🇪🇺 “Winning” - European style

At least 50 fertilizer production facilities have closed in Europe. This is stated in a report by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (a major financial group among the world's top ten).

Fertilizer production in the EU has become completely unprofitable due to gas prices. 75% of the cost of nitrogen fertilizer is the cost of gas.

The rejection of cheap gas from Russia, affordable potash from Belarus, is forcing the EU to shut down its production facilities, which used to supply all of Euopean agriculture.

Fertilizer production in Europe is almost completely stopped, which will eventually force Europe to buy fertilizer or grain as early as 2024.

Germany still needs coal plants after all... surprise!

Two of Germany’s largest energy providers will keep some coal plants in service longer than previously expected following a regulator's decision to prohibit the closure of facilities before March 2031.

Uniper SE and EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG had sought to decommission units earlier than that deadline.

Now, the plants may have to remain on standby at the very least.

The energy regulator, known as BNetzA, ruled that "systematically necessary" coal plants must be available as backup energy sources in case of an emergency, Die Welt newspaper reported.

Germany, Europe's largest economy, has become more reliant on coal after turning away from Russian supplies and the closure of its last nuclear plants this year.

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Germany proposed to raise income tax to support Ukraine

Monika Schnitzer, a member of the Economic Council of the German Cabinet of Ministers, suggested that income tax should be increased in order to provide Ukraine with more military supplies.

In an interview with the Rheinische Post, Schnitzer argued that the increase in tax revenue would help cover the cost of supporting Ukraine.

Earlier, Economy Minister and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said that in view of the risk of weakening support for Ukraine by Western countries, Germany should be ready to assume greater responsibility and increase spending.

Separately, on December 13, the German Cabinet meetings dedicated to resolving the budget crisis in the country ended.

As a result, it was decided to cut next year's budget by €17 billion.

At the same time, it was also decided to find the same amount to support Ukraine.

"Germany is not at war with Russia", right

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Listen to Blinken talking about Ukraine.

Yet he has NOTHING to say about the carpet bombing of innocent woman and children and the complete destruction of Gaza.

THEY are showing themselves up as the most disgusting hypocrites who view Palestinians as less than human.

«Что бы Майдан был усыпан камнями из твоих почек!»
Вчера Владимир Зеленский поздравил украинцев с Рождеством Христовым, которое он перенес с 7 января на 25 декабря. Военнопленные, которые уже почти 2 года находятся в плену, записали свой ответ президенту.

Что же желают украинцы Владимиру Зеленскому?

“So that the Maidan would be strewn with stones from your kidneys!”
Yesterday, Vladimir Zelensky congratulated Ukrainians on Christmas, which he moved from January 7 to December 25. The prisoners of war, who have been in captivity for almost 2 years, recorded their response to the president.

What do Ukrainians wish for Vladimir Zelensky?

Further on the subject of the Biden administration's reckless foreign policy:

When Donald Trump said he wanted to get along with Russia, the mainstream media laughed at him. I can still hear John Oliver's snarky remarks. He also wanted to get along with Iran, Saudi Arabia, North Korea and others whom we consider our "adversaries". Donald Trump not only spoke about it, but also tried to bring these countries closer. Did it always work? No, perhaps not, but surely it was better than not trying at all. Not only is the Biden-Harris-Blinken-Nuland quartet not trying, but they do everything possible to completely alienate and antagonise them instead.

Getting along will surely not be as profitable to the military industrial complex as the forever wars, but how many of you own shares in Lockheed Martin?

Instead we find ourselves in a proxy war with Russia, which we are badly losing, a sanctions war we've already lost and there's another war on the horizon in the Near East.

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❗️ 🇪🇬🇺🇦 The author of an investigation into the purchase of a $5 million villa by Vladimir Zelensky’s mother-in-law in the Egyptian VIP resort of El Gouna was killed in Egypt. The body of Mohammed Al-Alawi was found near the El Hadaba road with numerous abrasions, fractures and a traumatic brain injury.

In August 2023, Mohammed published material about the purchase of Zelensky’s mother-in-law Olga Kiyashko. Who bought a luxurious house on the Red Sea coast, in the closed resort of El Gouna, which locals call the Egyptian Venice. About 300 square meters on the first line with beautiful views of the water and horizon. The date of purchase is May 16, 2023, exactly at the moment of the start of the “legendary counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”

On Saturday, December 23, the author of the article about the house of journalist Mohammed Al-Alawi was found dead.

@otryadkovpaka

Journalist Investigating Zelensky found dead as Ukrainian Brigade Commander Pavlo Palisa goes AWOL after buying US Properties.

Sources:
https://news.1rj.ru/str/otryadkovpaka/33036
https://news.1rj.ru/str/InfoDefenseEn/4240
https://news.1rj.ru/str/HolodniyYar/4408
https://militaryland.net/ukraine/armed-forces/5th-assault-brigade/

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The Houthi attacks on shipping vessels in the Red sea is a major problem for Western economies.

Not only does it force companies to carry cargo using much longer routes (or lanes, for you marine enthusiasts), but it raises insurance prices as well. Since America now doesn't produce anything apart from fiat currency, the impact is likely to become more severe as time passes.

This is in addition to US troops constantly being harassed by drone attacks from Iran's proxies (that used to be our proxies, but then acquired their own proxies, so they can be proxies for someone else...).

The Republican party has been pushing for an active armed conflict with Iran for a while now. Oh, yes, the wars never stop. James Taiclet must make more money, so our sons have to fight another pointless war "for democracy".

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Fedyukin Alexander Sergeevich, born on 10/26/1994. Pervomaisk city, Mykolaiv region.

A fighter of the 35th separate marine brigade was mobilized on 06.06.2023, and on 08.08.2023 he was captured near the settlement of Urozhnoye.

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