history of invasion by a foreign totalitarian regime? Should NATO have denied entry of the Eastern European countries into NATO with the hope and a prayer that a dictator bent on restoring the Russian empire would leave them to peacefully develop their democracies and their economies without any attempt at “State Capture” or invasion? How can Russian sympathizers be so naïve? Do they seriously believe that capitulation to dictators will bring peace? As the Roman strategist Vegetius said: IF YOU WANT PEACE – PREPARE FOR WAR! NATO is a defensive alliance that respects the territorial integrity of its neighbors and operates under international law. Russia is a criminal dictatorship with a Global imperialist agenda that is shared with its allies: China, North Korea and Iran.

The Eastern European countries understand what life is like when a country is attacked and subjugated under a foreign autocrat. They were invaded and occupied by Russian dictators so they also understand the Russian imperialist mindset. When Russia invaded and annexed Crimea in 2014, the B-9 was formed including the countries of Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Slovakia. During the June 11th2024 B-9 conference NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg recognized the B-9countries for strengthening NATO’s deterrence and defense: “You host our eight multi-national battlegroups; you have increased the readiness of your forces; you lead by example on defense spending; and you are at the forefront on Allied support for Ukraine”. The B-9 nations have thrived in the EU under the protective umbrella of NATO and they are a bulwark in the defense of Liberty! However, NATO nations can still fall prey to the AXIS "Playbook" of "State Capture" when Russian allied leaders win elections and then destroy the very democracy that gave them the right to rule!

Democratic leaders need to understand and courageously face the growing threat of a totalitarian world order. The AXIS countries and their allies are playing the long game in every continent on earth setting in place new allied authoritarian countries; creating naval bases and airports that can be used by their militaries; establishing control of key waterways; weaponizing fuel and food to subdue opposition to the spread of totalitarianism; using conquered populations as cannon fodder for their aggression; engaging in cyber warfare; spreading propaganda and misinformation to undermine democracy and manipulate elections; expanding the land and oceans they control through military intimidation and war; eliminating a free press and an independent judiciary; and conducting hybrid warfare while using the tools of modern technology to control their own populations without a concern for human rights or liberty. Everyone should re-read 2 books banned by the AXIS countries: "1984" and "The Brave New World" to better imagine the new Global Order that totalitarian dictators plan for humanity's future. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Anne Applebaum in her new book AUTOCRACY INC. provides an excellent explanation of how “autocrats are rewriting the rules of world trade and governance as their propagandists pound home the same messages about the weakness of democracy and the evil of America.” AXIS leaders are planning for decades ahead. The short-term attention span of our political leaders and our media, our complacency, our thinking in silos, and our willingness to accept and repeat AXIS misinformation and propaganda, have blinded us to the frightening reality of the global AXIS threat to democracy and the rule of law. Ukrainian victory over Russia would signify to the world and especially to countries ruled by dictators that democracies are willing to pay the price necessary to preserve liberty, democracy and the rule of law. A Ukrainian defeat would be a signal to autocrats around the globe: YOU CAN TAKE WHAT YOU WANT THERE IS NOTHING TO STOP YOU. David A. Mangs Ph.D.

Ukrainians lost Kurakhovo, lost the largest power plant, lithium deposits, billions of dollars… Zelensky gave Putin a gift!!

So stupid politicians. So so stupid.

Here we go again – passing all the blame onto Russia. It is Western politicians who are destroying Western economies, with the super expensive US LNG imports.

aaaa old bullshit british center…

Why did they cut the gas to Transnistria. Let me tell you.. because they want to provoke Putin to an escalation and get more weapons from Trump as a result.

So ukrain decides how much th EU pays for gas and who the buy it from. Afyer all the EU and america has done for ukrain.. America does not negotiate with terrorists

You 'forget' that there are hundreds of thousands with Russian citizenship in Transnistria… if you think Putin will just let things be and forget about them, you're dreaming.

And bbc is happy for that 😅😅😅😅

Who did what and when…for chrissakes…

😅😂 know Eu era end with it
Eu peoples where happy in the world due to gas having more then they can use in our country we can see gas's in hotails only because 1kg price is 2 dollars and 1doller price 278 pkr
Soon Eu is going to become our brothers in Eu prices😂😅
We servive because our wheather is hot and in wintter for three months its comes on -1 and in summer its goes 50+
And we cut human mad forests and for oven we buy woods in high prices
Let's see how Eu peoples servive

England behind the curtain wagging its tail. Why don't you spend everything you stole around the world?
The United States, under the leadership of future President Donald Trump, and Russia allegedly pose a serious threat to Europe's security, the British newspaper Financial Times said.

It is important to stop supporting the war by buying russian fosil fuels. And this will force EU to stop rely on russian fosil fuels and start to rely on self-sufficient renewable energy.