Youtube comments of TheGreatDane (@thegreatdane3627).

  1. as someone who works in manufacturing, i have always hated globalism. Most people don't seem to realize how much innovation is made on the production floor. So when large companies move production to the east, we are not just losing jobs, we are also losing knowhow and and ability to create better products.
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  2. leaving the EU is dumb enough, but also leaving the single market is just ridiculous. I don't think enough people appreciate just how easy it is to trade inside the single market. I've had to replace a longtime British supplier, i'm not dealing with all the extra paperwork, custom fees, VAT refunds etc.
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  3. guess russia learned a very simple truth: It is much easier to find a new supplier, than it is to find a new customer. If you have money and are willing to pay, there will always be someone willing to supply. It may take a few years to build new supply chains, but no supplier is irreplaceable. Finding a new market is much harder, especially if you are seen as an unreliable supplier.
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  4. good job Germany. We got some Danish guys in Estonia, together with the Brits. The Baltics shouldn't be alone on the frontline.
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  5. i have noticed a very annoying thing this year when it comes to analysts: They keep assuming everyone will keep doing the same. As an owner of a small manufacturing company, i can tell you that we don't just sit around and wait for the government to fix our problems. The business environment is always changing, and companies that can't adapt will be replaced by those who can. I have seen a lot of creative solutions to the energy crisis this year, like rooftop solar panels, huge batteries that can be charged at night when electricity is cheaper, or a local steel producer that is investing in a biogas plant to produce their own gas. It should also be mentioned that the majority of Germany's exports go to other EU countries, and the single market favors production inside the single market. There is too much focus on the big companies, when the real driver of German innovation is the small and medium sized companies.
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  6. i agree that the EU should not rely too much on other countries for anything that could be used against us. But we need strong ties with the other democratic nations around the world, including the US, Canada, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Chile and so on.
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  7. it's a little sad that prigoshin has gone quiet, he was the most entertaining clown in the entire russian clown show...
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  8. bla bla bla, if anyone believes this nonsense, then maybe you should do a little fact checking. "They are eating the cats, they are eating the dogs..." 🙄
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  9. there we go, good job Germany 👍
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  10. so russia is losing the naval war to a country with no navy? How embarrassing... 😄
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  11. that is probably the closest i have ever seen russia coming to actually taking responsibility for any of russia's many crimes 😮
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  12. I had a look at my gas consumption so far 2 days ago, we have used roughly 40% less gas compared to same time last year. The combination of mild weather, turning the thermostat down to 19c, and a wood stove as a secondary heat source has made a big difference 😀
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  13. this is why we need to increase the support for Ukraine
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  14. Finally! This is great news 🥳🎉
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  15. sounds like something the russians would do...
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  16.  @1990DomDom  how will it make your life better that you have to pay 25% more for imported goods?
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  17. Hope Merz will be less timid than Scholz. I am not going to miss Scholz.
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  18. china should probably be worried. The EU is china's largest trading partner. A recession in Europe means much less demand for Chinese goods.
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  19. what are the Chinese coastguard even doing down there? It is more than 1000km from the nearest Chinese coastline...
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  20. i agree with the US and Germany on this. Telling Ukraine exactly what they have to do to become members, will also tell Russia exactly what they have to do to prevent it. If Ukraine becomes a member as soon as the war is over, then russia could just choose to keep it going forever. Even if all russians are pushed out of Ukraine, russia could still attack with artillery and rockets from their own territory.
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  21. what is that, nuclear threat number 341 this week? Or is it 342? How boring...😴
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  22. i am very much in favor of that. I would rather see Denmark as a state in a federation, with full representation in the government, than a small country being used as a pawn in the coming power struggle between the larger powers. But i seriously doubt it is gonna happen. I think it is much more likely that the EU will break apart in the near future.
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  23. what are those russian civilians doing in Ukrainian territory anyway?
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  24. i never understood why so many people hate gay people so much. As a straight family guy with kids, i can't see how their existence affects me or my family in any way. I suspect many of the haters are closet gays or something like that.
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  25.  @Adcabrer  Zelenski is the worlds greatest comedian, he turned the russian army into a complete joke...
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  26. my guess is that he is allowed to run, because putin wants to know the mood of the people. While the "official" result of the election will obviously be 95% of the votes to putin, the real result could tell putin how secure his regime is.
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  27. good to see that the majority of Germans are sane. Not that i had any doubts about that.
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  28. The US has a trade surplus with the EU when it comes to services. So that should be the obvious target for the EU. Especially financial services.
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  29. the attitude of russia's neighbors towards russia tells me all i need to know about russia.
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  30. a similar thing is happening in Denmark. Almost half the houses on my street have replaced their gasboiler with a heatpump now. My neighbour also had solarpanels and a battery installed. On paper, that should cover around 60% of their yearly energy consumption. If it actually works as promised, I might do the same next year.
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  31. well done Ukraine 👍
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  32. sure hope the German government will not try to bail out VW. If they can't run a successful business, they need to fail and make space for someone who can. There is a growing demand for skilled workers in manufacturing, i am sure most of VW's employees can find new jobs.
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  33. Merkel should rather publish an apology for all those failed policies. Especially her policy towards russia.
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  34. let's be honest here, the trans-atlantic partnership is toast...
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  35. I don't think the trans-atlantic partnership is going to survive another 4 years of Trump. The big question is if the EU can stay together, under the pressure from russia, China and now the US. I can only hope my fellow Europeans will make smart choices, because we are gonna get stepped on if they manage to divide us...
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  36. Yeah we should rather be talking about specific numbers of troops and equipment. Most nordic countries have mandatory military service, which can increase the numbers of troops available, without the cost of a massive professional army. .
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  37. I agree, who is still buying swasticars?
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  38. yeah those restrictions need to be removed yesterday.
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  39. this will probably hurt both sides, but it has to happen. The EU cannot afford to become even more dependent on a country that has an "unlimited partnership" with russia. The next decades will be full of troubles, so the EU needs to be as self-sufficient as possible.
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  40.  @aleserban9322  bla bla bla, keep yapping Ivan... 🙄
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  41. we need an EU nuclear umbrella, to replace the US nuclear umbrella.
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  42. i really don't like the idea of companies being too big to fail. If VW can't run a business, then they should fail. But there is also an issue of European security in a world that is entering a new age of conflict. So European industry should be protected to some extent, and we should avoid dependence on non-European countries for anything vital. We should expect all dependence to be used against us at some point in the near future.
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  43. ​ @Aries816 the US can't take care of the poor people in the US, but they are going to take care of the natives on Greenland? Really?
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  44. a few stats to better understand the energy crisis: - EU's total gas consumption in 2021 was 412 bcm, russia provided 155 bcm. - Gas imports from other countries are expected to increase by at least 50 bcm in 2022. So without any gas from russia, there would be a shortage of 105 bcm, or roughly 25% compared to 2021. -Natural gas accounts for 32% of EU's final energy consumption. So without any gas from russia, there would be an energy shortage of 8% compared to 2021. This is assuming that demand will stay the same, that we don't try to increase output from other energy sources and that russia didn't provide any gas at all this year. And that is not the case. - Russia provided a lot of gas in the first half of the year, and they are still sending gas through the pipelines in Ukraine. - Gas consumption in the first 8 months of 2022 was 15% lower than last year. - Coal imports are up 35%, and domestic production has increased too. The point is, there is no actual shortage yet. And if we continue to consume 15% less gas, then there shouldn't be a shortage. The problem is to make sure that people can actually afford the energy. If prices remain this high for the rest of the year, then we will most likely end up with an energy surplus instead of a shortage.
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  45. Considering how fast Trump caved against Mexico and Canada, it's hard to imagine Trump negotiating a good deal for Ukraine...
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  46. one important point you missed: Gazprom had contracts with several European energy companies, so they would have to pay a fine for not delivering. Siemens had stated that the pipeline could still be used without the turbines in Canada. So blowing up the pipeline means that russia can avoid paying fines and point the finger at someone else for not delivering. In my opinion, it was done by russia for both practical reasons and as part of russia's hybrid warfare, trying to sow division in NATO.
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  47. What a disgrace. I am really struggling to decide if i dislike Russia or the US the most right now.
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  48. The US has a trade surplus with the EU when it comes to services. So that should be the obvious target for the EU. Especially financial services and investment.
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  49.  @Dmitry..592  we don't speak orc, you need to learn a human language if you want to communicate with the civilized world.
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  50. as a small business owner, i agree. My company couldn't survive without easy access to customers and suppliers in Europe. I had to replace a british supplier when the UK left the single market.
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  51. you guys still have squirrels? We ate ours months ago, now it's nothing but grass and bugs here in Denmark...😧
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  52. the credibility of article 5 is not just weakened, it is completely gone. We are gonna need something new, NATO is a useless format now.
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  53. What a silly question. The US is no longer an ally, so European defence without the US is already reality. The real question is if we can create a new European alliance, or if it will be everyone for themselves.
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  54. i agree with Stoltenberg. It's time to drop the silly rules.
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  55. so there goes the last part of the relationship. I think we all have to accept that the US is an adversary now, and they should be treated as such.
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  56. Usaid is not about helping people, it's about soft power and influence. If the US wants to let China take over the role as world leader, it's not our problem.
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  57.  @bobpadok5331  russian tanks couldn't even reach Kyiv, how would they ever reach Berlin 😄
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  58.  @alexsilent5603  putin is sounding more and more like a comic book villain 😄
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  59. Yeah i don't get that either. Russia will be worse of no matter how the war ends...
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  60. Maybe he should worry about free speech in the US instead. Most of the EU is ranked higher than the US when it comes to free speech and press freedom, according to the UN.
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  61. Ukraine has the right to not allow transit through their territory.
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  62.  @thalentekhuluse2829  what are they winning? A prize for being the second best army in Ukraine?
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  63. Russia wanted to show the world what a great power they are, but ended up looking like a paper bear again... 😄
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  64. there has to be some way to kick Hungary out of the EU. Or at least stop funding them.
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  65. i never understood why so many people hate gay people. If someone wants to sleep with or get married to a person of their own sex, it's their own business. It's not hurting anyone, so why should i care?
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  66. yeah i prefer to look at the positive side of this. While EU might not reach 1M shells by march, it will not be that far off. The important thing is that production is increasing all over Europe, Rheinmetall alone expects to produce more than 600.000 shells in 2024. The war is not going to end any time soon, so just keep expanding production...
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  67. yeah russia's tampon army is going to freeze in the trenches.
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  68. Yeah it does seem a little silly. Do they really expect a company to employ the same number of personel when sales are going down?
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  69. At least it means less money for putin. Gazprom will have to flare all that gas instead 😄
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  70. i sure hope they don't intend to sail those rust buckets full of oil through Danish waters. That sounds like something we need to keep an eye on.
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  71. good choice, Poland.
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  72. Spending targets are pointless. What matters is how many troops and equipment each member state can deploy on a short notice. There are ways to reach a good number without spending 5%, such as conscription and ordering equipment together with other countries.
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  73. sure you do. You will be crying for help within a year...
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  74. Because there is no reason to expect that russia would keep their part of any peace deal.
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  75.  @darkpenguin1978  but the US is still the only NATO member to ever invoke article 5...
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  76. yeah, VW's profit was only around 16 billion euro in 2024. I feel so sorry for those poor shareholders 😢
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  77. have Igor been smoking near the ammo depot again 😄
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  78. ​ @IxoraNera cope harder 😄
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  79.  @dillonhillier  no, and if all of Europe commits to their defense, there never will be...
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  80. All leaders in Europe will soon have to come to terms with reality. It is pointless to worry about escalation, it will happen whether we want it or not. We can either help Ukraine, or face russia ourselves in the near future. Or we could just submit and accept russia as the dominant power in Europe. Which sounds like a pretty bleak future in my opinion...
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  81.  Bright Owl  no problem, i have just annexed Finland too. 152% of the voters were in favor, so...
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  82. That is a lot of equipment 👍
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  83. the whole point of giving Ukraine western fighter jets is all the various weapons they can use. Much of NATO's best munition is meant to be air launched, but MIGs aren't really compatible.
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  84. nope, but it is the part of the world that matters...
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  85. making peace with russia is pointless, since russia would never keep their end of any agreement.
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  86. empty threats 😄
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  87. agreed. We don't need more russian assets in the EU.
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  88. does it really matter? It's not like russia can actually enforce a blockade anyway...
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  89. Stop that nonsense, there are no pipeline to India.
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  90. sure, relocate them to russia.
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  91. i agree, let's get those F16s to Ukraine as soon as possible.
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  92. the EU has now overtaken the US as the largest sponsor of aid to Ukraine, according to the Kiel Institute. Germany has played a very big part in that, so good job guys 👍
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  93.  @samsungtap4183  by russian soldiers operating in Ukraine...
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  94. The weird thing is, I have never heard about the US being expected to protect Europe before trump started talking about it. Sure, they were expected to do their part, just like any other member. But not actually do all the fighting for us...
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  95. this seems to be a problem with most European car makers these days. It's either very expensive luxury cars, or tiny city cars. Not a lot of options if you want a simple affordable family sized car.
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  96.  @satriojumeneng7055  Hawaii is US coastline. What are you talking about?
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  97. As long as they are making life harder for the russian forces, then i don't care what you call them...
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  98.  @ehisgeorge414  that's a nice alternate reality you got there 😄 Is russia still considered a super power in your little fantasy world?
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  99.  @Keith-uu4iu  so what would have happened if putin didn't invade?
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  100. natural gas prices in Europe are lower than before the war. The energy crisis was last year, try to keep up...
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  101. Hopefully nothing. It is not our problem if the US wants to give up all that soft power and influence around the world.
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  102.  @jimmytimmy3680  notice how Germany's gas storage is still 90% full, despite Nordstream being closed for 4 months?
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  103.  @jimmytimmy3680  russia supplied around 25% of EU's gas demand the first 8 months of the year, and 8% for the past 4 months.
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  104. Being reliant on a hostile dictatorship for energy is a silly policy...
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  105. I think Ukraine is doing great. We went from "Kyiv is going to fall in 3 days", to "Ukraine is only making small gains", which is very impressive to me. And Ukraine is still growing in strength, it may take a few years but russia will definitely lose this war...
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  106. yeah this could actually be the beginning of the end of the US as the "leader of the free world".
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  107. I would like to thank russia for providing my country with such an amazing opportunity. Despite the short term hit to the economy, i'm also seeing a lot of positive development. - Biogas production accounted for 25% of Denmark's gas consumption in 2021. It was supposed to be 35% by 2025, but we will hit that target already by the end of this year. The new target is 100% by 2030. This will provide Danish farmers with a steady source of income, and the biowaste can be used as fertilizer after degasification. - The increased demand for wind turbines will be a big boost for Danish company Vestas, the largest wind turbine producer in the world. - Denmark's first commercial scale hydrogen facility will open in 2024. It will use electricity from windturbines to produce hydrogen through electrolysis. I'm really looking forward to see if this concept actually works on a larger scale, i am still a bit sceptical. - But the best part is that we will not only resume oil and gas production in the north sea by the end of 2023, the government has finally agreed to open up a brand new oilfield. Denmark will not only be a net exporter of oil and gas, we will most likely be the largest oil producer in the EU in 2024. So thank you russia, your loss of market share will be our gain. With all the talk about european industry getting hurt by the energy crisis, it is important to remember that the crisis also provides opportunities for other industries to grow.
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  108. Russia had arrangement with Ukraine too, that didn't stop them from attacking Ukraine.
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  109. we seem to be moving towards a new cold war. So it doesn't really matter if production in Germany is competitive or not, as there will most likely be a lot less global trade in the coming years. Supply chains will have to be shortened, we can no longer rely on countries on the other side of the world for anything important.
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  110. It makes sense to report about the main enemy of Europe.
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  111.  @irose4066  60% of the male population? That would be around 12M men, do you really believe that nonsense yourself?
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  112. Well, that sucks! I'm not German myself, but a recession in Europe wil affect the entire worlds economy. China and US are also facing their own problems at the moment, so it could easily become a global issue. According to IMF, we are already on the edge of a global recession.
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  113. i agree, supporting Ukraine now is the cheapest option in the long run.
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  114. unlike russia, where you can go to jail for years if you call the war a war 🙄
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  115. if putin actually believes all that bs he spoke in that interview, then he is even more deluded than i thought...
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  116.  @denisgorjunov  yeah the russians have advanced almost 3km in 2 months in the area around Bakhmut. At this rate they will have full control of the Donbass in 2053.
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  117. Where are those 5% coming from? Import and exports are down, housing is down, Yuan is down, the only thing going up is unemployment. What gives?
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  118. i wonder if the people in Zaporizjzja (the city) even know that they have been annexed?
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  119.  @Kakashihakate-m4x  NATO haven't even joined the fight yet? We haven't lost a single soldier, while russia is bleeding themselves dry against their much smaller neighbor 😄
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  120. the part about Germany and russian gas was kinda funny, the old fool doesn't seem to get why no one wants his smelly gas anymore...😄
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  121. Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania...
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  122.  @СергейМонин-д7с  we have barely even started. Next step is tanks, fighter planes and long range missiles 😉
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  123. Gazprom went from russia's most profitable company to losing billions of dollars in 2023 and 2024...😄
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  124.  @whitesoul4742  how is the "special limited military operation" going? It's been 18 months now, when is the victory parade? 😄
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  125.  @blolee-gc1sr  russia? Are you talking about china's gas station?
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  126. There is still only 1 pipeline to China. And there are 0 pipelines under construction.
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  127. remember that russia could end the war at any time, just by going home...
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  128.  @MoisesHernandezEnGeopolitica  the fact that russia's neighbors are the most anti-russia people in Europe tells me all i need to know about russia...
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  129. so russia is going to annex 4 oblasts, despite not having full control in any of them? That is just ridiculous.
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  130. respect to Estonia, you guys are going above and beyond 👍
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  131. a phobia is an irrational fear of something. There is nothing irrational about disliking russia.
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  132.  @overpope3510  ha! beat you to it 😄
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  133.  @festekj  of course he does. It's not like putin would make up something like that to smear a potential rival...
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  134. well done Canada 👍
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  135. Peaceful protests are legal, violent protests are not. It's not that difficult to understand.
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  136. Russia is still trying to colonize their neighbors though.
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  137. trump was not the first or the only one who raised that issue. And trump is still a clown.
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  138. except that Tusk is actually sane and competent...
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  139. it will be interesting to see how trump's supporters will react to the skyrocketing inflation over the next few months 😄
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  140.  @Ridethebomb777  most have been continuously upgraded. I know the Danish F16s are in very good condition, the Dutch are probably too.
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  141. is that why putin keeps complaining about the sanctions, while no one in Europe is asking for russia to turn the gas flow on again?
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  142. What a joke the US has become.
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  143.  @she825  the Estonians know what it's like to be under russian occupation. The rest of Europe should listen more to the Baltic countries.
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  144. Bla bla bla 😴
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  145. nope, they have increased the import of LNG, but EU didn't buy much LNG before 2022. So a 40% increase is not a large amount. Overall, russia's market share of natural gas supply in the EU has dropped from 41% in 2021 to 10% in 2023.
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  146. Goodbye Olaf, hello Merz. Looking forward to Germany getting a new chansellor, hope this guy will show more courage than timid Scholz.
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  147. Just to clarify, the 3M figure mentioned in the video includes all artillery calibers and rockets. The number of 152mm shells are estimated to 1,3M annually. Which is actually less than the current capacity for 155mm shells in NATO.
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  148. i love how everyone is trying to rationalize Trump's actions, as if he actually had a plan 😄 Just face the fact that the orangutan has gone mad with power, and everything he does is about his own ego...
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  149. russia is using Iranian and north Korean weapons to strike inside Ukraine. What is the difference?
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  150. they will probably get roller skates in 2025 😄
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  151.  @ahmedalsharman  that claim is pure fiction 😄
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  152. Russia 2022: Kyiv in 3 days! Russia 2023: Our troops are only losing ground slowly this time! Seems to me that all of these game changers did in fact change the game. Russia went from being considered a military super power, to being considered so weak that many people in the west expected the russian defense to just collapse again....
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  153. relying on russian gas was always a bad idea. But at least that is over now, russia will never be a major energy supplier to Europe again.
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  154. i stand with the Kursk Peoples Republic. The result of the referendum was clear, the Kremlin must respect the will of the people.
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  155. It makes no difference to European security if US troops are there or not. They would just run away if russia invaded.
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  156.  @rouz0  the result will be whatever putin wants it to be. "Votes" 😄
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  157.  @VietKieuBalo  so Vilnius in 3 days, just like Kyiv? How did that go for russia? 😄
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  158.  @Josh93B93  bombing civilians never work, it only makes the nation more determined. Both sides tried it in ww2, no luck. The Americans bombed every single building they could find during the Korean war, and it still ended in a stalemate. The same happened in the Vietnam war, the Americans dropped more bombs than in ww2 and it still ended in a defeat.
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  159.  @benjicool2808  that is absolutely not true. Both Norway and Switzerland are in the single market, but not EU members. Such a solution was on the table, but the UK declined.
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  160.  @HarinderSingh-k8v  India and China is not really on russia's side. None of them will do anything to help russia, except buy some oil with a huge discount...
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  161.  @tukangketik6034  notice how Germany's gas storage is still around 90% full, despite Nordstream being closed for 4 months?
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  162. @kızgın tosbağa do you think that what happened in those countries was a good thing, so therefore it's ok what russia is doing in Ukraine? Or do you think it was a bad thing, which means that russia's actions are also bad?
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  163. Tell me you know nothing about the EU, without saying "i know nothing about the EU"...
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  164. well said 👍
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  165. "I could take Kyiv in 2 weeks if i wanted" - vladolf putler. Guess he was wrong too...😄
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  166. i don't think even the russians themselves know what they are doing 😄
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  167. yeah, this will be very entertaining. I predict a lot of pro-russia cope in this comment section...😄
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  168. here in Denmark, there seems to be this cycle where a new populist party will emerge on the far left or far left, and become very popular. But once they manage to become part of a coalition government, it becomes very obvious how useless they are, and they will usually disappear by the next election... Moral of the story: It is easy to be in opposition and complain about the government, leading a country is hard.
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  169. which companies are moving? Could you give us some examples please?
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  170. agree 100%. No matter what, it only happened because of russia.
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  171.  @Qvadratus.  that was a pretty pathetic attempt at trolling. Come on Ivan, troll harder 😄
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  172.  @bobpadok5331  and russia has lost 5.000.000 men and 2.000.000 tanks. See, i can make up numbers without evidence too!
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  173. the pipeline was already closed, and it was never going to be used again. So it makes no difference to Europe if it works or not.
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  174. i don't understand the obsession with this story. Even if we assume that russia is telling the truth, which seems very unlikely, then what? A failure in communication between those arranging the pov exchange and those manning the air defence sounds like something that could happen in a warzone. It is very unfortunate if something like this happens, but in the big picture with daily missile attacks on civilians , this seems kinda small?
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  175. global demand for oil is going down, as economic activity is slowing down. So it makes sense that OPEC is reducing output.
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  176.  @fantozzi2444  russia's tampon army is very poorly equipped 😄
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  177. no russian bots yet? That's unusual. Guess their handlers are still trying to figure out how they can spin this...😄
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  178. russia can't even build cars with seatbelts.
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  179.  @Dmk45718  so please explain it to us then. What is the reason for this conflict, in your opinion?
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  180.  @NaSaSh1087  the German economy grew by 1.9% in 2022.
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  181.  @Gjoa1906  that is a silly statement, considering that russia controls much less of Ukraine now than they did 6 months ago.
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  182. i am very happy with Germany's new chancellor. Don't know much about his internal policies, but i agree with most of the foreign policies.
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  183. i will never understand why so many people fall for the populist lies? It should be obvious that they are making promises they cannot keep. The current government in Denmark is a coalition of centre-left and centre right parties. While still not perfect, it is definitely the least worst government we have had in my lifetime. The best way is always somewhere in the middle of the 2 extremes...
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  184. and in 30 years, the US will be looking for someone to help them counter balance India 😄
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  185.  @fabiog801  I have no idea what he said, i don't speak orc. This is an english language news channel. That is why i don't write in Danish here.
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  186. defend itself from what exactly?
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  187. it is still unclear whether Soledar has fallen or not. Don't celebrate too early ruskies...
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  188. have you already forgotten about Kherson, Izium, Kupyansk, lyman etc? 😄
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  189.  @danascully6670  so... you don't actually know what fascism is do you? Russia accusing other countries of being fascist is pretty ironic.
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  190. Tell that to russia.
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  191. The majority of Danish equipment is from our neighbors. Tanks from Germany. IFVs from Sweden. Artillery from France. The only exception is fighter jets, and even that is a mistake in my opinion. Denmark should have chosen the Gripen instead of the F35.
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  192.  @alexkorneev6469  putin's gas does smell very bad, he is a very old man after all...
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  193. the big problem with putin's plan is that countries such as the US, Canada and Norway are all expected to increase oil production to new record highs in 2023. Denmark will also join the fun by the end of 2023, and become the largest oil producer in the EU 🙂
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  194.  @maxbounce  are you just going to repeat every boring russian talking point? How many potatoes does that earn you?
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  195. i can only hope that we end all trade and cooperation with russia in the future.
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  196. yeah the estimated price is around $40.000, which is very cheap for something like that.
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  197. European countries should not pay a single cent, unless countries like China, India and Saudi Arabia are paying their fair share as well. Kinda funny how those countries that want a multipolar world, don't want it to be multipolar when it comes to paying the bill...
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  198. good news. Considering that we are most likely headed for a new era of global conflict, domestic industry is more important than exports to countries outside the EU
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  199.  @AmericanAdvancement  you must be a millionaire then? Because only the rich are going to have a great time in the near future.
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  200. good for you. The rest of us should have followed your example.
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  201. how did russia end up starting a war against its own economic interests?
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  202.  @dillonhillier  there is no hot war in the Baltics yet, but there is a new cold war between russia and Europe, with plenty of hybrid warfare. And the Baltics are on the frontline of this new cold war.
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  203. and yet you are still here. You can go mind your own business now, bye bye...
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  204. NATO hasn't even joined the fight yet.
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  205. You're not british, stop lying Ivan.
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  206. Yeah i don't get it either. Other peoples sexuality is their own business. As long as both are old enough and no one is forced, then i don't really care.
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  207.  @MegaDixen  Because?
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  208. we have seen that already. The world was not a better place during the cold war...
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  209. the chinese can not replace the dollar. China is a net exporter, which means that more money is going into the country than out. So the only way for other countries to build up a reserve of chinese currency is to buy it, which makes the value go up, and that makes chinese products more expensive. There is a good reason why china is often trying to devalue their currency.
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  210. how many toilets?
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  211. Holding russia accountable for their many crimes are more important.
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  212. i think we are seeing the end of globalization, that will hurt countries that rely on exports. However, there are also opportunities for European companies as demand for locally produced goods is rising.
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  213. The gas price fell from 339 euro last friday, to 249 euro today. Since gas storage is almost full all over Europe, there's now less panic on the market. This "maintenance" of nordstream 1 didn't really affect the price.
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  214.  @edmurks236  no i am from Denmark. And Norway is not a baltic country 😄
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  215.  @dandyally9983  remember the 40km long roadblock of stranded russian tanks? They were headed towards Kyiv, before they were towed away by Ukrainian farmers 😄
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  216. russian trolls: after Severodonetsk, it's over for Ukraine. russian trolls: Europe will freeze without russian gas, it's over for Ukraine. russian trolls: Ukraine's counter offensive at Kherson has failed, it's over for Ukraine. russian trolls: The missile attacks on Ukrainian infra structure will force Ukraine to surrender, it's over for Ukraine. russian trolls: After Bakhmut, it's over for Ukraine. see a trend here?
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  217. guess putin is starting to worry that he might lose the European natural gas market permanently. Russia is only supplying around 8% of EU's natural gas demand now, and storage levels are actually increasing at the moment. Most of the market share that russia has lost will probably be permanent.
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  218. Denmark has a strange new problem: Negative electricity prices. It happens when all the solar and windturbines produce too much electricity, so consumers get paid to use electricity. We have had 169 hours with negative prices in 2024 so far. Great for consumers, but not so great for continued investment...
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  219. A recent report from IMF predicted that germany's gdp would decrease by 1.5% in 2022 and 2,5% in 2023 if russia turns of all the gas to europe. The latest numbers from russia's own central bank predicts a 6% decrease in russia's gdp this year. Those numbers are most likely pretty optimistic. We'll see who gets the last laugh.
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  220.  @aman.germany  BASF is an international company with facilities all over the world, including China and the US. And they are not stopping production in Europe. The same goes for the automakers.
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  221.  @marshallmintz7564  i fear the russian soldiers more than ever now, i don't want to lose my washing machine or my toilet 😧
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  222.  @tasreasfatemsa8266  all EU data is published. If you want to know something, just look it up.
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  223. it has been 80 years, get over it 🙄
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  224. State subsidies for car makers that don't make profit is not capitalism...
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  225. enjoy the free education the rest of us paid for then.
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  226. Phase one: Russia invades Ukraine with long columns of armored vehicles. Response: Ukraine receives ATGM's such as Javelin. Russian tanks go boom. Phase two: Russia bombards the Ukrainians with artillery. Response: Ukraine receives modern artillery and HIMARS. Russian supply lines go boom. Phase three: Missile and drone strikes. Response: Ukraine will receive airdefence systems and c-ram. Russian missiles and drones will get shot down in the air. Phase four: No matter what it is, the west will find a way to counter it. Russia has already lost the war, it is just a question of how many russian conscripts will have to die before putin is willing to accept defeat.
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  227. The era of global trade and coorporation are over. So the answer is obviously yes, made in Europe will soon be the only option available.
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  228. tell the russians to go home,
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  229.  @CARBONHAWK1  how will these attacks on civilian infrastructure prevent the Ukrainian army from continuing the offensive?
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  230. It's very disturbing. Far-right populist are on the rise here in Europe as well.
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  231. Russia is the problem we need to cope with...
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  232. It's not like russia can do anything about it, except empty threats and crying 😄
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  233. pretty sure those "Americans" live in St Petersburg...
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  234.  @davidnoelfranks1124  no we haven't seen that, because it didn't happen.
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  235. probably a good investment 👍
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  236. don't worry, there are more on the way 👍
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  237. it would make sense for Denmark to donate our F16s, as they are meant to be replaced by F35s anyway.
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  238. Wind energy covers almost 50% of our electricity consumption here in Denmark. The main reason why it is not more, is a lack of energy storage. But solar and biogas are also working well. Biogas is mostly produced from farm waste. The main reason why i like wind, solar and biogas so much, is because of energy security. I don't really care if it is green or not.
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  239. Africa: we hate Europe, get out of Africa! also Africa: you should give us some more money! really?...🤨
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  240.  @emazjassam2452  make sense please?
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  241. According to russia, they have now destroyed the entire Ukrainian air force 3 times. And somehow the Ukrainians are still flying. Very strange... 🤔
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  242. because putin's silly conspiracy theories are irrelevant?
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  243. Russian war ships fired at a Norwegian fishing ship in Norwegian waters not long ago.
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  244. apologize for being invaded? Are you drunk again Ivan?
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  245. So what are all you boring bots doing here?
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  246. This is going to be like "the toiletpaper crisis" back in 2020. A lot of panic and inflated prices, and then nothing really happens. Russia supplied 155bcm, or 38% of EU's gas consumption in 2021. Imports from other countries have increased by 50bcm in 2022, and russia has delivered at least 40bcm so far. So the actual gas shortage is around 65bcm, or roughly 15% compared to 2021. Natural gas accounted for 32% of EU's primary energy consumption in 2021. That means the energy used for heating, electricity and industry. So the actual energy shortage is 4.8% compared to 2021. But the higher prices means that most will cut back on their energy consumption. So it seems very likely to me that demand for energy will fall by more than 4.8%. I think things will start to even out around jan- feb 2023, with prices being higher than normal to encourage energy saving, but lower than what we are seeing at the moment.
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  247. let's be honest here, it would be very difficult for the west to defend Armenia. The only way to get supplies in is through Georgia, and it would have to pass through waters or airspace that is controlled by russia or Turkey.
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  248. he wants to run away while he is still able to 😄
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  249. russia is the one who is driving a wedge between us.
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  250.  @victotvictorov8710  no, but being a troll from russia makes you a russian troll.
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  251. DW should mention that VW sales are up in Europe and the US. But sales have dropped in China, by something like 20 %.
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  252. So India wants to be a manufacturing powerhouse. But who is going to buy the products?
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  253. it seems very unlikely to me that the US would stop supporting Ukraine. It would ruin the US' credibility as a reliable ally, and probably cause a lot of countries to shift towards the east instead. That is a high price to pay, considering how cheap this war has been for the US compared to other conflicts such as Afghanistan and Iraq.
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  254. and russia was wrong 🙂
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  255. but not himself or any of his family members of course.
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  256. you don't know what strategic value means, do you 😄
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  257.  @TheWebstaff  yeah you're probably right. I just think it is really sad it had to be like this...
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  258.  @suportbghelp4938  10% was last year, it's around 7% now.
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  259. it's all about energy storage. There may be less sun hours in the winter, but there is a lot during the summer. There are many ways to store energy, such as pumped hydro, grid scale batteries or you could use the excess electricity to produce hydrogen or methane (same as natural gas).
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  260. i became russophobic when russia decided to bring war back to Europe.
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  261. he will not actually fix anything. Complaining about the government is easy, running things yourself is much harder. This guy will be out by the next election.
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  262.  @yangamagaqa7925  no, russia just crashes into the moon instead...
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  263. that would be russia.
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  264.  @markharcourt2214  you mean the 70 guys that are still posting videos, despite being "slaughtered"? 😄
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  265. and it is not going to work. Shock and awe doesn't work when your forces are losing the fight on the ground.
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  266. sure, but this video is about russia's many crimes.
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  267. of course we Europeans care more when it is right next door. Nothing strange about that.
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  268. you can't even spell DW, that really damages your credibility...
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  269. they are fighting for their homes, and a future without russian occupation.
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  270.  @PaulM1810  no, and I am not going to jail for calling the "special military operation" a war either.
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  271. they should move to russia then.
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  272.  @СергейМонин-д7с  what is russia going to do, send some more cannonfodder and T62's to the frontline? The russian army is in tatters, and the missile strikes against civilians will only make the Ukrainians more angry. And it is also making the west want to support Ukraine even more.
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  273. too bad you will be spending the winter in the trenches in Ukraine. Hope you don't get frostbite Ivan :)
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  274. The surovikin line has been breached. That sounds like good news about the offensive to me... 🙂
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  275. and how much of that usage is just bots arguing with each other? Something like 99%?
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  276. there are 27 countries in the EU, it is not unthinkable that some would switch sides if it benefits them more.
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  277. you have to be more specific. Protests are normal and legal in a democratic country, most countries in Europe have at least 1 protest every week. So which protest are you referring to?
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  278.  @bryandimery6509  "two eastern pipelines set to open in 2023"? You just made that up didn't you?
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  279.  @braeburn2333  why, because russian media told you that all companies in Europe were closing and moving to other countries? It's not real, sorry to disappoint you 😄
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  280. sounds plausible 😄
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  281. Let Africa deal with this bs themselves...
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  282.  @claudiopereira9900  putin's ambitions are the reason for this mess.
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  283. it's not so much about losing the brands, it's about losing all the foreign investment. Western companies can bring a lot of cash to a country, and create a lot of new jobs. That's why most countries want these companies to come.
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  284. No visa for you Ivan!
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  285. typical of russia, going after civilians again.
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  286.  @emmanuelanyanwu6927  the russians have been trying for almost a year to capture a medium sized town in a much smaller country 😄
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  287. Brics is just a forum where leaders can meet and have their photo taken. They don't actually do anything.
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  288. That's fine with me, she's been doing ok so far.
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  289. last reserves? With all the gear captured from the russians last month, i don't think the Ukrainians will run out any time soon 😄
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  290.  @priapulida  there is nothing putin can actually do about it...
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  291. It feels like I have been listening to the same kind of stories for decades now. Any economic problem is a crisis, and we are all going to starve on the streets in the near future. And any economic wind fall is a boom or a growth miracle. Truth is, things go up and down. Europe will be fine.
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  292. I am sure DW really care about your opinion... 🙄
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  293.  @dark_master_Makei  Kaliningrad was founded by Germans, does that mean it should be returned to Germany?
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  294.  MsMissy  well, i am minding my business. That's why i don't trade with the UK anymore...
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  295. Yeah i am very concerned about russia's deliberate targeting of civilians.
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  296. Because the country was dirt poor after decades of russian occupation.
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  297. we seem to be going back in time, to the cold war era... 🙄
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  298.  @Cicero415  who cares about india?
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  299. Yeah, about 12 % of annual consumption. When the pipelines in Ukraine are closed, it will be around 7-8%.
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  300.  @underwaterhairdryer  putin ran away, and had to get Lukashenko to negotiate on his behalf. And the fact that most of the russian military did nothing to stop Prigo is pretty bad for putin 😄
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  301. so many people misunderstand why it is a problem for Europe if the US leaves NATO. It is not that Europe doesn't have their own armies, the EU alone had around 1,4M active personnel combined before the war started. The problem is leadership. And the US is the outsider everyone could agree on. A lot of Americans seem to forget that Europe is 44 individual countries, and each country has their own agenda.
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  302. good video 👍 Free speech is meant to give us the right to criticize the policies of our governments. It does not mean that you can say whatever you want about other people with no consequences.
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  303. it's a great example of why it's a bad idea to rely on russia.
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  304.  @soreeyez  this is exactly what russia is about. Why do you think most of russia's neighbors hate them so much?
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  305.  @Vincet-amor-patriae  ww2 was 80 years ago. Why are you trying to flex on something you had no part in? It's just pathetic dude...
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  306. "russian high precision strikes"😄
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  307.  @theshadowman1398  good one 😄Are you related to Bagdad Bob by any chance?
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  308. Great news 🎉🥳
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  309. This is a European news channel. So of course they have a focus on how it affect Europe.
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  310.  @muneerahmad8322  if people are struggling to pay for food and energy, they will spend less on things like smartphones, laptops, clothes, toys, hobby related items etc...
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  311. yeah, Serbia will never be allowed to join the EU anyway...
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  312.  @rauliovan420  thanks, it was meant as an insult ...
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  313.  @johnadam2885  yes you can always take it out on civilians when your army is failing on the ground. It's not going to work though, this won't break the Ukrainians and support from the west has only increased.
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  314.  @СергейМонин-д7с  of course they don't complain, they don't want to go to jail 🙄
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  315. fun fact: Saudi Arabia slipped into recession in 2023. For some reason that got very little attention in the media.
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  316. it would be great if the EU could lose some of the dead weight. Why should we share our tax money with countries like Hungary when they don't even want to be a part of the project?
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  317. Fortunately, it is not up to russia.
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  318. it is, but Australia is considered a continent.
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  319. probably the right thing to do. Let's hope they can find someone a little younger instead. No country should be led by someone over the age of 70...
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  320. there are 330 million people in the US, and these 2 clowns are the best candidates they can come up with? Come on America, you can do better...
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  321.  @kevfit4333  so you couldn't come up with a counter argument, so you went for insults instead? That is just pathetic...
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  322. everyone living permanently in Denmark is also required to learn Danish. It does not mean that other languages are banned.
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  323.  Red Stripes  they have been saying that for weeks now, yet somehow the Ukrainian army is still advancing 🤔
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  324.  @Lipi19821  Nordstream was completed in 2012. Germany was doing just fine before that.
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  325. don't forget the real question: "why is Prigozhin?"
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  326.  @she825  NATO hasn't even joined the fight yet. But you can keep pretending, if it helps you cope with russia's failures 😄
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  327.  @Percival5  reported by Gazprom, like i just wrote? Can't you read buddy?
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  328. that is not up to you, that is up to China.
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  329. i haven't really seen any suffering here in Denmark either. But the whole purpose of the sanctions is to reduce russia's access to tech and reduce their ability to fund the war. It's not supposed to harm ordinary people.
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  330. even shambling Zombies can overwhelm the defenders if there is enough of them...
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  331. russian figures are hilarious. They have somehow managed to destroy more equipment than Ukraine ever had 😄
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  332. Don't hold your breath. I seriously doubt that trump is actually going to do anything to end the war.
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  333. russia can just leave anytime they want. It is the only peace option available.
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  334.  @Cjeska  both pipelines can still be repaired, but it gives russia a good excuse to not deliver right now. Which is important as russia is looking for new customers in asia. I have noticed a large number of russian trolls trying to push the idea that russia was delivering until the pipeline was damaged.
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  335. It should belong to the natives living there.
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  336. exactly 😄
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  337.  @El-px6wl  it was fired by russian soldiers pretending to be seperatists. Most notably Igor Girkin.
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  338. 1: still better than russia 2: i can tell you what they won't be doing, buying gas from russia 🙂
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  339. ​ @TheGreatOne-gw7xh it's more like Europe putting pressure on the US.
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  340. for once, i actually agree with Macron.
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  341. it also made germany vulnerable, as we can see clearly now. Russia should never have been allowed to supply more than 20% of EU's gas.
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  342. The meeting was more about hydrogen and various minerals and metals for the industry. Germany doesn't have to replace all of the gas from russia with gas, there are other sources of energy. And gas is not the only thing from russia that needs to be replaced...
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  343. better than paying for putin's war of agression.
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  344.  @AleksFolk1  look in the mirror Ivan.
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  345. yeah but what about the whatabout? Kidnaping children is a crime no matter how you try to spin it...
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  346.  @Aries816  maybe you should start by taking care of the territory you already control ? Like Puerto Rico, Guam and the Marshall Islands? The US does not have a good track record with offshore territory..
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  347.  @realnapster1522  it is russia's pipeline. Guess russia doesn't have the balls to do anything about it.
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  348. Damn you Germany...😭
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  349. Dude... 🤦
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  350. Does that make you feel better? No matter what the reason is, China is now less attractive to foreign investment...
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  351.  @readysoldier6799  and what kind of peace deal would that be? What will prevent russia from just attacking again when they want more?
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  352. take a look at a map buddy. Who exactly is going to attack Spain or Italy? Austria is not a NATO member, how are they freeloading on the US?
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  353.  @babblo1389  the russians have to support their leader, if they don't want to go to jail.
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  354.  @TheDisinformationProjectNz  good thing NATO is helping then. Noone should have to live under russian oppression.
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  355. so many goodwill gestures, keep'em coming 😃
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  356. Phase one: Russia invades Ukraine with long columns of armored vehicles. Response: Ukraine receives ATGM's such as Javelin. Russian tanks go boom. Phase two: Russia bombards the Ukrainians with artillery. Response: Ukraine receives modern artillery and HIMARS. Russian supply lines go boom. Phase three: Missile and drone strikes. Response: Ukraine will receive airdefence systems and c-ram. Russian missiles and drones will get shot down in the air. Phase four: No matter what it is, the west will find a way to counter it. Russia has already lost the war, it is just a question of how many russian conscripts will have to die before putin is willing to accept reality.
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  357.  @northernlights9637  yes, we all think russia is a joke...
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  358. good job, Ukraine 👍
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  359. glory to the Belgorod People's Republic. 110% of the population voted for independence, putin must respect the will of the people!
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  360. a lot of people in Europe were starting to question the relevance of NATO. So putin decided to show us why NATO exists. Putin must be NATO's greatest recruiter.
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  361. what a disgrace. Team trump has somehow managed to sink even lower.
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  362. Only 185 comments after 2 hours. The russian bots are slacking today... 😄
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  363. By producing you actually mean stealing washing machines in Ukraine right?
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  364. for some reason it seems like most media don't want to talk about any good news or progress. I guess doom and gloom sells better.
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  365. they are dealing with it by removal.
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  366. An important step in the right direction 👍
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  367.  @jptrainor  yes, Greenland has the right to leave the Kingdom of Denmark. It's written into law.
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  368.  @stranger6797  at least Ukraine is trying to improve their country, and move closer to the EU. While russia is going back behind the iron curtain.
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  369.  @ryanwalters6184  Turkey supports Azerbaijan. And they are really only a NATO member on paper.
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  370.  @MalikenNL  not even china will recognize russia's "annexation".
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  371. nonsense, there are at least 20 people here!
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  372.  @Alex-pj8nz  russia has already played the gas card. What else can they do?
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  373. the headline is correct. There is no aid for Ukraine in the US budget for 2024 yet.
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  374. Keep begging the Germans to buy your gas, Ivan... 😂
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  375. A lot of that is because we usually buy electricity from sweden and norway when there's a shortage, but their hydroelectric is affected by the drought. And many of the biomass heat/power plants are closed for maintenance at the moment. It is normal and necessary to get them ready for winter. They get turned back on when the heating season starts, that should ease the problem a little.
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  376.  @Bob-t8l  did you know there are more than 1 person in Germany?
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  377. Russia is still stuck in the Donbass after almost 3 years, and are abandoning their allies in Syria and Armenia.
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  378.  @teogabrielsson4717  50 CV90, that is awesome. Good job Sweden, don't know how i missed that.
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  379. Non-proliferation has already failed. Even north Korea has them now. Iran is probably very close as well.
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  380.  @J.M.254  is that what russian media is telling you now? And you actually believe that BS? 😄
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  381. hello mr russian troll. Working hard tonight?
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  382. Russia is disliked across Europe for a reason.
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  383.  @xcitemex6353  they are also out of brains. But not out of vodka apparently.
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  384.  @kamsunleong6648  how is India a russia ally? They are not doing anything to support russia?
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  385.  @pirateking45  it's not that hard to be the "good guys", when the other side is russia....
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  386. doubt it.
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  387. @Geojr815  that is nonsense, and you know it. The natives will get the same treatment as all the other natives in US territory.
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  388. natural gas prices in Europe are cheaper than before the war
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  389. russia can't even handle Ukraine.
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  390. and i am sure they will get it. This is a very good investment for Europe after all...
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  391.  @siamcharm7904  no it's a conflict between russia and Ukraine. The west is only providing some weapons.
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  392. hello again Ivan, are we pretending to be from Denmark today?
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  393. Good comment 👍
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  394.  @timloo6191  so what?
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  395. I kinda feel like i don't know enough about this to have an educated opinion. Are there any good arguments for or against this move?
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  396. I agree, spending targets are pointless. I would prefer an agreement about how many troops and equipment each member state should be able to deploy on a short notice.
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  397. it would be in russias best interest to turn nordstream back on after maintenance. They cant really sell the gas anywhere else, without building more pipelines or lng facilities first. So they would just loose profit. Using energy as a weapon could also scare off future customers, and make it much harder to sign new contracts in asia.
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  398. by attacking Ukrainian civilians?
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  399. yeah i agree, just posted a similar comment. This will actually make it easier for EU to stay united, as nordstream can't be turned back on anyway.
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  400.  @zvonkobogdan9634  russia lost in Afghanistan after just 9 years, and with 10x more casualties...
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  401. what is russia the paper bear gonna do? Send some more T55s to the frontline 😄
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  402.  @dailyinternettrends1180  the US didn't lose in Afghanistan, what are you talking about? They won the fight in a few weeks, and occupied the country for 20 years with a total of 2000 casualties. They left because there was no reason to stay.
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  403. why would western media be unhappy about the declaration? It gives them something to report about?
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  404. why not? Why should Latvia keep a monument to the occupier's victory?
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  405. mandatory military service is a good idea. Every able man should spend at least a few months learning the basics. Did my own time in the army 20 years ago, it was around 9 months as far as i can remember. This system creates a small core of professional soldiers, and a large pool of reserves that can be called up in a time of crisis. A fully professional army is nice, but history has shown that large scale wars always end with conscripts. WW1 and ww2 were mostly fought by conscripts, after the professional soldiers got chewed up in the first years.
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  406. it should never have been built in the first plaće.
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  407. a slow war of attrition, with static front lines, is probably the only way Ukraine can defeat the russians. They have to force putin to use up his reserves of money, ammo and equipment. Public support for the war may be high in russia, but when putin has to pull funds from hospitals, welfare and education to fund his war, that could change. The fact that russias goals are very vague could become a big problem for putin, it is hard to keep morale high if the people don't really know what they are fighting for.
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  408.  @GWLimitless  russia is only fighting Ukraine. NATO provides intelligence and some of our older weapons, that's it.
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  409.  Zigest  because russia invaded their home?
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  410. perfect 👏
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  411. Shell is not an American company?
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  412.  @kabzaify  Gazprom reported a loss of $3,2 billion in the first 9 months of 2024.
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  413. what updates? Some old guy made some claims without any evidence to back it up.
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  414. russia can't even build cars with seatbelts now.
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  415. and they have. Russia will be much worse off no matter how the war ends.
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  416. you know that is not going to happen. Why would they hand over anything, when russia's only win in 1,5 years is Bakhmut 😄
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  417. this was surprisingly nice to watch, It seems to me that the younger people of Moscow are no fools.
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  418. i agree, although I wouldn't call russia an eagle. The russian chicken would be more appropriate.
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  419.  @she825  it's more like 3x now. And it is 3x more than dirt cheap.
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  420. putin ran away from moscow, while an army of russians were marching on moscow with little resistance. But russians are more united than ever? Sure, whatever you say, bunkerboy 😄
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  421. Glory to the Belgorod People's Republic! I hope Ukraine can help these poor people break free from russia.
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  422. translation: A russian missile hit another Ukrainian playground. But there were at least 40 NATO generals on that playground, according to russian sources....
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  423. the good news is that Le Pen's party will be out by next election, once voters realize that they don't actually have anything to offer. Being in opposition and complaining is easy, running a country themselves is hard. The bad news is that the timing is terrible. This is really not what the EU needs right now...
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  424.  @mightybagrutlord  yeah, but would France be willing to retaliate if a country in the baltics were hit? Or would the US? We need something new.
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  425. I don't see a problem with that?
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  426. Cope harder Ivan 🙄
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  427. the deal was that russia would respect Ukraine's sovereignty if Ukraine gave their nuclear weapons to russia. It is russia who has broken their promise.
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  428. @Abhishek Das a graveyard full of poorly trained russian conscripts...
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  429. What's the alternative? Surrendering to putin? I'd rather freeze thank you.
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  430. that is how i feel about US defense spending. What is it, 900 billion now? And you are still getting outproduced by North Korea in artillery shells, by russia in tanks, and by China in warships...😄
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  431. it doesn't really work if your soldiers on the ground are retreating while you do it. Those silly russians can't do anything right 🙄
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  432.  @pajeetkumar5105  but not from russia. They need to back behind the iron curtain and stay there.
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  433. i don't think it has ever worked. But it seems to impress putin's trolls.
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  434. or how about a report on russia's massive budget deficit and falling oil revenue? That would bring a smile to everyones faces 😀
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  435. be careful what you wish for.
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  436.  @Girvo747  it is also proof that the referendum is a sham. How can putin claim that the people in Zaporizjzja (the region) have voted to become part of russia, when no one in the largest city has voted?
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  437. russia could do that, but it would be a declaration of war against NATO...
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  438.  @klamentyne5991  that is just not true. The war is not about NATO, it's all about putin's imperial ambitions ...
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  439.  天月🌚  what a great victory, the paper bear managed to win a battle for the first time in 8 months 😄
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  440. dude, russia can't even handle Ukraine. Russia is no match for NATO.
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  441. Europe is a continent, with 44 individual countries. Why is this so hard to understand?
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  442. russia can't even build cars with seatbelts. And their T-14 doesn't actually work.
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  443.  @startracksha  i have never met a Brit who calls their country Britain. This is an obvious russian troll.
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  444.  @jchendrix  then why does russia control less territory in Ukraine today, than they did one year ago?
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  445. and nobody will miss them. Except the Brazilian football team of course.
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  446. russia can't make any significant progress either, that is why it is a stalemate right now.
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  447.  @Percival5  russia has "annexed" parts of Ukraine they don't control, including Kherson. So from russia's point of view, parts of russia is occupied by Ukraine, and there is nothing russia can do about it...
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  448. ​ @diogorodrigues747 and now you have more immigrants than before. Good job guys 😄
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  449. Nah, energy prices will return to normal eventually. Natural gas will slowly be phased out and replaced by other sources of energy.
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  450. @premsk127  the russians lost to the same guys in just 9 years.
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  451. the US advised Ukraine to leave the Bakhmut months ago.
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  452. ​ @IxoraNera a full scale war in Europe is something all Europeans should care about.
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  453. it is hard for non EU countries to export agricultural products to the EU, because we don't want to become dependent on food imports. This is a deliberate strategy.
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  454. guess the Suadi's aren't too happy about russia price dumping in Asia 😄
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  455.  @patrickstar686  EU is not in recession. And there is no EU school system, that is a national matter.
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  456. "russian court", what a joke. Just bribe the judge with a few potatoes, isn't that how russia works 😄
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  457. they seem to be very quiet today. Guess they are still trying to find a way to spin it into a win for russia 😄
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  458. the development part has been based in Germany the whole time. But the company partnered with a chinese company for the production part, and that is now being moved to Germany. Why would he do that if the chinese are so good at making robotics?
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  459. there are no sanctions on russian agricultural products. Putin is just making up excuses as usual...
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  460.  @newtubevector  Denmark was doing just fine before China joined WTO in 2001. The Danish welfare state has really only been degrading since then.
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  461. russia was part of the soviet union when OSCE was founded. Russia is a breakaway state and their voice should not be counted.
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  462. @ a small country like Denmark will always get pushed around by someone. But as a member of a federation, we will at least be represented in the central government.
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  463. russia's grain exports have increased in the last 12 months. Stop lying.
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  464. poor little putin, he really wanted to expand his empire 😄
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  465. according to putin, russia has already destroyed the entire Ukrainian army and all their equipment 5 times. It is very strange that the russians keep running away, there shouldn't be anyone left to fight on the Ukrainian side?
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  466.  @WPaKFamily  you can't see how stupid it is to complain about high taxes, while your getting a very expensive education for free thanks to said taxes?
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  467.  @WPaKFamily  i grew up in a low income household. I would never have had the same opportunities in a country like the US. I benefited a lot from the Danish system when i was young. I don't mind paying it back now when i've done well for myself.
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  468.  @JessicaD.-vb9ho  protests are normal and legal in a civilized society. Unlike russia and china, we have the right to complain about our governments. It is one of the reasons why we are happier.
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  469. They should never have relied on russian gas to begin with. Natural gas is not the only source of energy, there are many other options.
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  470. good job Ukraine. I have seen some reports about the russian trench line being breached east of Robotyne, closer to Verbove. Guess we will know in a few days if that is true or not.
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  471. russian whataboutism...
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  472. Ukraine is fighting to defend themselves against russian aggression. It's not that hard to understand.
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  473. Ukraine is getting Leopard 2s, while the russian forces are getting T55s 😄
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  474.  @Recusant_  i don't really care. There is not much difference between the US, russia and China these days.
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  475. so that 40km traffic jam of russian tanks north of Kyiv was just for show? 😄
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  476. It's just a show, it makes no difference. There are nukes in kaliningrad already.
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  477. are you still hanging on to that excuse?
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  478. .... Clap Clap. 😄
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  479. the comment section on this channel is like 90% russian trolls and bots now.
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  480.  show bd  there was a decent sized protest near Copenhagen last sunday. It was a bunch of football fans who were unhappy about some rule change. Is that the sort of protest you would like to hear about?
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  481.  @neverknowsbest2879  i think you are forgetting that russia "annexed" parts of Ukraine that are not controlled by russia. So Ukraine would have to hand over large parts of their country, that russia has little chance of ever taking.
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  482. I agree, but putin just can't stop making enemies...
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  483.  @Vandelberger  Denmark has a tougher stance on immigration than Sweden and France. The rest of Europe should have done the same years ago.
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  484. If only there were other sources of energy in the world... 🤔
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  485. russia accounted for something like 1.5% of EU's food imports, and 3% of EU's food exports. EU is a net exporter of agricultural products, and grow more wheat than russia and Ukraine combined.
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  486.  @alexanderpepkin4110  that didn't happen either.
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  487.  @herman-6839  but what about the whatabout? I'm sure some people in the west called the hk protests peaceful. And others didn't. So your comment is pointless.
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  488.  @linkmeforfun  how do you think russia became the largest country in the world? The only difference is that russia is still hanging onto most of their colonies in Asia.
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  489. no, but it is a good start. And the EU is not the only supplier.
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  490. Norway is taking over as Germany's largest supplier of natural gas. There are 3 pipelines between Germany and Norway already. The US is Germany's largest export market, China is number 5.
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  491.  @behroozkhaleghirad  what tough siberians? Are you talking about those guys who keep running away from the Ukrainian army?
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  492. and the sanctions are there because of the war? Are you a bit slow?
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  493. maybe that is why russophobia exists.
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  494.  @Zelenskytears  nice alternate reality you got there. Here in the real world, the war was started by russia.
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  495.  @LahpaiZau-i5l  that has to be the dumbest thing i have read today..
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  496.  @palar4195  defending your country from an invader is the duty of all men. Invading another country is not.
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  497.  @Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo  yeah, that is one of the reasons why we need something new. A nuclear program is probably something most European leaders would prefer to not talk about. But it has to happen.
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  498.  @lastsovietspy  VW is a global corporation. Spending tax money to keep it afloat is not going to help with the production of artillery shells or tanks.
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  499. could they run out of ammo? Sure. Will it happen? No...
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  500.  @dulsinea958  empty threats 🙄
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  501. it's not a misunderstanding, Trump is just that stupid.
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  502. and i have heard stories about large numbers of russian tanks burning near Avdiivka. And unlike the crews in the Leopards, many of the russian crews get to burn with their tanks...
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  503.  @re-vitiligo  russia has occupied the parts they could take. They would have taken more, if they could.
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  504. the grain deal is probably dead, as russia managed to destroy much of the infrastructure needed in Ukraine's ports. Why give in to russian demands, if Ukraine cannot export anyway....
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  505.  @AshkanPacino13  i agree that russia can't afford this level of fighting for long, but it doesn't cost much to send a few shells across the border every other week. So if the terms for Ukraine's membeship is that all fighting has to be 100% over, then it could be very hard to achieve.
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  506.  @santhoshd9591  nope, i don't usually watch bbc. But why are you pretending like western media is unhappy about the declaration? It gives them something to report about, and it is not really something most people care about anyway. I can't even remember who hosted last year...
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  507. any headline that mentions china or russia gets flooded in minutes. Both countries seem to care a lot about their image in western media for some reason.
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  508. nobody cares.
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  509. russia could end the war today by going home.
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  510.  @WhaleBlueberry  i can repost my earlier comment if you like: if anyone is wondering how much the US has actually donated compared to Europe, i got some numbers here: Tanks: Europe: 735 US: 76 IFV: Europe: 837 US: 352 Artillery: Europe: 450 US: 201 MLRS: Europe: 43 US: 39 Airdefense: Europe: 58 US: 18 F16: Europe: 6+ US: 0
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  511. that's the right spirit. There's no reason to cry about it, we just have to get through it. And hopefully build back better. Greetings from denmark :)
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  512.  @outerspace8158  nope, but it is another step in the right direction.
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  513. russia warns of harsh consequences, that means russia will issue some more empty nuclear threats but not actually do anything...😄
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  514. no one is afraid, but we all love watching the russian clown show. And Prigo is the most entertaining clown at the moment...
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  515. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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  516.  @tornado-s-2012  i feel like we have heard that story before. Severodonetsk, Bakhmut and Avdiivka were all supposed to be the major breakthroughs for russia, but in reality the frontline just moved a few km. 2 years from now, russia will still be trying to take the Donbass...
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  517. not as funny as putin. "I could take Kyiv in 2 weeks", putin 2014...😄
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  518.  @ozmiumYT  they don't even control the capital city in Zaporizjzja? This is a whole new level of delusion for gasputin.
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  519.  @counter-intelligence7902  it's hard to predict what will happen in the next few years. There will no doubt be many challenges, but there will also be opportunities. German industry will probably take a hit in the short term, but an actual collapse is very unlikely. A new era of protectionism could hurt many of the larger companies, but it could also benefit many of the smaller companies.
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  520. that is correct, but Germany's supply is not zero. Even before the war, russia supplied about half of Germany's gas consumption. And Germany has done a lot to find other suppliers.
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  521. putin is looking more and more like Dr. Evil 😄
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  522. but russia was supposed to be a super power, that is the difference...
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  523.  @RyzenShanks  i think you missed the point. If russia is exporting more grain than before, then why are they complaining about not being able to export?
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  524.  @--____6915  even if that was true, he didn't have the authority to make such a promise on behalf of NATO. And the fact that no agreement was signed makes your claim pretty pointless...
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  525. the greatest comedian in the world, he turned the russian army into a joke 😄
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  526.  @neilba1  putin ran away with his tale between his legs 😄
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  527.  @TMM-N  no, russia promised to do so. They haven't actually delivered...
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  528.  @fresh6993  russia 2022: Kyiv in 3 days! russia 2023: our defensive lines are not crumbling yet! 😄
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  529. gas prices fell from 339 euro last friday, to 248 euro today. As gas storage is almost full all over Europe, there is less panic on the market now. The announced "maintenance" on nordstream 1 didn't affect price much.
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  530. Making Germany reliant on russian gas was a bad idea. It was always clear that russia would use it as leverage sooner or later.
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  531. Russia is a world leader in alcoholism. But that is all russia is good at.
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  532.  @denisgorjunov  that is BS, and you know it.
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  533. yeah i was about to write a similar comment. I think mud is the most important factor.
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  534. i agree, i don't get why the russians doesn't just admit defeat and go home.
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  535. i like the hairdo. Reminds me of princes Leia in Empire Strikes Back 😄
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  536.  @TMM-N  they should be able to heat their home, the problem is that many people can't afford to because of the inflated prices. That's why EU is trying to find a way to lower the prices. I don't know if that is possible, ẃe'll see. But the price will go down eventually either way. The current prices will force most people and companies to reduce energy consumption a lot, which will lead to an energy surplus.
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  537. cope harder. Russia is trying to advance, but they can't.
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  538. Portugal could just leave NATO if they wanted, they don't really need the protection. So Portugal is a net contributor to NATO, no matter how much they spend.
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  539. Bakhmut was captured 5 months ago, what difference did it make?
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  540. Ukraine is the underdog in this fight, so any success on the battlefield is quite impressive. Russia was previously considered to be a super power, so it is not very impressive when they struggle so hard against their much smaller neighbor. And the last time russia took over an actual town, was Severodonestk last summer.
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  541. Yeah armed coup attempts every where. No wait, that is just russia 😄
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  542.  @blardymunggas6884  nonsense and wishful thinking. Is this your first crisis kid? Germany' s economy decreased by 5% back in 2009, and they recovered just fine a few years later. The same will happen this time.
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  543. how do you know that industry is fleeing Europe? Any credible source to back up that claim?
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  544.  @cinpeace353  what has the media got to do with it, that data i published by the chinese government. So i wonder what part of the chinese economy is growing enough to offset all the negative...?
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  545. It's all about putin's imperial ambitions.
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  546. Ukraine didn't agree to being invaded. Russia is 100% to blame.
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  547. the bald guy seems to be stuck in the cold war.
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  548. Sweden's contribution of heavy weapons to Ukraine has been very impressive, 50 CV90s, 10 stridsvagn 122, 8 Archer self propelled howitzers and a lot of other stuff. To put this into context, if the US wanted to match Sweden's contribution per capita, they would have to deliver 330 Abrams, 1650 Bradleys and 264 Paladins. Good job Sweden 👍...but you still suck 😉
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  549. they could just move to russia if it means that much to them.
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  550. cooperation is fine, dependence is not fine.
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  551. getting drafted to defend your country is one thing. But if i was drafted and forced to attack Sweden for no good reason, i can imagine that my face would look similar to those guys...
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  552.  @Sweet-Rat-Milk  putin thought Ukraine would be an easy win, but here we are with the russians in the defensive. It may be slow, but russia is losing ground again...
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  553. i think most of us are happy that Nordstream got destroyed. And it is russia's pipeline anyway, it is their problem.
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  554.  @Wiers75q  like i said, russia's Gazprom is the majority shareholder. Insurance is russia's problem. The 2 German companies with a minor share in the pipeline have lost their money anyway, as the pipeline will never be used again. But that is what you get for doing business with the enemy.
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  555. good one 😄
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  556.  @springbloom5940  that is right, i am. But I can't figure out if you are a bot or an orc?
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  557. it's their job, they are bots and paid trolls...
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  558.  @benjaminjohnsonboston  do you remember what russia did in chechnya, Georgia and Syria?
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  559. And how will they do that? With that single T34 from the recent parade? 😄
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  560. silly russians, can't even walk right...
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  561.  @lifessogood2995  the oil price in Europe was above $100 pr barrel form 2007-2014, and we were still fine. Today's price is $85.
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  562. nothing but toilet paper now 😄
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  563. No it was 1000 observers from 400 countries! And they all saw that 110% of the voters said yes!
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  564. that's a great idea 👍
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  565. i am not really a fan of globalism, moving production and know-how to other countries is just a bad idea that only favors a few rich business owners. I would prefer to see some more protectionism from the EU.
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  566. 2 loser countries together are still loser countries....
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  567. They can be both. Look up the word rebel in a dictionary.
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  568.  @univeropa3363  if russia is doing so great on the frontline, then why are they paying guys like you to convince us? Shouldn't the results on the battlefield speak for themselves?
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  569. maybe DW should block comments too. It's like 90% paid russian trolls here anyway...
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  570. too bad their currency is toilet paper now 😄
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  571.  @avananand1614  could be worse, at least we don't have to spend the winter in the trenches like those poor russian conscripts...
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  572.  @logansolares3699  why would i be freezing? We have enough supply for the winter, and the price is coming down. You should be more worried about the russians who will be sent to the frontline without proper winter gear 🥶
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  573. Russia lost the Crimean war, the russo-Japanese war, WW1, the Afghanistan war. Just to mention a few...
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  574. WINTER IS COMING!!!! ...oh wait, it's already winter and we're doing just fine 🙂
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  575. it was a bad idea for everyone except russia.
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  576.  @vaskodimoski5690  wake up buddy, russia is totally dependent on China for both exports and imports now. Russia should change it's name to "China's gas station".
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  577.  @NWforager  global hegemony is not free.
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  578. What's the standard rate for a russian troll? Is it always just 1 potato per day, or will putin sometimes give you 2 potatoes?
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  579. 3 times the price of what? Todays price is lower than before the war.
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  580.  @santhoshd9591  what are you even talking about? You guys are delusional...
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  581.  @yo2trader539  that worked out pretty good, with the eventual collapse of the soviets?
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  582. Before voting for a populist party like this one, remember to ask yourself 2 questions: 1: Do they actually have a solution to the problem that you care about, or are they just complaining about it? 2: If they have a solution, will it actually fix the problem? Is the solution even possible and legal to do?
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  583.  @dynamitebsb4520  Latvia was independent before ww2. They were occupied by the soviet union from 1944 to 1991.
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  584.  @dynamitebsb4520  so why should Latvia keep a monument to a victory that led to Latvia's occupation for more than 45 years?
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  585. i agree that Europe should do more. But we have done a lot more to help than the US.
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  586.  @jeremyramey3221  russia picked the fight. And they are still losing on the battlefield.
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  587.  @deepblue3682  with what army? The one that is stuck in Ukraine?
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  588. There will soon be huge tariffs on those cars. Globalism is over, now comes protectionism.
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  589. not allowing Ukraine to use western weapons in russia makes it kinda hard to protect the border. If Ukraine can't use artillery or mortars until the russian troops have crossed the border, then they have to move their defensive lines at least a few km back. That makes the entire border area a greyzone.
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  590. almost $500.000, that is amazing. Respect to everyone who donated. Happy birthday Jake 🥳
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  591.  @supersardonic1179  dammit, you beat me to it!
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  592. if we're not supposed to laugh at him, then why does he look and talk like a clown?
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  593.  @normusdoar  how were Germany able to approve Nordstream 1 and 2, if they are controlled by the US?
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  594. Don't forget playgrounds and pedestrian bridges. Putin really seems to hate those for some reason...
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  595. how can the russians push to Odessa when their soldiers keep running away?
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  596. ​ @antebratincevic6764 their gdp per capita is higher than russia's. Pretty close to countries like France and the UK.
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  597.  @danielwebb8402  i was mostly referring to the "analysts" that are often quoted in videos like this. They tend to look at recent data, and assume a recent trend will just continue without anyone doing anything to change it. The more official forecast for Germany is a lot more moderate, last time i looked it up it was 0.3% real growth this year and 1.7% growth next year. While it is not great, it is still pretty far from a collapse.
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  598.  @natakhomyakova6996  i'm sure Latvia, Poland, Lithuania and Estonia regret it too. Being occupied by the soviets instead of nazi Germany is not much of an improvement. The fact that these states are more hostile towards russia than Germany these days should tell you something...
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  599. i enjoyed this conversation very much. It's so nice listening to 2 adults talking about economy and geopolitics without predicting the collapse of everything. Reality is usually not that dramatic.
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  600. what exactly will russia win? A brand new iron curtain perhaps?
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  601.  @AaronVanWolfen  maersk can barely be considered a Danish company anymore. Multinational corporations like maersk is another thing i hate about globalism. They destroy local competition, and pay very little tax. Maersk often manage to pay less than 1% of their profit in tax. The Danish welfare state was just fine before China joined WTO in 2001. And it has actually been degradering since then.
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  602.  @spacekicker4  i know the EU is buying diesel from India. But OP is talking about gas, not oil..
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  603. who in NATO said that? NATO never promised not to expand.
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  604. what do they have to be proud about?
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  605. most high tech manufacturing doesn't need gas, just electricity. Wind and solar is the cheapest source of electricity by far.
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  606.  @munannadozie1254  Denmark has been an oilproducer since 1972, and a net exporter of oil since 1993. Our biggest oil field is closed for maintenance at the moment, but it will resume production next year. And a new oil field will begin production in 2024.
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  607.  @nidheeshkm8471  Denmark doesn't claim to be a super power. Russia does. That's why it's funny.. 😄
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  608.  @skyline9577  that sounds like nothing but empty threats to me...
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  609.  @neverknowsbest2879  that is just not true. Not sure where you got that idea from. And it was russia that cut the gas flow to Germany in 2022. There are still no sanctions on russian gas.
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  610.  @crymeaariver  what are you talking about, little guy?
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  611. It makes imports from China more expensive and less competitive in Europe. As someone who works in manufacturing, i am very happy about that.
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  612. Nope, fake news.
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  613. Russia and the US can talk all they want. It does not mean that Ukraine or the EU has to agree.
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  614. nope, oil imports from russia is down by 90% now.
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  615.  @TheJorrry  there is quite a lot of support for increased military spending in most EU countries right now. Not sure how the majority feel about nukes though.
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  616. there is 1 big difference: Car makers in the west have to make a profit to survive. While chinese car makers are subsidized by the state.
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  617.  @simplyfoto  what a silly claim.
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  618. Have you seen the value of the rubble lately? 😄
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  619.  @shazam992  Germany is the second largest donor of military aid now. It's only getting faster, not slower...
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  620. It's time to stop the handouts. Don't spend EU funds outside of the EU, unless it actually has some kind of benefit to us.
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  621. nah, i don't think russia is ready to surrender yet. It will take a few more years.
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  622. and Orban will probably give it to him, if he gets paid under the table...
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  623. russia is not a major power, russia is just a paper bear 😄
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  624.  @boleslawzajaczkowski9392  Ukraine wanted to make Ukrainian the official language in Ukraine, There was no law preventing anyone from speaking russian.
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  625. Ukraine has breached the surovikin line, pay attention Ivan!
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  626.  @stevanjakovljevic8390  are you?
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  627. they tried that already. Didn't worḱ out well for russia...
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  628. whataboutism is no excuse, Ivan.
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  629. Nah, trump will just spend 4 years being a clown. "they are eating the cats .... 😄
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  630. Yeah Finland is a perfect example of a country with a very capable army with a reasonable budget. All the smaller countries should do like Finland.
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  631. Ukraine was not about to join NATO when the war started.
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  632. i don't see putin any where near the frontline...
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  633. i'm sure russia will respond with some more empty nuclear threats, which we all will ignore since we all know it's nothing but empty threats 😄
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  634. Listening to english speakers trying to pronounce Danish words makes my ears bleed. I prefer when they use the English word for places in Denmark. I could imagine that many Germans feel the same way.
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  635. how would that help russia, they can't even build cars with seatbelts now 😄
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  636.  @explainedwithgpt  why do you think most of russia's neighbors have applied for NATO membership? And why are russia's neighbors the most eager to support Ukraine?
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  637. Russia is already doing worse things.
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  638.  @pffftnames9047  yes, India is taking advantage of russia's desperation. If India actually wanted to help russia, then they would pay russia a fair price...😄
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  639. that guy is Inuit, not chinese 🙄
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  640. What a silly claim
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  641. empty threats 🙄
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  642.  @kaloyanrosenov2123  Ukraine has not recieved any western tanks or IFVs yet. No fighter planes. No long range missiles. And they still managed to stop the "mighty" russian army, and even take territory back. That's the reality.
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  643. a few stats to better understand the energy crisis: - EU's total gas consumption in 2021 was 412 bcm, russia provided 155 bcm. - Gas imports from other countries are expected to increase by at least 50 bcm in 2022. So without any gas from russia, there would be a shortage of 105 bcm, or roughly 25% compared to 2021. -Natural gas accounts for 32% of EU's final energy consumption. So without any gas from russia, there would be an energy shortage of 8% compared to 2021. This is assuming that demand will stay the same, that we don't try to increase output from other energy sources and that russia didn't provide any gas at all this year. And that is not the case. - Russia provided a lot of gas in the first half of the year, and they are still sending gas through the pipelines in Ukraine. - Gas consumption in the first 8 months of 2022 was 15% lower than last year. - Coal imports are up 35%, and domestic production has increased too. The point is, there is no actual shortage yet. And if we continue to consume 15% less gas, then there shouldn't be a shortage. The problem is to make sure that people can actually afford the energy. If prices remain this high for the rest of the year, then we could very well end up with an energy surplus instead of a shortage.
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  644. what will China win? Do they get a prize?
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  645. yes the war should end, and russia can make it happen by going home.
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  646. He will get a place in the history books, next to people like hitler and stalin.
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  647.  @thewho5786  the russians lost in Afghanistan too...
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  648.  @palar4195  it's a sign of a nation being under attack.
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  649.  @michaelwilson9921  take a look at how the world worked during the cold war. Neutral countries, also called 3rd world countries, didn't really do that well.
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  650.  @kabzaify  there is no winning or losing, that's not how the world works.
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  651.  @guillermoelenes  there are pipelines from Africa to Spain and Italy, and from there to Germany.
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  652. i don't have much faith in the US as an ally anyway. I would prefer a combined EU military instead.
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  653. the mistake was to rely too much on natural gas in the first place. But it is a mistake that is slowly being fixed, as the share of renewables in the energymix keeps rising every year.
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  654.  @GordyThomas  1 man being able to block a vote is not very democratic.
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  655.  @Jimmy1972  go on and do it then.
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  656. could you give us some examples?
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  657. russian shovels are probably more accurate than russian missiles.
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  658.  @redpanda9963  i looked up the word in the dictionary, and there was a picture of putin next to it...
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  659. instead of a retirement age, people should be required to work for a certain number of years. Probably something like 40-45 years. People with higher education will enter the labour market much later in life than someone in construction, and their job is less physically demanding. So they could probably still work at age 70, while someone in construction might not be able to.
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  660. so there should be no limits? Somehow i got the feeling you would change your mind if you found yourself being targeted.
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  661. empty threats 😄
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  662. The soft russian teddy bear 🧸
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  663.  @thalentekhuluse2829  you're really excited because russia might soon have a small victory for the first time in 8 months aren't you? How sad 😄
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  664.  @iosifmarius7302  oh come on, we have seen all this before. Russia is just going to run out of steam again, like they did 2 times last year. Enjoy it while it lasts...
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  665.  @olgerdtmagpier5527  but it is not a part of russia anymore.
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  666. russia is sending T62s to the frontline now, and begging north korea for their old shells 😄
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  667. the advantage of hydrogen is that it can be stored and transported in a similar way to natural gas. Wind and solar power needs storage to be really efficient, and batteries and pumped hydro is fine for short term storage, but it is not great for if you want to store enough energy for several months. Hydrogen can also be used as feedstock in heavy industry, instead of natural gas.
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  668. considering how slow the russian progress is, we will both be long gone by the time russia finally captures the Donbass. Maybe our great-great grandchildren will live long enough to see russia reach Kyiv?
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  669.  @gaborrajnai6213  a failure to stop russian aggression leads to the collapse of the EU. And that leads to most of eastern Europe falling back under russian influence, since they all have to deal with russia on their own.
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  670.  @focast1825  true, putin didn't say 3 days, he said 2 weeks. But that is not much better is it?
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  671. What technological breakthroughs have China made? A new way to cook price perhaps?
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  672. yes trade and cooperation between russia and EU would be mutually beneficial. But russia just can't stop invading and threatening it's neighbors, so it is no longer an option.
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  673. not when the Baltics are supported by troops from all over Europe. And that is why they are there.
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  674. the soviets lost 20 million people fighting the Germans. The Germans lost 4 million fighting the soviets, the French, the Brits, the US and many others... The soviets would have lost in 1v1...
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  675. it's been more than 2 years, and russia is still stuck in the Donbass with no end in sight. How would russia ever reach Germany?
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  676. Nord stream was already closed before it got blown up. So it makes no difference for the gas price in Europe. If russia wanted to supply more gas, they could just use one of the other pipelines.
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  677. they can't. This is all russia can do now, cause a temporary power outage.
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  678. cry more Ivan 😄
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  679. Ukraine is being very kind to russia. They could easily attack into russia, as the border is almost completely undefended. Russia should be very grateful to the west for not allowing their donated equipment to be used in attacks on russian soil...
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  680.  @1individeo  you mean some cannon fodder was sent across the river to see if the Ukrainians had run out of ammo. The answer was apparently no.
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  681. They poked the paper bear, and russia responded with boring russian trolls like you in every comment section...
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  682. i've heard that putin has promised an extra potato to the troll who can write the most comments today. That must be why they are working so hard today.
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  683. EU did that back in February. But it takes time to ramp up production, so this aid from the US is very important.
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  684.  @WhaleBlueberry  we can also compare financial aid: Europe 52 billion euro, US 27,9 billion euro.
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  685. Russia should change it's name to China's Gas Station 😄
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  686. i did, it was 2 hours of putin repeating the same old propaganda lines we have heard 100 times before... 🙄
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  687. is that a serious question? Have you not been paying attention the last few weeks?
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  688. putin is to blame
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  689. now imagine that gas station shutting off supply, because you oppose their violent crimes against another neighbor...
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  690.  @thomaskinoshta  and the russian soldiers are welcomed with hugs and flowers, right? Delusional much?
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  691. Ukraine's ancient MIGs are still flying. F16s will do just fine.
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  692. Russia is only fighting Ukraine, and it is not going well for russia.
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  693. he is a muppet.
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  694. begging iran and north korea for help.
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  695.  @revinhatol  the Ukrainian army took control of a small village in Luhansk, called Bilohorivka, last week.
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  696. The energy crisis peaked in August, things have improved a lot since then. I can't see why 2023 should be worse.
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  697. is that the motto for all the paid russian trolls and bots?
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  698. that's the biggest problem, the russians will just come back for more if they gain anything from this war.
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  699. relations between russia and the EU will only get worse in the coming years. There is not much that can be negotiated.
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  700. what a silly statement. This is the 3rd economic downturn in my lifetime, it is temporary.
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  701. It seems to annoy russia, so it is doing exactly what it is supposed to.
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  702. Europe donates more than the US already.
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  703.  @sharavivbanyamyanyasharala3361  guess russia is not a sovereign country then, since they have soldiers from North Korea stationed on their territory.
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  704. Most companies will leave a country if they are not making any money there...
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  705. ​ @user-sk6qj9yf6w it was destroyed by putin's imperial ambitions.
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  706. yeah, russia.
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  707.  @ZlatoscifoV-ln4xb  russia has had NATO at its borders for 20 years. Even longer if you count the small border with Norway. That is just an excuse for russian aggression.
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  708. the soviets lost 20M people. You would think russia would be more careful at this point in history.
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  709.  @lettheflamestakeover7374  are you drunk again Ivan? Could you at least try to make sense?
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  710. russia was never promised anything about swift. The grain deal was brokered by Turkey and the UN, they can't make such a promise.
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  711.  @jorgenlarsen775  well said. Couldn't agree more.
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  712. are you saying that we shouldn't care about the invasion of a country on our doorstep, because Iraq and Afghanistan's neighbours didn't care?
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  713. why are you here on a European news channel?
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  714.  天月🌚  no it's 300 Ukrainians vs 5 million russians. See, i can make up numbers to fit my narrative too!
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  715. Russia chose war, so russia chose sanctions.
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  716.  @760HorsePower  and russia is still a poor country despite all those resources...
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  717. The copium is strong with this one...
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  718. the same has been said about the Ukrainians since last summer.
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  719.  @Meowchen123  yeah i am sure it's just a coincidence that this video got flooded with 100s of comments in 15 minutes...
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  720. put on your tinfoil hat, they're coming to get you!
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  721. "economic crisis" sounds a bit overdramatic in my opinion...🤨
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  722. i like the sign on the stranded bus. Gott nytt år means happy new year 😄
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  723. So tanks can be destroyed by anti tank weapons? Wow, the world is shocked 🙄
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  724. i am really disappointed by Macron to be honest. As the leader of Europe's largest military power, this should have been his shining moment.
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  725. Denmark tried staying neutral in ww2. Turns out that being neutral does not prevent others from attacking us. Better to be proactive this time.
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  726. or they could just choose a country in the middle east and take their oil. I mean "bring some democracy", of course.
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  727. the current government in Ukraine was elected in 2019, Zelensky had nothing to do with the "coup" in 2014. It is normal for a state to delay elections during wartime, it is even part of Ukrainian law.
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  728. ​ @alexanderlazarev3570  nah, russia is an asian country now. The country is better known as "china's gas station"...
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  729. it's just the French being French. I'm sure the Germans will talk some sense into them eventually.
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  730. ​ @xx_Joker_xx why, it's not like the US would do much to help? The US is a fair-weather ally.
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  731.  @Gumiho-34  no such deal was ever made.
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  732. and what kind of deal could realistically be negotiated?
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  733. The latest forecast for the German economy is 1.5% growth in 2022, and 0.8% growth in 2023.
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  734. Hello mr russian troll. How many potatoes have you earned today?
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  735. it is hard enough for likeminded countries in the EU to agree on anything, these very different countries in brics will never be able to agree on anything useful. Brics will never be more than another forum where leaders can have their photo taken...
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  736.  @onmywayup94  only for the wealthy shareholders. What is Trump going to do that will benefit you?
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  737. could be worse, at least we're not russia.
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  738.  @boleslawzajaczkowski9392  i don't see a problem with that, i want Danish to be the only official language in Denmark. Feel free to speak whatever language you want in your own time, but official documents, streetsigns etc are written in Danish. If russian's want everything to be written in russian, move to russia.
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  739.  @КомментаторЮтуба-л1т  like the average russian could afford that...
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  740. Better than relying on a supplier that will cut off supply if you don't agree with their imperial ambitions.
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  741.  @belfasta  stop pretending to be british Ivan 🙄
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  742. China is not the country buying German products the most, that is the US. China has dropped to number 5 in 2024, just behind Poland. Germany has a massive trade deficit with China, with imports being worth almost 2,5x more than exports.
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  743. German car makers have moved a lot of their production to China, exporting cars back to Europe. So these tariffs will hurt them as well. These large corporations don't care that Europe is losing 1000s of jobs, as long as they can make short term profit. Unfortunately, these corporations have a lot of influence in the German government, even if their actions are hurting Germany in the long run...
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  744.  @Nuklear_Godzilla  ooooooh, i'm so scared of russia's empty threats. Yawn....
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  745.  @currentaf8455  it doesn't really hurt russia, they could just use the other pipelines if they wanted.
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  746. brics is just a forum where some leaders can have their photo taken. It's not an alliance or a trade block.
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  747.  @GeeGee19  you guys can keep him. He is more entertaining from a distance.
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  748. a russian complaining about Ukrainian democracy. That is pretty ironic...
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  749. @ Greenland has had its own rule for 50 years now. They are responsible for their own internal matters.
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  750.  @ryandunevant7448  russian gas is being replaced by gas from Norway. They supplied half of Germany's gas in 2023, and that will grow in the coming years. Russia will never be a major energy supplier to Europe again.
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  751.  @niburu1508  yeah, reading about russia's many atrocities makes me sick too...
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  752. nobody cares about nord stream...
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  753. have you seen the value of the rubble? 😄
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  754. Ukraine didn't declare war, it was russia who invaded Ukraine unprovoked.
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  755. It's not really a partner ship if one side is only looking out for themselves.
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  756.  @Writeous0ne  oh please, it's one of my regular replies to those writing in orc. If i knew it would bother you guys this much, i would have used that line much more 😄
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  757.  @CatherineLarocque-be7pd  yes, the civilized part of the world, that means the EU.
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  758.  @linuxman7777  none of those countries pose a direct threat to Europe. Russia does.
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  759. if a murderer broke into my house, i would appreciate it if someone gave me a weapon to defend myself.
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  760. Good one 👍
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  761.  @bigboss.800  what a load of nonsense. We would all be poorer, including China and the US. But the majority of EU trade is with other European countries.
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  762. 300.000 conscripts with no training or modern equipment. Nothing but cannonfodder.
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  763. i was a little worried to be honest. Not sure if AfD could have formed a government, even if they got the most votes. But it is good that it didn't come to that. I am very hopeful about Merz, he could be just the guy we need right now. The EU could really use someone less timid than Scholz. Time will tell.
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  764. Yeah that seems to be the only way forward.
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  765. large parts of russia doesn't even have toilets. Come on dude...🙄
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  766.  @83917Michael  i agree. Things are not looking great for the EU.
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  767.  @urketep  Kramatorsk and Slovjansk are much larger and better fortified than Bakhmut. And there are a lot of smaller towns the russians would need to capture on the way. That's why most western analysts advise that Ukraine withdraws, Bakhmut has served its purpose.
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  768. i would say he has done a pretty good job so far. Ukraine is still hanging in there, despite russia's best attempt at another genocide.
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  769. that title is just pure bait for the russian trolls 😄
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  770. Empty threats 🙄
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  771.  @Hecklerr  not really. Russia has claimed victory in Bakhmut more times than i can count, we'll see in a few days if russia just got their first win in 6 months...
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  772. looking at the map from 3 months ago and the one from today, i have to zoom in really close to see the difference. Russia's offensive have accomplished almost nothing so far 😄
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  773. Doesn't really matter. We will be part of different blocks in the future, with limited trade between the 2 blocks.
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  774.  @TsarOfRuss  "withdrew from Kharkiv"? I think you mean: "when the russian forces ran for their lives, leaving most of their equipment behind".
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  775. we have already been doing that for decades?
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  776.  @JIMMYUNKNOWN  who should judge if a cause is legitimate or not? Either both sides have the right to block roads to protest, or none of them do.
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  777.  @Neddy_Merrill  if that is the only reason why those countries want to be part of the European project, then we would be better off without them.
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  778. nothing but empty threats...
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  779. I agree. What is the point of an alliance, if everyone spends that much? Germany alone would spend almost as much as China...
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  780. who said that? Name someone?
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  781. why, not much has changed since the last time DW covered that topic?
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  782. more empty threats 🙄
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  783. you are completely missing the point. Russia has decided to bring war back to Europe, which is a threat to peace and stability in most of Europe. Cheap or not, russian energy still has to go.
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  784.  @olfrogo  Riga was founded by Livonians in the early middle ages. It's a lot older than the soviets or the russian empire.
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  785. The upside of this is that the Houthies are helping us reduce imports from Asia...
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  786. yes it will be winter soon. You are very observant 🙄
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  787. What will we lose?
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  788.  @joekertesz8470  yes Chile is a democratic nation and trading partner of the EU. Diplomatic relations between Chile and the EU are pretty good.
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  789.  @24hours24kynta  so why are they not doing anything to help russia, except buying oil with a large discount?
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  790.  Elena R  that one is hilarious 😄
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  791. yeah this is even more ridiculous than the Hersh report 🙄
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  792.  Fedor Silva  there are several reasons, but the most ridiculous part is the claim that Norway was involved, and senior Danish officials were notified but didn't object to such an operation in our waters.
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  793.  @satriojumeneng7055  a reef cannot be part of a coastline. Stop this nonsense.
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  794. russia is very good at defeating themselves. No outside help is needed.
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  795. mining is usually done by companies, not by the state. If US companies want to invest in Greenland, they can already do so.
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  796.  @readysoldier6799  Maybe there is a good reason why most of russia's neighbors want to join NATO? Could you think of a reason why?
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  797. nobody cares...
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  798.  @irvinmcb  those 300.000 poorly trained russian conscripts will freeze in the trenches 😉
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  799. Crimea is still within Ukraine's borders...
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  800.  @fabianabongo6284  russia has some rusty old frigates and corvettes, and a single destroyer from the soviet era. I think even the Danish navy is stronger than russia's Baltic fleet...
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  801. it is. But russia can play with their little corvettes if they want to, it's not like that junk poses a threat to anyone in the Baltic sea...😄
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  802. it's a much shorter route from Berlin to Copenhagen. And you could probably drive from Germany to Sweden in less than 3 hours by that route.
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  803.  @mystickal6342  yeah that's why it's only 60% of the energy consumption. The solar panels should still charge even when it's cloudy, but days are too short in the winter. They seem to work great in the summer though, my neighbour has had free energy all summer even with an electric car.
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  804. who cares, it will never be used again anyway.
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  805.  @throughput6674  i'm sure those missiles are a big threat to playgrounds and pedestrian bridges 😄
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  806. so how is Le Pen going to fix it? What is the plan?
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  807. India: "we are against imperialism! But we have no problem with russian imperialism, for some reason..."
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  808. it takes time to build new supply chains. It will probably take another year or two to get rid of the last russian imports...
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  809. Wishful thinking. Putin's energy blackmail plan failed 😄
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  810. so what are you gonna tell yourself when spring comes around, and russia is still losing ground on the battlefield?
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  811. It's been 2,5 years, and russia is still stuck in the Donbass. At this rate they will reach Kyiv in 2094...
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  812. i'm sure we can find something better to sanction next time 🙂
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  813. There are no sanctions on russian agricultural products. The deal was brokered by the UN and Turkey, the EU and US are not a part of the deal.
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  814. that part of the video was pretty stupid tbh, since much of the stuff produced here in Europe is already on par or superior to anything the US has. Some notable examples are the CV90, Archer self-propelled howitzer, Meteor air-to-air missile and the Akeron atgm. The US seems to be ahead when it comes to fighter jets though, i don't think there is a 5th generation fighter in Europe yet.
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  815. russia's airdefence can't even handle cheap drones...
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  816. The whole thing could have been avoided if the russians could just stay in their own country...
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  817. trenches give a lot of protection from artillery fire, shelling the defenders is not as efficient as some might think.
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  818. Because it is their country, and they don't want to give anything up without a fight?
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  819. russia can already sell their oil in other currencies. They just can't sell it in Europe, which used to be their biggest market.
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  820. nah, we should send much more.
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  821. it's 15% now, the Ukrainians have made a lot of progress in the last 2 months...
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  822. if russia's own central bank is willing to admit a 4% decline in gdp, the truth is most likely much worse. But it is hard to know exactly how bad it is since russia has stopped publishing most data.
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  823. quality of life is still higher for the average European, which is what matters.
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  824. again? how many times has Bakhmut fallen now, 200 maybe?
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  825.  @univeropa3363  Saddam's army used mostly soviet weapons, and received some training as well. So by your logic, the soviets were defeated in Operation Desert Storm? You are not making any sense, and you know it...
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  826.  @SergioK111  is it not? Have you seen the value of the rubble lately? Or russia's gdp per capita, compared to countries like the US or Germany?
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  827.  @SL-sd3sg  existing of course. Putler doesn't believe in Ukraine's right to exist at all 🙄
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  828.  @kamranhaidarzaidi5061  are you still waiting for Europe to collapse without russian gas? Keep waiting Ivan 😄
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  829. Ukraine didn't start the war, they are just defending themselves.
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  830.  @chriscalderin6677  it would have been very easy for russia to avoid the war. They could just stay in their own country.
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  831.  @chriscalderin6677  alright then, feel free to explain why russia could not avoid attacking Ukraine? I feel fairly confident that i can debunk any claim you make...
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  832.  @AngelGabriel97808  the grain deal allowed russia to inspect all ships going to Ukraine. So you're not making much sense here...
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  833. that would be hilarious! They should do that 😄
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  834.  @jordanrowe9229  i have no idea what you are trying to say? Could you at least try to make sense?
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  835. yeah seem to work a lot better than russia's "high precision" missiles made from washing machine parts...
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  836.  @jozq9277  A Nordic Union would be awesome as well. But it is still very unlikely, the whole project would probably collapse as soon as we have to agree on a capital. We humans are just too stupid to let go of our egos.
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  837. we already know who did it, it was russia.
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  838. @ he didn't say Scholz was good, he said Scholz was the best, compared to the other chancellors. And he kinda has a point there in my opinion.
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  839. looting what exactly? Can you give some examples?
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  840. it makes sense for Denmark to join the coalition, we have around 40 F-16s in good condition that are meant to be replaced by F-35s when the US can actually get around to build the ones we ordered back in 2016...
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  841. according to who?
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  842. congratulations to russia and China on their upcoming victories.
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  843. we already have come to our senses, that is why we are ending trade with russia.
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  844.  @pavelkravchenko2810  EU is not importing natural gas from India, stop that nonsense.
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  845.  @crushnevnikita8575  russian army in the field: "what are we even doing here?".
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  846. 🤮🤮🤮
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  847.  @ehisgeorge414  huh? Sorry i don't speak chicken?
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  848. and putin will be warm and safe in his palace, while his conscripts have to spend the winter in the trenches without tents or winter gear.
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  849. As a Dane, i consider the Brits as natural allies as well.
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  850. are you saying that it wasn't a great plan to create a giant roadblock and get ambushed by Ukrainians? 🤔
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  851.  @DMEU77  that seems very unlikely, a direct attack on fortified positions will always favor the defenders.
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  852.  @blackbrute2504  Denmark is part of the ESA.
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  853.  @summer031977  when was the last time the US, russia or China had to defend themselves? None of them have fought against a peer since ww2.
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  854.  @joshuapaul2022  you're the one living in a fantasy world if you actually believe the official russian figures :)
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  855. if oil and gas is all it takes, then why are russia so poor?
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  856.  @crymeaariver  that's not my name, you must be confusing me with someone else. Maybe you shouldn't smoke so early in the day?
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  857.  @hamidhamidi3134  you mean that territory that has been shrinking for 6 months?
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  858. I agree. If the poor russians promise to pay for all the destruction they have caused, i think the Ukrainians should let them leave unharmed. It is very cruel of the Ukrainians to keep humiliating the poor russians this way!
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  859. even if that was true, it still only happened because russia was firing missiles at Ukraine. Russia is responsible no matter how you look at it.
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  860. @ why don't you just answer the question? Why are all these bots here, trying to influence Europeans, if we don't matter?
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  861. look at these sad russian trolls, I think you hurt their feelings...😄
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  862. and how is that gonna help us against a country like russia, that has no respect for such things?
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  863. it seems to annoy the russians, so i support it 🙂
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  864.  @nielskorpel8860  the whole purpose of NATO is deterence. But that no longer works. Let's say that russia invaded the city of Narva in Estonia, and only that city. Can you honestly tell me that countries like France, Germany, Italy etc would be willing to send their own troops to fight and die to liberate a city in Estonia? Or would they rather complain a lot, and not actually do anything?
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  865. Then it is a good thing that russia will never take Odessa... 😉
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  866. Hello mr russian troll 🙄
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  867. ​ @AOl-mi1ln  of course it work s, what a silly claim.
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  868. brics has never accomplished anything, and probably never will...
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  869.  @123cvbn  that was a pretty pathetic attempt at a burn 😄
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  870.  @MmmM-uo6ti  gasputin's energy war won't change anything. And most of the weapons come from the US anyway.
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  871. good thing that is not gonna happen then.
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  872. i agree 👍
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  873. hello mr russian troll. How is the weather in St petersburg?
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  874. You are not paying for Europe's defence. Stop this nonsense.
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  875. Norway is now the biggest supplier to Europe, supplying 48% of Germany's natural gas imports in 2023. Russia will never be a major supplier to Europe again.
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  876.  @John-hu9qg  the pipeline from Norway to Germany was only completed last year. Why do you think natural gas in Europe is cheaper today than it was before the war?
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  877.  @I_H_M_N  good counter argument buddy... 🙄
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  878.  @NothingPersonalKido  this argument is too stupid for me...
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  879. @Vincet-amor-patriae  there is only one country threatening military action against the Kingdom of Denmark right now, and that is the US.
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  880. yes russia has captured some empty fields, good job. Neither side is making much progress now, i don't think we will see the lines move very much over the next few years...
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  881. It's just a cold snap. Temperatures are back to normal next week.
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  882. remember how he was voted out of office in 2019?
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  883. so you're saying that China will fail to take over Taiwan?
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  884. yeah that is why people buy German cars, because they are cheap 🙄
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  885. you're talking about putin right?
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  886.  @imgood6535  companies go bankrupt all the time kid. And new ones are started everyday.
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  887. russia has had the best possible conditions for the last 6 months: Ukraine was running low on ammo and soldiers, US aid was stuck in congress. Russia had already maxed out military production, while the EU is struggling to catch up. So what has russia accomplished in those 6 months? They captured Avdiivka, and moved the frontline a few km in other areas. That's all... But now Ukraine is mobilizing more soldiers and they are digging in. US aid is unstuck. The first shells from the Czeck initiative should arrive soon. EU shell production is slowly ramping up, expected to reach a capacity of 1,4M by the end of the year and 2M in 2025. Russia's frozen money will most likely soon be confiscated, and used to fund Ukraine. Things are really not looking good for russia in the long term. The reserves of old soviet weapons will not last forever, and putin's war chest will run dry eventually. It's only a matter of time...
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  888.  @Memovox  what summer plans? I don't expect the war to end any time soon, it will go on for at least 2 more years. And i expect the war to end with a russian withdrawal when putin runs out of public support.
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  889. only a few EU countries are still buying through pipelines. Russia can still sell their oil to countries outside Europe, but they can't use western owned tankers or insurance if the price is above $60.
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  890.  @PP-sj7pl  what exactly is Trump going to do that will make your life better?
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  891.  @Xenomorphine  that is not really true. The commission doesn't have much power, it's not like Ursula could call Macron and tell him what to do.
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  892. that is some high grade copium you got there... 😄
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  893. maybe there is a good reason why most of russia's neighbors want to be NATO members?
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  894. Ok, i looked it up and I can't find any news about that. Are you drunk again, Ivan?
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  895. not as funny as the russia army....🤣
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  896. you can't compare rifle rounds to artillery shells....
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  897. oh please, russia is a paper bear 🧸 The only thing keeping russia safe right now is nukes.
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  898. I'm sure they will. Many new long term LNG contracts have been signed between EU and US energy companies this year.
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  899. it's nice to see a report about energy storage for once. It is the key to making wind and solar a reliable source of energy. We could build millions of windturbines, but it won't matter if we can't store the energy for the days where the wind doesn't blow.
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  900. russia is still losing on the battlefield. No one has ever won a war by targeting civilians, while their own forces keep running away from the fight 😄
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  901. total defeat? Try not to be so over dramatic, little troll 😄
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  902. are they going to put putin on that rocket and leave him on the moon? If not, then i don't really care...
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  903.  geranienbaum  LNG is the fastest growing export in the US this year. They delivered 39 bcm to Europe in the first half of the year :)
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  904. I'm sure the Poles are very scared, russia is the second best army in Ukraine after all.
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  905. russia has been stuck in the Donbass for more than 2 years. When would they arrive at the Polish border, around year 2094 perhaps?
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  906. this started when Ukraine wanted to sign a trade and cooperation agreement with the EU. Putin didn't like that.
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  907. The company has been based in Germany the whole time. But it partnered with a chinese company for production. And now they're going to do it in Germany instead.
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  908. That is complete BS, russia's capacity for Lng export is only around 40bcm. That is enough for less than 10 % of EU's annual consumption...
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  909. which companies are leaving Europe?
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  910.  @dilvishpa5776  hello mr russian troll pretending to be American... 🙄
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  911. russia is the only country in Europe that has annexed parts of their neighbors territory since WW2...
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  912. EU has already donated more money than the US.
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  913.  @CarlosMendes-cn2hc  I have a gas furnace. I can see what the price was in January 2022, and the price is lower today...
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  914. ​ @Blitzkers99 it's not like you have a choice 😄
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  915. That is complete BS, and you know it. 🙄
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  916. no that would be Venezuela. The country that is barely exporting oil anymore, because of sanctions...
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  917.  @valm9462  no u
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  918. nope, inflation is still higher in russia.
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  919. not for long. And that road is in himars range :)
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  920.  @Zelenskytears  39% of the population in the Donbass were ethnic russians before 2014. None of what you just said makes any sense.
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  921.  @calebh7902  you guys are just so desperate for any small win at this point 😄
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  922. They can do both.
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  923. the frontline has barely moved, you have to zoom in really close to see the russian gains on a map 😄
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  924. They could also just leave?
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  925. it's amazing that Russia doesn't just give up and go home. Putin could just claim that he has achieved whatever goal he wanted, it's not like anyone is going to argue with him. It should be clear to everyone that the war won't end well for russia, even if they actually manage to capture the Donbass they will still be much worse off than they were before the war.
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  926. no
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  927. Germanys gas storage is still around 65% full, which is pretty much the same level it was at when russia cut the gas flow last year. Germanys main supplier now is Norway.
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  928.  @jimduffield7822  don't be silly. It was done by russia.
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  929. hello mr russian troll. How is the weather in st petersburg?
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  930. they occupied 20% not long ago. But they couldn't hold it, and they won't be able to hold the rest either 🙂
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  931.  @vrutantshah7218  no i want russia out of Ukraine. And i don't care about putin's empty threats.
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  932. and how are you protecting Germany from russia?
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  933. or russia could not fire missiles at Ukrainian cities to begin with. This is russia's fault no matter how you look at it.
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  934. don't worry, we will continue to support Ukraine for as long as it takes :)
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  935. @GreenIsland38 nope, it is just different stages of the same pipeline, called power of siberia. Russia wants a second pipeline called power of siberia 2, but China has not agreed yet. So it has not started construction.
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  936.  @Iceberg_Trotsky  Germany seems just fine to me. What are you talking about?
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  937.  @Iceberg_Trotsky  what is so funny? Are you high or something?
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  938.  @escoboi1da944  yeah that was kinda sh*tty, but Australia is still an important partner of the EU.
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  939. What other option did Germany have, when russia decide to start a war of conquest in Europe?
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  940. like the "victory parade" in Kyiv, with all the destroyed russian tanks on display?
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  941. the so so-called "second best army in the world" turned out to be the second best army in Ukraine.
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  942. there are no sanctions on russian agricultural products. There is a ban on russian fertilizer in the EU, but nothing prevents russia from selling to non-EU countries.
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  943. hello mr russian troll. How many potatoes have you earned today?
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  944. kidnapping children is a crime no matter how you try to spin it.
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  945.  @readysoldier6799  how can NATO stop the war?
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  946. Why would anyone want to go to such a sad and miserable place?
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  947.  @AquilMandiqui  it's a great way to lose most of your present and future customers.
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  948.  @widerje  nah, russia will probably capture some villages and maybe even a larger town this year. But the frontline will not have moved much this time next year...
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  949.  @springbloom5940  why do i need a weapon to tell them what everyone already knows? Not even china recognizes russia's claim to Crimea. Try to make sense little troll 🙄
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  950.  @gaborrajnai6213  I couldn't care less about Israel or Palestine. Both sides suck. But i do care about Europe, and that includes Ukraine.
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  951. nobody cares about nordstream. You russian trolls are sounding like a bitter ex girlfriend. Move on please...
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  952. it's not really the free market, when one side is subsidizing their industry...
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  953. so you came here to a European news channel, to comment in a European language that Europe is not important? You are not the sharpest tool in the shed are you? 😄
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  954. China is not Germany's largest market, not even close. Germany exports more cars to the UK, than to China. But their largest market is of course the US.
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  955. the EU is now the largest sponsor of aid to Ukraine, so we must be doing something 🙂
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  956.  @2ebarman  not really. The EU is still the best place in the world to live.
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  957. because no one believes that russia would keep their part of any agreement. So what is the point?
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  958. or they could just use a pig and blow it up from the inside.
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  959.  @HSena-u5t  why would i care? The pipeline belongs to russia, it is their problem.
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  960.  @hermes4239  the energy crisis was back in 2022. There is no crisis anymore. Try to keep up.
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  961.  @Worldaffairslover  can you provide a source for that claim? If not, then i am calling bs. My source is the Kiel Institute btw.
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  962.  @adastra3591  wind, solar, nuclear, hydroelectric, biogas. There are many options. Denmark got more than 80% of our electricity from renewables in 2024. A Danish company have developed a working thorium reactor, that will be tested over the next 2 years.Could be the future...
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  963. sorry to burst your bubble, but the dollar is still the global reserve currency. I don't see that changing any time soon...
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  964.  @gilbertwisler6243  what is your source for those numbers? Did you just make it up?
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  965.  @TMM-N  the russians ran away from Kherson with their tail between their legs. Is that what you're talking about?
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  966. my heart hurts for all the poor russian conscripts who has to spend the winter in the trenches without winter gear, while putin is safe and warm in his palace 😢
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  967.  @SamPashmi  yeah it's getting more and more pathetic, but still entertaining :)
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  968. @ it's not about that buddy. It's more about the actions of trump and his team, which has pretty much destroyed any credibility NATO had as deterrence against russia. Nobody wants to admit it yet, but NATO is done.
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  969. it is normal for large companies to expand production in a foreign market, if there is increased demand there. Most of the increased production in china is meant for the chinese market, it is not the same as moving. Most cars are produced in the region they are supposed to be sold, few "german" cars sold in the US are actually built in Germany.
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  970. yeah that is how the city was liberated. The russians ran away because they couldn't supply their troops across the river.
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  971. I don't think the trans-atlantic partnership will survive another 4 years of trump. At least not in the current form. It will be interesting to see what comes after...
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  972. Why does the orangutang want Greenland so bad? Does he know the Island is covered in ice most of the year?
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  973.  @David-fv8wk  1 country being able to block 26 countries is not very democratic.
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  974. But those tariffs will be paid by US consumers. While the bilionaires will get tax breaks .
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  975.  @Memovox  so? I thought russia didn't need anything from the decadent west? What happened to the famous brics currency? 😄
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  976. agreed 👍
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  977. so who makes better tanks?
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  978. putin reminds me of dr evil from austin powers
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  979. Germany is stepping up to the challenge 🙂
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  980. enjoy it while it lasts, it will probably not last very long 😄
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  981. yeah that sounds about right 😄
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  982. no, russia can't produce their own chips. Why do you think they have to smuggle them in?
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  983. 100 years ago, the British were the strongest power on earth and the Pound were the reserve currency. But they were eventually replaced by the US, and the UK had a long period of decline. The same will happen to the US if the start to only look inward.
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  984.  @gohibniugoh1668  Baghdad Bob and Moscow Bob?
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  985.  @GodwinGodfather  nice cope you got there 😄
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  986. that's what the russian trolls told med last year when Severodonetsk was about to fall 😄
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  987. are you still hanging on to that obvious lie about biolabs 😄
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  988. that is what "russkiy mir" looks like...
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  989.  @qinby1182  yes, but it is now 3-4 times more expensive than dirt cheap. Could be a lot worse.
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  990.  @vantywilliams4507  russia was kicked out of Afghanistan in just 9 years 😄
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  991.  @spivackl  who do you think is paying the remaining 60%?
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  992. 2 billion euro is pocket change on the EU level.
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  993. putin has already said that he will only have peace talks if Ukraine are willing to recognize the 4 oblasts russia claims to have annexed. So peace is not an option at hte moment.
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  994. but now we no longer know if the US is a reliable ally. So we have to assume they're not and act accordingly.
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  995. seems to be going just fine...
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  996. seems just fine where i live?
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  997.  @--____6915  still didn't have the authority to speak on behalf of NATO...
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  998. i keep thinking that russia couldn't possibly get more pathetic now, but somehow they always manage to sink even lower.
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  999.  @annan7728  just the French being French. It seems to get a lot of attention from non-Europeans for some reason, but to most Europeans it is just another French protest....
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  1000. russia could end the war today, just by going home.
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  1001.  @K3nn9n  around 10% of the semiconductors in the world are produced in the EU, mostly the more advanced types. There's a pretty decent semiconductor industry in the EU already.
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  1002. Remember Bucha? That is what happens to Ukrainians that surrender.
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  1003.  @throughput6674  come on Ivan, troll better or putin won't pay you today.
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  1004.  @soreeyez  russia is the first country in Europe trying to annex territory since ww2.
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  1005. it us both the US and most of Europe.
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  1006. that headline is going to bring out all the russian trolls, telling us all how Germany is totally going to collapse without russia any minute now 😄
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  1007. brics is just a forum where some leaders can have their photo taken. It has no real purpose or even a common goal.
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  1008. so when will Ukraine "get rolled"? Is it gonna be this decade, or is it more of a 30-year plan?
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  1009. Gdp per capita PPP in the EU $56900. In China $28800. China is not even close to being on the same level as the EU...
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  1010.  @AlexWolfM  russia is number 11, according to IMF.
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  1011.  @thewho5786  The US's oil reserves are around 50% the size of russia's, Canada's are more than double the size of russia's. You do the math on that one. North sea oil is expected to last at least 35 more years at the current production level, but there could still be undiscovered oil and gas fields.
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  1012. Poland and the Baltics joining NATO: didn't harm russia. Finland and Sweden joining NATO: didn't harm russia. Ukraine joining NATO: is somehow a major threat to russia...?
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  1013.  @denisgorjunov  what a silly claim. BASF have facilities all over the world, that doesn't mean they are leaving Europe.
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  1014. If Indonesia wants to destroy their own country, why is that our problem? This is very strange...
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  1015. Really? The list of russia supporting countries was pretty short last time i looked. Belarus, Venezuela, Syria, Cuba, North Korea. Who am I missing?
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  1016. ww2 ended almost 80 years ago. How is that relevant to the current war?
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  1017. because it is the truth.
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  1018. who said that?
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  1019. rapidly? It's a few kilometers, after months of heavy fighting and massive russian losses.
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  1020.  @cephasdaka7279  Avdiivka is not a major city, it's a medium sized town. Russia has been attacking the town with human waves every day since October.
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  1021. yup. All the time. And it seems completely random which comments get deleted.
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  1022.  @festekj  according to who?
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  1023. Latvia joined Nato in 2004.
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  1024. Yeah i have seen a lot of videos saying the same about the russians. But we will see in a month or two.
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  1025.  @NgLaiFoong  those days are gone. Only your own part of the world matters now.
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  1026. Russia did that themselves.
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  1027. soviet gear has always been inferior and obsolete.
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  1028.  @antoniobaca4962  how can they be fighting the whole NATO when we haven't deployed any soldiers yet? Ukraine has received less than 5% of our weapons, and mostly just the older stuff. The US alone has 5500 tanks, and they are donating 31. You're just trying to cope with the fact that russia turned out to be much weaker than we all thought 😄
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  1029. Agreed 👍
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  1030.  @rugurudarius  well, judging by russian media, the purpose of journalism seems to be threatening nuclear war all the time...
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  1031. because they don't say what you want to hear?
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  1032. have you not been paying attention buddy? The latest forecast predicts a mild winter. And gas supply for the winter looks fine, which is why the price is going down.
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  1033. So how many NATO generals this time? 500? You guys are hilarious 😄
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  1034. neither could russia...
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  1035.  @MonkeyBoyStudio  the US were fighting to protect American interests. Nothing more, nothing less. It had nothing to do with helping other countries, just to be nice.
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  1036. guess we should congratulate russia and China with their upcoming victories. Probably a good time to start learning mandarin. I for one welcome our new chinese overlords...
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  1037.  @augustomundombe829  keep dreaming about victory. It will never come 😄
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  1038. sure, but russia is attacking, not defending. Russia could end the war today, just by going home.
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  1039. what do you need aircraft carriers for? Unless Germany is planning to project power in other areas of the world, then i would argue that the money was better spent on something else. Like more tanks, artillery or more fighter jets.
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  1040. The US: " we will support Japan and the Philipines as long as it takes. Or at least until we get bored of it. And of course not during an election year. But it is totally ironclad, trust me bro..."
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  1041. ​ @jackjhmc820 russia cut the gas supply to Germany about a month before the pipeline was damaged.
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  1042. latest forecast for the eurozone is 2.6 growth in 2022, and 0.6 in 2023. For Germany alone, it's 1.6 growth in 2022 and a 0.4% decline in 2023. Energy prices have been falling for 8 weeks, and they are pretty much the same as they were same time last year now.
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  1043.  @prometheusjackson8787  a cash cow that was already closed.
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  1044.  @Lando-kx6so  makes a lot more sense than Norway and the US teaming up to destroy a closed pipeline. Russia could still supply gas through one of the other pipelines if they wanted to, but they don't legally have to.
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  1045. Keep dreaming buddy 😂
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  1046. So you would prefer if russia and china dominated the world instead?
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  1047.  @sripadkulkarni  i have no idea what you are talking about.
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  1048. Germany is not on the frontline. Look at a map buddy...
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  1049. russian "election" 😄
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  1050. gas storage in Germany is full a month ahead of time, and the price has been falling for 8 weeks now. Try to calm yourself Ivan.
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  1051. Oil and gas is cheaper today than it was before the war.
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  1052.  @mewmannamwem6087  russia had to go beg iran for drones and north korea for shells 😄
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  1053. it should not come as a surprise for anyone with an interest in history. This kind of war can go on until either side runs out of political will to continue, and that will often take years. My guess is that the war will go on for 4 years or more.
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  1054. the line has been breached near Verbove, to the east of Robotyne.
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  1055. Solar from russia? What are you even talking about?
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  1056. russia could also just leave Ukraine and go home?
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  1057. russia is reminding everyone why russia has been considered Europe's worst enemy for so long. Hope we never forget again.
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  1058. how? Are they going to deploy some more T55s to the frontline? Or maybe that single T34 from the recent parade?
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  1059. compared to who? Iceland maybe 🤔
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  1060. which industry has Germany lost?
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  1061.  @ΚωνσταντίνοςΑγγελόπουλος-ξ7μ  it's the truth though, that is exactly what russia is.
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  1062. wishful thinking 😄
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  1063. what lesson? That it doesn't actually bring "peace in our time" if you appease the dictator?
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  1064. Nonsense, russia did it.
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  1065.  @TMM-N  who is stealing? Name someone?
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  1066.  @crushnevnikita8575  but Ukraine is not getting destroyed. The russians have been stopped, and there is nothing russia can do about it. The best russia can hope for now is a frozen conflict like in Korea...
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  1067. let Africa deal with this bs themselves. I don't see a reason to worry about the russians, the Africans will soon realize that russia has nothing to offer...
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  1068.  @babblo1389  op is clearly quoting someone else. Come on, Ivan...🙄
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  1069.  @niburu1508  oh come on cupcake, just dry your little eyes and write some more comments, those potatoes are not gonna earn themselves...😄
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  1070.  @abyrahman6610  Bakhmut is in the Donbass, so no.
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  1071.  @mirjanaradosavljecic6282  serbia have applied for membership. But don't worry, it will never happen.
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  1072. pays for what exactly?
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  1073. look at a map, how can China have any claim to that area?
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  1074. do you still believe those old lies? 😄
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  1075. Sitting in Europe, i don't care about India at all...
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  1076.  @soreeyez  yeah, really.
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  1077. russia is set to run away and claim that they totally meant to abandon those positions anyway...😄
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  1078.  @ShadowlessMan  there is capacity for at least 400.000 shells per year in the EU already. Ramping up to 1M shouldn't be that difficult if the money is there.
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  1079. @ oh really? When is the last time the US did any fighting in Europe? Around 30 years ago? But anyway, now you never have to do that again. Bye bye Cletus..
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  1080.  @cameron6770  hilarious 😄
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  1081. @JohnJones-k9d good news buddy, that is none of your concern anymore. Now go mind your own business.
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  1082. not really. If Bakhmut falls, the frontline will just move a few kilometers.
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  1083. all countries in the EU should diversify, so they don't become too reliant on any non-EU countries. I think a good rule of thumb should be that no non-EU country can supply more than 10% of anything.
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  1084.  @univeropa3363  since you like making up stories, could you make up a story about a bear that turns out to be made of paper?
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  1085.  @felipe-vibor  no, the bear is actually made of paper. True story.
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  1086.  @kaloyanrosenov2123  yes i have seen the videos of russia's human wave attacks. Russia has lost far more troops than Ukraine in these battles. That's why russia will soon run out of steam, again.
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  1087. same way Hawaii became a part of the US
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  1088.  @prodigiii712  if there is a shortage of anything in the world, it will not be in Europe since we can pay more than most others. That's why we had enough natural gas in Europe this winter, while poorer countries had to go without. The same would happen with grain or anything else.
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  1089.  @SaltySjon  at this point it is still very unclear if the plane was carrying prisoners or not. Why admit a mistake if you don't know if a mistake was made?
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  1090. that's a lot of wishful thinking. No country is actually doing anything to help russia. Except maybe belarus, but they don't really have a choice.
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  1091.  @johnreynolds5407  and how is that actually a win for russia? NATO is still expanding on russia's borders. And the sanctions are not going anywhere. Russia's best educated will continue to leave russia in large numbers.
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  1092. Cope
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  1093. more successful than the russian offensive, that is for sure...😄
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  1094. EU's economy is still expected to grow this year, even Germany's. And the sanctions are there to stay.
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  1095. so you think the US would get decent healthcare if the US left NATO? That's cute 😄
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  1096. downfall? over-dramatic much? 😄
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  1097. when did the US give money to Danish politicians?
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  1098. yeah i'm sure all the russian trolls are very disappointed 😄
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  1099. and what is the truth, according to you?
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  1100. What we see in Ukraine is everything russia has. Russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  1101.  @lovyrituraj  and yet you know about it...
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  1102. Germany has already stopped importing russian gas.
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  1103.  @olfrogo  so now it's built by Germans? There was already a town there when the first German traders arrived. That's why they came.
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  1104. how are your country benefitting from russia's and china's actions?
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  1105. don't forget Iris-T and Nasams.
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  1106.  @soreeyez  nice try, but Germany was one of the few countries that agreed to pay in rubles. But it doesn't really matter, russia will never be a major supplier of anything to the EU again.
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  1107. guess we can't blame russia for doing exactly what all the russia critics said they would do. You can't blame a snake for being a snake. Russia should never have been allowed to supply more than 20% of Europe's gas. But at least they are helping us diversify now, just too bad we didn't start years ago.
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  1108. and you will be disappointed again 😄
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  1109. Russian "election" 😄
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  1110.  @univeropa3363  so nothing has changed, Zelensky is doing what he has been doing for years. And russia is still struggling on the frontline...
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  1111. no it puts russia in a position where china and India can take advantage of them. They know russia is running out of customers, so russia has to offer huge discounts to gain a market share in Asia.
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  1112. western nations are the ones that matters 😉
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  1113. a country having food and resources doesn't mean that everyone has access to it. They still need money to buy it.
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  1114.  @Memovox  næh, jeg prøver bare at gøre det nemmere for dig. Det er jo ikke et nemt sprog at lære for en ussel russer. For det kan da umuligt passe at en af mine landsmænd er sådan en skændsel...
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  1115. how would that happen? Ukraine won't give up any land, and russia won't leave willingly.
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  1116. i feel the same way towards religious people, as i do towards gay people: I am not one myself, but i respect your right to exist and live your life as you want to. As long as your actions and beliefs don't harm other people, then i don't really care. Most gay people i have met were fairly normal people, just living their life like everyone else.
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  1117. yes, i want some free money too! I demand someone else pay for the solar panels i would like on my roof!!!!
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  1118. there are Danish fighter jets and pilots in the US right now, does that mean Denmark controls the US?
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  1119.  @slowpace6641  and still russia controls less territory in Ukraine than they did 1 year ago? Maybe the russians should learn to aim instead of just spraying shells everywhere?
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  1120. The latest economic forecast for Germany is 1.4% growth in 2022, and a 0.4% decline in 2023. It's not great, but it is not exactly a collapse either.
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  1121. it's about 40% for domestic heating, 25% for industry and 35% for power generation. Russia provided about 40%, so that's what we need to replace. In the short term, we will need more coal, oil and LNG to do that. Long term solutions could be: - Nuclear: a good solution, proven technology, takes a long time to build though. - Biogas: here in denmark, biogas have replaced 25% of our gas consumption. Other countries with a large agricultural sector should be able to do the same. - Power to x: using windpower or solar to create something else, usually hydrogen. Denmark has a lot of windturbines, but they don't produce any energy when the wind doesn't blow. And when the wind does blow they produce to much power, so we have shut a lot of them of. Power to x could be a solution to that problem, but it is still in a test phase. Time will tell if it actually works on a larger scale...
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  1122. because this video is about china?
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  1123. why not?
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  1124.  @davidnoelfranks1124  No. You can't make me 😝
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  1125. russia has a long history of genocide and oppression in Ukraine and the baltic states. No wonder they dislike russia so much.
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  1126. Russia decoubled themselves from Europe when russia started the war. No help from the US was needed.
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  1127. Yeah that would be a very short fight. Poland is not defence less like moscow...
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  1128. @ If continents counted, then the largest island in the world would be Eurasia. Or Afro-Eurasia, since the only thing separating Asia and Africa is a man-made canal.
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  1129. Because Germany realized that russia's aggression has to be stopped if we want peace and stability in Europe.
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  1130. of course we are focused a large war on our own continent?
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  1131. goodbye russia
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  1132. it can't be easy being a russian troll these days. Imagine having to spend hours each day, trying to sell a narrative that is more and more detached from reality 😄
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  1133. The good thing about this is that chinese imports are becoming less and less competitive in Europe. As someone who works in manufacturing, i am very happy about that. The only problem is that we don't have enough skilled workers to keep up with the growing demand for locally produced goods.
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  1134. how is NATO demilitarized? We haven't lost a single soldier yet, no ships, no fighter jets. Defence budgets are going up, military production is increasing. So what are you talking about?
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  1135.  @ihikebc2295  energy prices are going down, and so is the inflation. For russia, this is just the beginning. Those sanctions are there to stay, probably for decades...
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  1136. nah, putin made russia look like a joke, Zelensky made russia look like a paper bear 😄
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  1137. China exports 3x more to the EU than they import. And the trade deficit is only growing...
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  1138.  @undexvedichi3167  what are the average wages for russian trolls? Is it just 1 potato per day, or will putin sometimes give you 2 potatoes?
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  1139. will it help russia win the war? Not really...
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  1140. how kind of him. I'm sure he will keep retreating to keep the Ukrainians happy :)
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  1141.  @comrade9374  and what is china actually doing to help russia?
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  1142. that is by design. Europe used to buy a lot of refined oil from russia. So russia has to sell the crude oil to India with a discount, And Europe is buying the refined product from India at a good price. So it is a win-win for Europe and India, but not so much for russia.
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  1143. Yeah, health care, education, and pensions are part of the US military budget.
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  1144.  @looserocket1256  Europe is not buying natural gas from India. But 1 German company is actually selling russian gas to India...
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  1145.  @dexdressler82  Norway supplied around 50% of Germany's gas import in 2023. The US account for less than 20%. And the price is lower than before the war.
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  1146.  @my-name-is-taken  yes, but the EU didn't buy a lot of russian LNG before the war, since there was pipelines. So 40 % more is still a small amount.
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  1147.  @azmary1  and now they are taking it all back, inch by inch :)
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  1148. empty threats...😴
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  1149. the fight for Bakhmut is not over yet. But even if it was, it is very naive of you to think that losing one city is going to change much. It's just going to move the frontline a few kilometers to the west...
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  1150. will you keep blaming Europe for all of your problems forever, or will you actually move on at some point? India has been independent for 75 years now.
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  1151.  @Moabi4  but gas is not the only source of energy. Demand for gas keeps going down as wind and solar are being installed all over Europe. The gas needed for Industry can be supplied by Norway. Russia will never be a major supplier to Europe again.
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  1152. such as helping Ukraine defend themselves?
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  1153. yeah that is totally not a russian troll. We should take this guy seriously.
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  1154.  @user-gf5dr5nq6l  what a ridiculous claim 🙄
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  1155.  @seekersoul3439  then maybe we should start making maps with the correct name...
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  1156.  @seekersoul3439  maps are made by people, and places are named by people as well. Denmark could start calling it the South Danish sea if we wanted, even though it would be kinda silly...
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  1157.  @seekersoul3439  But West Philippine Sea makes perfect sense.
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  1158. @ it is also the best place to be an average middle class worker. We have better rights and better work-life balance than anywhere else in the world. But i guess other countries are better for the rich and powerful.
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  1159. You don't actually believe that BS, do you?
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  1160. this is complete nonsense. Natural gas can only be moved by pipeline or as LNG. There are not enough LNG tankers in the world to move all that gas to India and back to Europe. And there are no pipelines to India.
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  1161. what is the point of that, when everyone knows that russia will just rebuild their army and attack again?
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  1162.  @sponge-bob-square  why would anyone care about russian sanctions? 😄
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  1163. it started a few weeks ago, what we're seeing at Bakhmut right now is all russia can manage.
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  1164. gas prices fell from 339 euro last friday, to 248 euro today. As gas storage is almost full all over Europe, there is less panic on the market now. The announced "maintenance" on nordstream 1 didn't affect price much.
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  1165.  @loganzamanwalker8763  nice alternate reality you got there. Does it help you cope with russia's failure to capture Kyiv?
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  1166. 57% went to developing countries, according to the UN.
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  1167. The F16s are going to be replaced by F35s anyway. That has been planned since 2015.
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  1168. yeah in russia this time.
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  1169. agree 100%
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  1170. probably the same way everyone else would be affected by higher oil prices?
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  1171.  @eddastrohmayer251  it doesn't really matter who can produce it cheaper, when most major markets in the world are becoming more protectionist.
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  1172.  @aezean5618  the Ukrainians would stop suffering if the russians left their country.
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  1173. yes, russia is already learning how to block these missiles with buildings and bridges. 😄
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  1174. so why will they not recognize russia's claims in Ukraine? Why will they not support russia in the UN. Why are they not helping russia in any way?
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  1175. the frontline has just moved a few km in a very limited area. You have to zoom in really close on the map to see the russian gains.
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  1176. Even China and India are starting to realize russia will lose the war. So of course they want to distance themselves from russia 😄
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  1177. If that was true, then there would be almost no Ukrainian soldiers left in Kursk. So why are the area still occupied by Ukraine?
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  1178. i think you meant "if russia stay in russia".
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  1179. and what would such an agreement look like?
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  1180.  @4411825  go on then, strike a city in the EU if you dare. But we both know your silly threats are completely empty...
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  1181. It's been 3 years, and russia is still stuck in the Donbass 😄
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  1182. the greatest comedian in the world, he turned the russian army into a joke 😄
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  1183. Germany is a slow learner apparently.
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  1184. Unless the US decides to bring a little democracy to their countries 😉
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  1185. the EU has donated more than the US.
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  1186. there is no blockade. What are you even talking about?
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  1187. much better title 👍
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  1188. EU car exports to China in 2023: 19 billion euro EU car exports to the UK in 2023: 30 billion euro EU car exports to the US in 2023: 40 billion euro.
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  1189.  @williamyoung9401  all those empty threats about nukes are not stopping the Ukrainian army, are they 😄
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  1190. He got 100M from western investors when he moved back to Germany.
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  1191. i agree. VW are not investing in Germany, why should Germany invest in VW? Make space for a new and better German automaker.
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  1192. agreed.
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  1193. i would call it a really good investment. Helping Ukraine now is the cheapest way to neutralize the threat from russia in the long term.
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  1194.  @Greg-qz9dm  nope, putin said 2 weeks after the occupation of Crimea in 2014.
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  1195.  @chamarachan  Ukraine is better than turkey and hungary.
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  1196. and now russia is begging Iran for missiles too 😄
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  1197. russian trolls: The Ukrainians have no electricity, they will have to negotiate now. Also russian trolls: This is what the people in the Donbass have lived with for 8 years. Can anyone see the problem with the troll logic here?
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  1198. fun fact: Even Denmark has more Leopards than Ukraine, and a stronger airforce and navy too. The fact that russia is struggling so hard just to take one city is really pathetic 😄
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  1199.  @johnadam2885  russia have barely been making progress, even without aid from the US in 6 months.
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  1200. ​ @azamatshayakhmetov1825 no you have cringy military parades instead. Maybe the russian soldiers should spend more time learning to fight, instead of learning how to march in a silly way...
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  1201. The current oil price is 35% lower than it was a year ago. But nice try little troll....
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  1202.  @criessmiles3620  could be worse, could be like russia...
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  1203. maybe the Ukrainian soldiers are a bit upset because someone is firing missiles at their wives and children back home.
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  1204. this comment section will be flooded by chinese bots very soon...😄
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  1205.  @stephenMc-b1j  is that the new excuse for russia's poor performance? 😄
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  1206. exactly! I don't understand why these Indian people think this is good news for them.
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  1207. Putin ran away like a little girl when Wagner was marching on moscow...
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  1208. Greenland has the right to independence, it was written into law some time ago. They could have a referendum whenever they want. But the majority of the population still wish to remain.
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  1209. what other choice do they have?
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  1210. as another European, i disagree completely. I haven't met anyone in Denmark, Sweden or Germany that doesn't understand it is in Europe's best interest to stand up to russian aggression.
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  1211.  @duncansmith7562  stop coping "duncan". The Russians don't even control 3 out of the 4 oblasts they claim to have annexed. At a minimum, the russians will have to capture Kramatorsk, Slovjansk, Zaporizjzja and Kherson city to declare "victory". And there is very little chance of that happening now...
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  1212. ​ @TheKkpop1 inflation is normal, most countries aim for an inflation rate around 2% per year.
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  1213. I'm not really worried about winter 2023 to be honest. Europe is better prepared now, and there is little russia can do to make the situation worse.
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  1214. and it will be sad and pathetic as usual...
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  1215. Yeah i was about to write a similar comment. Those russians really like lying.
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  1216. yeah they were protesting for the government to spend more money on the army...
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  1217. @simontemplar404 maybe not occupy, but definitely gain a lot of influence and power to dictate over smaller countries.
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  1218.  @shilshill-q5s  yeah, i know what you mean. But i still believe that a federal Europe would be the best solution in the long term.
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  1219.  @Jole30  maybe you need a history lesson yourself. Russia lost the russo-japanese war, lost ww1 and lost the war in Afghanistan, just to mention the more recent defeats 😄
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  1220. That didn't work out for Assad 😂
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  1221.  @clownfy  still more credible than vance, who seems to get his info from Facebook groups ..
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  1222. Yes they know that russia did it, but it doesn't matter since the pipeline was already closed and Germany wanted to stop buying anyway.
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  1223.  @advancedomega  who told you that, russian media? 😄
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  1224.  @TheRealBillBob  oh, just another good will gesture? The copium is strong with you 😄
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  1225. Now what, did russia capture another treeline? How many soldiers did russia have to sacrifice for this glorious victory?
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  1226.  @deruntergangvannederland1868  and how would russia's poorly trained conscripts accomplish that? 😄
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  1227. Someone should look into the economy of the party and their leaders, got a feeling there is some russian money there...
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  1228. that is just putler trying to justify his war of aggression. This war is all about putler's ambitions, he wants to expand his empire.
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  1229. It's not really a block, it's just another useless forum kinda like G20.
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  1230. what a stupid claim
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  1231.  @robertsmith5744  that is the russian way to say it, which makes it the wrong way :)
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  1232.  jhancock269  - the rubble is still around 90 to the dollar. And russia had to buy their own currency and raise the interest rate to 16% just to keep the value below 100. - the only sector in russia that is growing is military production. Russia is using up the wealth fund and increasing the national debt to fund this growth. - russia has become completely reliant on china for imports and exports, pretty much like north korea. - russia has lost the European gas market, and it is permanent. Russia is also about to be overtaken by France as the second largest arms exporter in the world. Uranium enrichment is next. But the important thing to remember is that this is just getting started. Even if the war in Ukraine ended today, russia will still be considered the main enemy of Europe. Russia will be a pariah state in Europe for a very long time. The efforts to counter russia will continue even after a cease fire in Ukraine.
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  1233. I think you mean that trump went on a 2 hour long rant, like the crazy old grandpa that he is...
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  1234. you mean they stopped telling you what you want to hear?
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  1235. And putin said that Kherson would be russia forever 😄
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  1236. trade only works if there is a balance between exports and imports. And China exports a lot, but they don't import much. If a trade relationship only benefits one side, then it cannot be allowed to continue.
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  1237. So why are they running away from these poorly armed rebels?
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  1238.  @crushnevnikita8575  that's exactly what russia is doing now :)
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  1239. you don't understand why most of russia's neighbors hate them? Really?
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  1240. energy is cheaper today than before the war. You guys need new talking points.
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  1241. they are just so sad and pathetic, and yet so entertaining 😄
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  1242.  @augustlandmesser1520  uranium mining and enrichment is not very profitable. That's why. But it is about to change, since no one in the west wants to do business with russia anymore. Even China is increasing their enrichment capacity.
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  1243.  @A3Kr0n  the current Ukrainian government was elected in 2019. Try to keep up Ivan...
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  1244.  @shimalperera6268  they have been bluffing for almost 80 years...
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  1245.  @guyarrol582  yeah putin could end the war today, by withdrawing his cannon fodder.
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  1246. more empty threats 🥱
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  1247. ​ @RenzoTx no, most of the larger EU countries produce the majority of their own equipment. And the smaller countries buy from other EU countries. Equipment from the US is not that common. Mostly fighter jets like F16 and F35.
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  1248.  @Wolfcamp555  then why is the US the largest economy in the world, if they are treated so badly?
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  1249.  @nyfinest487  we are still laughing at trump, he is a clown after all. And he was just repeating what Obama said in 2014 anyway.
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  1250. Russia could end the war today, just by going home...
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  1251.  @JDDC-tq7qm  russia is not fighting NATO. If NATO's 3,5 million active personnel and 4600 combat aircrafts was involved, it would be a very different war....
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  1252. that was a very long comment with very little content...
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  1253.  @denisgorjunov  yeah but that is not happening either 😄
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  1254. 2 important differences: - no NATO country tried to annex territory. - NATO had a clear objective, while it is still not clear what russia actually wants to achieve in this war.
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  1255.  @Qvadratus.  so?
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  1256. Why, are you tired of living? Get some help buddy...
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  1257. We saw a major mutiny in russia just weeks ago... 😄
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  1258. but China is not Germany's largest export market. That would be the US, France, Netherlands and then China as number 4. Germany has a very large trade deficit with China, it is a pretty one-sided relationship.
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  1259. You know there are other pipelines Germany could use if they wanted russian gas, right?
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  1260.  @ttran3444  the russian economy is only growing because of government spending. It's not sustainable.
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  1261. of course we can, when necessary. But when it comes to russia, the US and EU are on the same side.
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  1262. Germany's success comes from superior engineering. And it makes no sense to move companies out of the single market, unless their production is mostly meant for export. Wind and solar is the cheapest source of energy by far, the higher energy costts won't last forever.
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  1263.  @mosnackbar4121  no one is buying German cars because they are the cheapest 🙄
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  1264. putin: Nobody wants to play with me... 😭😭😭
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  1265. "the whole of NATO forces" would be around 3,5 million active personel, i'm pretty sure we would have noticed if they were in Ukraine...
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  1266. how about a monument to the end of soviet occupation?
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  1267.  @mattyboy59  why, because the area was part of the russian empire at some point? By that logic, India still belongs to the British...
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  1268.  @antoniobaca4962  if russia is a superpower, then why are they on the defensive? Why do they control less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago?
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  1269.  @ADITYAKUMAR-mb5ht  How could he provide a logical answer to a claim that makes no sense? Why would he be a slave of the US after 2-3 years?
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  1270.  @Bee.Holder  because they only have the prototype they use for parades.
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  1271. the standard rate for a russian troll is just 1 potato per day. But i have heard that if they work really hard, putin will sometimes give them 2 potatoes!!!
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  1272.  @LoonyCleo  i don't have anything bad to say about Portugal. My point is that Portugal don't really need to be protected because of your location, which makes Portugal a member that gives more than you take, no matter how much you spend.
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  1273.  @dayaweerasinghe4370  that is a lame excuse for russia's failures in Afghanistan. It is like saying that the UK didn't colonize India, it was the British empire...🙄
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  1274. moving production to china has been a pretty bad deal for Europe overall. We have not only lost a lot of jobs, we have also lost skills and know how. A lot of innovation takes place on the factory floor. But it made some rich people richer, so...
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  1275. then what are you doing in Ukraine? You have plenty of fascism back in russia, maybe you should do something about that...
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  1276. Who cares, Nordstream was already closed anyway?
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  1277. the price for natural gas peaked in August, at 345 euro/MWh. But the price has been falling for almost 8 weeks now, to 113 euro/MWh today. If this continues, the crisis will be over before the EU finally agrees on what to do about it...
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  1278. any tank can be destroyed, but with russia's pathetic performance so far there is no reason to be worried about that 😄
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  1279.  @cordellmohawk8408  that is clearly untrue, i come from Denmark and I am great ...
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  1280. 1: yeah we know. 2: we don't have to replace all of the gas from russia with LNG, most can be replaced by generating electricity from other sources such as coal, solar, wind, nuclear, hydro etc. 3: the biggest importers of LNG in the world is China, Japan, South Korea and India. How will LNG make us unable to compete with other LNG importers? 4: never heard the term "green LNG" before. Do you mean green hydrogen perhaps?
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  1281.  show bd  energy prices has been falling for 8 weeks now. They are not much higher than they were same time last year. And i still don't know what protest you are talking about?
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  1282.  @suportbghelp4938  the french are always protesting? The yellow vest protesters have been clashing with the police for years now. It is not exactly news.
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  1283. promised, but not actually delivered. Making empty promises is easy...
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  1284. negotiate what exactly?
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  1285. this whole thing started when Ukraine wanted a trade and cooperation agreement with the EU. You can't blame the Ukrainians for wanting to improve their country, it seems completely unreasonable to demand that they should remain under russian influence just to keep putin happy.
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  1286.  @rajsinghji-84  India is already facing gas rationing.
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  1287.  @thakuranuraganand738  russian gas will be replaced no matter what. Russia is no longer a reliable supplier.
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  1288.  @laimaruehlich30  NATO is not a country, it is a military alliance. Ukraine wanted to join it, because they wanted protection from russian agression.
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  1289. A few points about Greenland : They have been looking for oil for 50 years now, with help from companies like Chevron, Shell and Exxonmobil. But all drilling has come up dry so far. Nothing prevents US mining companies from investing in Greenland now. So why is there not a mining boom for all those rare earth minerals? The problem is simply the cost of extracting those minerals. If Greenland was so profitable, they would not need money from Denmark. And the ice is not melting any time soon. A conservative estimate is 10.000 years for all the ice to melt, if temperatures keep rising at the current rate.
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  1290. China is a large market when it comes to population size. But the average citizen has less money than the average European or American. And that is what matters, you can't sell products to people who can't afford them.
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  1291. @@kzgntosbaga6255 better than supporting russian imperialism.
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  1292.  @Avarnus  agreed 👍
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  1293.  @elbertm4161  if NATO really wanted to invade russia don't you think we would have done it by now? The fact that we are still not in the fight should tell you something.
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  1294. The EU donates around 20 billion euro in foreign aid to Africa every year, russia offers some empty promises about free grain that they will never live up to. Shouldn't be a hard choice...
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  1295. the cope is strong with this young Ivan 😄
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  1296.  @aceyage  as an older guy, i have been listening to that sort of doom and gloom for decades now. The world has been just about to end for as long as i can remember. Don't worry too much about it, the bad times won't last forever.
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  1297. yeah, they absolutely are the enemy...
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  1298. yeah keep telling yourself that...
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  1299.  @manjunathmnm  and it is worth every penny. When this war is over, we won't have to worry about russian aggression for a very long time...😀
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  1300. I still think we should chosen the Gripen. As much as the Swedes suck, they make really good military gear.
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  1301. we don't want russia's smelly gas.
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  1302. good luck with that...
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  1303.  @urbansenicar81  nah, there is still a lot of coal in Germany. And there are also things like biogas, hydro-electric dams, wind, solar, nuclear etc ...
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  1304. the Ukrainians don't want to give up any territory without a fight. It's their country after all.
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  1305. The EU has already donated 2x more than the US. We are not the ones cheaping out here.
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  1306. What has that got to do with the war in Ukraine? Neither russia or Ukraine can be considered "a great power".
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  1307.  @puakagrinder2766  and russia relies on Iran and north korea for weapons and ammo...
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  1308. sure seems like we're headed that way.
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  1309.  @ImNotReal12345  yes, and we like it that way. 😀
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  1310. yeah i am not buying a chinese car. I can't even imagine the embarrassment if anyone i know saw me in one...
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  1311. Cry more
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  1312.  min qin  you really think that will make up for all the Chinese factories that will close due to less demand for their goods?
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  1313.  @mikele9878  and they have also provided videos of Ukrainian troops inside and outside Verbove...😉
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  1314.  13ased_American  how are they losing? Russia is on the defense, and losing ground...
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  1315. there is no energy crisis anymore, that is why the prices are almost back to normal in most of the EU.
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  1316.  @c.alejo8846  not that kind of energy 😄
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  1317. the security council should rather just be disbanded. It is completely pointless, and hasn't actually prevented any wars.
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  1318.  @julianpetkov8320  russian media: "the entire Ukrainian army has been destroyed 25 times, but we still think it is necessary to evacuate Kherson for some reason" 😄
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  1319. solar panels combined with sodium-ion batteries is the best solution in my opinion. Modern solar panels can be produced without rare earth metals. Silicon and sodium are some of the world's most abundant elements.
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  1320. nice coping there 😄It's almost comical how confident the russia trolls are despite russia's many, many, many failures last year...
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  1321. in a way yes, no one is talking about brexit anymore. However, the UK barely gets mentioned at all now.
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  1322. yes killing defenceless civilians is very impressive 🙄 And the Ukrainian army is still advancing in the south and the east.
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  1323. and where are you gonna find more reliable banks?
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  1324. no one forced russia's neighbors to join NATO, they applied for membership because they wanted protection from russia.
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  1325. German economy shrank by 0,3% in the first quarter, the russian economy shrank by 2,2% 😄
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  1326. Denmark tried to be neutral in WW2. It didn't stop Germany from invading anyway. And our neutrality meant that we had no friends to ask for help...
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  1327. those who control energy can cause temporary problems for their customers, until the customers move to other suppliers or other sources of energy.
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  1328. from the 15 manufacturers that already exist in the EU of course.
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  1329.  @Writeous0ne  so it does bother you. That's great. 😀
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  1330.  @sbelcl  why would i apologize to an orc? Don't be silly 🙄
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  1331.  SF  i'm not sure what you mean? When i order components from my EU based suppliers, i don't pay VAT. It's one of the reasons why i don't want to use UK based suppliers anymore. I'm not going to waste my time applying for VAT refunds, if such an arrangement has even been made yet.
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  1332. well, they have been stealing a lot of washing machines in Ukraine, so it will probably take a little time before they run out...
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  1333.  @annmariedeignan2596  Please learn to read before replying .
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  1334.  @derbender9264  come on dude, don't ruin my joke :)
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  1335. i thought russia could take Kyiv in 2 weeks, according to putin? What happened?
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  1336. it must be pretty embarrasing for russia, that they went from being considered a military super power, to being considered so weak that many apparently expected the russian lines to just collapse again. It says a lot about the russian army that it is now considered a victory for russia that they are only losing ground slowly this time...😄
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  1337.  @Heshem_Joel  because no one has triggered article 5? Ukraine is not a NATO member yet.
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  1338. @ you can get the USA, that colony is not that useful anymore.
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  1339.  @Dan-Martin  BASF is not leaving Europe. They are investing a lot of money to electrify their chemical plant in Germany. BASF is an international company with facilities all over the world, they have several in China. They are meant for the chinese market.
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  1340.  @brunoonraedt3401  nope, it's going down. Storage is full, and the heating season hasn't started yet. So demand is low at the moment. It might go up later this year, but we'll see.
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  1341. This video is not about putin.
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  1342. we have ssen the russian war crimes in the occupied areas. Surrendering to russia would be much worse for the Ukrainian people.
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  1343.  @dmssb2319  Europe is a continent. That is like saying that Asia needs a representative.
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  1344.  @gilgameshur5366  Greenland can leave if they want, i do not care. And Denmark is a net exporter of natural gas, we have enough oil and gas fields in the North Sea...
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  1345. who cares, it's not like we have anything to discuss with russia anyway...
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  1346. russian tanks couldn't even reach Kyiv without forming a 40km traffic jam, how would they ever reach Germany 😄
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  1347. it's fine, demand is low at the moment anyway. The gas price fell 37% this week, despite lower supply from russia and norway.
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  1348. there are also other pipelines russia could use if they wanted to. And Germany stated that they wanted to stop buying anyway. That's probably why only russian trolls seem to care...
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  1349. if support for putin's war, why demonstrations in russia?
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  1350. never happened.
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  1351. voting with armed soldiers looking over your shoulder is not really voting...
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  1352. @7Little701  is that really the best disinformation you guys can come up with? Come on dude, you can troll harder than that...
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  1353. russia cut the gas flow a month before the pipeline was damaged. And Germany wanted to stop buying anyway. So it doesn't really matter if the pipeline is working or not. And russia could still supply gas through the other pipelines if they actually wanted to.
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  1354.  @mrityunjaytripathi5588  the UK is not part of the EU, have you not been paying attention? And the EU is a net exporter of both wheat and maize.
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  1355. what winter? It's 11 degrees outside, even here in the "cold" north.
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  1356. you're right, we should just ask putin nicely to pull out of Ukraine. That will definitely work, why did no one think of that before?
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  1357.  @nurulhudavijapurwala4936  so they are defending themselves against democracy, immigration and inflation by blocking aid to Ukraine? How does that make any sense? You know they can just leave the EU if they don't agree with EU values right?
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  1358.  @johnreynolds5407  even putin admits that russia's shrinking population is his biggest concern. Russia will soon be a nation of old women 😄
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  1359.  @Memovox  could you please tell your handlers in moscow that you need a new narrative? The whole thing about Ukraine running out of men is getting old...😴
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  1360. nah, i think most Europeans are happy about it.
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  1361. could we please get hungary kicked out of the EU? It is more and more obvious that they don't belong here...
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  1362. still much cheaper than actually going to war. And that is what would happen eventually, if we just look the other way now.
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  1363. funny, thats how i feel about the russians 😄
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  1364. the mistake was to become reliant on russian gas to begin with.
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  1365. what other choice do they have, if they don't want to fall out of a window?
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  1366. there are not a lot of russian succes to report about. Even this is bit of a stretch, taking 1/3 of a city after 8 months of fighting is not really something to brag about.
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  1367. the real mistake was to do business with russia in the first place.
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  1368. we have seen the russian war crimes in the occupied areas. Surrendering to the russians would be much worse for the Ukrainian people.
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  1369. that is what Denmark has mostly been doing the whole time? The only real exception is fighter jets, and even that is a mistake in my opinion. Denmark should have chosen the Gripen instead of F35.
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  1370.  @joexavier4070  have you ever opened up a history book? The world will never just get along and hold hands and sing happy songs together. Don't be so naive kid.
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  1371.  @joexavier4070  the last 30 years have been one of the most peaceful periods in recorded history. But that is only because no one could challenge the US. Why do you think conflicts are breaking out all over the world now, as soon as the US started to show weakness?
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  1372.  @kabzaify  here are the top 3 consumer markets in the world, according to the World Bank: US $21T, EU $9,8T, China $6,7T.
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  1373.  @uhura647  here's how i see it: Russia has decided to bring war back to our part of the world. If we look the other way now, it will only encourage putin to do the same to other countries who were part of russia in the past. So we would end up fighting the russians sooner or later. Helping Ukraine fight back now will help ourselves in the long run. And Ukraine could become a valuable member of EU in the future.
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  1374.  @shurikkupitman5407  kan du lide rødgrød med fløde på?
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  1375.  @kosarkosar7683  nice fictional story bro, did you write it yourself?
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  1376. russia the paper bear.
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  1377. We'll see. You can't just stop gas production for a few months, so russia would have to cap some of the gas wells. That makes it a permanent move with no way back.
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  1378.  @johnpablo2772  russia can't even build cars with seatbelts without western components.
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  1379. better than buying from the enemy 😉
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  1380. it's not gonna work, when the US, Canada and Norway are increasing production to new record highs in 2023. Norway has just approved the development of 19 new oil and gas fields, russia will never be a major supplier to Europe again...
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  1381. pure fiction 😄
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  1382. they want to do that already. 🤷‍♂
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  1383. it's a good thing that NATO will keep supplying Ukraine then 😀
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  1384. russia is more of a paper tiger than a bear 😄
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  1385. yeah supporting Ukraine with weapons is a win-win scenario for Europe. Russia will be too weak to be a threat to anyone by the end of the war, no matter how it ends.
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  1386. hi Jake, the EU pledge to supply 1M shells was made in 2023, and the 300.000 figure is from april to today. While the 1M goal might not be reached, it will most likely be pretty close. Artillery shells were supplied by individual member states before this pledge. But the important part is that production is being expanded, and the EU will be able to produce more than 1M in 2024. Rheinmetall alone expects to produce around 600.000-700.000 shells in 2024.
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  1387.  @ihmpall  yeah, we know. It's a win-win for Europe and India, but not so much for russia.
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  1388. still trying to blame the US for russia's attack on Ukraine?
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  1389.  @csuporj  so does the UK, France, India, Pakistan, Israel, north Korea and the US. Ukraine could probably build a nuke pretty fast if they wanted.
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  1390. there should be some Danish soldiers in Estonia too 😀
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  1391. the vast majority of Germany's exports are to other European countries. Germany would probably benefit if the EU decouples from china.
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  1392. 3-4 times higher than what?
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  1393.  @yehuihe1825  what are they gonna do, except cry and moan about it?
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  1394. @ ask any person from Sweden how they feel about Danes, and they will tell you how much we suck. Yet every time i go to Sweden, they are nothing but nice to me and my family. The "hate" between European countries is not something that should be taken too seriously. And neither is the "hate" towards Americans. My hate towards the current government of the US is real though.
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  1395. You're just so excited because russia finally wins a fight aren't you?Enjoy it while it lasts 😄
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  1396. yeah those poor russian conscripts will have a great time in the trenches...
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  1397. The cope is strong with you 😄
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  1398. wishful thinking...
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  1399. ​ @A.S.D.M-22 doesn't really matter if the pipeline works or not, russia had already cut the gas supply to Germany about a month before the pipeline was damaged.
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  1400.  @cephasdaka7279  it's not real growth, it's just government spending. And EU is not in recession, my country is forecast to grow 2,6 % in 2024..😄
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  1401. the cope is strong with you 😄
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  1402. nope, russia still doesn't control all of the area they claim to have annexed. So from russia's point of view, Ukraine occupies several large russian cities, and there is nothing russia can do about it...
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  1403. Here's what i don't understand: About 40% of EU gas consumption is used for domestic heating, 25% for industry and 35% for power generation. Russia supplies 40% of EU gas. So stop using gas for power generation, and the problem is pretty much solved. Many countries in EU, including Germany, have enough coal powerplants to replace gas. Germany still have pretty decent coal reserves, the mines just need to be reopened. As I understand it, the German government have already started this process. The gas turbines can also run on other fuels, such as oil or biogas. There is also a new pipeline from Norway coming online later this year, Romania's new offshore gas production, the new LNG deals etc. So why is this still a crisis? Sounds like a very fixable problem to me?
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  1404. this guy is a tool. Making sure that Siemens can deliver as many turbines as quickly as possible sounds like a pretty good investment for Germany. Wind and solar generated 60% of our electricity in 2022 here in Denmark, in the first half of 2023 it was 67%. And it is the cheapest source of electricity by far, so get those wind turbines installed, Germany...
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  1405. russia, of course.
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  1406. ​ @Iceberg_Trotsky how?
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  1407.  @Memovox  русский, который пишет по-датски, это очень смешно 😄
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  1408. Russia 2022: Kyiv in 3 days! Russia 2023: Our defensive lines are not crumbling yet! Oh how the mighty has fallen 😄
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  1409. the current natural gas price in Europe is lower than it was a year ago. It is still high compared to 2020, but the price has slowly been going down for months and that will most likely continue.
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  1410. does that make you feel better? A 29% drop in FDI is a 29%drop, no matter the reason why...
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  1411. russia? Oh you mean the gas station pretending to be a country?
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  1412.  @engelgirl7360  very few russian people, fortunatly :)
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  1413. russia has reduced the flow of gas by 80%, so it doesn't matter if russian gas is cheaper since they are not delivering.
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  1414. i don't really get it either. Are the russian soldiers going to hide in basements until the Ukrainian forces close in?
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  1415. Euro zone inflation was 2,4% in 2024. The official inflation rate in russia was 9,5%.
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  1416.  @redpanda9963  so? There are no sanctions on russian aluminium yet?
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  1417. EU imported roughly 15bcm of Lng from russia in 2023. It is about 5% of natural gas consumption in 2023.
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  1418.  @ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ  when it comes to oil, aluminium and nickel, russia is not the biggest producer in the world. Several countries have larger reserves. Replacing russian suppliers is a temporary problem. Replacing russian gas is the biggest problem right now. Here in Denmark, this problem will be solved next year when gasproduction in the northsea resumes. Denmark will be a net gas exporter again. But Germany is pretty screwed, which could lead to a recession that will affect us all. Recession leads to lower demand for goods, which will affect asian countries like china. It also leads to lower demand for oil, which will affect oil producing countries such as russia. But it could be worse, at least my country is not in the middle of a very expensive war. At some point, you guys are going to run out of old equipment and ammo from the sovjet era, and you will have to switch to a wartime economy.
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  1419.  @prosimulate  not true, putin's empty nuclear threats are very comical.
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  1420.  @howiescott5865  i would love to have putin as a permanent guest in prison.
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  1421.  @akkafietje137  there is a difference between military and civilian targets, is that really so hard for you to understand?
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  1422. for those who are wondering, total trade between the US and EU looked like this in 2023, including both goods and services: EU export to the US: 822 B euro. EU imports from the US: 774 B euro. EU trade surplus: 48 B euro. That is roughly 3% of the total value of trade.
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  1423. UK? Does that place still exist? Haven't heard anything about it for years now...
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  1424. no EU will buy at the "normal" price. The price in Europe is the global price benchmark.
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  1425.  @vagabond919  sure, if we just let putin have Sudetenland, then we will have "peace in our time", right?
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  1426. you didn't watch the video did you?
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  1427.  @waldensmith4796  so you didn't notice the part where the economist said that the number of insolvencies were lower than normal during covid, and the current number isn't higher than expected?
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  1428. russia is already in recession, and are currently running the largest budget deficit since the fall of the ussr.
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  1429. then why is russia not making progress?
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  1430.  @smart741  and where would these imaginary forces come from? Russia is already raising the conscription age and sending T55s to the frontline in Ukraine...😄
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  1431. no one really, both sides will be worse off...
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  1432. because of putins invasion.
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  1433. why would it be?
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  1434.  @pumalee1997  why would we? It is much cheaper and more efficient to send unmanned probes to the moon, which the ESA did long ago...
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  1435.  @rsltgc8706  ESA launched a rocket in April this year. It's a mission to Jupiter by the way. It was also the last time ESA will use their Ariane 5 rocket, they will use Ariane 6 from now on. Guess you learned something new today, huh? 😉
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  1436.  @Cinnuhminn  we will see. There might be some useful replies.
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  1437. like that would ever happen 😄
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  1438.  @palar4195  no, some countries in southern Europe are still using it. That will end in 2024, when the contract between Ukriane and russia runs out.
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  1439.  @SuperAnatolli  sure, but you still need a way to store that electricity. A solar panel can produce a lot of electricity on a summer day, but that won't help on a cold winter night unless there is a way to store some of that electricity.
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  1440.  @deriznohappehquite  yeah, EU manufacturers are still exporting to other countries. Which is pretty frustrating tbh...
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  1441.  @RS-vy9qv  yeah that comeback is definitely not worth 2 potatoes. Very poor performance Ivan!
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  1442.  @undexvedichi3167  Why would the british prime minister give me anything? Please try to make sense, Ivan. No potato for you today!
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  1443.  @gaborrajnai6213  no, but if western powers fail to help Ukraine after promising to do so, why would they not fail to help a country like Estonia too? So why would russia not test this in another area they consider theirs? Let's say russia made up some reason to occupy the city of Narva. It has a high number of ethnic russians. What happens if the rest of Europe is not willing to risk a war by helping Estonia retake their city? That would not only prove that NATO protection is pointless, it would also undermine the EU. So most countries near russia would have to make some kind of arrangement with russia for their own protection.
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  1444.  @leonardoorellano6652  the dominant power in Europe is the EU. Together we are much stronger than russia. But divided, russia can pick us apart one by one...
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  1445.  @davidlee120  what double standard? EU trade has always been regulated, we have never been in favor of free trade with no restrictions. One of the EU's main jobs is to make sure we get the best possible trade deals. Do you really expect us to continue a trade relationship if it doesn't benefit us anymore? Why would we do that?
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  1446. Both sides are using this kind of ammo already. Putin is having a temper tantrum over nothing.
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  1447. Unfortunately, i don't think most people are paying that much attention to the russian threat yet...
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  1448.  @Trompicavalas  it is a lot easier to convince everyone to move forward if the option of turning around no longer exists. Down with gasputin 👎
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  1449.  @paulwalker427  was that supposed to make sense. Do better, or no potatoes for you today!
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  1450.  @rouz0  Germany is replacing russian gas with gas from Norway. And Norway is a much more reliable supplier. That's why no one is talking about russian gas anymore.
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  1451. and was it not true last time? Did russia's "victory" in Bakhmut change anything?
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  1452.  @shonemumy  reaching Tokmak would cut an important supply line, and give the Ukrainians fire control of the remaining supply lines in southern Ukraine. That would be a significant win. Reaching the Asov sea would cut those supply lines completely. The capture of Bakhmut changed very little in the overall picture, the same is true for Avdiivka.
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  1453. russia has supplied less than 25% of EU's gas demand in 2022. And the gas storage was still full a month earlier than planned, and we ended up with a queue of 30 lng tankers waiting for a buyer. There will also be enough supply next year, it is only a question of how much it will cost.
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  1454.  @icu17siberia  you know that Europe has supplied more than the US right? Not just in humanitarian but also in financial and military support...
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  1455. russia has mostly been retreating the past 5 months, even though NATO still hasn't provided any modern tanks or fighter jets.
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  1456.  @Jimmy1972  we'll see, the support has been slowly escalating all year. I would be very surprised if Ukraine doesn't receive tanks or fighters in 2023. And russia hasn't gained anything, if they can't hold on to it. And Russia keeps losing ground.
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  1457. yeah, they will cry and moan about it 😄
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  1458. The rubble is also falling against the Rupee and the Yuan.
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  1459. you're really disappointed that Germany isn't struggling, aren't you? 😄
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  1460.  @jimmylam9846  yeah the trade relationship with china is pretty one-sided, we should do something about that.
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  1461.  @rishavsharma2349  you think everyone in Europe is a business man or fashion designer? So who do you think does all the manual labour here, imported slaves or something?
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  1462.  @LCCATCX  you are correct, seems like i was looking at numbers for EU car exports, not just Germany. But it doesn't change the fact that the US was the largest market for German exports in 2023, with China being number 4.
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  1463. So russia did exactly what all the nordstream 2 critics said they would do. To the surprise of no one. But at least it's over now, it should be pretty clear that russian gas has no future in Europe.
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  1464. the russian paper bear 🧸
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  1465.  @MrTatica  NATO had a UN mandate in yugoslavia. Nice try Ivan...
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  1466.  @crude-za  the prices got that high because everybody was panic buying gas to fill up storage no matter the price. And there will still be shortages this winter, so energy saving is still necessary. Some industries will probably have to reduce production. But if you're hoping for a total collapse of Eu's economy, then i think you will be very disappointed.
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  1467. i saw a comment from a guy who claimed to be a former US artillery man. He said the main purpose of dpicm was counter battery fire, and that makes a lot of sense to me. I can see how they could be useful against russian artillery positions.
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  1468. banks go under every year. In the US alone, 4 banks went under in 2020, 4 banks in 2019, 8 banks in 2017 and so on...
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  1469. lots of countries have gas and oil. That's why russia was easily replaced.
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  1470.  @TheFirstTheLast-g4t  yes, todays price is lower than before the war started.And it is much lower than it was right before the pipeline was damaged.
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  1471. it's the only way.
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  1472.  @johnadam2885  but there are other suppliers, and other sources of energy. Russia will never be a major supplier of anything to the EU again.
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  1473. it is not going to work. No one has ever won a war by targeting civilians, while their forces are losing the fight on the ground 🙄
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  1474. keeping jobs and development of new technology in Europe is more important.
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  1475. russian trolls: "please buy our gas, Germany? Pretty please?"...
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  1476. Russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  1477.  @PeterLamin-pi6rv  taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves, while the US had full control of all cities.Taliban was only able to return because the US got bored and left.
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  1478. russia started out with a massive advantage in firepower in 2022. They had the advantage in artillery, airforce, navy, long range missiles, armored vehicles etc. But Ukraine has slowly been closing the gap with the help of allies, to the point where russia can't do much except sit in a trench and try to hold the line. But the armed forces of Ukraine will continue to grow in strength over the next few years, while russia gets weaker. We could very well see the balance of power shift in Ukraine's favor already next year...
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  1479.  @spaidgarette8114  you mean the 2% each country is supposed to spend on their own military?
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  1480. @Riannu-i8x  i think the whole concept of development aid is obsolete. It should just be stopped. Europe should not rely on resources from any non-European country if possible.
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  1481. what makes you think they would want to? Russia is not a reliable supplier anymore.
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  1482. do you think it could destroy an older tank, like the T72's and T62's russia is fielding now?
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  1483. Ukraine is one of poorest countries in Europe. Being part of russia's sphere of influence is bad for the economy. Why do you think they want to be part of the European community instead?
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  1484. what difference does that make?
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  1485. again?
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  1486.  @Robert-xy4xi  ok then, explain why Bakhmut is vital?
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  1487. there's a big difference between being low on shells and being out of shells. Ukraine has been low on shells since last summer, but they can somehow still manage to fire 4.000 shells every day anyway.
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  1488.  @jamesgreen1116  do you forget the even more humiliating russian defeat in Afghanistan?
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  1489. don't worry, Norway is replacing russia as Germany's main supplier 😀
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  1490. the ussr collapsed long ago. Today's russia is just a paper bear 🧸
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  1491.  @biodiversityfanatic2454  that doesn't even make sense, how can an organisation have a colony?
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  1492.  @Jihademiks  don't worry, we are getting there. Military production is going up all over Europe now.
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  1493.  @Jihademiks  if russia is producing that much, then why are they not making progress on the battlefield?
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  1494. What ever helps you cope, wumao 😄
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  1495. putin: i will put Ukraine first, no matter what the russian people think or how hard their life gets.
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  1496. we all enjoyed the russian clown show 🤡
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  1497. yes it is both sad and pathetic that the russian army has decided to target civilians since they can't defeat the Ukrainian soldiers...
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  1498. why is russia against peace? Russia could end the war today, just by going home.
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  1499. @Memovox  yeah there is no mystery there. Russia cut the gas supply to Germany about a month before the pipeline was damaged. Remember?
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  1500. russia's recession is absolutely something to cheer about 😀
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  1501. but they don't hate our money, apparently. EU donates around 20 billion euro to Africa every year, we should spend that on Ukraine instead...
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  1502. russia war planes fly close to Alaska on a regular basis. The same happens here in Europe all the time, russian pilots just love being annoying.
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  1503. but this time they're helping the Ukrainians fight against the fascists...
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  1504. Support for Ukraine is in Europe's best interest. We are against russia because of russia, not because of the US.
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  1505. this is diplomacy, between Germany and Poland.
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  1506.  @IndiaTides  since when do India care about the free market?
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  1507. what is russia smiling about, their recession is much worse 😄
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  1508. negotiate what exactly?
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  1509. I would call russia a paper bear 😄
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  1510. nah, the frontline will just move a few kilometers....
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  1511.  @gosolvideos  they are just calling putin's bluff.
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  1512. by destroying every city? I don't Ukraine likes russia's "help"...
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  1513. Russia prospered due to a large market share in Europe. Those times are gone.
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  1514. good, we need to get those russians back behind the iron curtain where they belong.
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  1515.  @pwn5047  you're the one listening to fantasies buddy. Russias last victory was Sevorodonetsk 5 months ago, they have only been moving backwards since then.
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  1516. i know, it's going to suck for all those poor russian conscripts who have to spend the winter in the trenches without proper winter gear.
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  1517. I'm not sure we need an EU army, and i think most EU countries would prefer to have their own army. But an EU airforce and maybe an EU navy would be a good idea. Maybe some marines too.
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  1518. So can we expect russia to capture Kyiv in the next 3 days?
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  1519. give it another year or two. Russia's market share in Europe gets smaller every year, it has gone from 50% to something like 10% already...
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  1520. I couldn't tell you who had the presidency last year or the year before, without looking it up on the internet first. I don't think it will make much of a difference for India or the world.
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  1521. no russia no war.
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  1522. there is really no doubt that is was russia.
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  1523. you must really hate those Ukrainian civilians huh?
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  1524.  @duncansmith7562  nope, trees from my own garden that i cut down a few years ago.
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  1525. Phase one: Russia invades Ukraine with long columns of armored vehicles. Response: Ukraine receives ATGM's such as Javelin. Russian tanks go boom. Phase two: Russia bombards the Ukrainians with artillery. Response: Ukraine receives modern artillery and HIMARS. Russian supply lines go boom. Phase three: Missile and drone strikes. Response: Ukraine will receive airdefence systems and c-ram. Russian missiles and drones will get shot down in the air. Phase four: No matter what it is, the west will find a way to counter it. Russia has already lost the war, it is just a question of how many russian conscripts will have to die before putin is willing to accept reality.
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  1526. @@ghostmagic3073 none of those exists, and they probably never will.
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  1527.  @СергейМонин-д7с  and what is going to prevent russia from attacking again in a few years?
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  1528.  @ZweiZwolf  China's national debt increased by quite a lot in 2023. Most of china's growth is just the government spending borrowed money.
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  1529. the mummy vs the dummy is a very good description of the US election this year...🙄
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  1530.  @encabsss  so you will admit that the war is all about imperial expansion?
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  1531. agreed.
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  1532. nonsense. Pretty sure the russians would prefer to live.
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  1533.  @Brian-qj4kk  get comfortable, you'll be waiting forever.
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  1534. they will keep retreating until they reach the chinese border 😄
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  1535. it's almost like this is a complicated topic, where different analysts have different opinions 🙄
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  1536. how would that stop the blood shed? Remember what happened in Bucha and other towns occupied by the russians?
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  1537.  @AbuBawa-sw1ut  you're the clown here buddy. You know i am right, but you won't admit it to yourself...
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  1538.  @louissosa1535  why would they need that? I thought sanctions had no effect on russia? 😄
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  1539.  @javanswa8036  that chicken keeps shrinking. Russia controlled 125.000 km2 by late August. By early October it was 114.000km2. Russia lost 9% of their gains in less than 6 weeks. And they are still retreating.
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  1540. empty threats...🥱
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  1541. could be worse, could be russia
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  1542.  @pamelajessup7931  europe's largest army, trained and armed by NATO? Is that the official excuse for the failures of the russian army 😄
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  1543.  @Vektab  a lot of European countries will probably just look towards the east instead. It's not like the US has a lot to offer now...
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  1544.  @pauzamsiska3605  has any European company taken any of that without paying? Really?
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  1545. my family and I have just decided to annex some of my neighbor's property. We held a democratic referendum, and every one in my family voted in favor of annexation. So i don't understand why my neighbor keeps complaining about it?
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  1546.  @KiraNt4  and if they ever use them, they will lose more than 20M.
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  1547. isolated from who? Nobody that matters, as far as i can tell...
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  1548. that only happened in russian media 😄
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  1549. russia 2022: Kherson is russia forever. russia 2023: ...we totally didn't want Kherson anyway...
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  1550.  @fingerprint8479  it won't happen, it's just empty threats 🙄
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  1551. Who cares about that anymore, it's not like anyone else is following the agreed rules anyway.
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  1552. NATO haven't even joined the fight yet.
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  1553. if you include financial and humanitarian aid, then Ukraine has received $51bn worth from the US and $55bn from the EU.
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  1554. most people aren't really religious here, we just like having a day off :)
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  1555. high precision and russia in the same sentence 😄
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  1556.  @westtxmutt  is that what they tell you in russian media? Prepare to be disappointed Igor :)
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  1557. only in putin's fantasy world.
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  1558. prepare to be disappointed. It is going to be like "the toiletpaper crisis" back in 2020. A lot of panic and inflated prices, and then nothing really happens. Russia supplied 155bcm, or 38% of EU's gas consumption in 2021. Imports from other countries have increased by 50bcm in 2022, and russia has delivered at least 40bcm so far. So the actual gas shortage is around 65bcm, or roughly 15% compared to 2021. Natural gas accounted for 32% of EU's primary energy consumption in 2021. That means the energy used for heating, electricity and industry. So the actual energy shortage is 4.8% compared to 2021.
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  1559. I have never heard anyone in Denmark being worried about a russian attack on Greenland. It is really just a big block of ice, with a few semi-habitable areas along the southern coastline.
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  1560. why should Germany do anything, the pipeline is owned by Gazprom?
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  1561.  @xcitemex6353  i am sure you hear a lot of stories in the russian media. How many Himars have they destroyed today, 2500 at least right?
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  1562. i agree, no need to rush it 👍
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  1563. don't worry, i don't think gasputin has many years left in this world...
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  1564.  @yashojha137  yes the US has overwhelming firepower, that's why they beat Iraq in 5 weeks. But this is russia, and russia doesn't have that kind of firepower. Russia is using human waves against fortified positions.
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  1565.  @she825  russia is already in recession, seems to be working just fine.
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  1566.  @AlexWolfM  Russia's population is 2x larger than Germany's, but russia's economy is not even half the size. That is just sad...😄
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  1567.  @AlexWolfM  Ukraine has been supplied with enough to stop russia, and even liberate some of the occupied territory.
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  1568.  @Blitzkers99  Urals oil is much lower quality than North Sea oil 😄
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  1569.  @thewho5786  what a ridiculous claim. My source is OPEC, what is your source?
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  1570.  @felixf.3392  russia's current capacity is around 2M per year. Why do you think they had to beg north korea for shells? EU expects to produce around 1,4M shells this year, and then we have the US, UK, Norway, Australia, South Korea. The gap is closing.
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  1571.  @Percival5  russia is spending 40% of their budget on the war now. How long do you think that will last?
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  1572.  @neverknowsbest2879  ok then, which German energy companies had long term contracts with a fixed price, and what was the agreed price? The 2 largest gas importing energy companies in Germany, Uniper and DWE, agreed to pay in rubles. Russia cut the supply of gas to Germany to put pressure on Germany, and their excuse was faulty turbines.
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  1573. when will that be, 2082?
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  1574. russia is not a superpower, what have you been smoking 😄
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  1575. don't forget Germany and the Netherlands, they each supplied a patriot system too 😀
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  1576. what is russia gonna do, except empty threats and crying?
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  1577. it started a few weeks ago. What we're seeing right now is all russia can manage.
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  1578. and the poor russian conscripts will be sent to the frontline without training or even winter clothes....
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  1579.  @gdiwolverinemale2745  don't worry, i'm sure they can find enough money to annoy russia 🙂
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  1580. no, those places are heaven on earth compared to 3rd world russia...
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  1581. oh no, the russian rustbuckets are coming!!! Anyway....
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  1582. @ the thing the US does very well is financing. A lot of European startups end up moving to the US to find investors. That is the problem in the EU, there are less private investors that are willing to take a chance with something completely new. But the fact that these startups exist shows that Europeans are not behind. How would they be able to find investors in the US if the US were decades ahead in all areas?
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  1583. 🙄
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  1584. better than any russian tank. No flying turrets...
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  1585. but he can't, the russian army is not strong enough.
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  1586.  @namur-iq6ih  yes Slovakia is probably the most russia friendly country in the EU, no news there. Do you have a point?
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  1587.  @nicholasdipasquale5566  ww2 is a very important historical event, no doubt about that. But it ended almost 80 years ago. Germany invaded and occupied my country during the war, but today we are friends and allies. We should try to learn from the past, but also try to move on. The war in Ukraine has nothing to do with ww2.
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  1588. they will be much better off without russian blood gas.
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  1589.  @anonymousanonym450  - 0,2% is not really a crisis...
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  1590. what else are they going to do with it?
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  1591. what a silly statement, russia can't even take Bakhmut 😄
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  1592. NATO has expanded to russia's borders, because many of russia's neighbors applied for membership. And they applied because they were worried about Russian aggression. If russia doesn't like it, then maybe they should stop threatening their neighbors?
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  1593. give it a little time. Russia has to increase the military budget by 70% next year, just to keep up. Russia can't afford that for long, and the war is not going to end any time soon...
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  1594.  @alpheusnong3837  why, what is russia the paper bear 🧸 gonna do?
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  1595. this is very doom and gloom, completely ignoring any good news for Ukraine. - Ukraine is still exporting grain, after pushing the russian fleet back. The UK has agreed to insure the grainships. - Ukraine's economy is actually growing, 9,1% in september this year. Overall growth for 2023 is expected to be around 4-5%. - even though EU might not reach 1M shells by the deadline, it will probably be pretty close. And production is increasing, Rheinmetall alone expects to produce 600.000-700.000 shells in 2024. - Bakhmut is russia's only win in 1,5 years. Their biggest win since then is a flag on top of a waste heap...
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  1596.  @leviebongt6458  he has also protected Hungary from EU money, by putting them in his own pocket.
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  1597.  @paulwalker427  they would if they could. But they can't...😄
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  1598.  @KenanTurkiye  Turkey is the english name for your country. Most countries have different names in different languages. The danish name for your country is Tyrkiet. The same goes for Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany and many others, it's not the real name of the country. And the capital of Denmark is not actually called Copenhagen. But we don't mind, and neither should you. It's not meant as an insult.
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  1599. the term was used by the EU first...
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  1600. Trade has to benefit both sides. If it doesn't, then it has to be balanced.
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  1601. you know it won't last long right? Ukraine will receive more airdefence systems from the west in the coming weeks, and i am sure the western allies are working on a long term solution to this new threat. Remember how the russians had a lot of success with long range artillery earlier this year? And then the west gave the Ukrainians the tools to counter it? The same will happen this time...🙂
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  1602. ​ @AngelOliva302 no it is not. Unless russia suddenly decide to leave Ukraine in the near future, but I don't think that is going to happen either.
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  1603. trump was not the first or the only one who raised that issue. And trump is still a clown.
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  1604. don't worry, more weapons are coming 🙂
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  1605.  @Liboch  that is nothing but wishful thinking, and you know it 😄
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  1606. the many russian trolls are the only good thing about this war, their pathetic lies are an endless source of entertainment 😄
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  1607. how can it be a bad thing for Europe to be less reliant on imports?
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  1608. isn't that exactly what putin is doing? 😄
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  1609. they are not fighting a superpower, they are just fighting russia.
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  1610.  @binchen  Yes, as soon as all the pipelines to asia are completed. I'm sure russia will sell a lot of gas in asia in 2035
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  1611. just give it up, we all know it's empty threats...
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  1612. Norway is Europe's biggest supplier now, around 25% is from Norway :)
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  1613.  @ChristiaanHW  i was mostly thinking about Portugals geografic location. But the point you made is valid too.
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  1614. we have seen the russian war crimes in the occupied areas. Surrendering to russia would be worse.
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  1615.  @MonkeyBoyStudio  sounds like you're the one that needs education.
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  1616. you know it won't last long right? Ukraine will receive more airdefence systems from the west in the coming weeks, and i am sure the western allies are working on a long term solution to this new threat. Remember how the russians had a lot of success with long range artillery earlier this year? And then the west gave the Ukrainians the tools to counter it? The same will happen this time...🙂
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  1617. And then what? Will every one hold hands and get along? Or are you just replacing US hegemony with chinese hegemony?
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  1618. russia's only win in 1,5 years is Bakhmut. How would they ever make it to Berlin?
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  1619. I think it was Norway that vetoed that idea. But it is still a good idea.
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  1620. @Null Pointer savage 😄
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  1621. They're working just fine 🙂
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  1622. this was hilarious! That Ukrainian guy was trolling the russian guy who looks like Pepe the frog 😄
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  1623.  @icemanzw  whataboutism is not an excuse for russia's actions.
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  1624. @jackjhmc820  the price peaked on august 22. Then the EU announced that gas storage was almost full ahead of time, which made the price drop immediatly. So russia cut the gas supply a few days later, but the price continued to fall since our gas supply for the winter was already secured. Nordstream was then blown up september 26, but the price kept falling anyway.
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  1625. russian apologist ⬆
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  1626. at least it is another small step in the right direction. It will probably take another year or two to get rid of the last russian gas, but it will happen...
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  1627. how do you know if a russian is lying? His lips are moving...
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  1628.  @kirillrebane830  brics is just another forum where some leaders can meet and have their photo taken. What has brics actually accomplished so far?
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  1629.  @rajsinghji-84  i am talking about natural gas, used by industry. India imports 50% of their natural gas consumption as LNG, but most of that has gone to Europe. So now India has to ration natural gas for the industry.
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  1630.  @palar4195  Denmark was invaded by the same guys who defeated Poland, France, Netherlands etc in a few weeks Ukraine is being invaded by the guys that ran out of gas and created a 40km roadblock north of Kyiv...
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  1631.  @palar4195  after 2 months of all out assaults on Avdiivka, russia has advanced 2km. And that is russia's most significant progress in 8 months...
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  1632.  @claus-not-santa  cry about what? We both know russia can't do anything about it 😄
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  1633. And here in Denmark we are laughing at Sweden 😄
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  1634. i remember last year, when telegram consistently announced that Ukraine's offensive at Kherson had failed, until the russians ran away with their tales between their legs 😄
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  1635. cope 😄
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  1636. Russia: we can sell you cheap gas, but you have to look the other way when we murder our neighbors. Europe : guess we better start looking for new suppliers then. India: how cheap is the gas?
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  1637.  @Memovox  yes all Danes know each other. I hang out with the former prime minister all the time....🙄
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  1638. natural gas is not refined from oil. It is not the same as the "gas" the americans put in their cars, the product other countries call petrol or benzin. And the price for diesel and benzin has gone up by something like 10% since 2021, at least where i live. Not sure where you get 4X the price from?
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  1639.  @Blodhelm  ok, so there is no aid for Ukraine in the continued resolution yet. Better?
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  1640.  @lovyrituraj  how do think russia became the largest country in the world? Russia is still trying to conquer and colonize Ukraine today...
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  1641.  @760HorsePower  have a little patience, i don't think that will happen until some time next year...
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  1642. Ukraine's skies are probably the most protected in the world right now, except maybe Israel.
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  1643. Boring russian troll is boring...
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  1644. the biowaste can be used as fertilizer after degassification.
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  1645.  @perryblanco1446  no, please educate me?
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  1646. Who cares? It was already closed, and it was never going to be used again anyway
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  1647.  @AronAroniteOnlineTV  putins 3 day military operation has turned into a defensive war, where putin had to mobilize 300.000 drunken speedbumps just to stay in the fight 😄
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  1648. nope. Listening to putin complain about the sanctions never gets boring.
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  1649.  @lawrencekling8598  that was true in 2022, but not anymore. European aid to Ukraine has increased significantly in 2023, while US aid has not. But I agree that it would be a very serious blow to Ukraine if the US stops their funding. And it will have long term consequences for Europe and the US as well.
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  1650. NATO has been at russia's borders for 20 years already. And the reason why is because most of russia's neighbors are worried about russian aggression.
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  1651. so brics has now existed for more than a decade, and it still doesn't have a real purpose or a common goal. I still don't get why i should care about it?
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  1652. wrong. Far right = gullible people...
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  1653. it's a shame the russians won't be allowed to compete in the olympics next year, those russians are really good at running 😄
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  1654.  @lovyrituraj  why would i need to be drafted? We both know that russia is a paper bear...
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  1655. i'm saving mine for new years eve 🥳
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  1656.  jaden jaden  that means russia have to sell their oil and gas way below market price. I can live with that solution.
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  1657. most recent polls indicate lots of support for Ukraine all over Europe.
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  1658. i agree with that guy ☝this is all on russia
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  1659.  @Habib_Osman  exactly how will any of this benefit China?
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  1660. are you talking about the russian owned pipeline, where the gas flow had already been cut by russia?
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  1661. 😴
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  1662.  @Unknown-te6dz  i'm sure russia has downed 3x more planes than Ukraine ever had, according to russian media. But in reality, most of Ukraine's fighters are still flying...
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  1663.  @andia968  you can't separate trade and politics.
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  1664. it's good to see russia going back behind the iron curtain where they belong 👍No more trade or cooperation with russia.
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  1665.  @julianpetkov8320  how can the Ukrainian army do that when all their equipment has been destroyed 25 times? 🤔
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  1666. there are no sanctions on russian agricultural products...
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  1667. Germany has a semiconductor industry already. And few companies can produce advanced semiconductors without machinery from Germany and the Netherlands. Both countries would benefit from working together on development of the next generation of semiconductors.
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  1668.  @elementm5428  Ukraine is a European country, that has applied to become a member of EU and NATO. We have every right to get involved.
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  1669.  @ajaykumarsingh702  of course we would mind, that would make them our enemies too.
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  1670.  @DOWNUNDER.  the EU is still far ahead of the US when it comes to Ukraine aid.
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  1671.  @eddastrohmayer251  Denmark was neutral in WW1 as well, and stayed neutral until after WW2. Being neutral is the same as looking away while your neighbors are getting robbed, in the hope that they will not come for you next.
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  1672. Why should Germany care, the pipeline belongs to russia. But russia is not doing anything about it, guess russia doesn't have a spine 😄
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  1673. that doesn't seem very likely. Which currency would be used instead?
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  1674. Solar panels can still charge when it is cloudy, just less efficient.
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  1675.  @sbelcl  i don't see any Ukrainians complaining. I am sure the future generations of Ukraine will prefer their own language.
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  1676.  @sbelcl  i think they are spending much more time cursing the orcs. The Ukrainians known who to blame...
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  1677. since when does China care about the free market?
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  1678. Nothing has really changed recently. Both sides have made some minor gains in different areas, but that's about it.
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  1679. glory to the Belgorod People's Republic!
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  1680.  @linkmeforfun  most of russia's territory was taken by force and colonized by russians. How is that any different from the colonies of the other European countries?
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  1681.  @sempreviva4564  tell that to Chechnya and Tatarstan. Ethnic minorities have always been treated like crap in russia.
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  1682. And about 10.000 Danes too.
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  1683.  @omidbrucehabibi5384  only if they can get it to the frontline. And russian logistics are really bad, if you haven't noticed.
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  1684. My hamster was delicious. I'm now bankrupted after turning the stove on for a few minuttes, but it was worth it!
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  1685. trump was just repeating what Obama said in 2014. Every US president since Ronald Reagan has raised that issue. And trump is still a clown.
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  1686. there's a lot of that in Europe. A large gasfield was discovered in the north sea a few years ago, but Denmark doesn't want to use it for some reason.
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  1687. There is only one side to this story, russia did it.
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  1688. Ukraine can still export to the EU over land. It is Ukraine's other customers that will go without.
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  1689. it's the same thing. Without anyone being able to enforce international law, then there won't be any international law. So that means might makes right, which means that larger powers have to find out who is stronger.
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  1690. Russia is humiliating themselves just fine, they don't need our help with that.
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  1691. nah, the leaders just meet to have their photos taken and feel important. They don't actually do anything.
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  1692. That would only escalate it...
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  1693. What are you talking about? I just bought a new hamster, so Christmas dinner is already secured!
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  1694. ​ @johnunderwoods nobody wants to live in russia, why do you think their population keep decreasing? 😄
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  1695. talking about russia, the current coloniser.
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  1696. yes russia is very strong on paper. But that is all russia is, a paper bear 🧸
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  1697.  @rtth465  nah, trump would just bow down and kiss putin's feet again. Just like he is doing now.
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  1698. when i look at the map, i see a frontline that has barely moved in 5 months. Russia has gained a few km2 in the Bakhmut area, but that is pretty much it.
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  1699.  @koiguidenishikigoi4972  why not? Is russia going to move warships to Sevastopol again, so Ukraine can turn them into submarines like the rest? 😄
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  1700. why even bother, all the previous missile attacks have not accomplished much.
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  1701. Gazprom had contracts with several European energy companies, and they would have to pay very large penalties for not delivering. A destroyed pipeline solves that problem. The pipeline can still be repaired.
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  1702.  @evilmex1962  your silly attempt at coping is pretty funny 😄
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  1703. yeah russian LNG imports have increased from microscopic amounts to very small amounts....
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  1704. If that was true, then why would the US need tariffs? They could just order the EU to sell less, and only buy American.
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  1705. according to who?
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  1706. Keep crying Ivan, russia will never be a major supplier of anything to the EU again... 😄
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  1707. EU is fine. And the list of countries that actually support russia is very short.
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  1708. sure, any day now, right? Keep dreaming buddy 😄
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  1709. why should they, because an "unnamed source" says so? And the pipeline was already closed anyway, so it makes no difference to Europe.
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  1710. The gas price fell from 339 euro last friday, to 239 euro today. Since gas storage is almost full all over Europe, there's now less panic on the market. The announced "maintenance" of nordstream 1 hasn't affected prices so far.
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  1711.  @theuralictribes5689  you could have left the EU at any time. Hungary is only in the EU to leech.
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  1712.  @muslimcel4581  don't be stupid, the wholesale price of natural gas is the same in Germany and Denmark.
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  1713.  @firstnamerequiredlastnameo3473  the pipeline had gas in it to keep it pressurized. And it was most likely russia who blew it up.
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  1714.  @Kayzef2003  the pipeline was destroyed by russia. And there is no reason to respond to russia's silly games, since Germany was gonna stop buying russian gas anyway.
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  1715. russia is not even close to being a super power anymore 😄
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  1716. this has been coming for a long time. Should have happened years ago.
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  1717. even better question: was russia ever a real country, or has it always just been a gas station?
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  1718.  @petervojcek7043  what has that got to do with russia being a gas station pretending to be a country?
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  1719. The EU is a net exporter of food, meaning that we export more than we import. But a shortage in Europe would lead to a ban on exports, which leads to hunger in other parts of the world since the EU is the largest food exporter in the world.
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  1720.  @stevealba56  i am not denying anything, it does sound like something that could happen in a warzone. But why is it such a big deal, friendly fire is not a new thing?
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  1721. It's gone, and that is a good thing.
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  1722. how are they beating NATO, when NATO hasn't lost a single soldier yet?
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  1723.  @zeffe0528  nice. I hope you get some snow later though, i would like to go skiing this winter 😃
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  1724.  @mkodyglobalsouthsoldier  and why would the west pay those higher prices? Uranium is not exactly rare...
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  1725.  @nurulhudavijapurwala4936  Hungary is getting more money from the EU than they put in, so it is not Hungary's money going to Ukraine. Orban is only doing it because he is a russian asset.
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  1726.  @nurulhudavijapurwala4936  Europe is what matters to me, since i live here. I don't care much about the rest of the world, your opinion doesn't matter. Russia is an enemy of the EU, if hungary wants to support them then they simply don't belong in the EU.
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  1727.  @johnreynolds5407  the vast majority of the worlds population doesn't really care about a war in Europe. But that is not the same as supporting russia. Even china is not offering russia anything but words.
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  1728.  @Memovox  no i am always happy to see you, you're one of the more entertaining trolls here. And i can always find a little time to poke holes in your mis-information campaigns...😉
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  1729. Yeah it was a pretty good game. I hope Germany makes it to the final 🙂
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  1730. i totally agree! Russia should turn its back on us, and go bother some asian countries instead.
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  1731.  @markharcourt2214  don't worry, we can do both 🙂
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  1732.  @lv3609  I didn't even notice 😄 Maybe putin should get a massage, maybe he would calm down a little...
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  1733. if the heavy weight turns out to be a paper tiger like russia, then why not.
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  1734. russia's biggest win in 5 months is a flag on top of a pile of garbage 😄
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  1735. russia seems to be stuck and not going anywhere 😄
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  1736.  @joexavier4070  that is true, the global power of the US is declining. But that will just lead to a new cold war, which means less global trade. We can't have globalized supply chains without rules, and we can't have rules if no one is able to enforce those rules.
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  1737.  @kabzaify  sure, but nothing is permanent. If Europeans become poorer, then we can no longer afford imports. Which will affect exporters like China. And if Europe falls behind Asia, then it will only be a matter of time before production is cheaper in Europe than in Asia.
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  1738.  @Nick-kn6il  remember Kodak, Nokia or Blockbuster? Companies come and go, new companies will rise in new sectors.
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  1739. it's not that surprising that the russians are not breaking yet. Judging by previous wars i know about, it should take at least 3-4 years until the population really has had enough. But putin is doing a lot to soften the impact, so it could take longer this time.
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  1740. Urals Oil is trading at 57$ now, so it is already below the price cap. Demand for oil is falling, as global economic activity is slowing down. That is why the oil price keeps falling despite OPEC's production cuts.
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  1741. why would the EU pay to NATO? Do you even know what the EU is?
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  1742. you do realize that higher prices will affect India too right? Even though imports from russia was higher than ever in 2022, it is still only 16% of India's oil consumption.
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  1743. russia has been losing ground for 5 months now. It is only a few weeks since russia was forced out of Kherson, which putin had claimed would be russian forever.
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  1744. Russia tried that already, but they got chased away by Sea drones... 😄
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  1745. So you came to a European channel to comment in a European language that you don't care about Europe... 😄
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  1746.  @magatism  yeah i have, and we both know russia can't use them without getting destroyed themselves. Russia's nuclear threats are nothing but empty threats...
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  1747. russia cut the gas supply to Germany a month before the pipeline was damaged.
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  1748. you're not the sharpest tool in the shed, are you?
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  1749.  @agrawalkrishna8133  really? Seems more like they are investing the money in golden palaces, skyscrapers and sportscars?
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  1750. of course they did, there is no opposition 😄
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  1751. So did a quick Google search, and it turns out that Germany is already in the top 4 when it comes to robotics, depending on how it is measured. And they rank somewhere around 7 or 8 in the world when it comes to AI.
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  1752. Current gas price is lower than last year.
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  1753.  @xo121w  russia is now the 3rd best army in Ukraine, behind Ukraine and wagner.
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  1754.  @hellgates_javed6451  soon to be NATO 😉
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  1755. So russia managed to win a fight for the first time in almost a year. Maybe they will take the Donbass by 2053 😄
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  1756. yes, 300.000 since april this year. Before that, shells were donated by individual member states.
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  1757.  @BBme  most of Germany's neighbors was against the construction of nordstream 1 and 2. Because it was clear to most that russia would use gas as leverage at some point. If you have to submit to another country to secure your energy supply, then you have clearly made a wrong decision.
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  1758.  @ludmilascoles1195  Too far! Take it back, or we will restart the whiskey war!
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  1759. WINTER IS COMING!!! ...oh wait, winter is already over. Never mind...
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  1760. they are still winning the fight. This will hurt civilians, not the army. Tanks and guns don't run on electricity.
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  1761. russia's forces will bravely advance in reverse, until they reach the chinese border 😄
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  1762.  @johnadam2885  you don't know what landlocked mean, do you?
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  1763.  @ivanvaclavu5044  so? You don't matter...
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  1764. I hope Europe can end all trade and cooperation with russia over the next few years.
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  1765.  @ksy13646  sorry, i don't speak orc. You have to learn a human language if you want to communicate with the civilized world.
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  1766. 🤡
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  1767.  @musiconabudget3712  you have no proof to back up that claim 😄 Norway is taking over as Germany's main supplier, supplying half of Germany's gas in 2023.
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  1768.  @felipe-vibor  why would they be? We will see the russian lines collapse soon enough, have a little patience 😉
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  1769. China has tariffs on car imports as well. So China has nothing to complain about.
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  1770. depends on your definition of "winning"...
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  1771.  @soreeyez  the important thing is that the pipeline is gone, and russia is now the north Korea of Europe... 😄
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  1772.  @happymelon7129  the price of natural gas is pretty much back to normal, so that is just not true.
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  1773. The only one who benefits is Gazprom, since they no longer have to pay penalties to European energy companies for not delivering.
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  1774. nice cope. But this is all on russia...
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  1775. they're not really ready yet, but i hope they will eventually.
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  1776. and what is wrong with protectionism? It seems to be working alright for china?
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  1777.  @KarinaTvorcova  then why is the Ukrainians taking it away? 😄
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  1778. that's a whole lot of hysteric russian trolls in one thread. This is hilarious 😄
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  1779.  @univeropa3363  and that is why Ukraine is mobilizing more men now. Russia has had perfect conditions to advance in the last few months, but now that window is closing. That's why you sad trolls are here begging for negotiations... 😄
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  1780.  @RogueSecret  a war in Europe is not a world war. Get over yourself.
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  1781. russia has no brute strength left...
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  1782.  @Stefan-ei5wg  just give it up, no one is scared of russia's empty nuke threats 🙄
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  1783. A new cold war is the best case scenario at this point. The frontlines are being drawn up, so pick a side.
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  1784.  @tomluke5848  the biggest suppliers besides russia are Norway, Algeria and the US. And we do also extract some natural gas here in Europe. If India, china or turkey has resold LNG to Europe, then it must be very small amounts.
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  1785. i am ok with that. Money well spent...
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  1786. i am an EU taxpayer, and i want the EU to increase the support.
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  1787.  @kunalmandhare3144  what, you want me to mention every cemocratic nation on the planet? I wanted to include a country from the southwestern part of the world. And i did mention 2 Asian countries.
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  1788.  @edelweiss2971  German is still a mandatory class in school here.
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  1789.  @Memovox  argument angående hvad? 60% er meget normalt for EU valg, tror faktisk det er højere end gennemsnittet. S fik samme antal mandater som sidst. Der er ikke så meget at diskutere her...
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  1790. US bases in Germany are there to support US operations in the middle east and Africa. They make little difference to German security.
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  1791.  @logansolares3699  do some more google searching buddy. yes rationing could happen if the winter is unusually long and cold, or some other unlikely thing happens. But thats a worst case scenario. Most of us will set the thermostat to 19 degrees instead of the normal 22 this winter, but thats not exactly freezing to death is it?
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  1792. aren't they doing that already?
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  1793. yeah, not really. A few buildings were shined up for propaganda purposes, but that is all.
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  1794. all the russian trolls said the exact same thing during the Kharkiv counter offensive 😄
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  1795. calm yourselves, the french are always protesting something. This is just the french being french.
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  1796.  RSGiving  once we start to give in to nuclear blackmail, when do we stop? When it's a NATO country? If we are too scared to do anything now, why would it be different if one of the baltic countries was invaded?
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  1797.  @engelgirl7360  don't worry sweetie, i'll keep you warm if you ask me nicely :)
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  1798.  @ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ  Latest numbers from Russias own central bank predicts a 6% decrease i russian gdp this year. IMF and the World Bank puts it at 8-12%. The biggest reason is all the large companies pulling out of russia. Even chinese companies are pulling out, and the reason is simple: EU and the US buys 20-25x more chinese goods than russia.
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  1799.  @ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ  Which resources from russia do you think we couldn't replace in a few years?
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  1800.  @deepakkumar-cu8pq  EU is the largest food exporter in the world. We won't have to starve anytime soon. Russia controls about 4,8% of the worlds proven oil reserves, it's not the only oil and gas producing country in the world. Fun fact: Canada controls 10,4% of the worlds proven oil reserves, I have never heard of that before today.
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  1801.  @andia968  so having troops in another country doesn't mean that you control that country?
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  1802.  @rupok90  25 civilians were killed in the Donbass conflict in 2021, according to UN. Russia killed more civilians in this strike alone.
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  1803.  @sigmaputin6888  what lesson are they teaching us? That it was a big mistake to trade with russia, and that we should never do it again? Alright then, lesson learned....
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  1804. so you want a race to the bottom?
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  1805.  @MrJonezy541  russia's pathetic economy? How scary 😄
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  1806. That would be the first time in 7 months that russia actually manages to capture a major town. Russia may have full control of the Donbass in 2053 😄
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  1807. nothing but empty threats...
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  1808. American mining companies can already invest in Greenland if they want.
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  1809. that seems very unlikely. No one can deny that russian gas is a security threat now.
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  1810. Both sides are using this kind of ammo already.
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  1811.  @comrade9374  what can russia really do at this point, send some more poorly trained conscripts and T62's to the frontline?
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  1812. pure fiction....
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  1813.  @Davitofrito  i am sure a lot of Americans would end support for Israel and close the military bases in Germany if asked. But those things are probably not gonna happen either, because the "professionals" in the US government know the value of US influence around the world. And i am sure the same people can see how bad it would be for the US if countries in Asia and Europe start to look towards China instead.
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  1814.  @DrRManueLarecbarti  no. putin didn't want to negotiate. He just made a lot of unacceptable demands. Negotiation is about finding a compromise that both sides can live with.
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  1815. Donbass is already in Ukraine? Some parts are temporarily occupied by russia.
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  1816. get comfortable, you will be waiting forever....
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  1817.  @baroneleve1196  answer my question then?
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  1818. This is actually pretty good trolling. You totally earned your daily potato today 😄
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  1819.  @yap5995  Ukraine is not a NATO member, unfortunately.
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  1820. if russia won't leave Ukraine and keep flexing muscle, then it's their own fault that their "army" is humiliated by the Ukrainians...
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  1821. at least that means less money for putin. And the gas price fell 37% this week, despite less supply from russia and norway.
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  1822.  @bishalgurung856  NATO hasn't even joined the fight yet?
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  1823.  @splifsend  you're the blinded one here 🙄
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  1824. if anyone is wondering how much the US has actually donated compared to Europe, i got some numbers here: Tanks: Europe: 735 US: 76 IFV: Europe: 837 US: 352 Artillery: Europe: 450 US: 201 MLRS: Europe: 43 US: 39 Airdefense: Europe: 58 US: 18 F16: Europe: 6+ US: 0
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  1825. Who is suffering? Energy prices are back to normal here in Europe. The only one losing out here is russia who has to sell their oil with a discount...
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  1826. when did DW ever claim to be unbiased?
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  1827.  @rsltgc8706  what can humans do on the moon that probes can't? we already know it is possible to go there, so what is the point in doing it again? It's just a very expensive vanity project...
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  1828.  @Study-受験  oh yeah, russia is now sending their very advanced T62s and T55s to the frontline 😄
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  1829.  @NZobservatory  no kidding, i know a guy who used to be a q-anon believer, he is now a putin supporter instead 🙄
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  1830. those cars are not made in Germany, they are produced in china. It would be bad for VW, but the effect on Germany would be minimal.
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  1831.  @justin-kv1jh  i'm sure they will. But the average German won't notice.
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  1832.  @trevorsutherland5263  artillery has never played a major role in NATO doctrin. It's all about navy and air power. The first thing that would happen is a complete naval blockade of russia, next is SEAD and airstrikes.
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  1833.  @trevorsutherland5263  that only works because Ukraine doesn't have air superiority. Fighters jets can out range artillery.
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  1834.  @throughput6674 but russia is just a gas station? Does the truth hurt your little feelings?
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  1835.  @cryptarisprotocol1872  what is more likely: Every other source who says 3M shells in total is wrong, or a CNN journalist hearing 3M shells and just assuming it is all 152mm?
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  1836.  @soreeyez  kinda hard to be neutral after russian stole crimea.
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  1837.  @татьянаиванова-э1ж8й  i don't speak orc. You have to learn a human language if you want to communicate with the civilized world...
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  1838. I'm an EU citizen, i want the EU to send even more.
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  1839. and still sinking russian ships anyway 😄
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  1840.  @goenzoy  it's not exactly reliable energy, when russia cuts the gas flow for political reasons.
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  1841.  @andia968  Iraq was taken in 5 weeks. Russia has been targeting energy infrastructure for more than 5 weeks, and haven't really accomplished anything yet.
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  1842. i would wager that the war will end with russia leaving all the occupied territory, while claiming that they totally accomplished all their goals...😄
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  1843.  @rishavsharma2349  why do you think Ukraine and Belarus left as soon as they were given the choice? And why are all countries still under russian influence so poor and miserable? Seriously dude...
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  1844.  @olumidelawrence2533  russia attacked Ukraine. No one attacked russia. Wake up buddy...
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  1845.  @sashakeltane4763  russia would still be sanctioned by the west. Or do you think that everyone would just forget that russia is occupying Ukrainian territory?
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  1846. Ukraine had 82 fighters when the war started. And half of those are still flying. The big advantage with the F16 is the weapons it can use. The stormshadow and harm missiles will work much better on a platform designed for those missiles.
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  1847. russia's neighbors applied for NATO membership, because they are worried about russian aggression. If russia doesn't like it, then maybe they should stop attacking their neighbors.
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  1848.  @PaulV.  Putin told the former president of the EU, during a phone call in 2014, that he could take Kyiv in 2 weeks if he wanted to. And putin confirmed, although he claimed it was taken out of context.
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  1849. well of course, if we don't benefit from the trade then why would we continue? Trade only works if both sides benefit.
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  1850.  @wirasanjaya4517  what are you talking about?
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  1851.  @Phidiasan  how is russia fighting all of NATO when not a single NATO soldier has been deployed for combat?
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  1852.  @shonemumy  sure, you could say the same about Ukraine's liberation of Robotyne. It's a nice little morale boost, but it doesn't really change much.
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  1853.  @palar4195  the majority owner is gazprom. It is russia's problem.
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  1854. the Ukrainians know what they are fighting for. I would be more concerned about the russian home front. Support for the war won't last long when those 300.000 poorly trained conscripts starts to come home in bodybags.
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  1855. Nobody thinks the Leopard 2 is invincible. And it's not exactly new, it's from 1979. Most countries would be looking for newer models if they needed new tanks.
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  1856.  @JDDC-tq7qm  the US and UK prevented Germany from importing most resources, while the US supplied the soviets with goods worth $12B (worth $180B today). Yes, the soviets received more help from the west in ww2, than Ukraine has received in the current war...
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  1857.  @MrMielten  yeah seems like these russian trolls would rather talk about ww2, and forget about the loss in ww1...
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  1858. don't worry, russia is just a paper bear 🧸
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  1859. what protests exactly, could you be more specific? Protests are legal and normal in democratic countries, so there are always someone protesting something.
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  1860. good to hear, then maybe we could stop wasting all that money on foreign aid to Africa.
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  1861. Stop the cope and face reality. The reason why the expert are struggling to make sense of trump, is because he makes no sense...
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  1862. notice how it is pretty much only indians in this comment section? Guess most other people don't really care...
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  1863. ​ @BrianSummerlin-k5m  that is some high grade copium you got there 😄
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  1864. ​ @BrianSummerlin-k5m russia is a poor country. What we are seeing in Ukraine right now is all russia got.
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  1865. wishful thinking 😄
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  1866.  @СергейМонин-д7с  and russia has attacked them all at some point 😄
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  1867.  @jegerm6752  dude, we have been over this already. Learn to read the previous comments before replying please...
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  1868. the only warmonger here is russia.
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  1869. the price is only that high because there is more demand than supply right now. But that will even out over the next few years.
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  1870. military drills can be a show of force, but that doesn't work with russia's pathetic Baltic fleet...
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  1871. "i could take Kyiv in 2 weeks" - putin 2014. 😄
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  1872. You could start by boycotting Youtube. Then we don't have to see your comments anymore.
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  1873. No
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  1874. why should Germany care about a russian owned pipeline that was already shut off?
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  1875. the company is still competing, it is just moving the production part out of China.
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  1876. The russian offensive has been a great succes, they managed to capture a salt mine and 1/3 of a city 😄
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  1877.  @lobsterpots  most of the heavy weapons have been donated by Europe. The US is just taking all the credit...
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  1878. No, EU is not buying gas from India. That would make no sense. There is no pipeline to India, so the gas would have to be liquified and sent by ships. But russia can still sell LNG directly to Europe.
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  1879. what are you talking about?
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  1880. we all want Germany to do it this time.
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  1881. totally worth it 😄
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  1882. very few countries support russia's war. And none of them are actually doing anything to help russia.
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  1883. that's what a russian paid troll would say...😄
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  1884. they do, there was a report about it last week.
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  1885. How are these strikes related to the US in any way?
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  1886. not for long. Give another year or two, and russian gas will be fully replaced. Russia's market share in Europe has already dropped from almost 50% to somewhere around 10%.
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  1887.  @xcitemex6353  not really, stop being so overdramatic.
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  1888. But there are way more than 2 suppliers in the world. And most of them can increase production, if there is a demand.
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  1889. the temperature here in Denmark is around 20-25 degrees at the moment. You guys can camp in my backyard if you want 😀
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  1890. Agreed.
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  1891. we can isolate russia from Europe and supply more heavy weapons.
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  1892. opposing russian aggression is absolutely necessary for Europe.
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  1893.  @xabisombilini5440  ok, so what do you suggest? What kind of deal would satisfy both russia and Ukraine?
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  1894.  @diogorodrigues747  oh sorry, i thought you were a Brit bragging about brexit. My mistake...
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  1895. i think Macron has been really disappointing so far. As the leader of Europe's largest military power, this should have been his moment to shine. But he has been almost invisible, and when he does make an appearance he only says the wrong things.
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  1896. so you would prefer Chinese hegemony instead?
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  1897.  @Ugerm_Z  no one forced him, tsar putin just wants to expand his empire.
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  1898. why would they surrender while making progress on the battlefield?
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  1899. about 25% lower than same time last year.
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  1900. how has russia won anything? They can't advance anymore than Ukraine can.
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  1901.  @MetallicReg  last time putin tried to mobilize, more people left the country than the ones who joined the army. And war is expensive, russia is already running a very large budget deficit. Putin is already doing everything russia can afford to do.
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  1902. You trolls are really reaching for straws here 🙄
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  1903. source: trust me bro 🙄
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  1904.  @richardlee3502  6500 warheads on paper. Nuclear warheads need regular maintenance, and russia have spent very little on that. So it is very unlikely that they all still work.
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  1905. putin is a sad little man who thought he could take Kyiv in three days 😄
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  1906. shouldn't be that hard, russia is always looking for fresh cannon fodder...
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  1907. I saw it, it was pretty boring. It was just putin repeating the same talking points you can find in any DW comment section, and tucker not asking any hard questions...
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  1908.  @0cypher0  that was a good one 😄
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  1909. russia is not a super power, russia is just a paper bear 🧸
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  1910. what's unexpected about it, i saw that coming months ago? When food and energy prices go up across the world, most people will spend less money on goods they can live without.
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  1911. tanks and missiles are expensive to build, and russian soldiers need pay too. Russia is spending much more than they earn now, especially with the current low oil prices. Russia will be bankrupt by the end of the war, no matter how it ends.
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  1912. Is russia gonna lose a war in Poland too?
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  1913. the pipelineis owned by Gazprom, it is russia's problem.
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  1914.  @JuanGarcia-kl5sl  and why should i care about that?
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  1915.  @soreeyez  nope, still funny
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  1916. putin wanted to, but he couldn't...
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  1917.  @davidboskett5581  the US has a mining agreement with Greenland already. The reason why exploration is limited is due to cost of extracting those minerals.
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  1918. is that what putin bin laden is claiming?
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  1919. Europe has already provided the majority of military and financial aid to Ukraine. It is enough for Ukraine to keep fighting. Russia is already starting to crack.
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  1920. You know there are 6 NATO members with land borders to russia already, right?
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  1921.  @1112viggo  that is correct. But russia was not promised anything about swift as a part of the deal. The UN or Turkey can't make that promise, and the EU was not present during negotiations.
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  1922. good point.
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  1923.  @Mike-gi2oi  and yet, germany still exists today. The sovjet union however does not...😉
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  1924. so?
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  1925. Poland has really stepped up this year. I've gained a lot more respect for the Polish :)
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  1926.  @wolfswinkel8906  what objectives will russia achieve? I can't keep up with russia's goals, they keep changing.
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  1927. No visa for you Ivan!
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  1928. russia has advanced 2 km around Avdiivka in 2 months. The russian offensive is just as slow as the Ukrainian offensive.
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  1929. maybe they got a little help from Rheinmetall, after the russians tries to unalive the CEO...
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  1930. Why would we buy from the enemy?
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  1931.  @BasedInBrazil  nothing but empty threats 🥱
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  1932. it's very easy to find: russia goes home to their own country, and then there is peace. It's that simple.
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  1933. Ukraine's ancient soviet fighters are still flying after more than 2 years. But the much more capable F-16 will just be shot down? Come on dude
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  1934.  @StrongRespect  how could russia win, when they keep running away from the fight 😄
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  1935.  @danielarcadia7243  i got no idea what that means, i don't speak orc.
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  1936. if we give in to nuclear blackmail once, it will be very hard to convince putin that we won't give in when he wants to annex some nato territory.
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  1937.  @greentea8852  both pipelines were completed, despite US complaining. How is that possible if the US has control of the German government?
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  1938.  @jeckjeck3119  i like your way of thinking. I will defeat them with the power of vodka!
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  1939.  @give_me_my_nick_back  Norway is very expensive, even compared to Denmark. But the average wages there are also higher, so the Norwegians can better afford it.
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  1940.  @emileblanche5868  yeah i read it too, looks more like the script for the next Mission Impossible movie than serious journalism.
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  1941. Germany was doing just fine before China joined wto in 2001. The real question is: Will China even be allowed to sell anything in the EU or the US a few years from now?
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  1942.  @univeropa3363  Your previous claim was that Ukraine using NATO weapons and training was enough to call a russian win a defeat of a NATO army. But now you want to change your definition? Make up your mind Ivan...
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  1943.  @Mr.Clownensky  what is the name of this russian company that is producing "the most advanced chips"?
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  1944. so why do russia keep complaining about feeling threatened by NATO?
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  1945.  @Memovox  NATO and EU are only expanding when other nations apply for membership of their own free will. While russia expands by force, which makes more countries want to join NATO...
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  1946.  @Memovox  actually, i do. But feel free to tell me what part of my statement you don't agree with?
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  1947. It's not really competition when one side is subsidized by the chinese government...
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  1948. ​ @antebratincevic6764 they left when the country was poor because of russia. But now the country is much nicer, after decades of EU membership.
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  1949.  @67wouter  russia didn't live up to their part of the deal, so your argument is pointless.
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  1950. ​ @nariandez and why did they bomb Serbia? It happened for a reason, remember?
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  1951. Like you are directed by your handlers in moscow?
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  1952. make sense please?
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  1953. That is always a good indicator :)
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  1954. That's the russian way. If you can't achieve your goals, just make some new goals and call it a win 😄
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  1955.  @warringtribes6689  yet here you are on a German news channel?
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  1956.  @warringtribes6689  you are not the sharpest tool in the shed, are you?
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  1957.  @mikeadvice2253  russia benefitted from the higher prices in the first half of 2022. But those times are over, Urals oil is now trading below 60$. Global recession means less demand for oil, and russia will be hit the hardest.
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  1958.  @cpdm1  russia's gdp growth is really just government spending on the war. Ukraine's gdp growth was even larger than russia's, for the same reason. It doesn't mean that russia is doing good.
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  1959. only crazy dictators have staged shows like this 😄
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  1960.  @johnadam2885  Chasiv Yar is 2 km from Bakhmut, which russia occupied a year ago. That is how slow the russian progress is. So it is kinda hard to believe the Ukrainian army is destroyed... The current number of men in Ukraine who could be mobilized is around 3,7 million. That number does not include men under the age of 27.
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  1961. what is russia gonna do, issue nuclear threat number 971 this year? Or just cry and moan even louder than before?
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  1962.  @777cs7  keep praying, divine help is russia's only chance now 😄
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  1963. And who is going to pay for it?
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  1964. what meltdown?
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  1965. and how would they do that exactly? Odessa is on the other side of the Dnipro...
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  1966. why would we do that? The whole point of the price cap is to reduce russia's ability to fund the war. We have no reason to reduce the US's ablilty to fund Ukraine.
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  1967.  @awesomegmg956  the wife would complain non stop if i tried to set our thermostat to 16c 😄
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  1968.  @siralexis6590  it is not really a new thing, Denmark has been a net exporter since 1993. But our largest oil and gas field was closed for maintenance in 2019, so the energy crisis is really bad timing for Denmark. But it will soon be back online. The good news is that the government has finally agreed to explore new oil fields, the first should begin production in 2024. Sorry to hear your current government is not doing a good job. Sanna seems like a pretty cool prime minister, but then i know very little about her politics.
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  1969.  @thesunridesonreindeer  Ukraine has just received some of NATOs leftovers until now. And still russia is barely making progress against their much smaller neighbor. Imagine how bad it would be for russia if the west actually started arming Ukraine for real 😄
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  1970.  @kryzzan7039  all of our equipment? It's not even 5% 😄
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  1971. you have overcapacity if supply is higher than demand. And that leads to a price war. And a price war where some of the producers are subsidized by the state is destructive behaviour.
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  1972.  @sofiyagrober2180  we'll all be laughing when putins poorly trained conscripts show up on the battlefield with rusty AK's and T34's 😂
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  1973. Cracking up with laughter, when we watch the russian clown show...
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  1974. the only reason why russia never colonized India is because of geography.
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  1975.  @KennyNGA  nah, wagner is gone now. I think the russian army is back to second place. And russia is losing ground on most fronts...
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  1976.  @borisnikator7060  maybe, russia is not the ussr. The other states are internationally recognized sovereign states, with just as much right to be there as russia.
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  1977. why, what is the sad little goblin gonna do?
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  1978. compete against who? China and India rely on LNG too.
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  1979.  @MRT-co1sd  so why doesn't he stay in China and hire some of those chinese experts to develop his product?
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  1980. the russian clown show is very entertaining, we can keep talking about this for a very long time 🙂
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  1981. Ukraine keeps growing in strength, while russia gets weaker. It may take a few years, but the balance of power will shift in Ukraine's favor. Russia's only hope to win this war is if the west loses interest. But I don't see that happening any time soon...
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  1982. guess you haven't seen all the videos of wagner's human wave attacks...
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  1983. wishful thinking buddy.
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  1984. 57% went to developing countries, according to the UN. Stop lying.
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  1985. Before the war started, russia, the UK, France and Germany were all spending a similar amount on defence. But with very different results. France got a fairly capable military, with an aircraft carrier, nuclear submarines etc. While Germany does not, despite spending the same as France.
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  1986.  @sion1677  could have been a lot worse.
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  1987. Russia is only number 2 on paper. Russia is a paper bear... 🧸
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  1988. These days i am really struggling to decide if i dislike Russia or the US most? 🤔
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  1989.  @victorye7150  Talking from experience, Ivan?
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  1990. russia is still losing on the battlefield, putin is sick in the head, russia is now bying second rate missiles from iran and north korea.
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  1991. what will they win?
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  1992.  @kasper7203  i have no sympathy for Israel or anyone else in that region.
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  1993. if his goal is to get more support for Ukraine, then yes.
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  1994.  @bid9086  and how many of those wars did the Americans actually win? It's a losing strategy buddy.
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  1995.  @ZlatoscifoV-ln4xb  there are already NATO troops at russia's border, have been for decades. Even Denmark has troops stationed in Estonia, not far from st petersburg. But putin is not worried about that, because he knows that no one will invade a nuclear power. Russia doesn't like NATO, because the alliance makes it harder for them to attack their neighbors.
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  1996. it ends with the russians giving up and going home...
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  1997.  @uchennaabosi7651  both regions were full of civil wars, as both the US and the soviets funded coups on a regular basis. And the same will now happen again, the period from 1991 to 2022 was probably the most peaceful time any of us will see in our lifetime...
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  1998. russia has lost the European gas market, even the transit through Ukraine is going to end this year 😄
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  1999.  @jesusaguilar4585  he is 85 years old now. And his only "evidence" is an anonymous source.
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  2000. russia could end the war today, just by going home.
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  2001. clearly not.
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  2002. if we can't kick them out, could we at least stop sending our tax money to Hungary? It is ridiculous enough that Hungary is still a member, but the fact that we are all paying them to be annoying is even worse.
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  2003. well it's the first victory this month. I'm sure more will follow.
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  2004.  @des_smith7658  brics is useless. It's just another forum where some leaders can have their photo taken...
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  2005.  @john144  Zelensky was elected in 2019.
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  2006. kinda hard to compete when the competition is subsidized by the state.
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  2007.  @jonathanjacob5453  not the 300.000 poorly trained conscripts, who will have to spend the winter in the trenches without proper winter gear 🥶
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  2008. Yeah any day now, right? It's never gonna happen 😄
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  2009. yeah 100.000s of Europeans have fled to avoid conscription. Oh wait, that was the russians... 😄
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  2010.  @sergiu6650  yes, and Denmark is in Europe. That makes me European. You're not the sharpest tool are you?
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  2011. You really want this to be about russia, don't you? 😄
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  2012.  @eddastrohmayer251  we should absolutely escalate.
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  2013.  @eddastrohmayer251  you cannot avoid a fight by giving in to the aggressor. That will only encourage the aggressor. I learned that many years ago...
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  2014. so we should all just give russia whatever they want, because they have nukes?
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  2015. most western countries advised Ukraine to pull out of Bakhmut months ago. The loss of one city doesn't change much.
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  2016. feel free to explain it then?
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  2017.  @Scaleyback317  few people wanted the british vaccine. The most popular one, the Pfizer vaccine, was developed in Germany.
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  2018. the new brigades with western tanks and IFVs haven't been deployed yet. Once we start to see Leopards and Bradleys at the frontline, then we know the offensive has started.
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  2019. the EU economy grew 3,6% in 2022, while russia's declined by -1,8% despite record high oil prices 😄
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  2020.  @starman2671  why don't you test that claim by going to russia and criticize the government in public?
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  2021.  @Mr.Clownensky  see what, the frontline moving a few km and russia getting stuck again?
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  2022. you know it won't last long right? Ukraine will receive more airdefence systems from the west in the coming weeks, and i am sure the western allies are working on a long term solution to this new threat. Remember how the russians had a lot of success with long range artillery earlier this year? And then the west gave the Ukrainians the tools to counter it? The same will happen this time...🙂
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  2023. Nobody cares about russia's pipeline. Just let it go.
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  2024. the goal is not to replace russian gas with gas from other suppliers, the goal is to phase out natural gas completely. And that will take a lot more time, but higher prices will keep everyone motivated.
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  2025.  @TrippyVerse  stop being so dramatic you dramaqueen. Germany's gdp is forecasted to decline by 0.4% in 2023. It's not great, but it is not exactly a collapse either. 😄
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  2026.  @Malcovic29  my job is to school silly people like you 🙂
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  2027.  @eardwulf785  good, all the sane people in Europe has to stick together now :) My best friend is English-Danish too, with an English father and a Danish mother 👍
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  2028. *dictator
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  2029. 300k poorly trained conscripts. Nothing but cannonfodder.
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  2030.  @Kingraedwaldofanglosaxons123  our relationship is pretty good, at least when it comes to defence. Danish soldiers are usually deployed together with the Brits, both in Afghanistan, Iraq and in Estonia today.
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  2031. but if the EU increased spending to 4% of gdp, then we would be spending 2x more than russia and china combined. So we wouldn't really need the US anymore, which makes NATO kind of pointless.
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  2032. did you at least catch a good fish then?
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  2033.  @Jole30  i'm pretty sure you can figure out the answer to that question yourself. Take your time buddy.
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  2034.  @mcrand7887  Germany is already prepared. Gas storage levels reached 80% a few weeks ago, who needs russia's smelly gas anymore 😄
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  2035.  @timmiller6868  the Baltic countries are already NATO members, and Finland will soon join too. But the war has nothing to do with that, putin just wants to expand his empire.
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  2036.  天月🌚  neither side has announced exactly how many troops they have at Bakhmut, stop your silly nonsense 🙄
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  2037. @Yi Yi are we a little disappointed? Were you hoping we would all freeze to death ;)
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  2038.  @sylviabeam8483  the russian trolls seem to enjoy it. Remember that russia could end this today by going home.
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  2039.  @she825  putin want to cut production by 700.000 barrels a day. But the US alone are expected to increase production by 500.000 - 1.000.000 barrels a day in 2023. You see the problem for putin here?
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  2040.  @0nlywithelly  bs, russia was trying to take Kharkiv for months. Russia lost Kherson city, and several other important towns like Izium, Kupyansk and Lyman.
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  2041. russia can't even build cars with seatbelts....
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  2042. shell production is slowly inceasing month by month. Rheinmetall alone expects to produce 700.000 shells in 2024. Russia may have an advantage in that area right now, but that won't last long.
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  2043.  @Percival5  arms production is a great way to grow gdp. That is the only reason russia's gdp is growing.
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  2044. reality: russia is running the biggest budget deficit since the fall of the soviet union...
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  2045. what are you even talking about? Oil in nord stream? 😄
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  2046.  @calistusfrancis1340  empty threats 🙄
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  2047. russia's recession is much worse, not much for putin to laugh about 😄
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  2048.  @jlpowell51  the US has a larger economy than the EU. And the EU has still donated almost 2x more than the US. Would you like to cope some more?
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  2049.  @jlpowell51  ah yes, more of that good old american speculation. "Without us, you would be speaking German/russian/chinese etc now". Anything else you want to take credit for there, yankeeboy?
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  2050. Good point.
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  2051. and war is pretty bad for economic collaboration. Global trade is slowing down, if you haven't noticed...
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  2052. solar power in the EU is expected to grow by 40GW this year, which is a new record. So there is some good news on that front. And i can give you some more good news from Denmark at least. Biogas production increased by almost 25% so far, which means that 32% of our annual gas consumption is now biogas. The new target is 70% by 2025.
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  2053. supporting Ukraine is in Europe's interest, that's why we do it. But you can keep blaming the US if it makes you feel better.
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  2054.  @dzokavaac7307  nothing false about the accusations.
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  2055.  @daniel24689  according to who? Russia, the country that has been labeled as a terrorist state?
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  2056.  @Habib_Osman  yeah but russia is not actually fighting the west, you're just trying to cope with russia's failure to beat their much smaller neighbor 😄
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  2057. a lot of dark stuff has happened in the past. Most countries have abused minorities at some point in history. But at least Denmark is not trying to deny it. And Greenland has the right to independence now, if they should choose it.
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  2058. i don't understand why European leaders aren't willing to do more. Around 35% of EU's gas consumption is used for power generation. It should be possible to replace a good part of that with coal for a few years. Many coal mines have been closed in Europe that last 10 years, it must be possible to reopen some of them. And then we have Europe's largest gas field in the Netherlands, but they don't want to use it because minor earthquakes could damage local properties. It would probably cost less to offer everyone living there a brand new house, than all the financial aid to companies.
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  2059. ​ @MdTamjidulHossainShanto it was always just a matter of time before the russians would crumble and run away again...
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  2060.  @az88238  the war started because of russia. There was no negotiation that could have prevented that, putler made up his mind a long time ago. We Europeans are against Russia because of russia, not because of the US.
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  2061.  @az88238  Zelensky was elected in 2019, your argument makes no sense 🤦‍♂
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  2062. there are no pipelines to India, and only one to China. So Russia would have to build them first.
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  2063. is that your unbiased opinion, mr russian troll?
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  2064.  @Nerdvanna98  so how potatoes did you earn from this post?
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  2065. I agree, very well said.
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  2066.  @hunarqadr1802  there are no NATO soldiers in Bakhmut, stop living in a fantasy world.
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  2067.  @musiconabudget3712  is it? China's exports have been declining all year. None of this is good for china.
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  2068. ​ @Wolfcamp555 Gulf of America? Where is that, i can't find it on any map?
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  2069. do you expect him to give military aid to VW workers? What's wrong with you?
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  2070. The EU has already overtaken the US as the largest donor to Ukraine. But we could still do more...
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  2071.  @ivyleaguesociete6778  sounds like a US thing. They sure like suing each other over there. So glad we have a grown up legal system here... 😄
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  2072.  @clam4597  sounds like a more complicated way to achieve the same result. Except that the US system favor those who can afford a better lawyer. The US truly is a banana republic... 🍌
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  2073.  @corvanhoute8072  wishful thinking...
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  2074.  @nikolalepen5451  if there was no Ukrainian army left, then why would russia need a second round of mobilization? And i assume i have just as much combat experience as you.
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  2075.  @fang166  so you have no counter argument? That means you know i am right.
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  2076.  @KIA-MIA-POW  do you have an actual counter-argument?
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  2077. but it had no actual consequence, as the gasflow had already been shut off by the russians. And the pipeline was never gonna be used again anyway.
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  2078.  @ericwambua7210  russia ran away from Afghanistan with their tales between their legs after just 9 years...
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  2079.  @RepublicaSindicalista_doBrasil  what has russia done to befriend the US?
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  2080.  @aaronburge3680  you were claiming that russia could just build everything themselves. Which is clearly not true, if they can't even build a car with seat belts...
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  2081. trump was just repeating what Obama said in 2014, stop pretending like trump is not an idiot. Every US president since Ronald Reagan has mentioned that issue.
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  2082. it is more about not becoming more dependent on russia's "unlimited partner". China can not be considered a reliable supplier for Europe.
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  2083.  @TheKkpop1  no, but China supplies russia with pretty much everything else, including material and tech needed to build weapons. Plus money to fund the russian war machine.
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  2084. this claim about the US supplying 2x more than everyone else combined seems a little fishy. I had a look at the total number of heavy weapons supplied earlier this year, and back then it was: 600+ tanks (45 T72s from the US) 400+ IFVs (105 Bradleys from the US) 250+ self propelled howitzers (19 Paladins from the US) 91+ MLRS (20 HIMARS from the US) 2 Patriot systems (1 from the US), plus several European systems such as SAMP-T and IRIS-T. What exactly has the US delivered that is worth 2x more than everyone else combined?
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  2085.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  yeah, and the earth is actually flat, right?
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  2086.  @VVayVVard  and i agree with Macron on this. I am not anti-US in any way, but it is clear to me that something has to change.
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  2087. why is russia whining about sanctions?
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  2088. russia has reduced the gas flow as retaliation. So what's the point of opening another pipeline?
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  2089. two key differences: 1: NATO had a clearly stated purpose, russia still hasn't stated what they actually want to achieve. Only some vague talks about demilitarize, denazify, desatanize etc. 2: NATO didn't try to annex any territory.
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  2090. We all know that russia destroyed the pipeline. Why keep talking about it.
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  2091. that's exactly why we need to be less reliant on china. The dependency gives china leverage, that they are likely to use against us at some point.
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  2092.  @callsigndd9ls897  I am looking forward to seeing if "power to x" works on a larger scale. I like the concept. I think i read somewhere that Germany is also opening a new oilfield in the north sea?
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  2093. ​ @showwars4508 that's the main advantage of an EU military. It will no longer be Germany or France choosing to deploy their forces, it would be EU forces defending EU territory.
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  2094. there's no doubt russia would lose a war in the Baltics, but people would still get caught in the cross fire. So i can understand why someone living close to the russian border would be worried.
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  2095. it would definitely be a better place without russia
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  2096.  @abbeystump  yes, obviously. Natural gas is becoming outdated anyway. My country gets more than 80 % of our electricity from renewables now.
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  2097.  @wilbur948ie  russia has advanced 2km around Avdiivka in 2 months. And that's russia's biggest advancement 😄
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  2098.  @alexanderlazarev3570  that's what russia is trying to do in Ukraine, doesn't seem to be working out for russia...
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  2099.  @NothingPersonalKido that makes no sense, stop commenting while drunk.
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  2100.  @andrexadoh  I don't see a lot of countries on russia's side. Not even China will do much to help russia.
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  2101. complete BS, russia's last victory was Severodonetsk 6 months ago. Russia has mostly been retreating since then.
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  2102.  @AbuBright-pb8qy  and what part is that exactly?
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  2103. And how would that happen? Russia can do nothing except hide in a trench and hope for the best now...
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  2104. liberated from the nazis and then occupied by soviets instead. That is not much of an improvement.
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  2105. are you still waiting for Europe to collapse without russian gas? Keep waiting Ivan 😄
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  2106. This is glorious 😄 Can't wait to hear putlers response...
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  2107. the Czech republic is the largest producer of artillery shells in Europe. The UK is not a major producer.
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  2108.  @Leo-qd7ih  Ukraine can sustain the current rate of losses for a very long time. I think i can predict how this war will go: The war will go on for 2-3 more years, then a cease fire will be declared. That means russia will have control of the territory they occupy at the time, but it will not be recognized as part of russia by most of the world. That means the sanctions will not be lifted, and russia's decline will continue, as russia's best educated continue to go to the west for better opportunities.
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  2109.  @fromika  you do know that the EU is the largest exporter of food in the world right?
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  2110.  @oddvardmyrnes9040  i will admit that you made a good point in the first half of your comment. But you lost me in the second half. The former Ukrainian president was ousted because he decided to ditch a trade and cooperation agreement with the EU, which had support from both sides of the parliament. He wanted to sign a deal with russia instead, which included giving russia ownership of the gas infrastructure in Ukraine. Most Ukrainians didn't agree with that, and they assumed he was being influenced by the Kremlin in some way.
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  2111.  @dannybuoy138  the heating cost is back to normal where i live, not sure what you're talking about? The nordic countries don't use much natural gas for heating. It is less than 10% of all houses in Denmark, I think it is even less in Sweden.
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  2112.  @thegreatestdane8978  you have good taste in dogs 😀 And you make a good point also
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  2113. why would there be a food crisis in Europe? The EU is pretty self-sufficient in food supply, and if there is a shortage of something then we can just buy it. And that means someone else will have to go without...
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  2114. that is just not true. There are different rates for various categories, the average rate is 1,97%, according to the world bank.
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  2115. good, it is a pointless organization anyway...
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  2116. i have heard that the average wages are 1 potato per day. But if a troll works really hard, putin will sometimes give them an extra potato.
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  2117. Taiwan is a country. Accept reality and move on.
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  2118.  @trident6547  it was on the table, but the UK didn't want it.
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  2119. Yes the Ukrainians are throwing molotov cocktails at the recruitment offices. No wait, that was the russians... 😄
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  2120.  @lly_09  Soledar is a very small mining town, its only significance is that it is part of the fight for Bakhmut.
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  2121.  @dracoboomin6511  EU's economy grew by 3,6% in 2022, while russia's declined by 2-3% 😄
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  2122.  @gbone7581  this Dane has always been great. And Denmark is still a sane country, at least for now.
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  2123. what are you talking about, russia's economy shrank by 2,1% in 2022, and it shrank by 2,2% in the first quarter of 2023. Russia is absolutely in recession 😄
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  2124.  @BWhit-cx9ie  89 NATO officers? You don't actually believe that nonsense, do you? 😄
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  2125. so he is another clown...
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  2126. you do know that the EU is the largest food exporter in the world right?
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  2127. Ukraine has received more than 500 tanks, but none from the US yet. 300+ IFVs, including 105 Bradleys from the US. 200+ self propelled artillery, including 18 from the US. 2 Patriot systems, including 1 from the US. Plus various European systems, such as SAMP-T and IRIS-T. What makes you think the US is doing it all?
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  2128.  @univeropa3363  and how would that be possible, when russia's terms include that Ukraine would have to hand over territory russia has little chance of taking?
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  2129.  @univeropa3363  how would russia ever be able to take cities like Kramatorsk and Kherson by force? They just spent 2 months trying to take Avdiivka, a medium sized town right next to russian supply lines. Maybe you should recognize russia's weakness...
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  2130. better than having russia in charge...
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  2131. russia could end the war today, just by going home.
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  2132.  @vladvass3716  yeah i don't know what you are trying to say, i don't speak orc.
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  2133. i think most of us are just amazed that it has taken a so-called "super power" this long. And it is not even over yet. Russia truly is a paper bear 🧸
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  2134. damn you Norway, this means war!
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  2135. it does happen with chinese goods. But larger companies can afford to hire people to deal with all the paperwork, and they can set up subsidiaries inside the single market and ship goods in large quantities. It is mostly the small and medium sized companies that are going to struggle outside the single market.
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  2136. russia has capacity for around 40bcm of LNG per year. It is less than half of the capacity of countries like the US, Australia and Qatar.
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  2137. there must be a reason. I don't know what it is, but we will probably find out eventually.
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  2138. @roro russia's army today doesn't really compare to the red army from ww2 either. Even though their tactics and weapons haven't evolved much...
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  2139. russians makes poor soldiers, but they are great runners 👍
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  2140. hydrogen is a way to store the energy from those sources. A solar panel can produce a lot of energy on a summer day, but it would be nice if some of it could be stored for the winter.
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  2141. calm yourself, you little dramaqueen. At worst, we might see short power outages. Kinda like India earlier this year.
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  2142. yeah it's a losing game for russia
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  2143. yeah, russia can hit a town sized target. Unless we assume russia targeted civilians on purpose, which is even worse...
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  2144.  @Northerner-NotADoctor  so you like making up stories, Ivan?
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  2145.  @elbertm4161  The US is not in the fight. It is the Ukrainians who are kicking russia ass 😄
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  2146.  @superhumantrueman  yeah the US is the worlds largest single donor of foreign aid, Germany is nr 2. Russia is not in the top 30, which means they donate less than small countries like Lithuania and Slovenia...
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  2147. there are not a lot of communists in the EU parliament...
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  2148.  @markharcourt2214  8 months to advance 3 km in the Donbass, was that russia's goal?
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  2149. russia is trying to steal land, murder civilians and even kidnap children.
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  2150.  @LoveBagpipes russia attacked Ukraine. All they had to do to avoid the war, is to not attack...
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  2151. cope harder, all the talk about nukes is just empty threats 😄
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  2152. They are playing with a soft little teddy bear called russia 🧸
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  2153. ​ @jesusaguilar4585 good job, you must have been writing a lot of comments then. Your russian handlers must be very happy... 😄
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  2154. yeah but what about the whataboutism?
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  2155. Russia is not a reliable supplier, russia will never be a major supplier of anything to the EU again.
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  2156.  @neo5973  so teach me how it works, if you are so smart?
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  2157. @FredrikLimegård  ok, i actually really like Sweden. But don't tell anyone i said that 🤫
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  2158. i agree. Other peoples love life is none of my business. As long as both are adults, people can marry whoever they want. You can even marry a toaster for all i care...
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  2159. And how exactly will he do that?
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  2160. Denmark didn't want a war with Germany back in ww2. That didn't prevent them from invading us anyway. You can't prevent war by trying to appease the dictator.
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  2161.  @engineeranonymous  the court ruling has nothing to do with Ukraine, it is about using covid funds for other projects. It's just another case of German bureaucracy. But it is true that there is a budget freeze while things are being worked out, that could delay some of the funding for Ukraine.
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  2162. what a complete joke russia has become 😄
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  2163. And how is russia moving that gas to Europe?
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  2164.  @admiralrusty9359  so how is russia moving that gas to China and India? And how is it getting from there to Europe? You know that natural gas can only be moved by pipeline, or as LNG, right?
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  2165.  @Veritas419  US invoking article 5 is the reason why we all got involved in Afghanistan. That war had absolutely nothing to do with us, but 10.000 Danes served in Afghanistan because the US asked for help.
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  2166. EU donates around 20 billion euro to Africa every year. Russia offer some empty promises about grain that they will never live up to...
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  2167. it should never have been built in the first place. We all knew that russia would use it against Germany sooner or later.
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  2168. russia's silly missiles can only target playgrounds and pedestrian bridges.
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  2169. nobody cares 😴
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  2170. don't worry, energy prices are pretty much back to normal now.
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  2171.  @theepashmani6474  already being refilled. Current level is 67% full, much higher than it was same time last year.
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  2172.  @cuc6410  average price for natural gas in Europe is 20 euro/mwh. Last year the price peaked at 345 euro, but today it is back down to 25 euro. And the price is expected to fall below 20 euro soon 😄
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  2173.  @jeckjeck3119  "that gas station masquerading as a country" 🤣🤣🤣 what a perfect description of russia.
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  2174. despite the energy problems last year, the economy of the EU still had higher growth than both the US and China...
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  2175.  @Jole30  guess you suck at google then. It's not that hard to find the official data from each country/bloc.
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  2176. China exports 2,5x more to the EU than it imports. This trade relationship benefits China a lot more than Europe. And that is why protectionism is needed.
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  2177. only putin is to blame.
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  2178. 🎶 Happy birthday, mister president...🎶 💥💥💥
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  2179.  @SA-xd2os  are there still russian money in the west that haven't been seized yet?
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  2180.  @tukangketik6034  just give it up, we all know it's empty threats.
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  2181. russia should be very grateful that the west has decided to not take an active role in the fighting yet.
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  2182. no, the war is a result of russia's imperial ambitions.
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  2183. moscow has also claimed that the entire Ukrainian army and all their equipment has been destroyed at least 25 times now.
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  2184.  @hnnsy  i've heard from a reliable source that russian soldiers can break the speed of sound if they see an Ukrainian soldier 😄
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  2185.  @MrMakabar  no Germany is not a net exporter to China. Germany's trade deficit with China in 2023 was around 58 billion euro.
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  2186. then why did he not ask a single critical question?
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  2187. russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  2188. so when are putin the goblin king going to visit the frontline?
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  2189. russia is already in recession, according to russia's central bank.
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  2190.  @mugenmugen9632  NATO expands when a new country applies for membership. So what is coursing those countries to apply? I will give you a hint, the reason rimes with "pussia"...
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  2191. and how would russia do that, when the EU is selfsufficient in most types of agricultural products?
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  2192.  @johnadam2885  what can a tactical nuke do, that russia hasn't already done with millions of shells? They would need to use the bigger bombs to break the Ukrainians, and NATO would have to respond to that.
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  2193. except russia doesn't fully control any of the regions.
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  2194. russia could end the war today by going home.
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  2195. as long as it takes 🙂
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  2196.  @Gudang9  if India or china is selling russian gas or oil at 2x the price, it means that russia is only getting 50% of the money they could have earned by selling it directly to Europe.
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  2197. why would we be allies if we don't help each other during a war? That seems pretty pointless...
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  2198.  @summer031977  yes, and European countries supported the US in Afghanistan and Iraq etc. Because that is what allies are supposed to do, support each other during a war. But if the US no longer wants to support Europe during a war in Europe, then what is the point of being allies? Why should we support the US in a future conflict if you won't do the same for us?
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  2199. no one else can lie like a russian....
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  2200. you're just so excited because russia might finally win a battle, aren't you? Enjoy it while it lasts 😄
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  2201.  @吕栋任  nice plan. Doesn't change the fact that less demand for chinese goods will hurt the chinese economy.
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  2202.  @o-ls4em  have you forgotten all the territory russia lost at Kharkiv and Kherson? This is a tiny little victory in comparison.
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  2203. Ukraine's ancient MIGs are still flying. What makes you think russia will have more luck with F16s?
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  2204. i was impressed, it is not an easy name for a non-dane.
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  2205.  @bananarepubliceu922  electricity can be generated in many ways, such as gas, coal, wind, solar, hydro, nuclear etc.
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  2206. and how would OPEC fund their state budgets without the European market? Remember how the oil price went negative because EU and US went into covid lockdowns in 2020?
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  2207. nah putin said 2 weeks. But russian propagandist olga skabeyeva claimed it would take 3 hours 😄
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  2208.  @nkumbusimwawa9837  there is only one dimension to this, russia attacked Ukraine. You can make up all the excuses you want, but it doesn't change the fact that this war is russia's choice.
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  2209. it's not like russia the paper bear can do anything about it 😄
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  2210. Russia: we will sell you cheap gas, but you have to look the other way when we murder our neighbors. Germany: guess we better start looking for new suppliers then.
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  2211.  @JohnJacob33  i don't think you know what xenophobia means...
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  2212.  @JBEMultimediamadrid  nah, russia turned out to be much weaker than everyone expected. Most people, myself included, expected Ukraine to fall in a few weeks. But here we are 2 years later, where russia is still stuck in the Donbass...😄
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  2213. i am sure the poor russian conscript who has to spend the winter in the trenches without winter gear is freezing...
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  2214.  @DOWNUNDER.  no but i can do it in Euro. By 1. of May 2024, The EU has spent 102B euro, and pledged another 76B euro for multi years support. The US has spent 74B euro, and pledged another 25B euro. Source: Kiel Institute.
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  2215. not for russia's poorly trained conscripts, who are freezing to death in the trenches.
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  2216.  @GearUpind  natural gas aren't that expensive anymore. And it is being phased out anyway, several EU countries have now banned the installation of new gas furnaces. We will only use less gas every year from now on.
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  2217. because she tells you what you want to hear?
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  2218.  @PraveenKumar-hu4xf  if you want to make a purchase in a foreign currency, then your country needs to have a reserve of that currency. That works with the dollar, because the US is the largest economy and they import more than they export. And that puts a lot of dollars around the world, making it easy to make a payment in dollars. Brics are all exporters, which means that they put less money out in the world than they take in. And that makes it difficult for other countries to build up a reserve of that currency. It would drive up the value of that currency, and make products from brics countries more expensive. There is a reason why the Americans want the value of the dollar high so they can buy more, while China wants the value of the yuan low, so their products are cheaper and more competitive.
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  2219.  @dweb  even Germany has a uranium mine, but it was closed because of low prices. Most of the uranium from russia is not actually mined in russia, it is just refined there. Russia accounted for just 16% of EU's uranium imports in 2023, and that is mostly because the old power plants in eastern Europe need fuel rods produced in russia.
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  2220. what does this relate to russia in any way?
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  2221.  @MrCykotickiwi  and you think this multipolar world is going to benefit you? Please explain how?
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  2222. russia stopped delivering, it doesn't matter what something costs if it is unavailable.
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  2223. kicking russia out of Ukraine is not a world war.
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  2224. it has become very clear now that we have to diversify. Being too reliant on any country for anything will only lead to situations where it is used against us.
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  2225.  @solemndivinity3  what part of my comment don't you agree with?
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  2226. @Kanaba Nakamura i'm sure some people did. And others didn't. Stop making these pointless strawman arguments 🙄
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  2227.  @almostanonymous8768  i don't waste my time with whataboutism and strawman arguments. It is childish behaviour.
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  2228. The ammo will be supplied by the US, and used in Ukraine. Why would other countries have a say in the matter?
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  2229. it is russia who has picked a fight they can't win. Why do you think they keep retreating?
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  2230.  @utubefuku7132  now you're just making it up. Staying in the single market was an option, but UK didn't want to.
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  2231.  @sempreviva4564  yeah, and Grozny became the most destroyed city on earth when Chechnya tried to declare independence...
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  2232. How is Europe standing around waiting for the US? You are not making any sense here.
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  2233. natural gas is cheaper today than before the war.
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  2234. i agree, but it is a little sad that it is necessary. The money would be better spent on something constructive. I really hate putin for causing all this BS.
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  2235. yeah it is going to suck for the poor russian conscripts, who has to spend the winter in the trenches without proper winter gear.
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  2236. yeah it is totally iron-clad. At least until the US gets bored with it. Or until next election year...
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  2237.  @GPSniper1  who cares about VW?
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  2238.  @tommwangi4302  so how can Ukraine export to Europe then? Get your story straight, little troll 😄
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  2239.  @daksans6764  russia can't even take Bakhmut 😄 And when have china ever won a war?
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  2240. 9431 tanks? Really? Do anyone actually believe this BS? 😄
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  2241.  @MSDGroup-ez6zk  if we look at the territory occupied by russia after february 24 2022, Ukraine has already reclaimed more than 50%...😉
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  2242. russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  2243.  @DK-ev9dg  the russians were defeated in just 9 years in Afghanistan... 😄
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  2244. opec can keep cutting, it's not gonna work when the US, Canada and Norway are increasing production to record highs. The crude oil price is back to $70 despite the current cuts, opec is just losing market shares...
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  2245.  @jjmmat133  LNG is liquified natural gas, not oil. The US is already the biggest supplier of oil to the EU, and the largest producer of oil in the world. Canada has very large oil reserves, but limited infrastructure at the moment.
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  2246. The russians are not advancing in Vovchansk. They are stuck at the canal.
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  2247. That is a poor excuse for russia's imperial ambitions, and you know it.
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  2248. they are cutting production because demand is going down.
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  2249.  @sarahbrown5073  none of those companies are closing all factories in Europe.
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  2250.  @6ix800  nope, never said that.
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  2251.  @zx3215  NATO expands when countries apply for membership. If russia doesn't like having NATO at their borders, then maybe they should stop threatening their neighbors...
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  2252.  @markojuric8604  russia would if they could, but they can't. They still only control 1 of the 4 oblasts they claim to have annexed...
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  2253.  @sportsfanivosevic9885  the tanks would not be on russian soil, they would be in Ukraine. The occupied areas are still considered Ukraine by everyone else but russia.
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  2254. ​ @mm-ws3xw your description sounds like putin, so i just assumed you were talking about him.
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  2255. if there is a shortage of food in the world, it will not be in Europe. It will be the poorer countries who will have to go without...
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  2256. why should we? What does the US have to offer now?
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  2257.  @dammitdan106  why don't you answer the question, what does the US have to offer Europe now? Security guarantees? Nope. Trade? Nope, trump wants to raise tariffs on all imports. Shared values? Not really anymore. So what is the point of being allied with the US?
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  2258.  @muntazirali7055  and what do we get in return?
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  2259.  @Praveen1991917  yeah probably. And the US will lose the power struggle with China without European support. Hope you are ready for chinese hegemony.
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  2260.  @lonewolfwolfclan934  when did the Germans say that, and who said it exactly? And the russian command has admitted the retreats, they just call them something else. Like a "strategic redeployment" or "goodwill gesture" 🙄
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  2261.  @johnadam2885  i would definitely consider those bombings to be warvcrimes. But ww2 ended 77 years ago, this is now. And the west can easily afford the support, this has to be the cheapest war we never fought. Afghanistan and Iraq was much more expensive, and that continued despite the financial crisis in 2008.
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  2262.  @ambessaseway5594  Denmark's largest oil and gas field has been closed for maintenance since 2019. But it will reopen by the end of this year. And a new oil and gas field will open next year, making Denmark the largest oil producer in the EU.
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  2263.  @FryanHere  there has not been found any oil on Greenland yet.
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  2264.  @medic145  according to who? Latest report from IMF has russia as number 11 in the world, and number 5 in Europe.
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  2265. Danoish economy is doing alright, no need to worry. Who is it's boss?
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  2266. i blame russia for invading Ukraine.
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  2267. ​ @koiguidenishikigoi4972 so why are there no russian warships in Sevastopol? What happened? 😄
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  2268.  @zallyzally2698  no, Houthies did not sink an aircraft carrier. Stop lying Ivan. And how is NATO defeated when we haven't lost a single soldier yet?
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  2269. but how much would a NATO security guarantee actually be worth? If we were not willing to support Ukraine until the end now, why would that change in the future?
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  2270. check again, the price is going down 😉
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  2271.  @nenadmitrovic3469  that is just wishful thinking. BASF is not closing down in Europe.
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  2272.  @imresebok1140  they are not. Denmark gets 81% of our electricity from renewables now, and less than 10% of households use natural gas for heating. Natural gas is outdated.
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  2273.  @evilmex1962  the price was 51,5 euro same time last year. It is 214,6 euro today. So it's more like 400% And the price has been falling for 7 days now, i'm pretty sure it's gonna get lower :)
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  2274.  @evilmex1962  Price today: 214,6 euro/MWh Price sep 03 2021: 51,5 euro/MWh Source: Dutch TTF
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  2275. Protests are legal and normal in Europe, not so much in russia.
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  2276. Russian bots seems to be very unhappy with that...😄
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  2277. Could be worse, could be like russia...
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  2278. too bad that many of the citizens will spend the winter in the trenches in Ukraine...
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  2279. the US is comparable to the entire EU in size of population and economy. And when you compare US aid to the aid from The EU and its member countries, it looks a lot more even. Europe has donated far more in financial aid to Ukraine than the US. And most of the tanks, IFVs, artillery and fighter planes delivered to Ukraine so far have been donated by European countries. Ukraine has received around 800 tanks so far, but no Abrams yet.
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  2280. is there any other way to spell russia?
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  2281. Russia could just leave. That would end the war.
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  2282. The only ones threatening to invade Greenland is the US.
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  2283. no they are sending them to Ukraine, not russia.
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  2284. there are no sanctions on russian agricultural products.
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  2285. yeah the current price of natural gas is 2x higher than normal. But it is 2x higher than dirt cheap, that's why it is no longer a big concern for most people.
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  2286. we do understand. We just don't recognize your silly fake referendum :)
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  2287. put a sweater on. 20 degrees should be more than fine for a scandinavian 😉
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  2288. russia is a sad place that most people want to run away from. Why would they want to spread that misery to other countries?
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  2289. Nonsense. The natives would be displaced and have their land plundered, just like all the other natives in the US.
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  2290. calm yourself, you little dramaqueen 😄
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  2291.  @MissKae_85  the move away from russian gas is permanent. Russia is no longer a reliable supplier. So it makes no difference if the pipeline works or not.
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  2292.  @kaloyanrosenov2123  the russians have lost 1 million men everyday. See, i can make up numbers with no evidence too. The reason why the Ukranians keep defending Bakhmut despite their heavy losses, is because it still makes sense, as the russian losses are much greater.
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  2293.  @antonivanov3142  russsia is not a real country, so why should i write it with a capital R?
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  2294. Mining costs money. Production costs money. War costs money. And russia's economy is tiny.
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  2295.  @popthis8891  why would the americans want to destroy a closed pipeline? If the russians wanted to keep supplying Germany with gas, they could just use one of the other pipelines. There are several other pipelines leading to Germany. And you really think Norway agreed to be part of it, seriously? 😄
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  2296.  @donttellmejustlisten4598  could be worse, imagine being vasal to russia or china.
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  2297. it's ok buddy, you can come out of the closet now...
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  2298. Norway is Germany's main supplier now, they have 3 pipelines to Germany already.
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  2299. russia keeps running away, that's how Ukraine is winning. The occupied territory keeps getting smaller 😉
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  2300. putin wants to restore russia's historical borders. That is all the war is about.
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  2301. i agree. As long as they don't lose support from the US and Poland, i would say time is on Ukraine's side.
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  2302. Cool story bro 🙄
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  2303. nah, it is better to replace natural gas with other sources of energy.
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  2304. What is the point of negotiations, when russia will never live up to their part of the deal?
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  2305.  @yurichtube1162  Peace would be nice, but that is up to putin. And he has just decided to mobilize, so that won't happen anytime soon. And going back to relying on russian gas is not really an option anymore. If putin gets his way by using gas as leverage, he is going to do it again next time he has a temper tantrum. So we have to end it no matter what.
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  2306.  @manuelastangier5195  The energy market in the EU is interconnected. If there is a shortage in one country, we have to help each other out. So it doesn't make sense to look at just one country's supply.
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  2307. there are no sanctions on natural gas. It was russia's choice to cut the flow to Germany, remember?
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  2308. How are those 2 things related?
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  2309. nope, 57% are going to developing countries. Source: black-sea-grain-initiative/data
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  2310.  @adamsaarinen3134  how am I a threat to Hungary? If you are gonna reply to me, could you at least try to make sense?
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  2311. because it doesn't really matter. The dollar will still be the global reserve currency for a very long time, since there is no valid replacement.
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  2312. Russia and china are not the ones threatening to invade a part of Denmark...
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  2313. i agree, NATO's weak response makes ww3 much more likely.
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  2314. this is the EU, not the US. Trade has always been regulated here.
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  2315. oh please, russia can't even take Bakhmut...
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  2316.  @TitoSim  EU join brics? Why would we want to do that? 😂
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  2317.  @chandraiitk  brics is just a forum for some countries with developing economies. The European Union is much more influential, ever heard of the Brussels effect?
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  2318.  @natakhomyakova6996  The current one. Can you tell why i am wrong?
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  2319.  @marklouieadame  It's more like G7, but for developing economies. There's no security partnership between India and China.
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  2320.  @otoboochuko236  Eu's demise has been predicted for almost 30 years. But any day now, right?
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  2321. boooring 😴
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  2322. hello mr russian troll. I see you got some fresh lies for us today, what a treat 😄
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  2323. yes the US is far ahead when it comes to national debt...
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  2324.  @007nait  very different situation, these guys actually want our help.
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  2325. a few stats to better understand the energy crisis: - EU's total gas consumption in 2021 was 412 bcm, russia provided 155 bcm. - Gas imports from other countries are expected to increase by at least 50 bcm in 2022. So without any gas from russia, there would be a shortage of 105 bcm, or roughly 25% compared to 2021. -Natural gas accounts for 32% of EU's final energy consumption. So without any gas from russia, there would be an energy shortage of 8% compared to 2021. This is assuming that demand will stay the same, that we don't try to increase output from other energy sources and that russia didn't provide any gas at all this year. And that is not the case. - Russia provided a lot of gas in the first half of the year, and they are still sending gas through the pipelines in Ukraine. - Gas consumption in the first 8 months of 2022 was 15% lower than last year. - Coal imports are up 35%, and domestic production has increased too. The point is, there is no actual shortage yet. And if we continue to consume 15% less gas, then there shouldn't be a shortage. The problem is to make sure that people can actually afford the energy. If prices remain this high for the rest of the year, then we will most likely end up with an energy surplus instead of a shortage.
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  2326. why exactly? I'm curious.
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  2327. @@ummerrahh the current price of lng is actually lower than russian pipeline gas was before the war started. Russian gas hasn't been cheap since the start of 2021.
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  2328. neither side is going to win the war, it is only a matter of who is going to lose more.
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  2329. Bla bla bla....
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  2330. they do that on a regular basis already? Usually near Alaska.
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  2331.  @joexavier4070  there are still only 2 major powers, this time it is the US and China. Look at Brics, China's economy and power is larger than the rest of Brics combined. The same goes for the US and G7.
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  2332.  @joexavier4070  so what do you think is going to happen, if not a new cold war?
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  2333.  @kabzaify  so what? Do you have a point?
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  2334.  @michaelwilson9921  why does that matter? We are not going to trade much anyway.
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  2335. @michaelwilson9921  there will still be global trade, but mostly within our own blocks. And yeah, it will make everyone poorer. But things will balance out again eventually, like it always does.
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  2336.  @Nick-kn6il  so Nokia declined, and that means all of Finland lost? Except that Finland is still a wealthy country, and is even the happiest country in the world. So what exactly have you proven?
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  2337.  @dogzdigital  It doesn't really matter what the poor people in remote villages think, they will not be the ones protesting on the red square. The most likely people to get fed up and start an uprising are students in Moscow or st petersburg.
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  2338.  @nkosipwl  yeah. that's why i assume russia is going to break first. Ukraine is fighting to defend themselves, while the russians are fighting to annex some more territory...
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  2339.  @ddshiranui  the point was to show that the gas shortage can be reduced by generating electricity from other sources. As an example, around 40GW in new solar panels will be installed across the EU this year. That can replace around 4,6 bcm of natural gas, or roughly 3% of the gas from russia. It is also important to remember that the energy market in the EU is inter-connected. If an energy company in Denmark has gas or electricity to spare, then they will try to sell it in other countries like Germany.
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  2340. You know that nuclear winter will be global, right?
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  2341.  @methodman3489  you're not the sharpest tool in the shed are you?
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  2342. russia is the only country in Europe that has taken part of their neighbors territory by force since ww2...
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  2343.  @godwino1466  don't worry, the alliance is dead. You can go mind your own business now.
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  2344.  @PumpedSmartass  not yet. Give it a few years...
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  2345. wind and solar are the cheapest source of electricity by far, and it means we will no longer rely on authoritarian states. It's a win-win for Europe.
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  2346. the bear turned out to be a poodle.
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  2347. what will they win? A brand new iron curtain perhaps?
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  2348.  @surendramumgai631  but it is the part where most of the population in the region lives. So the majority of the people haven't been given a vote.
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  2349. how is it western colonialism if Germany wants to be less reliant on China?
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  2350.  @univeropa3363  can you imagine how many lives would have been saved if the allies had supported Poland in 1939, instead of waiting for the problem to arrive at their own doorstep?
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  2351.  @univeropa3363  it's a very accurate comparison. You have to be pretty blind not to notice the similar rhetoric about historical territory, protecting ethnic minorities and buffer zones etc...
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  2352.  @margelatu79  russia is very dependent on foreign technology.
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  2353.  @sergueivergounov1961  yeah that is not going well for russia, since 2 ships left Odessa full of grains 3 days ago...😄
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  2354. wouldn't be much of a battle, have you seen russia's pathetic navy?
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  2355. oh no, where did we go?
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  2356.  @Modestasgailius  that would be a strange choice, considering that sales are up in Europe. It is the sales in China that have dropped 20% yoy.
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  2357. what's the matter, are they not telling you what you want to hear? 😄
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  2358. fine with me, Africa is a waste of money anyway...
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  2359. why, trump was just repeating what Obama said in 2014? The only difference is that trump looked like an orange clown while doing it, which is why everyone was laughing :)
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  2360.  @stranger6797  trolling russian trolls is fun. And it keeps me entertained when i am doing boring paperwork 😉
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  2361. Compare that to the 150 bcm Europe used to buy. And China is paying much less... 😄
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  2362. no, russia is destroying Ukraine. And russia only wants peacetalks because putin needs time to get his useless conscripts ready.
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  2363. What fate is that?
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  2364. Nordstream is majority owned by Gazprom. And russia did nothing except cry and moan about it.
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  2365. yeah, but trump is putting those security guarantees in question as well. It is not really leverage for the US if no one believes that US troops would fight for us anyway.
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  2366.  @slavaefremov473  going on holiday in another country is not a human right. Calm yourself Ivan.
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  2367.  @andreyknyazev9179  russia has supplied around 20% of EU's gas consumption in 2022, and most of that was in the first half of the year. It's less than 10% now, and gas storage is still around 90% full.
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  2368.  @Viclip24  and they can't use them without getting annihilated themselves.
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  2369. nice plan. So will any of that happen this decade, or is it more of a 30-year plan?
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  2370.  @Wolfcamp555  how do you know what the majority wants, when they are not allowed to vote about it?
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  2371.  @eget4144  no reason to cooperate with russia anymore.
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  2372. Just orcs being orcs.
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  2373. is that why russia controls less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago? 😄
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  2374.  @sarahbrown5073  russia has advanced less than 1 km around Avdiivka in the last month, while taking heavy losses...
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  2375. @pahowitzer446  learn to read before replying 🙄
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  2376. why would Germany do that? They already have the MARS 2 system, which is basically the same system except the vehicle is tracked and it can carry more rockets?
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  2377. it is. Russia was supposed to have the second strongest military in the world, yet they can barely keep up with Ukraine...
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  2378. what will they win, a new iron curtain perhaps?
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  2379.  @davidwelling9471  you were implying that the US has been protecting Germany from russia. I would like to know what the US has done to protect Germany?
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  2380. why would you be happy if Ukraine is conquered by Russia? What have the Ukrainians ever done to you?
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  2381. @ why would we think of Americans as family? We Europeans can barely tolerate each other most of the time 😄
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  2382.  天月🌚  should they rather call it a "goodwill gesture", like russia does everytime they lose another fight?
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  2383. and russia caused the attack on the bridge when they annexed crimea illegally...
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  2384. The price in Europe is the global benchmark, so what you are suggesting is a discount for everyone else. But why would an oil producer choose to sell their oil cheaper in Asia, if they can get a better price in Europe?
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  2385. what do you mean, i have seen many videos and reports of exploding russian tanks and dead orcs?
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  2386. Nobody cares, it was 80 years ago...
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  2387. so why is China's economy slowing down then?
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  2388. i blame putin, he started the war and he could end it today by going home.
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  2389. good point. We might see a little battle of the egos there...
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  2390. why would the people of Greenland and Canada want to join the US? Or do you just not care about their opinion?
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  2391. Ukraine had roughly 12M men of fighting age when the war started. They are not running out of man power any time soon.
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  2392. so who build it then?
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  2393.  @EriKids1  yes it is a war, started by russia.
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  2394. Russia is the main threat to peace and stability in Europe.
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  2395.  @enochcushite496  the US is already the largest supplier of oil to the EU. And the current price at the gas station is fine, so it can't be that expensive...
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  2396.  @HuskyOwner-bl1jf  yeah Merz looks promising.
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  2397. it's a good system. Russia is still Europe's gas station, but they don't get the full price. It's a win-win for everyone except russia...
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  2398. trump was just repeating what Obama said in 2014. The only difference is that trump looked like a clown while doing it.
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  2399. then why will not even china recognize it as part of russia?
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  2400. ​ @gaborrajnai6213 that never happened, no matter how many times you keep repeating the same boring kremlin lines....
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  2401.  @Mrac-zz8vh  storage is enough for 3 months of mild winter, or 2 months of really cold winter. But Europe will continue to import gas through the winter, remember that russia was never the only supplier.
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  2402. well said (or written i guess)
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  2403. how can there be negotiations when russia claims to have "annexed" large parts of Ukraine, including several cities that russia doesn't control?
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  2404.  @cinpeace353  no i got that. But Siemens is the second largest producer of wind turbines in the world, it is important for Europe that those problems are sorted as fast as possible.
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  2405. ​ @USAMAURICE42  you really think russia the paper bear beat Ukraine?
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  2406.  @tomluke5848  supply from other countries will continue through the winter. Russia was never the only supplier of natural gas.
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  2407. Source : trust me bro 🙄
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  2408. I agree, the russians will cry and moan about it.
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  2409. That is because Greece has been close to war with Turkey for decades. Turkey is also a NATO member. Geopolitics are complicated...😄
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  2410. Russian missiles are a great danger to playgrounds and pedestrian bridges. I'm sure the Finns are shaking in their pants...
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  2411.  @18_rabbit  i don't agree that the EU has relied on US guidance when it comes to the war in Ukraine. The EU and the US have been pretty good at coordinating the effort, and taking each other's interests into account.
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  2412. who cares about wagner anymore? They were able to overwhelm defenders with human waves of cannon fodder, but that is over now. I seriously doubt that wagner will accomplish much more in this war...
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  2413. And who is going to be buying those products that Germany would produce with russian gas, if not the EU or the US?
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  2414.  @gustaafpeeters6173  the frontline has barely moved in a year. Russia has advanced something like 2 km in certain areas, that's about it...
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  2415. there's no choice, russian aggression has to be countered.
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  2416.  @tjoe0463  you're right, we should all just look the other way while the dictator annexes his neighbors. That strategy has always worked out great in the past 🙄
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  2417. around 35% of Eu's gas consumption is power generation. We could fix most of the problems by reopening some coal mines and use more coal for a few years.
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  2418.  @pagelu-mt7rh  what does an oil tanker have to do with Lng imports?
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  2419.  @gardencity3558  the price of the electricity itself is not that high. But the added tax and fees makes it one of the highest in the EU. But wages are also high, so it is not really a problem. Companies gets a discount.
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  2420.  @shaolinrose7294  you trolls keep talking about winter. What exactly do you think will change?
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  2421. or the city of Narva in northern Estonia. Around 80% of the population are ethnic russians, and it is right on the border.
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  2422.  @jensramputh  that trading relationship will never be the same again.
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  2423.  @FrugalandFit  not sure if you are delusional or just trolling. But it is funny either way. 😄 Greenland has had the right to vote for independence for a long time. It was written into Danish law in 2009.
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  2424. if you can't easily replace a supplier, then you are dependent. Being dependent on someone who is willing to use that dependency against you is a really bad idea.Diversification is the only way forward.
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  2425.  @graham1034  you're right, efficiency and storage is a problem. Some progress have been made i recent years though. Some facilities in denmark and germany have reached 60% efficiency, I've even heard of a german company that claims to have reached 70%. I'm really don't know if hydrogen is the future or a dead end. But 60% efficiency is better than turning the damn windturbines of all the time. If the storage issue could be fixed, it could be a way to store wind and solar power for the winter where energy demand is higher.
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  2426.  @jonatikoisuva2695  wishful thinking. The fight will continue next week, when the ground is frozen enough for armored vehicles.
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  2427. the German idea was that interdependence would keep the peace in Europe. I used to agree tbh. But the war has shown a big problem with that policy: It doesn't work if the other side doesn't care about their economy or their citizens....
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  2428. Russia cut the gas supply to Germany about a month before the pipeline was damaged. So the destruction had no effect.
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  2429. yeah i blame putin. This is all putin's fault.
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  2430. no, putin said he could take Kyiv in 2 weeks...
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  2431.  @trusttman1183  I don't see a new world shaping, i just see the world going back to the cold war era. And i don't understand why anyone would be happy about that...
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  2432.  @bogdankukic341  are you talking about russia, when they expanded in both Europe and Asia?
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  2433. do you think that focusing on Germany's is going to fix china's problems?
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  2434. the comment section under all videos related to Ukraine is something like 90% russia paid trolls. And they are not even entertaining anymore, just repeating the same boring lines...
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  2435.  @harryphantom5920  how about no...
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  2436. maybe putin should send some of his family members to the frontline. Or even go himself, instead of hiding in his golden palace.
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  2437.  @smart741  there are less than 1000 wagner fighters in belarus, and they have no tanks or artillery anymore. They would have to be prepared to die, because they certainly would...
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  2438.  @daniellesomerfield8799  russia didn't live up to their part of that agreement either. And they didn't honor the Budapest memorandum either.
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  2439. i agree, russia should surrender.
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  2440. calm yourself, dramaqueen 😄
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  2441.  @pwn5047  NATO should have joined the fight months ago.
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  2442.  @χσχσ-ν3χ  wishful thinking 😄
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  2443.  @throughput6674  look, it's a sad russian troll. Did you miss me Ivan?
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  2444.  @koskok2965  russia can't transport much oil without western owned tankers and insurance.
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  2445.  @koskok2965  that is a lot of wishful thinking. Russia is already in recession, it is only going to get worse. Support for Ukraine is still very high in Europe, Europeans know who their real enemy is.
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  2446.  @PlaYer-sn5or  25 civilians was killed in the donbass conflict in 2021. Not exactly a genocide.
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  2447. i don't think the US cares about russia very much. They seem to be more concerned about china.
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  2448. NATO is not running out of equipment, Ukraine has mostly received older weapons so far. The issue is ammunition, which is why NATO decided to increase production a few months ago. Russia has the same problem though, and their long term problem is that they have to out produce 30 countries...
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  2449. the grain will still go to Europe, it is Ukraine's other customers that will go without.
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  2450. it will take some time and cost a lot of money, but it is very much possible to decouple from china. And it will probably soon be necessary, unfortunately.
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  2451. i don't really see the dilemma. Russia is the only current threat to Europe, and they have very little offensive power left. And if we continue to support Ukraine, russia will only continue to get weaker.
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  2452. what a sad world that would be.
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  2453. probably not, but Germany has a responsibility to help defend other EU members closer to russia...
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  2454.  @andysherris7949  i'm sure the Ukrainian pilots can learn...
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  2455.  @avetsuper6272  not really, it's not like russia the paper bear can do anything about it.
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  2456. it is a very good reason though. Buying gas or anything else from russia will help putin fund the war.
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  2457.  @jeremystone2658  maybe not, but it is a much nicer place to live than your country...
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  2458.  @SK-hg3pt  still better than your country...
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  2459. i agree. I don't really care if it is green or not, being free from opec+ is more important to me.
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  2460.  @ArunadeGroot  thanks, that is a very good reply. This sure is a complicated issue.
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  2461.  @QuadDamage21  yeah putin didn't actually say 3 days, he said 2 weeks. But that is not much better...
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  2462.  @ДанилаМилицын-ж8г  blame putin, all of this is because tsar putin want to expand his empire
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  2463. what bills?
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  2464.  @frednedgold4636  so if Denmark increased defence spending by giving every service member a new rolex watch every year, would that make you happy? As long as it is 2% of gdp?
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  2465. this doesn't change the situation on the battlefield, the Ukrainian army can still fight. Putin is killing civilians just to put on a show for his supporters, to make it look like russia is making progress while his army is in shambles. And judging by the comment from the russian trolls, it seems to be working 🙄
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  2466.  @sfa22  yeah, this comment section is just full of boring bots and trolls...🙄
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  2467. nope
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  2468.  @avinashtyagi2  chinese car makers are heavily subsidized, they are not actually making any profit. EU is already looking into this. There will soon be massive tariffs.
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  2469.  @IamHandsome4u  if the cars sold in china are also produced in china, that means the loss of jobs and tax revenue would mostly affect china.
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  2470. No, VWs is still expecting a profit of 16B euro in 2024.
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  2471. as i understand it, the US has millions of these shells that they plan to dispose of anyway. So giving them to Ukraine would not really cost the taxpayers anything, and they would make a big difference on the battlefield. So i say go for it...
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  2472. don't worry, there won't be any trade agreements with russia in the next few decades...
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  2473.  @ce2167-n1t  just 2 more, and russia hasn't even taken this town yet. The russian soldiers will die of old age before they reach Kyiv 😄
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  2474.  @QuadDamage21  NATO is spending something like 0,1% of our combined gdp on Ukraine. While russia is maxed out. And russia is barely making progress despite that. Imagine if NATO actually started taking russia seriously...
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  2475. that's a nice alternate reality you got there. Does it help you cope with russia's many failures?
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  2476. ​ @hobo456 so you think the US is giving money to the EU?
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  2477.  @element2dd  buddy, none of this matters. The current trade relationship with China is making Europe poorer, and it is making us dependent on a country that will use it against us sooner or later. So it has to be stopped.
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  2478.  @wolfswinkel8906  there is no massive breakthrough, the frontline has barely moved all year.
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  2479.  @danwelterweight4137  the current natural gas price in the EU is the lowest in 2 years. The energy crisis was last year, it's over now.
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  2480.  @victorsamuel8708  it's been almost 80 years since ww2 ended, time to move on buddy. Most European countries have done bad things to each other in the past, but now we are all working together. Except russia, who has decided to be our enemy again...
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  2481. the EU spent 5,4B euros on humanitarian aid for Ukraine last year.
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  2482.  @bolatsabikhan8127  there is no such thing as "legally" capturing a city 😄
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  2483.  @leetan4203  the EU has had a trade deficit with China at least since 1999. This relationship has always benefited China more.
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  2484. keep'em coming 😃
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  2485.  @damik1497  russia's neighbors joined NATO because they worried about russian aggression. And for good reasons, as seen in Ukraine.
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  2486. around 70% of US LNG export is going to Europe now. Most of it is shipped from Texas.
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  2487. money well spent.
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  2488.  @SPIDERM0OSE  there is plenty in the EU, if we restrict export to non-EU countries. But Ukraine can still export to EU over land, there will be no shortage here...
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  2489. the EU is not a vassal of the US, but leaders on both sides know that we are stronger if we stand together. This is why the west will continue to dominate the world, because we can set our differences aside when necessary and work together on a common goal.
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  2490.  @PaulV.  you can cope as hard as you like, but fact is that putin did say he could take Kyiv in 2 weeks. And he has now been proven wrong, as the russian army turned out to be a paper bear...
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  2491. wishful thinking.
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  2492. russia is only demilitarizing and humiliating themselves.
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  2493.  @okman9684  boohoo, that was a lot of crying in one comment. Do you need a hug little guy? Come on, dry your eyes cupcake 😄
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  2494.  @danielhutchinson6604  what makes you think i am in favor of free trade? I am a big fan of EU's internal market, but I would like to see more protectionism when it comes to import from outside the EU. And the price of natural gas in Europe is lower than before the war, so that Lng can't be that overpriced...
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  2495. dude, russia can barely take Bakhmut, a town close to their own border. Their only aircraft carrier needs to be followed by a tugboat, because it breaks down all the time. The Moskva is at the bottom of the sea. And you want them to project power on the other side of the world? That would only make russia look even more pathetic 😄
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  2496. they have already rejected independence 3 times?
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  2497. i would say 45-55 is the ideal age.
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  2498. DW has other channels in different languages, including German. If you want German, then just go there instead.
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  2499. Calm yourself, next year will be fine too 😉
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  2500.  @rouz0  the 10 year average price of natural gas in Europe is around 20 euro/mwh. Todays price is 27euro/mwh, despite the unusually cold weather. And the price will only go down as more supply becomes available. I think we will be just fine...
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  2501. russia is replaceable, just like any other supplier.
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  2502. the US was already selling all they could produce, the destruction of nord stream made no difference for the americans profit.
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  2503.  @RenjiXIII  how come a so called super power like russia have barely made any progress for 6 months?
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  2504.  @armanicharles5336  and Ukraine is saying goodbye to russia's status as a super power 😄
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  2505.  @bluewolf9327  can you mention a previous war, where such a tactic actually worked?
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  2506.  @suportbghelp4938  and they are welcome. We will take care of their women and children, while the Ukrainian men take care of the russians :)
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  2507.  @mistressfreezepeach  can you give us an example of Germany putting the US first?
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  2508.  @nielsen9691  well said 👍
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  2509. and how are we going to afford those chinese products without jobs?
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  2510.  @vikingspud  you know what would be great for the environment? More expensive products of higher quality, so it makes sense to have them repaired instead of just throwing them out and buying new ones. And producing products locally instead of shipping them halfway across the world would help too.
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  2511. Nobody cares.
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  2512.  @DJ-ce8yh  the russian's could just go home, that would end the war.
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  2513. his full name is vladolf putler!
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  2514.  @sarahbrown5073  todays gas price is 72 eur, at the same time last year it was 80 euro. But yes, it is still higher than the previous average 20 euro.
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  2515. if a country is reselling russian oil, then i don't see a problem with that, as long as the reseller is paying less than 60$ a barrel. The whole point is to make it harder for russia to fund the war.
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  2516.  @vladimirprotein1275  that reseller can then be hit by secondary sanctions, which will prevent them from selling to Europe. But i don't think it would be profitable for the reseller anyway, it costs money to move that oil around.
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  2517. then why did russia not live up to their part of the Minsk agreement?
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  2518.  @robijorum4113  yeah, and now they can go ask russia and China instead 👍
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  2519. urals oil is 63 dollars a barrel right now, it's not a big difference. If china or india wants to sell the oil to Europe at normal price, then it is fine with me. I don't care where the oil is coming from, as long as russia doesn't get full price.
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  2520.  @sergiovictor7581  Lies, the head of Gazprom stated that the pipeline was closed indefinitely, and that it would not be turned on before the sanctions were lifted. And the sanctions will never be lifted.
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  2521. and how would that happen, when the russians are all hiding in their trenches?
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  2522.  @xcitemex6353  bla bla bla, you trolls have been claiming that russian victory is right around the corner for more than 8 months now. And yet the occupied areas keeps shrinking...
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  2523.  @Justin_Why  if you say so 🤷‍♂
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  2524.  @svanimation8969  yes you sure are very active, i think 95% of the comments under this video are from Indians. You guys seem to think this is very important for some reason...
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  2525.  @NOOBGamer-zt6jh  of course i knew where Ukraine are, i could drive to Ukraine in less than 12 hours. I am fairly confident i understand European politics better than you.
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  2526. seems to be going ok so far?
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  2527. ​ @mistressfreezepeach  i'm at your moms house. And it is all true...
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  2528. But what about the whatabout? What about that?
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  2529.  @asker3042  sure it is. But protecting European jobs is more important, we can't buy any of those chinese imports if we don't have a job.
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  2530. How is government support for Ukraine related to a conflict between employers and employees?
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  2531. it was russia's choice to shut down nordstream 1. Replacing russian gas is something Germany has to do, it is not a choice.
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  2532.  @AshkanPacino13  that is why i prefer the terms to be a little vague for now. If the terms are "when all members agree", then the door is open for quick membership when the time is right.
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  2533.  @JurijsPastnieks  i am not a big fan of red lines, unless we are 100% ready to act if they are crossed. Russia has already issued so many red lines, and then backed down, that no one is taking them seriously anymore. Let's not do the same.
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  2534. yeah, that is nothing but wishful thinking...😄
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  2535. peace will come when russia goes home...
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  2536. It's nothing but empty threats...
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  2537. and how would russia's poorly trained cannon fodder accomplish that?😄
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  2538. putin wants to conquer some land. That's it. Anything else is just an attempt to justify the invasion.
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  2539. oh come on Ivan, that is just a pathetic attempt of shifting the blame. 😄
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  2540.  @leehenry5764  so you are ok with immigration if they just learn the local language?
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  2541. looks like Assad is toast. And the russians can say goodbye to their navy base...
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  2542. don't be so dramatic, companies will adapt and find new solutions.
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  2543. so much denial in your comment 😄
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  2544. and how would that happen? Natural gas can only be transported through pipelines or as LNG
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  2545. if you include financial aid, the EU spend more on Ukraine in 2022 than the US.
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  2546.  @Dannyboy16434  that's right, and the Ukrainians have spent the winter training and preparing for the upcoming offensive. While the russians spent the winter trying to attack fortified positions, and all they achieved in 6 months was taking part of a city 😄
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  2547.  @petitben5240  The US still gave Ukraine "security assurance" in return for giving up their nukes. It is called the Budapest Memorandum, signed by the US, UK and russia.
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  2548. that's not really what he said, but nice try little troll 😄
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  2549. What has Brics actually accomplished so far?
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  2550. boooring 😴
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  2551.  @Dani-mw2ws  I agree. Helping Ukraine is a very good investment.
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  2552.  @chewbacca8850  most of them do that already. So now you have to find something else to complain about.
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  2553. EU car exports to China in 2023: 19 billion euro EU car exports to the UK in 2023: 30 billion euro EU car exports to the US in 2023: 40 billion euro.
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  2554. you know English is a European language, right? A Germanic language even.
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  2555. Phase one: Russia invades Ukraine with long columns of armored vehicles. Response: Ukraine receives ATGM's such as Javelin. Russian tanks go boom. Phase two: Russia bombards the Ukrainians with artillery. Response: Ukraine receives modern artillery and HIMARS. Russian supply lines go boom. Phase three: Missile and drone strikes. Response: Ukraine will receive airdefence systems and c-ram. Russian missiles and drones will get shot down in the air. Phase four: No matter what it is, the west will find a way to counter it. Russia has already lost the war, it is just a question of how many russian conscripts will have to die before putin is willing to accept defeat.
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  2556. how nice of russia to ask their masters permission. Russia is such a good little puppy.
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  2557.  @kamalkashyap2496  why, what is he gonna do?
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  2558.  @joexavier4070  why don't you answer my question?
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  2559. i think 99% of the people in the world are the same, once you get past the language barrier and the cultural differences. They want to live their life in peace and prosperity. It's the last 1% who causes the problems for everyone.
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  2560. everyone seems to forget the African suppliers, especially Algeria and Nigeria?
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  2561. i respect the resilience of the Ukrainian people. If i had to choose between blackouts or my country being annexed by russia, i would definitely choose blackouts too.
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  2562.  @markojuric4954  good, they will need them to dig graves for all the fallen russians...
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  2563. that is why russia has been labeled as a terrorist state by the EU parliament.
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  2564. What has russia's spring offensive accomplished? A salt mine and part of a city 😄
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  2565.  @VinVin21969  is there any data to support that claim, or is it just something you heard in russian media?
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  2566.  @jacko5376  well, you don't have to worry about that anymore, it's no longer your problem. So you can go mind your own business now.
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  2567.  @hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord  the candidate broke the law. I you Americans don't care about that, since you have no problem electing a convicted criminal, but it matters over here.
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  2568. what NATO bill?
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  2569. Yeah more energy storage is needed to make it work.
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  2570. it's very strange that non-Europeans seem to care so much about a pipeline in Europe?
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  2571.  @bigredone1030  since when do non-Europeans care about pollution?
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  2572. a lot of you seem a little confused, so here we go: - Are European companies expanding in the US and China? Yes, it is normal. And much of it has been planned for a long time. It takes years to set up production in another continent. - Are companies from China and the US expanding in Europe? Yes, companies such as Intel and chinese EV giant BYD are investing a lot of money to set up production in Europe. - Are European companies reducing production in Europe? Yes, of course. But production in China and the US is also slowing down, due to lower demand. - Will European companies close all production in Europe due to higher energy costs? No, don't be silly. There are still a lot of benefits to production inside EU's single market for products meant for the European market. Energy prices and inflation has also gone up in most of Asia and north America.
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  2573.  @covertpuppytwo3857  so you have never heard of European defence companies like Rheinmetall, BAE, MBDA or Thales? France alone is set to overtake russia as the second largest arms exporter in the world.
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  2574.  @lvjinbin28  i have no idea. But it shows how dirt poor china was 20 years ago 😄
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  2575. sure Ivan, sure... 😄
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  2576. this is the Kherson offensive all over. Slow and bloody, until the russian lines eventually crumble a few months later...
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  2577.  @RUSSIAN_SOLDIER_1945  they will run away when russia starts to struggle with their logistics again. Russia has had a long time to set up ammo depots in the south, but they will run out eventually. 😉
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  2578.  SolBronzed  yes, two privately owned German companies had shares in the pipeline. But Gazprom is the majority shareholder. And Gazprom is owned by the russian state, so it is russia's problem.
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  2579. I agree, Ukraine is the new Afghanistan. And Afghanistan defeated the russians, remember? 😄
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  2580.  @MusehanaH  Germany's average growth since Nordstream was completed is just below 2%. Which is fine, but Nordstream didn't create any economic boom.
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  2581.  @kabzaify  and those pipelines still exists. So why is russia not supplying gas through those instead? Remember, there are no sanctions on natural gas.
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  2582.  @62nevio  yes Ukraine applied for NATO membership because they were worried about russian aggression. Maybe there is a really good reason why most of russia's neighbors want protection against russia?
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  2583. russia had already cut the flow of gas, it makes no difference to the German economy if the pipeline works or not.
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  2584.  @AlexWolfM  so what has putin bin laden said about it?
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  2585.  @CeBePuH  yeah i saw what happened. Russia managed to capture a fortified position, while taking enormous casualties. Russia might be able to advance a little faster without US aid, but it would still take decades to reach Kyiv.
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  2586.  @CeBePuH  i don't really care about the US opinion. I don't consider them an ally or partner anymore.
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  2587.  @alenx5455  not really, the frontline has barely moved in more than 2 years.
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  2588.  @sarahbrown5073  russia has managed to advance roughly 40 km in some areas, in the last 2,5 years. That's all.
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  2589.  @hughbarr8408  when will you go to the frontline, Ivan?
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  2590. 1: yes, russia has advanced 3km in 8 months, in a very limited area. The russian soldiers will die of old age before they reach Kyiv. 2: yes, have you not been paying attention? The energy crisis is not really a crisis anymore. 3: as long as they pay less than $60, it's fine. 4: probably not.
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  2591. they are still being used. But russia is mobilizing more troops and equipment, so Ukraine must do the same.
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  2592.  @faiezcader5681  why would russia need a second round of mobilization if Ukraine was running out of troops or equipment? 😄
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  2593. yeah, most of those "photos" of new buildings in Mariupol are obviously fake. It's not even good photoshop 😄
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  2594. wishful thinking
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  2595. there is 1 incomplete pipeline from russia to china. The pipeline started construction in 2014 and it is expected to be completed by 2025. They haven't started building the second one yet. BASF is an international company with facilities all over the world. They have several facilities in china, these are meant for the chinese market.
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  2596. the trade war will speed up the decoupling, which is a good thing.
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  2597. at this rate of progress, russia will be fighting in the Donbass for the next 50 years.
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  2598. i agree. We need to supply tanks and fighter planes too.
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  2599.  @bicker31  Ok. So?
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  2600.  @bicker31  is anyone in this thread complaining about not being able to export steel to the US?
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  2601. so?
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  2602.  @rayjay5836  from russia's "mighty" army, that has been stuck in Ukraine for 6 months. Maybe they still have a few T62 left, so they can open up a new front and get stuck there too...
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  2603. under your bed and in your closet. Better sleep with one eye open Ivan...
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  2604.  @lettheflamestakeover7374  why would i care if you know the flag or not? You don't matter?
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  2605.  @vr9056  i am not the big mouth trying to threaten people on the internet...
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  2606. russia started out with a massive advantage in firepower in 2022. They had the advantage in artillery, airforce, navy, long range missiles, armored vehicles etc. But Ukraine has slowly been closing the gap with the help of allies, to the point where russia can't do much except sit in a trench and try to hold the line. But the armed forces of Ukraine will continue to grow in strength over the next few years, while russia gets weaker. We could very well see the balance of power shift in Ukraine's favor already next year...
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  2607.  @Liboch  wishful thinking 😄
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  2608. your hamster will never be safe, i will find it and eat it!
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  2609.  @cordellmohawk8408  kinda hard to be neutral when russia wants to control Ukraine...
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  2610. aircraft carriers are not very useful for defence of our own territory. It would be a big floating target in the Baltic sea. And they are extremely expensive to build and operate, that money would be better spent on something else.
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  2611. it's not a joke, it is just empty threats...
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  2612. so they can keep winning of course.
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  2613.  @duncansmith7562  what a ridiculous argument. Of course an army needs more weapons and ammo to continue the fight, even when they are winning.
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  2614.  @mdzia131  russia is not even in the top 10 for German exports....
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  2615. it was russia's choice to start the largest war in Europe since ww2.
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  2616. russia is fighting a non-Nato country. How would that make Nato fall? Are you perhaps a little slow?
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  2617. The US is not exactly known for taking great care of poorer areas. 😄
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  2618. is that your unbiased opinion, Ivan? 😄
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  2619.  @mavigogun  the US donated 48bn euro last year, all included. The EU donated 52bn euro, all included.
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  2620. i call bullshit on that story. A patriot system is made up of 8 launchers with 4 missiles each. So for one camera to capture a full volley, that means Ukraine has put all 8 launchers in the same place, even though they are meant to be spread out over a very large area.
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  2621.  @Memovox  thumbs up for calling me Børge, that was pretty funny 👍 The rest of your comment makes no sense, please try again...
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  2622. we have conflicts around the world already. Decoupling is necessary to survive the coming years, the EU has to become more self-reliant.
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  2623.  @DarkPesco  Denmark produced more than 80% of our electricity by renewable sources in 2023. It will be higher every year from now on. The rest can be imported from friendly countries like Canada and the US.
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  2624. Germany didn't spend anything, but 2 German companies had a 15% share.
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  2625. this was very interesting. Thank you for reading through that insane bs and giving us a summary.
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  2626. that's a lot of wishful thinking 🙄
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  2627. we all know it's just empty threats...
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  2628.  @lesliewoinarowicz7018  they die because the russians are attacking them.
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  2629. Kan du lide rødgrød med fløde på????
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  2630. it is not NATO's job to protect russia's pipeline 🤦‍♂
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  2631.  @urbansenicar81  the pipeline belongs to russia. So it was an attack against russia, assuming russia didn't do it themselves. Either way, it is russia's problem, not NATO's...
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  2632.  @LamVanDam  yes they are sometimes forced to retreat by Wagner's constant waves of cannon fodder. Even shambling zombies can overwhelm the defenders when there is enough of them.
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  2633.  @joexavier4070  you would need a lot of regulars to fight a large scale war. Even the US would have to mobilize if they ever got involved in a war with china.
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  2634.  @GlobalResearch2001  everything you just wrote is wrong, where do i even start? 😄 There are 440M people in the EU, and only 27 of the 44 countries in Europe are members. The EU has banned the import of russian oil, with a temporary exception for some pipelines. Russia accounts for just 4% of EU's oil import in 2023.
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  2635. yeah, me too...
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  2636.  @aleserban9322  keep making up excuses Ivan. The war is about putin's imperial ambitions.
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  2637. china's problems will affect European companies too, so it makes sense to keep an eye on what's going on. And it makes sense to start diversifying too.
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  2638. of course we want to protect an industry that is important to Europe. What is so strange about that?
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  2639. both were already selling all they could produce. So that makes no sense.
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  2640. Yeah, that is the main reason why Greenland is still stuck with us. They can't afford to leave, at least not yet.
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  2641. The current election could determine the future of the trans atlantic alliance. I don't think it can survive another 4 years of trump. So it does have consequences for Europe.
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  2642. russia can't even protect their airspace from cheap drones....
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  2643.  @abhishekbhattarai3375  Finland applied to join NATO of their own free will. And NATO members don't have to allow US troops in their country. So if US troops show up in Finland, then it is because Finland wants them there.
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  2644. kinda hard to have free trade when countries like china and India are very protectionist.
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  2645. Russia is a member. The country that colonized most of northern and central Asia, remember?
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  2646.  @amunra5330  maybe from another reality. The guy seems to be living in some kind of fantasy world...
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  2647. sure, but russia used to supply almost half of all natural gas in the EU. Now it is less than 15%, including LNG. That's not bad in such a short time. We will get rid of the rest eventually.
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  2648.  @ponuzs  i see. Had a feeling it would be something like that.
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  2649.  @finkelsteinshitkid1299  i'm sure he was a great journalist when he won that prize, 50 years ago. But now he's 85 and clearly not as sharp anymore.
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  2650. More than half of all new cars sold in the EU in 2023 were hybrid or fully electric. My next car will be electric too, no more opec for me...
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  2651. poor little guy, i feel so sorry for you. I can't even imagine how sad and pathetic it must be to be russian 😢
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  2652.  @redstar8226  no thanks, we ran out of storage months ago. Need a hug or something? I know it must be so depressing being russian, but try to hang in there little guy ❤
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  2653.  @redstar8226  what a cute little story you made up there, you have such a wonderful imagination. I'm sure your mommy is very proud, you are such a special little guy 🥰
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  2654.  @lemminkeinen  Ukraine has mobilized more than 500.000 new troops, so of course they need more equipment to arm them.
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  2655.  @Jocky8807  the only ones begging for peace talks are all the russian bots. The russians know they can't defeat the Ukrainians on the battlefield. And we are all still mocking the russian army, the second best army in Ukraine 😄
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  2656. and 3x more russians died, trying to attack fortified positions with human waves....
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  2657. @ if the Greenlanders wanted to stay with Denmark, then i would probably care. Enjoy your new frozen wasteland. I am sure it will really benefit the average American...
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  2658. here's my prediction: Ukraine will continue exporting grain, with the help of Turkey. And russia will pretend like they had a say in the matter...
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  2659.  @Devi1kin  kan du lide rødgrød med fløde på? Sorry, i don't speak orc...
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  2660. what a load of nonsense 😄
    3
  2661. they bravely ran way from the fight.
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  2662. we have already seen a russian offensive, remember the 40km traffic jam north of Kyiv? 😄
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  2663. not really. If Bakhmut falls, the fight will just move a few kilometers and Bakhmut will be forgotten a few weeks later.
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  2664.  @nathanyahoo-x5n  russia was supposed to withdraw their forces and give control of the Ukrainian side of the border back to Ukraine. The didn't.
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  2665. Ukraine's MIGs are still flying. What makes you think russia will have more luck with F16s?
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  2666.  @nariandez  come on Ivan, why did it happen? You know why...
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  2667. gas is traded in MWh on TTF. That is the amount of gas needed to generate 1 MWh. Russian gas has also gone up in price, it's not much cheaper than LNG now.
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  2668.  @dannyjanssens8985  300.000 poorly motivated conscripts...
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  2669. ​ @vipulgupta US hegemony is better than russian or chinese hegemony.
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  2670. standing against the west by attacking Ukraine, trying to steal their land and even kidnap their children?
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  2671. could be worse, could be russia.
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  2672.  @breadnewbie6326  yes some European companies are expanding in China and the US. And many companies from China and the US are also expanding in Europe, such as Intel and chinese EV giant BYD who are investing a lot of money to set up production in the EU.
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  2673. russia is number 5 in Europe in nominal gdp. Russia's population is also 2x larger than Germany's, which means that russia's gdp per capita is closer to a developing country.
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  2674.  @justindwayneplenos9537  name a source?
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  2675.  @pjhgerlach  those poor boys should just go home to mommy.
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  2676. the full wrath from the paper tiger of the east...
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  2677. yes it could have ben avoided if the russian troops would just stay within their own borders...
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  2678.  @lisapet160  don't worry, Norway is taking over as Germany's main supplier of natural gas. In 2023, they supplied almost half of Germany's gas imports...
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  2679. empty threats 😄
    3
  2680. russia invaded Ukraine, they could end the war today just by going back to their own country.
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  2681.  @angryanglocanadian7581  could you give us some examples? What have the US told us to do?
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  2682. What a silly statement.
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  2683. Does the old fool even know where Denmark is?
    3
  2684. 30 howitzers in a warehouse? Do you really believe that? 😄
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  2685. russia is a paper bear 😄
    3
  2686.  @richidollarr4578  that is a big part of those 20%. And it happened at a time where Ukraine were unable to fight back due to internal turmoil... Like i said, russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  2687. well if we had listened to the Americans, then we wouldn't be dependent on russian gas to begin with. We should never have been doing business with a country like russia.
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  2688.  @vamshikrishnagaddamedi5744  US didn't start the war, russia did. And what decisions do you think we can't make for ourselves?
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  2689. If that was true, then why are all you russian trolls here begging for negotiations?
    3
  2690. tell that to putin. Russia could end the war today, just by going home.
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  2691. Wishful thinking...
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  2692. and Europe should stop buying.
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  2693.  @TomStan-sw2wj  we shouldn't help fund the enemy...
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  2694. storage is still around 90% full, which is enough for 9 weeks. So even if we didn''t import any gas from now on, we would still make it to March which is the first months in spring 🙂
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  2695.  @ajmaeenmahtab8456  what crisis?
    3
  2696. what exactly is woke about the EU?
    3
  2697.  @Mr.Clownensky  why would i do that? I live in a civilized country with facilities for people who need assistance.
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  2698.  @RatTerminator  i don't think you know anything about the EU, or even what the word woke means. But feel free to prove me wrong and tell me what is woke about the EU?
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  2699.  @sophrapsune  well, trees are renewable...
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  2700.  @joexavier4070  more than russia can buy or produce, that's for sure 😄
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  2701.  @j.mehnmontokpa7154  He was elected in 2019, so no. And Ukraine didn't ban the russian language, but they wanted to make ukrainian the official language in Ukraine which seems reasonable to me.
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  2702.  @anarabbasov8634  ok, so it is russia vs Ukraine and some instructors with intelligence from the west. That doesn't change the fact that russia is a paper bear 😄
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  2703.  @thesunridesonreindeer  cope harder, Ukraine still hasn't received any western tanks, IFVs, fighter jets, war ships or even long range missiles. While russia is trying to upgrade their T62s, because they are running out of T72s.
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  2704.  @kryzzan7039  you really want to talk about using equipment from the 60s, Ivan?
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  2705.  @Alex-gu8hx  don't feel bad, trolling you russian trolls is great fun 🙂
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  2706. and we are ready for it :)
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  2707.  @dark_master_Makei  cool story bro 😄
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  2708.  @ZweiZwolf  China, russia and the US have all increased government spending in 2023, which is the main reason for their GDP growth. While Germany has been more conservative, trying to keep spending within the budget. China had a budget deficit equal to 3,8% of their entire GDP in 2023, which had to be covered by more debt.
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  2709. China was the largest buyer of Ukrainian grains.
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  2710. France has mines in Kazakhstan and Canada too. And they are also developing mines in Usbekistan. It's not like France is going to run out of uranium...
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  2711. give it time, the current low oil prices combined with a very expensive war will bankrupt russia soon enough 🙂
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  2712. russia the paper bear.
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  2713.  @TheKkpop1  most people get an annual wage increase as part of their employment contract. Here in Denmark, the increase is negotiated between workers unions and employers organizations. Most people only notice when inflation is unusually high, like in 2022.
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  2714.  @livingtribunal4110  so what is it about?
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  2715.  @untamedVagabond  those countries didn't have neighbors that cared about them, Ukraine does.
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  2716.  @untamedVagabond  what? 🤨
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  2717. So how is the special military operation going? A stalemate on the battlefield is not really a victory for russia, is it...
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  2718.  @conconmc  you think we don't know how to make a computer in Europe? Really?
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  2719.  @jimmytimmy3680  we sanctioned russia, because russia decided to invade Ukraine. And nobody care about the pipeline, it was already closed anyway. But russia started to reduce the flow before the war started, natural gas is actually cheaper now than it was same time last year. Like i said, an unreliable supplier.
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  2720. that was a new one 😄
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  2721.  @Memovox  yeah, but they have been reduced to a size where they no longer matter in Ukraine. What they are doing in Africa is Africa's problem.
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  2722.  @borisnikator7060  OSCE has been meaningless for a very long time. It should be clear to all that peaceful co-existence with russia is not possible, so russia has to be isolated from the rest of Europe. But if OSCE has to exist, then it has to include russia's neighbors. They are the ones under threat from russian aggression after all.
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  2723. I'm still hoping we will see at least one Katyusha on the battlefield 🤞 It would be awesome and pathetic at the same time...
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  2724. pretty accurate description of brics 😄
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  2725. Hello mr russian troll. How many potatoes have you earned today?
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  2726. russia can't afford this war forever. They are already running a budget deficit. And Ukraine keeps growing in strength, while Russia is sending T55s to the frontline.
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  2727.  @AbuSayyaf963  German and Chinese companies will not be competing for the same markets in the future. Those days are coming to an end.
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  2728.  @HankAstral  what is the alternative? Just give in to nuclear blackmail? Once you start giving in, when do you stop?
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  2729.  @Djangorechained12  the point is that russia doesn't always win, as the previous guy claimed.
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  2730. what's failed about it? The war will bleed russia dry, they won't pose a threat to anyone after this. Even if the war ends with Ukraine ceding territory, it was still worth it for NATO.
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  2731. unless he gets too close to a window one day. Then the only way will be down...
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  2732. @@Kale-wr5bq the Black Sea Grain Initiative Joint Coodination Centre, which is under the UN. You can look it up.
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  2733.  @wenbinw  no, russia cut the gas flow a month before the pipeline was damaged. And it was done so Gazprom didn't have to pay penalties for breaking contracts and not delivering.
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  2734.  @losttribe9107  no?
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  2735. russia lost Kherson and Izium without heavy weapons from the west. Imagine what the Ukrainians could do with better equipment.
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  2736.  @gdiwolverinemale4th  how does any of this make russia more secure?
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  2737.  @gdiwolverinemale4th  it's not the 1950s anymore, both russia and the US can target each other across the arctic. There is a reason why the US didn't move their nukes closer to russia after the Baltic countries joined NATO, there is no need for that when modern missiles can go to outer space and travel across oceans before reentry...
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  2738.  @johnadam2885  putlers new wunderwaffe? 😄
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  2739. Brics is just another useless forum where some leaders can have their photo taken. It will never accomplish anything useful.
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  2740. As a Dane, i can confirm that Denmark is a ham.
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  2741.  @JesusMagicPanties  thanks buddy, i like that description of Danes. Respect to Poland, you guys are doing a really good job helping Ukraine.
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  2742. no, why don't you explain what is happening?
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  2743. they are doing so good they had to stop publishing economic data.
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  2744. you didn't watch the video did you?
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  2745. i know you really want it to be about russia, you silly russian troll, but it is not. Russia is just a gas station, there are other gas stations...
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  2746.  @Bird_McBride  That makes no sense. Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have borders with russia, and are all NATO members...
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  2747.  @briant5685  then how do you explain your support for putin? He clearly thinks that he owns Ukraine, and that russia gets to decide what Ukraine can or can't do?
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  2748. because it didn't happen, maybe?
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  2749.  @truetrue2531  good thing we will keep supplying them then.
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  2750. is it me, or has the quality of the russian trolls really gone downhill since Prigo is no longer running the troll farms? They used to be at least somewhat entertaining, now it's nothing but spam and lots of emojies...
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  2751. @Li F you make a really good point, although i think it is mostly western media that is prone to hysteria. I noticed that the Danish government remained pretty confident through 2022, while Danish media was having a meltdown.
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  2752. was it a blue parrot?
    3
  2753.  @trnogger  the largest uranium mine in Kazakstan is 51% owned by France.
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  2754.  @VH-eq2ci  yes they use fuel rods produced by rosatom. They can't just use fuel rods from other suppliers. The same goes for most power plants build by the west, they need a specific kind of fuel rods.
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  2755.  @northernlights9637  how else is it going to end? Russia can't defeat the Ukrainians on the battlefield, so their only hope is that the Ukrainian people lose the will to fight before the russian people. And that seems very unlikely, we have already seen one mutiny in russia...
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  2756. yes they withdrew because they couldn't supply their troops, due to Ukrainian strikes. So they were pushed back against their will. Which means the town was liberated.
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  2757. then i am sure russia won't mind that we don't ever lift them again...
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  2758. Nope, that would be France. Turkey might be a NATO member on paper, but I seriously doubt that they would much to help if we ever needed it...
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  2759. Are you sure it wasn't 45 NATO generals again? 😂
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  2760.  @Didmasela  is that why Gazprom has lost billions of dollars since 2022? 😄
    3
  2761.  Greener   brics is just another pointless forum, what has brics ever accomplished?
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  2762. why, what is the silly little paper bear gonna do?
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  2763.  @daniser87  yeah you're right, that does sound better. Thanks buddy :)
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  2764.  @JeikuAnimeReview  and what is trump gonna do about that? Not a damn thing.
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  2765.  @mrjerzheel  russia 2022: Kyiv in 3 days! russia 2023: we never even wanted Kyiv anyway... keep coping 😄
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  2766.  @yuvingoonewardene7920  so the US have been part of a military exercise in the Baltics, and they have decided to station a small number of troops after russia invaded Ukraine. Is that all you got? What happened to all those missiles you were talking about?
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  2767. Sometimes I feel like russia is a satellite state of china.
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  2768.  @Princip666  average wages for truck drivers in Europe is 1500-2500 euro. And OP stated that russia pays 1800 euro.
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  2769.  @eddastrohmayer251  no i would prefer peace. But i don't see how a war with russia can be avoided at this point. Appeasing the dictator have never worked...
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  2770. russia is no longer delivering, so their price is irrelevant.
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  2771. yeah i assume it was russia too, but it doesn't really matter who did it. Good job, whoever you are...
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  2772. is the 120mm gun even necessary? Tank vs tank seems to be very rare, so the main target is infantry. Wouldn't it make more sense to have a smaller gun with a higher rate of fire and more ammo?
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  2773.  @fromika  have any NATO country annexed parts of another country by force in the past 70 years?
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  2774. since you like making up stories, could you make up a story about a bear that turned out to be made of paper?
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  2775. It's a good deal for both India and the EU. Not so much for russia, who has to sell the crude oil to india with a discount... 😄
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  2776.  @jesusaguilar4585  we are not paying a premium, we are paying normal market price. It is russia that has to sell their oil cheaper to India, instead of getting the full price in Europe.
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  2777. negotiate what exactly?
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  2778.  @thulsa_doom  and why would russia stop there, when putin himself claimes that cities like Odessa and Kharkiv belong to russia.
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  2779. their big offensive started a few weeks ago. What we're seeing in the Donbass right now is all russia can manage.
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  2780. of course we do, that is why we no longer want to trade with russia.
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  2781. Why should other EU countries keep funding Hungary, if they don't want to be a part of the European projekt?
    3
  2782.  @sukhparhar  all EU members signed up to a specific set of rules and obligations. But Hungary is not living up to their part, they just want free money from other member states. Negotiations are a good thing, but we have already tried that for years without results. Remember that Hungary is free to leave the union at any time, but they want that free money. Hungary is nothing but a leech...
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  2783. the US had a trade surplus of 109 billion euro in 2023 with the EU, when it comes to services. And a trade deficit of 157 billion euro when it comes to goods. So the total trade deficit with the EU is 48 billion euro. The total value of trade was 1,6 trillion euro, so the trade deficit is roughly 3 %.
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  2784.  @stephenwhite345  no we can not afford it. And that is why we use less. In my country, demand for gas has dropped 30% compared to the same time last year. And electricity is down 10%. But what do you think will happen to the prices later this year, when supply has dropped 4.8% but demand has dropped by at least 10%?
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  2785. well said
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  2786. that is nonsense. There was no realistic deal on the table. And Ukraine will probably liberate this territory like they have done before.
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  2787.  @TodaTruth  that is why Ukraine is mobilizing more troops. Have you not been paying attention?
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  2788.  @denfoot1111  but not the city anymore. But nice coping attempt...
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  2789.  @denfoot1111  yes the main city of the oblast is obviously more important than the uninhabited swampland on the eastern shore. You're not the sharpest tool in the shed are you?
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  2790.  @sittingduck02  And that is why more and more countries are raising tariffs on Chinese goods.
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  2791.  @davidwong5197  I am European. China's trade surplus with the world is almost 1 trillion dollars per year.
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  2792. Russian gas wasn't really that dirt cheap. Price in the EU is lower today than it was in 2021.
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  2793. in that case, it is not going well for russia since NATO hasn't lost a single soldier yet...
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  2794. there is not a lot to smile about in russia...
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  2795. paranoid delusion... 🤡
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  2796. What russian victory? 😄
    3
  2797. hope the Indian mission crashes too, that would be hilarious...
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  2798.  @Malcovic29  stop whining paddy 🙄
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  2799. instead of seeking peace with Ukraine, russia continues to steal territory from Ukraine.
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  2800.  @izajahmed8863  why should they care about russia's pipeline? It is russia's problem.
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  2801.  @skyline9577  no country is doing great right now. But the German economy is stable. The exodus of German companies is not happening.
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  2802. brics is just a useless forum, like g20.
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  2803. Trying to deflect much?
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  2804.  @John-.-Smith  i chose PPP numbers rather than nominal gdp, since chinese bots love to talk about PPP.
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  2805. that is not how math works 😄
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  2806. China has tariffs on car imports already. The range is from 25-45%
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  2807.  @springbloom5940  russia controlled 125.000km2 in late August. By early October it was 114.000km2. Russia lost 9% of their gains in just 6 weeks. Pretty poor performance by a country that claims to be a superpower 😄
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  2808. or replace our gas furnace with something better, which many of us are already doing.
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  2809. lol, that is very fitting.
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  2810. 1 giant and 1 sad russia...
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  2811. India should be merged with the British empire again.
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  2812. nah, we just need to have more local production. The current system with global supply chains is broken...
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  2813.  @timmiller6868  there were no plans to ban the russian language, however there were talks about making Ukrainian the only official language. That seems perfectly reasonable to me, i want Danish to be the only official language in Denmark. And it is none of putins business what laws Ukraine wants to pass anyway. The Donbass conflict was instigated by russia, who started arming separatists.
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  2814.  @timmiller6868  Ukraine is not russia's porch, it is a sovereign country. And your argument makes no sense anyway, NATO has been at russia's borders for almost 20 years.
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  2815.  @Nobody-Nowhere  what red line was that?
    3
  2816.  @dns7587  trenches give a lot of protection from artillery, that's why wagner relies on human wave attacks.
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  2817.  @LapkaKutiapka  yes, contusion is another word for getting a bruise. So you're saying that soldiers will get a bruise from sitting in a trench, and that will make them unable to fight? Really?
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  2818.  @clifflegrand4848  neither you or i know how many soldiers there are in Bakhmut, stop your silly nonsense.
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  2819. turkey is not a member of EU?
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  2820.  @ricbace  i didn't do the math myself, i'm just repeating a statement from a danish energy provider. And i'm assuming it's correct, since the gas price has been decreasing for 3 days now.
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  2821.  @she825  latest forecast for the eurozone is 3,4% real growth in 2022 and 0,3% growth in 2023. So no.
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  2822. i think it is right next to Emutopia?
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  2823.  @notarmchairhistorian7779  it is not copium, it is reality. I work in a field that is mostly dominated by chinese imports. But last year when the Euro decreased in value, our products became cheaper than the chinese imports for the first time ever. China needs the value of their currency to be low to be competitive. And no bank wants to have a large reserve of a currency that gets devalued, currency is an asset.
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  2824.  @amunra5330  Zelensky was voted in in 2019. Try again...
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  2825. all the russian trolls will be very disappointed to hear that 😄
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  2826.  @AlexWolfM  i assume the same would happen to Germany, as has happened to russia: a slow economic decline. As far as i can tell, Germany is not buying any russian gas anymore.
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  2827.  @thewho5786  50% means half the size, not 50 times larger. Russia's proven oil reserves are the 8th largest in the world.
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  2828.  @thewho5786  so your source is something you heard in russian media 😄
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  2829.  @Mr.Clownensky  did not do what?
    3
  2830.  @jerrysamson9168  nordstream 1 was completed in 2012. Germany was wealthy long before that.
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  2831. thanks to putin
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  2832.  @delmanpronto9374  and how is it going on the Kharkiv and Kherson front? Are you really going to pretend that a tiny mining town is a great victory?
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  2833.  @0nlywithelly  BS, russia wanted to but were unable to do it.
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  2834. thank you for this, it is a very plausible explanation for Ukraine's decision to keep fighting in Bakhmut.
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  2835. sure Ivan, sure...😄
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  2836. then why are Bakhmut russia's only win in 1,5 years?
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  2837.  @felixf.3392  you can call it whatever you want, fact is that russia asked north korea for artillery shells. Would they have done that if russia could produce enough themselves? North korea is a perfect partner for russia, as russia is now the north korea of Europe.
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  2838.  @felixf.3392  you cannot win a race that is ongoing, you can only be ahead.
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  2839. putin will of course be warm and safe in his palace, while the poor russian conscripts get frostbite and shellshock in the trenches.
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  2840. VW ID4 is apparently the best selling electric car in Europe at the moment.
    3
  2841.  @babblo1389  can you try to make sense please?
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  2842.  @saba1030  Happy new year buddy 😀
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  2843.  @dax354able  whataboutism is not a valid excuse in the civilized world, but maybe it is different in russia? Judge: "so Ivan, you are accused of a crime, what do you say?" Ivan: "what about all the other people committing crimes?" Judge: "ok fair point, you are free to go..."
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  2844. the soft russian teddy bear 🧸
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  2845. i'm fine with that, as long as russia doesn't get full price for their oil 😄
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  2846. all these far-right voters should be asking one simple question: Exactly how are these populists going to stop immigration? I would like to see an end to illegal immigration as well, but i haven't heard a single credible solution yet. Just saying that you want to do something is not enough, tell me how?
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  2847. No need, the EU will stop buying it themselves.
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  2848.  @jlpowell51  cope...
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  2849. How is the ruble doing today? 😂
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  2850.  @jo-wv4lc  and why would i be crying, no one i know will be used as cannon fodder in Ukraine :)
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  2851. Greenland is not a member of the EU. Mining is more expensive in an area that is covered in ice most of the year, which is why Greenland still needs money from Denmark. Just because there are resources in the ground somewhere, doesn't mean that it is profitable to extract them.
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  2852. nah, that was in 2022. Keep up buddy...
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  2853.  @markharcourt2214  well they are not finished yet, since the same guys attacked russia again and plan to keep doing it 😄
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  2854. my energy bills are pretty much back to normal now?
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  2855. so you agree that russia's invasion of Ukraine is just as bad as the other things you mentioned?
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  2856.  @Memovox  well if some random guy from bloomberg has an opinion, then it must be true right? At least as long as his opinion supports your narrative. Dude, your argument is pathetic...🙄
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  2857.  @Memovox  an opinion piece has never been a valid source, no matter the publication. I have just watched a video by Anders Puch Nielsen, who is a fairly respected analyst. But i would never quote him as a source, since he is really just stating his opinion, not facts.
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  2858. good for Poland. I think Poland could be a potential replacement for the UK as one of the "the big 3" in the EU. But only if the Polish are ready for the responsibility that comes with such a powerful position.
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  2859. who cares what the US has in mind, this is a video about Europe responding to European issues?
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  2860. that was just a short lived price increase after the opec cuts. But Urals oil is already down below $60 a barrel again...😄
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  2861. Europe already does?
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  2862.  @tinaforbes1059  You didn't name any countries that openly supports russia, you just listed some continents and regions of the world.
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  2863. russia, who's that? Are you talking about china's gas station?
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  2864.  @daniel24689  it has just been recognised as a genocide, so that is what it will be called from now on.
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  2865. yeah i don't really get why everyone is acting like the battle for Bakhmut is going to decide the war. The fact that the russians are treating any minor progress as some kind of major victory is just pathetic.
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  2866. russia could end the war today by going home. That is the only peace option available.
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  2867. russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  2868. not really, putin wants to expand his empire. He was always gonna do this .
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  2869. and there are also a lot of people from russia and belarus who are fighting on Ukraine's side...
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  2870.  @aleermathiang7124  no, Norway is Germanys main supplier of natural gas now. Russia has lost that market forever. Which is why Gazprom is losing billions of dollars now...
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  2871. stop crying, little girl.
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  2872.  @StrongRespect  110% of the population voted for independence. Putin must respect the will of the people!!!
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  2873. they have factories in the US already.
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  2874. And russia should be viewed as a chinese vasal state... 😂
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  2875.  @richardwilliams1986  Norway? That's a new one 😄
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  2876.  @duncansmith7562  buying russian oil through 3rd countries is fine with me. It puts the russian oil on the market, which will keep the price low. But russia won't get the full price themselves, they have to sell the oil well below market price 😄
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  2877. according to who, russian media?
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  2878. So how many countries in Africa recognizes russia's claims in Ukraine?
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  2879. the russian soldiers are not running away in terror, they are just "regrouping". And they are not abandoning their equipment, it is just a "goodwill gesture" 😄
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  2880. Western countries are not buying anymore.
    3
  2881.  @eddastrohmayer251  you mean the deal that Ukraine refused because it was a very bad deal?
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  2882.  @Wolfcamp555  Germany is mostly focused on Norway as a supplier, as far as I know. Which makes sense, as there is a network of pipelines already. Natural gas is becoming outdated.
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  2883.  @Wolfcamp555  what a weird thing to make up. Are you ok buddy?
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  2884. yeah, very shortsighted of basf and vw.
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  2885. Ukraine's current government was elected in 2019.
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  2886. why would a Ukrainian winter be harsher than a normal European winter? Ukraine is nowhere near the arctic circle, normal winter temperatures are between 2 and -5 degrees.
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  2887. @francoislechanceux5818  what do you think China's belt and road initiative is about? China is not far behind the US when it comes to development aid. Japan is number 4, while Germany is number 3. Development aid is not actually about helping people, it's about power and influence, which leads to money for the rich.
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  2888. why would they not be?
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  2889. who cares, it makes no difference what Africa thinks...
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  2890. Because they tell you what you want to hear?
    3
  2891. yeah if you zoom in really close, then you can actually see some russian gains.
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  2892.  @latchmere100  and then what? How is she going to fix the problems in France? What is the plan?
    3
  2893.  @MartinMenge  that would really just reduce the amount of trade between the east and the west. Can't imagine developing countries want their exports to be less competitive...
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  2894. agreed 👍
    3
  2895. so you blame Ukraine for being invaded? What's wrong with you?
    3
  2896.  @kingxyz906  kinda hard to be friends with a country like russia. There is a good reason why most of russia's neighbors have applied for NATO membership.
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  2897. hydrogen can be produced with electricity from wind or solar. That is the whole point.
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  2898. why would we freeze to death? We will probably all have to turn the thermostat down a few degrees, use more coal and oil for power generation and ration gas for industry. But that's pretty much it. Gas storage is also very close to full in most EU countries.
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  2899.  @aaronburge3680  russia can't even build cars with seatbelts 🤣
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  2900. don't you worry, Ukraine is not actually going to run out of support.
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  2901. which companies are moving out of Europe?
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  2902.  @white69cracker  BASF has many facilities in China, and in the rest of the world too. These facilities are meant for the Chinese market. BASF is currently working on the world's largest heatpump, so they can electrify their chemical plant in Ludwigshafen. I don't think they have any plans for a permanent shutdown in Europe.
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  2903.  @saba1030  it's a pretty cool project. I heard recently that a large hydrogen facility is under construction at Denmark's westcoast, it should be the largest in Europe. I hope hydrogen will live up to all the hype :)
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  2904. tell that to putin...
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  2905.  @meteorknight999  the gas flow was shut off a month before the pipeline was damaged.
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  2906. russia's biggest win in 5 months is a flag on a big pile of garbage...😄
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  2907. what is even the point of going up there again? The Americans have already proven that it can be done, but there is little to be gained from doing so. So it is just a waste of money...
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  2908.  @pumalee1997  yeah, seems like the Americans like to waste money too 🤷‍♂
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  2909. Make sense please?
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  2910.  @Incogmagneto  people keep writing the same comment about trump, so i use the same reply. And trump was just repeating what Obama said before him. I think every US president since Ronald Reagan has raised this issue. So stop pretending that trump is not just a clown.
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  2911.  @babblo1389  can russia rebuild all the infrastructure they have destroyed before winter? If not, then what would a peace deal solve?
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  2912. more empty threats 😄
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  2913. we will most likely see more protectionism in the EU in the coming years. That will make imports from asia less competitive in Europe, and that could benefit a country like Germany.
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  2914. the russian clown show is my favorite show.
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  2915. that headline gave me a good chuckle. DW pretending it's a real election 😄
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  2916.  @antoniobaca4962  i'm sure there are some volunteers from western countries. But there are also volunteers from Belarus, so according to your logic russia is also fighting Belarus?
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  2917.  @Bee.Holder  But T-90 has been seen in Ukraine?
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  2918. The only ones with a claim to Greenland, are the Greenlanders.
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  2919. The most pathetic alliance in a long time...
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  2920. yes and all Ukrainian equipment has been destroyed 5 times, according to russian media 🙄
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  2921. Ukraine would still get aid from Europe.
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  2922. we tried that already, and russia cut the gasflow to Germany a month before the pipeline was damaged. Russia is not a reliable supplier. That is why Norway has become Germany's main supplier, they have 3 pipelines to Germany already.
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  2923. and that is a really good reason to make sure that russia is stopped in Ukraine.
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  2924. Oh yeah that's right, russia's pipeline was destroyed and russia did nothing except cry and moan about it... 😄
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  2925.  @janusgates2589  and what did the US do about that? Not a damn thing. What would the US do if Denmark was invaded today? Probably not much. So no, you are not paying for our defence.
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  2926.  @wilbur948ie  nope, just 2km. There are plenty of maps available online, where you can follow the progress, you should give it a try. It is possible that russia will take Avdiivka, if they are willing to sacrifice enough men. But it won't change much, it will just move the frontline a few kilometers....
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  2927.  @alexanderlazarev3570  russia's only victory in 15 months is Bakhmut. And not even china will recognize the "annexed" oblasts as part of russia. Yeah, you're doing great buddy... 😄
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  2928. russia has been losing ground for 5 months now.
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  2929. there's not much city left. It's just a pile of ruble now.
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  2930. they need both.
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  2931. no, russia has captured roughly 1/3 of Bakhmut. The fight is not even close to being over.
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  2932. This is a European news channel. So the focus is on Europe.
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  2933. why?
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  2934. is russia's latest genocide in Ukraine not brutal enough for you?
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  2935.  @dayaweerasinghe4370  cool story Ivan. But i will play along anyway. So tell me, who is more capable than NATO?
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  2936.  @augustomundombe829  the greatest warriors who like to run away and leave all their equipment for the Ukrainian troops... 😄
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  2937.  @ulpl8007  that was a good joke 😄
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  2938. agreed, it's time to increase the support. Tanks, fighter planes, missiles etc.
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  2939. Did Germany have high growth before the sanctions?
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  2940.  @theblackpack  yes, Germany's economy declined by 5% in 2020. But it is not going to take a decade to fully replace russian energy, that should be done by 2025.. 😀
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  2941. good, we want them to sell it so the global price is stable. But not here in Europe where the price is high, we want them to sell it cheap in Asia so they make less money to fund the war.
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  2942. that is exactly what brics is.
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  2943. @Bergtug  the US is shipping plenty of oil to Europe, so that doesn't seem to be a problem. But there are many other suppliers, such as Norway, Nigeria and Algeria. The oil price in Europe is not really that high.
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  2944. Have a little patience, the Kherson offensive started out slow too, but a few months later the russians ran away. The same will happen this time 😉
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  2945. there are 15 manufacturers of 155mm shells in the EU already. I think the current capacity is around 400.000 shells per year.
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  2946.  @ndifrekeotu9086  it's the truth, Ukraine has mostly received weapons that were retired or about to be.
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  2947.  @omwoyojames6592  ok you got me, i am actually built out of lego...
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  2948. yeah the wet cold sucks 🙂
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  2949. a paper bear, instead of paper tiger 🤔
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  2950.  @DEonaraR  could you at least try to make sense?
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  2951.  @MrEvansjethro  the safest place to be in Ukraine, is the place the russians are trying to hit 😄
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  2952. who cares...
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  2953.  @jonathanjacob5453  the pipeline was already closed by russia, and the Germans wanted to stop buying anyway, so what difference does it make?
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  2954.  @lly_09  what are you trying to say, cupcake?
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  2955. It's a win win for everyone except russia...
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  2956. western media should just ignore this nonsense. Russia is like a toddler throwing a tantrum, don't give them the attention they want...
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  2957. what's the point of that, putin will never keep his part of the deal anyway.
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  2958.  @JohnEichmann  i don't care about Israel, your whataboutism is no excuse for russia's war of aggression.
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  2959.  @GetFochD  that's why Ukraine would like some western fighter jets, it will give them access to some of NATO's best munition.
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  2960. so you don't think the people of Ukraine have the right to make their own decisions?
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  2961. no i like the current system. The Queen is the formal head of state, but she has very little real power. The real power is with the parliament, which is made up of several political parties. It is better than having a president who can pretty much do whatever he wants for 4 years.
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  2962. @michael-muller nope, that was putler in 2014.
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  2963. @michael-muller putin said in a conversation with an EU official. It was confirmed by a Kremlin spokesman named yuri ushakov.
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  2964.  @MarkA-ql3gc  no, Margarita Simonyan was even more optimistic in 2022. She predicted that Shoigu would wake up, eat breakfast, invade Ukraine and have lunch in Kyiv. Talk about being wrong...😄
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  2965.  @unworthy42  putin has encouraged immigration for a long time now, but the population is still declining.
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  2966.  sunny ☀️ day  empty threats, NATO has nukes too. I support boots on the ground as well.
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  2967. keep dreaming Ivan. This war will go on for years. And why would Ukraine ever be friendly towards russia again?
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  2968.  @khorshed1227  oh yeah, the russians are advancing around 50-100 meters per day in some areas. At this rate they might reach Kyiv in 2082. Unless russia goes bankrupt first, which is much more likely.
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  2969. EU production of 155mm shells is not 30.000 rounds per year, it's around 300.000. You forgot a zero there. The Czech company CSG produces 100.000 alone, but they are currently ramping up to produce 150.000 per year.
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  2970. russia could end the war today, just by going home.
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  2971. Hungary applied to become a member. If they don't like the EU, they could just leave. No one would miss them.
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  2972. there are 15 manufacturers of 155mm shells in the EU already. So it is more about expanding the current capacity.
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  2973. they can be both. Look up the word rebel in a dictionary.
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  2974. the problem with renewables is not so much energy production, but energy storage. The advantage of gas and coal is that it can be stored for later. So Germany should probably focus more on energy storage such as grid scale sodium-ion batteries, pumped hydro storage or hydrogen from electolysis.
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  2975. there are a lot less mines between the lines. Looking forward to seeing the russians running away in panic again...
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  2976. yes the russians were very nice, except all the torture and stealing of course 🙄
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  2977.  @donm3844  that's a lot of wishful thinking in one comment 😄
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  2978.  @silviualbisoru5749  you don't really believe the support will stop coming, do you?
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  2979.  @whatdoesntkillyoumakesyous6707  of course not 😊 I saw some of those long and deep tunnels up in Norway during a roadtrip to Nordkapp many years ago, it was very impressive. Tromsø even had a network of tunnels under the city.
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  2980. Could be worse, could be like china...
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  2981. ​ @FC-vp9ej and how would that happen? Holding on to the current territory is the best russia can hope for.
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  2982. the biggest problem right now, is that tzar putin wants to expand his empire.
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  2983. russia did
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  2984.  @benosas8141  Ukraine took back Kherson, Izium, Kupyansk, Lyman etc. So i would say yes.
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  2985.  @yurichtube1162  that's a lot of coping in one post 😄 Russia has only had one small victory in more than 6 months, tiny little Soledar. And they spend so much resources taking it, that they haven't been able to keep the momentum going.
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  2986.  @claus-not-santa  what about LEGO?
    3
  2987.  @Aendavenau  it will hurt the large international corporations, and it will probably affect gdp growth. But I don't think globalization benefits the average European. And the last few years have shown how fragile the global supply chains are.
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  2988. that would never happen, nobody likes russia...
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  2989.  @mastervibes2296  nah, russia is going back behind the iron curtain where they belong.
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  2990.  @realnapster1522  sure, but not without getting destroyed themselves. There's a good reason why no one has used nukes since ww2.
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  2991. the Korean war involved nations from all over the world. But all the fighting was in Korea, so it was not a world war. A war between russia and NATO would not be a world war unless the fighting spreads to other continents.
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  2992. who cares about a closed pipeline? It was never gonna be used again anyway.
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  2993.  @seanlander9321  22M m3 of LNG is around 12 BCM of natural gas. The EU consumes around 400 BCM per year.
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  2994.  @BatkoNasBandera91  my point is that the increased imports of russian LNG is not that significant. Overall imports of russian gas are still reduced by 2/3 in less than 2 years. It will probably take another year or 2 to fully replace russian gas, and then we can focus on the "cheaters".
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  2995. sounds like bunker-grampa has lost his mind completely. What a tool 😄
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  2996. ​ @AlexP1-y4g ok? Name some of them please?
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  2997.  @ericp1139  you guys have been telling me that russia has this massive army in reserve for almost 2 years now. It's kinda hard to believe at this point...
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  2998.  @alganis3339  well done, you made a lot of well informed arguments here 👍
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  2999. nice cope 😄
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  3000. why would they do that?
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  3001. sure seems to be moving a lot faster than russia's offensive in Bakhmut did 😄
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  3002. nah, it just became dumber...
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  3003. russia is already in recession, according to the russian central bank, and russian oil export dropped 54% after EU's oil ban. And the whole purpose is to make it harder for russia to fund their war in Ukraine.
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  3004.  @wildrose1704  empty threats 😄
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  3005. don't be silly, russia is barely hanging on at this point.
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  3006. how much is that US commitment actually worth anyway? Would the Americans actually fight to defend a small country in the Baltics? I seriously doubt it...
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  3007. For some reason, biogas gets very little attention in germany. Here in denmark, we have replaced about 25% of our gas consumption with biogas. I see no reason why germany couldn't do the same. Biogas facilities are usually built in rural areas, and are often co-owned by local farmers. They can be built in less than a year.
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  3008.  @rodtukker1904  making children wear a sweater inside, instead of just a t-shirt all year round, is not exactly child abuse. You're reaching for straws there buddy 😄
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  3009.  @rodtukker1904  You're still reaching for those straws. Turning down the thermostat will reduce our gas consumption by 15-18%. There will be a shortage of gas this year, so it is not really a choice, it is something we need to do.
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  3010.  @manjunathmnm  and how would that happen? The economy of the EU had higher growth in 2022 than both The US and China, despite the "energy crisis" last year.
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  3011. russians claiming that they could take Kyiv, is like me claiming that i could beat Mike Tyson if i wanted to... 😄
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  3012. because no one really cares? It is russia's pipeline, it's their problem.
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  3013. -0,2% in gdp is not exactly collapsing, it can barely be called a recession. Compare that to the crisis in 2009, where Germany's gdp dropped 4,7%
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  3014.  @leonardoorellano6652  my argument is that it doesn't matter. Protecting domestic industry, and moving supply chains back to Europe should be the main priority now. The era of global supply chains are coming to an end, better start preparing. Just like russia, China can no longer be considered a reliable supplier.
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  3015. I am amazed that sales have only dropped 45%. Who is still buying swasticars?
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  3016.  @urbansenicar81  pipeline to where? Norway maybe? Don't worry, Germany has 3 pipelines to Norway already.
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  3017. @ that is not gonna happen. No more trade with the enemy.
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  3018.  @JohnJones-k9d  and what makes you think i care about your opinion?
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  3019.  @joexavier2287  yeah i prefer a heterosexual relationship for myself too. But why should i care about other people's choices? They are not hurting anyone...
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  3020.  @vaskodimoski5690  NATO has been next door for more than 20 years, without a problem. This war is all about russian imperialism.
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  3021. Oh, not another 40 NATO generals?
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  3022. russia has supplied less than 20% of EU's gas consumption in 2022. And the price is now lower than last year.
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  3023.  @aeye9772  please don't fire russian missiles at Germany. With that famous russian accuracy, you're probably gonna hit Denmark instead :(
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  3024. Ivan stop crying.
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  3025. Ukraine was able to take back Kherson, Izium, Kupyansk, Lyman etc. without heavy weapons from the west. Imagine what they can do with better equipment.
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  3026. how would reporting on it boost the economy?
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  3027.  @babblo1389  ok, i looked again, and i still cannot find anything. If it is Germany's current budget issue you are talking about, then it has nothing to do with Ukraine expenses.
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  3028.  @babblo1389  see the above answer. Like i already said, that court ruling had nothing to do with Ukraine.
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  3029. 1800 people protesting the way funds are distributed is not particularly news worthy. There are always protests in Europe, it is normal and legal.
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  3030.  @760HorsePower  🤡🤡🤡
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  3031. Nah, russia is the dark lands to the east of Europe.
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  3032. Angry Germans and Italians is nothing new, the rest is just not gonna happen is it...
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  3033.  @congorocks  Protests are normal and legal in a democratic country. There is always someone protesting against something here in Copenhagen. If you are hoping for some kind of revolution in Europe, you will be very disappointed...
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  3034.  @congorocks  You're welcome. I saw some people protest climate change last friday. And there was a protest against the iranian regime last saturday. And some football fans were protesting against something last sunday. Like i said, it's normal.
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  3035. don't worry, more sanctions coming soon 😀
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  3036.  @neilnelson7603  oh no, will they now be a target for putin's empty threats? 🤡
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  3037.  @neilnelson7603  it's the other way around, putin is all bark and no bite 😄
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  3038.  @goenzoy712  when it comes to trade, the size of the economy is more important than the size of the population. If the average person in a given country can't afford your goods, it doesn't really matter how many of them there are...
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  3039. we're still laughing at him, trump will always be a clown.
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  3040.  @vladimirskvortsov3881  make sense please?
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  3041. it makes sense, he is the leader of Europe's number 1 enemy after all.
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  3042. Remember what happened when Trump threatened to close the bases in Germany? Germany just shrugged, while trump had to change his tune a few days later. That is because most of the US troops in Germany are not there to protect Germany. It is mostly support and medical personnel posted there. It is a hub for US operations in the middle east and Africa, and the largest military hospital outside the US. The US troops in Germany make very little difference to Germany's security. That's why they don't really care if you close the bases.
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  3043. Higher oil prices won't just affect Europe.
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  3044.  @whowho4593  average wages are around 30 dollars per hour where i live. We may complain about it, but we can still afford it. If there's a shortage of oil in the global market, it will be the poorest countries who will suffer the most.
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  3045. don't worry, both the US and many European countries have recently announced a dramatic increase in production 🙂
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  3046.  @jtothed8575  an increase in production means that NATO can better afford to keep donating what they have in stock.
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  3047.  @crumcon  we're short, but not that short. It won't take that much to out-produce Russia since production will be spread out to many countries.
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  3048.  Jer Gaming  you really think that russia with their tiny economy can out-produce most of Europe and north America combined? Don't be silly 😄
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  3049. that would be nice, Germany could use a new leader who is more willing to support Ukraine.
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  3050.  @fishlivesmatter  putin is hiding in his golden palace, while his country crumbles...
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  3051. producers like to make money, why would anyone choose to sell their product where the price is lower?
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  3052.  @wyettmuth8411  russian gas was around 8% of Eu's total energy consumption in 2021. So now there's a shortage, but we do still have energy.
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  3053. when the war started, there was more than 4 million men in Ukraine aged 20-35. I don't think they are gonna run out any time soon...
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  3054.  @vasili-jy8yb  Norway is now Europe's main energy supplier, supplying 50% of Germany's gas in 2023. They have 3 pipelines to Germany already. EU used to buy refined oil from russia, but now russia has to sell the crude oil to India with a large discount, and Europe is then buying the refined oil from India at normal market price. It is a win-win for India and Europe, but not for russia.
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  3055.  @Robert-xy4xi  the breach is real, little troll. They are fighting in Verbove now, which is behind the line 😀
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  3056.  @brandonburns5365  Your research is not very good. The gas price has dropped 39% since it was announced that gas storage was almost full, despite lower supply from russia and Norway :)
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  3057.  @brandonburns5365  yes and it was 39% higher last week. So the price is going down, which means your claim about the price only getting worse is false.
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  3058.  @brandonburns5365  Gasprice aug 26 2022: 339.2 euro Gas price today: 214.6 euro Gas price sep 3 2021: 51,5 euro So the price is down 124,6 euro compared to a week ago, and it is up 163,1 euro compared to the same time last year. Anything else i can clear up for you?
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  3059.  @wirasanjaya4517  solar fuel? Are you high?
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  3060.  @babajikaghanta8842  the US was able to take every major town in Afghanistan in just a few weeks, and occupy the country for 20 years with just 2000 casualties. The taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves, and were only able to return because the US got bored with it and left. While russia can't even take Bakhmut, a town close to their own borders...
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  3061. 15 leopards have been disabled in 3 months of heavy fighting, and 10 of those will return to combat after repairs...
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  3062. forever, if necessary. Inflation is already going down btw.
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  3063.  @crude-za  nice try to justify russia's brutal war, but you fail at logic. Unlike back in 1963, it makes no difference where nuclear weapons are placed today. Both the US and russia could hit each with nukes from the other side of the world...
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  3064. so how did it harm russia when the Baltic states joined NATO 20 years ago?
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  3065.  @MrMakabar  no worries 👍
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  3066. It's northern Scandinavia. Nothing strange about cold weather in the winter.
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  3067. wishful thinking. Ukraine's ancient MIGs are still flying, and you think russia will have more luck with more modern aircrafts?😄
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  3068. they don't have to surrender, they just have to leave.
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  3069. russia keeps retreating from the occupied areas, have you not been paying attention?
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  3070.  @Off.Kej_ficial  rare earth minerals are not actually that rare. It would be hard for a country with very little infrastructure to be competitive.
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  3071.  @Off.Kej_ficial  those 3 countries have been mining for centuries. They have the infrastructure already, most of it built by the west...
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  3072. the "German" cars in the US are mostly produced in the US. The same goes for American brands like Ford, the European models are mostly built in Europe.
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  3073.  @mugenmugen9632  that is not true. Slovenia had a referendum. The rest spent 8-11 years from the initial application until their membership was approved. Ukraine's application was denied several times. Seriously dude, why are you commenting about something you know nothing about?
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  3074. that is simply impossible to do. No really, do the math.
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  3075. Sure, but Lng makes up a fairly small part of Germany's natural gas imports. Norway is Germanys largest supplier now, through the 3 pipelines from Norway to Germany.
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  3076.  @MarkM001  my point is, 1 nuke in one town would destroy large parts of the town and kill the people living there. But russia has already done that with conventional weapons, and the Ukrainians are still fighting. However, using nukes right on NATO's doorstep would require some kind of response from NATO. So let's all just hope it never comes to that.
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  3077. do brics members have anything we can't buy somewhere else?
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  3078. yes LNG imports from russia are up, but pre-war imports were very low since most of the natural gas could be delivered through pipelines. Even with the increased imports of russian LNG, EU's import of russian natural gas is still down 67% compared to 2021.
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  3079.  @wilbur948ie  300.000 poorly trained conscripts. That won't change much.
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  3080. Urals oil has already dropped below 60$, it's so nice of russia to comply.
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  3081.  @Hacking-NASSA-with-HTML  yes i do. Do you?
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  3082. that will be a big boost to Sweden 😀
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  3083.  @springbloom5940  so are they going to put the gremlin from kremlin on the rocket or not?
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  3084.  @aghileshemdani3144  that is a lot of copium, buddy 😄 What kind of rare earth mineral can only be found in russia?
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  3085.  @allencameron3419  i asked the question, and the question was: "is russia really just a gas station pretending to be a country?". And they all said yes.
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  3086. But we do have a defence industry? Most of the larger countries produce the majority of their own equipment.
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  3087. sure, but it would make them our opponents, and we would have to treat them as such.
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  3088.  @ABanRocks  being to dependent on one country for anything is always a bad idea. That goes for energy, food, microchips, medicine etc. Being dependent on Russia is a very, very bad idea. Even if the war ended today, russian gas still have to be replaced.
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  3089.  @Dumka78  so why do putin complain about the sanctions then?
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  3090. capabilities like what? Not saying that you are wrong, just curious?
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  3091.  @muneerahmad8322  demand for such items will never stop completely, it will just be lower. And most of that is already produced in asia.
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  3092. the EU is a net exporter of most types of grain, including wheat. If things get too bad, we can always ban exports to non- EU countries. But that would cause starvation in other parts of the world, as usual it will be the poorest countries that will suffer the most.
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  3093. the occupied territory keeps getting smaller.
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  3094. russia doesn't have enough ships to send all that oil and gas to asia. They can't ship more than they do already.
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  3095. what kind of amicacle settlement?
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  3096. The US should just pull their troops and airdefence from saudi arabia, and then sell some drones and missiles to the Houthis 😄
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  3097.  @Memovox  ok that was actually pretty good trolling. You deserve an extra ration of potatoes today 👍
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  3098.  @木心-r7m  i call BS on that claim. Can you name a single chinese product that is 10x more expensive in Europe now?
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  3099.  @kaloyanrosenov2123  Marinka and Avdeevka is still under Ukrainian control. Soledar is a tiny mining town, not a city. Bakhmut is russia's only victory since Severodonetsk, and it took almost a year. In the same period, Ukraine captured Kherson, Izium, Lyman and Kupyansk. Russia is only getting weaker, running out of modern equipment. They are already sending T55s to the frontline... 😄
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  3100. Russia is not a reliable suppler.
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  3101.  @claus-not-santa  i have natural gas heating, and the current price is ok with me. It is lower than before the war, and lower than it was when i bought the house 10 years ago...
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  3102.  camencowogh8333  Norway supplied half of Germany's gas in 2023, through the 3 pipelines between Norway and Germany. And the price is lower than before the war.
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  3103. ​ @chickenfishhybrid44 i agree with that, the Danish army is pretty pathetic these days. And it will cost more money to fix that. But the goal should not be to spend a specific amount of money, the goal should be a specific amount of troops and equipment available.
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  3104.  @Usamaalbelda  russia left the deal because they want to drive up the global grain prices, and make more money from all the grain they are exporting right now.
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  3105. The russian way or the right way.
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  3106. It was germanys own choice to stop buying russian oil. It was russia's choice to stop the gas flow.
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  3107. Orano has mines in Kazakhstan and Canada too, it's not like France will run out of uranium...
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  3108. russia could end the war today by going home.
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  3109.  @sempreviva4564  the US occupied Afghanistan for 20 years with only 2000 casualties during the entire war. The stated goal was to get Bin Laden, and they did. They only left because there was no reason to stay.
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  3110. russia has proven that they are the true enemy of peace and stability in Europe. I can only hope Europe ends all trade and cooperation with russia in the future,
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  3111.  @h0mo3rectus69  not really, the Mongolians could actually win a fight....
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  3112. good, this comment section would be better without all the kremlin trolls...
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  3113. just a reminder that no one cares about russia's silly pipelines anymore...
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  3114.  @serbianwarrior385  that's good to hear, because we don't want you.
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  3115. But they are making progress, while russia the supposed super power is hiding in their trenches...
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  3116.  @glendacastillo6504  sure, but the US is many times larger than any country in Europe. And the economy of the US is larger than the entire EU. If you compare Ukraine aid to the size of each country's economy or population, then the US is not even in the top 10...
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  3117.  @FimbulWinter-f6c  Denmark is already one of the countries spending the most on Ukraine per capita.
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  3118.  @joysimpson7503  nice one 👍
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  3119. Russia can just leave when they have had enough...
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  3120. Ukraine is still not mobilizing those under 27.
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  3121.  @jeffros6739  don't worry, at worst we might see some short poweroutages.
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  3122.  @peterpanini96  NATO is not even in the fight yet. We haven't lost a single soldier, while russia is bleeding themselves dry fighting their much smaller neighbor 😄
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  3123. yeah i called it, russia is already running out of steam again 😄
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  3124.  @kukulroukul4698  Nice :) I'm not sure it's the right thing to do, but it would be absolutely epic if Ukraine could manage to hold on to Bakhmut. It would be devastating to the russian moral if they lose another fight despite trying their best 😄
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  3125.  @throughput6674  you are right, Denmark should never have allowed a russian owned pipeline in our waters.
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  3126. so if russia manages to conquer their much smaller neighbor, that will somehow benefit asia, africa and south america? You're not making any sense.
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  3127. I have been wondering if putin actually got played. There were a lot of reports about gas storage being low during summer, even in early august. But when the gas price hit record highs in late august, it was announced that gas storage would be filled a month earlier than expected. That made the price fall 1/3, and nordstream 1 was closed less than a week later?
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  3128.  @83917Michael  why is the US producing even less artillery shells than the EU? And why has the US still not delivered the 37 F35s we ordered in 2015? Could it be that it takes time to ramp up production? And how are we supposed to rearm in a few years, when even the US takes more than 10 years to deliver 37 fighter jets? Why do so many people in the US say that Ukraine is not Americas problem? Could it be that all countries have people with different opinions?
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  3129. Putin caused it.
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  3130. why are you acting like firewood is something new? Most houses here in Denmark have a wood stove as a backup, i assume it's the same in the other Nordic countries.
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  3131. the main purpose of the sanctions is to make it harder for russia to fund the war. If russia can afford less missiles, then less missiles will be fired at civilians.
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  3132.  @VH-eq2ci  uranium is not rare. There are plenty of it in Europe, but it is not profitable to mine it. That's why it's mostly done by poorer countries.
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  3133.  @Richking213  EU's economy grew 3,6% in 2022, while russia is in recession and running a budget deficit.
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  3134. Most of Germany's exports go to other EU countries. If we want to protect domestic industry, we can always raise tariffs on asian imports.
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  3135.  @pumalee1997  russia is the aggressor this time. Russia could end this war just by going home.
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  3136. pretty sure they would mind. No sane person would choose to live under the russian boot.
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  3137. Who cares about Russia's pipeline?
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  3138. todays spot price for electricity in Germany is 41,6% lower compared to November 7, 2021.
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  3139.  @herman-6839  i'm pretty sure most people in the west didn't care that much, i know i didn't.
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  3140.  @almostanonymous8768  it's not a comparison, it's a strawman argument. Am i supposed to defend that someone called the protests in HK peaceful? Why should i?
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  3141.  @Blankarte  Bakhmut is russia's first victory in almost a year, not very impressive for a so called super power...
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  3142.  @ragingmonk6080  a small country with a population of 5M can obviously not supply the same amount as a country like the US with a population of 330M. So it makes sense to compare the aid relative to the size of each country's population or economy. And in both cases, the US is not in the top 10.
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  3143.  @bagusrestuaji222  recession means that a country's gdp declines. And the EU's gdp is still expected to grow in 2022 and 2023. Even russia's central bank admits that russia's gdp will decline in 2022.
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  3144. good, russian conscripts make good fretilizers.
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  3145. TTF is the benchmark price for natural gas in the EU, and LNG is usually the same price, unless there is a long term contract with a fixed price.
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  3146. who cares about the pipeline? It was never going to be used again anyway.
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  3147. none of that is true.
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  3148. increased borrowing and military spending counts as economic activity. That's why their economy is growing.
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  3149.  @donaldboughton8686  UK could have stayed in the single market, without being a member. But you chose to leave that too.
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  3150.  @davidgreen6490  that's right, i forgot about that. Uk is a pacific country now, good luck with that 😄
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  3151.  @davidgreen6490  And you have trade deals with those countries already. You guys are just being weird.
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  3152. you got a point there.
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  3153. most arms manufacturers in Europe are also increasing production, and signing many new contracts. That shouldn't come as a surprise for any one, given the current situation in Europe.
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  3154. US LNG will probably get a pretty decent marketshare in Europe in the coming years.
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  3155. and once again you blow my mind with a whole new point of view. This makes a lot of sense.
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  3156. so when is russia expected to have full control over the Donbass? Around year 2053 or something like that?
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  3157.  @namur-iq6ih  that is very optimistic, considering that russia's biggest victory in 6 months is a tiny mining town 😄
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  3158. are you talking to the russian conscripts?
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  3159.  @drcornelius8275  how is the US providing us with free military? The only country to actually use article 5 so far is the US. Europe provided free military assistance to the US in Afghanistan and Iraq, 2 wars that had absolutely nothing to do with us. Stop complaining.
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  3160.  @headhunterkonyak4337  enjoy the new iron curtain. Stay behind it this time.
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  3161. EU's economy is more than 10x larger than russia's, but this spending is somehow going to hurt us while russia's spending is making them stronger? Make sense please?
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  3162.  @WorkwithMe287  it only worked because everyone believed that the US would live up to their promises. But now everyone can see how divided the US has become. It's kinda hard to believe that the US would do much to help a small NATO country like Estonia if russia invaded. That's why i would prefer an EU army and a EU nuclear umbrella instead.
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  3163. and what kind of deal could actually be negotiated, that would satisfy both sides?
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  3164. ​ @claus-not-santa so it is not actually a negotiation, it's just russia getting whatever they want?
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  3165. nice try, Ivan...
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  3166. Europe did not, Germany did. There are plenty of nuclear power plants in other European countries.
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  3167.  @runi5413  at least the dutch pm has promised to use it as an emergency plan. Better than nothing i guess :)
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  3168. nah, it has to happen. Time to end globalism.
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  3169.  @szechingho-rw1hv  watch the video, the design and development is done in Germany.
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  3170. And what is the US going to do with Greenland, that they can't do now?
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  3171.  @tommwangi4302  i'm not religious, i don't care about the bible. But if russia controls all the farm land in Ukraine, then why would they need to guarantee safe passage for Ukrainian grain? Could you make sense please?
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  3172. it means less influence for the US around the world, especially in Europe. And that will cost you. It will also mean less arms sales to Europe, something the military industrial complex is going to be very unhappy about. Good job donny...
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  3173.  @iqbalsohel9166  why do you think we have growing tensions all over the world now? It's because everyone is starting to realize that the US is no longer able to enforce the rules. We will only get more wars, more coups and more trade frictions in the coming years. So the world will be divided into 3 blocks. A US-lead block, a China-lead block, and the neutral countries. The neutral countries will then become battlegrounds for proxywars between the 2 other blocks.
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  3174. Russia's offensive? I think you mean " what's the state of russia's retreat"...
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  3175.  @dilligafwoftam985  How is russia winning, their army keeps running away?
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  3176. I don't think Slovakia ever had F16s.
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  3177. Scott Ritter is a grifter.
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  3178.  @perucho2194  the grain can still go to the EU over land. It is Ukraine's customers outside the EU that will have to go without.
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  3179. we will be just fine. You really think Africa has anything we can't buy somewhere else?
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  3180. what economic crisis?
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  3181. Be quiet now Cletus.
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  3182. I am pretty sure the Ukrainians don't want to be united with russia.
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  3183.  @Dan-Martin  which plant are they closing? I have only seen som talks about reducing cost in non-production areas.
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  3184.  @PlaYer-sn5or  russia's benefits from this war: none
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  3185. and how would that happen?
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  3186.  @mrevil6442  they have been stuck in Ukraine for 6 months, and you still think they could take on NATO? Really?
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  3187. it's mud season now. The fighting will continue when the ground is frozen.
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  3188.  @andia968  those factories does not create jobs in Germany, which is the subject of this video. And all of those companies have factories in the US as well.
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  3189. Ukraine doesn't have Panther tanks, could you stop lying for 5 minutes? 🙄
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  3190.  @prizefighter8699  no i can see putin for what he is. Are you blind?
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  3191.  @Lucas-wn5wm  guess they better be prepared to lose influence in Europe to russia and china then. Because both are more than willing to take over...
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  3192.  @Lucas-wn5wm  guess they better be prepared to lose influence in Europe to russia and china then...
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  3193.  @Lucas-wn5wm  don't worry, i am sure russia and china are more than willing to take over.
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  3194.  @johnadam2885  that's a whole lot of wishful thinking 😄
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  3195.  @johnunderwoods  sure, they have absorbed the old babushkas from the occupied areas, who are too old to move. Before that, russia's population has been declining for years. And there have been more people leaving the country than coming in. The west is full of russia's best educated, because who wants to stay in russia if you have the skills to get a better life in the west...
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  3196.  @eufrosniad994  Ukraine has stopped the russians, and even taken territory back, without heavy weapons from the west. Imagine what they can do with better equipment 🙂
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  3197. Yeah he made russia into a complete joke 😄
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  3198.  @stevegigot-xc6fp  that deterence is already gone. The only thing preventing russia from an attack in the Baltics right now, is Ukraine.
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  3199.  @afh553  yeah, that is a realistic possibility. Assuming the Brits are willing to let go of their "special" relationship with the US. Which i kinda doubt.
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  3200. did you just make that up? 😄
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  3201. russia
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  3202. globalism can only work if everyone is playing by the same rules. And that will never happen, trying to screw each other over is human nature.
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  3203.  @CALIMA2000  that is the problem with your suggestion. The US has already given Ukraine security guarantees, when Ukraine gave up their nukes in 1994. So if the US is not willing to at least supply some weapons until the end, then what are US security guarantees worth in the future?
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  3204. Yeah it is a little sad. This channel used to be a good place to have a debate with people from all over Europe. Now it's mostly russian trolls repeating the same boring kremlin lines...
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  3205.  @victorye7150  America is the west and China is the east, because that is your location compared to Europe.
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  3206. NATO hasn't even shown up to the fight yet?
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  3207. push russia to end the war by just going home.
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  3208. russia turned off the tap, not Germany.
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  3209. high precision armament and russia, that's a pretty good joke 😄
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  3210. having more nukes than other nuclear powers is a pretty useless flex.
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  3211.  @santiagopayan2531  if the cars are produced in china, then it is not a big loss for Germany if they can no longer sell them in china. That is the point.
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  3212.  @IamHandsome4u  if the cars sold in china are also produced in china, that means the loss of jobs and tax revenue would mostly affect china.
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  3213.  @urketep  the Ukrainians don't want to give up any territory, because it is their land. And it has made sense to defend the town so far, because the russians lose far more troops attacking it. But in the big picture, it would make more sense to withdraw now as resupply has become more difficult.
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  3214.  @jagdpanther2224  yes i know what diversify means. Why would my country not be able to afford that?
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  3215.  @naszadynastia  the EU workforce is around 195 millions, don't think most of them work 50 hours a week though. Why is that relevant?
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  3216.  @eriksonyw  russia supplied most of the gas in January 2022. So yes.
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  3217. russia last victory was Severodonetsk 5 months ago. They have only been running away since then, leaving enough equipment behind to become Ukraine's largest supplier of weapons and ammo.
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  3218. and whenever Ukraine liberates territory, russia will just claim that they meant to leave that area anyway 😄
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  3219. you do, since you came here to a European news channel.
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  3220. and how would russia do that? Russia had to abandon Kherson because they couldn't supply their troops across the Dnipro.
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  3221. Russia has lost 5.000.000 men. Yeah i can make up numbers without evidence too...
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  3222. i think it is hilarious that you guys continue to be so confident in russia's capabilities, when russia's biggest victory in 9 months is a small mining town 😄
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  3223.  @xpact83  yeah that argument is starting to look a bit silly, it is clear now that russia is much weaker than we all thought. But russia is probably still a threat to the Baltic countries, russia might have a chance against a country with a population of just 2M...
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  3224. The last 30 years have been the most peaceful period in recorded world history. It will only get worse now.
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  3225. When did the EU ban any of that?
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  3226. It would be great if we could live in peace with russia. But that is impossible when russia wants to dominate their neighbors.
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  3227. already happening. I see more and more EVs every month. My next car will be electric too.
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  3228. considering how slow the russian advance is, the russian soldiers will die of old age before they ever reach Kyiv 😄
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  3229. why?
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  3230.  @UpRisingDown  the thermostat is set to 19 degrees, which is perfect for me. But we have a woodstove too, that i use when the wife and kids complain too much. Then our living room becomes a sauna, which i hate 😄
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  3231.  @UpRisingDown  oh yeah, forgot about the mosquitos, they are vicious. Especially the small ones, think they're called knot. I think Finland is the happiest country now, those damn jolly Finns have stolen our title 😡
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  3232.  @claus-not-santa  no of course not. Why would i want to go to such a sad place? There is a reason why russia's best educated come to the west. I have met quite a few here in Denmark, they left russia for a good reason.
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  3233.  @breakfast00club..11  NATO hasn't even shown up to the fight yet? So how did the russians manage to beat us?
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  3234. they tried, but they failed...
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  3235. russia can't even handle Ukraine, who is ranked as number 18 on the global firepower index. South Korea is ranked as number 5...
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  3236.  @dilligafwoftam985  have you guys not been paying attention? Gas storage is full ahead of time, and there is a queue of 35 LNG tankers of the coast of Spain at the moment. They can't unload yet, because we don't have capacity for more LNG right now.
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  3237. sounds more like you're talking about Wagner there, buddy...
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  3238. yeah, we saw in Bucha how the people that surrender to russia is treated...
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  3239.  @Heidenspross  the pipeline had gas in it to keep it pressurized.
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  3240.  @pluumpiiboi3434  what's the matter cupcake, you don't like the truth?
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  3241.  @skozzi2845  how can it age badly? I'm just stating what the gas market looks like today?
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  3242.  @kaloyanrosenov2123  the russians are attacking fortified positions with cannon fodder. Soledar was not taken by artillery, it was taken by overwhelming the defenders with human waves.
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  3243. cope harder little troll. The EU is against russia because of russia, not because the US told us to. And there is no energy crisis anymore, inflation is going down, deindustrialisation is not happening.
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  3244.  @leonardoorellano6652  The compressor was repaired, and Siemens said the pipeline was functional. There are several other pipelines from russia to Germany. How do you think Germany imported gas from russia before Nordstream was completed in 2012? Nordstream belongs to Gazprom, so why should Germany care about it? Russia is the enemy, you know....
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  3245. Germany gets most of its natural gas from Norway now. Norway has 3 pipelines to Germany already. The price of natural gas is lower in Germany than it was before the war, so they are clearly not paying 5x more...
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  3246.  @DonCorleone4  Is Denmark a gas station pretending to be a country? I didn't even know that. I apologize for the mistake, i will make sure to write russia the correct way from now on.
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  3247. my guess is that the EU has decided that the best way to deal with russia's hybrid warfare is to completely ignore it.
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  3248.  @vik574  smarter than you apparently.
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  3249.  @outlawfly664  put on your tinfoil hat, they're coming to get you!!!
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  3250.  @t-rex4211  the Yamal pipeline through Poland, the pipelines through Ukraine, or Turkstream through Turkey. Germany is linked to them all.
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  3251.  @StrongRespect  russia is not fighting NATO, Ukraine is not a member yet. Putin doesn't have the balls to attack a NATO member.
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  3252.  @kicauanpagi9685  don't worry, i'm never gonna stop trolling the russian trolls.
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  3253. Germany should change the name too, it would be funny hearing Americans trying to pronounce Deutschland...😉
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  3254. that is just wishful thinking. The Dollar is still nr 1, and the Euro is still nr 2. The Yuan is not even close.
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  3255. russia will lose the wat, it is only a matter of time. The Ukrainian army will continue to grow in strength, while Russia is deploying T-62s to the frontline...
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  3256. sure, but not to invade Ukraine
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  3257.  @wenbo595  it is russia's pipeline. And russia doesn't have the balls to do anything about it 😄
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  3258. Winter is coming!
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  3259. the russian army is so slow that all the current soldiers will die of old age before ever reaching Kyiv 😄
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  3260. Russia's air defence have repeatedly failed to stop cheap drones 😄
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  3261. what?
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  3262. If the goal was to expand NATO, then why have Ukraine's application to join been denied since 2008?
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  3263.  @istheyear-ry1el  Because russia demands that Ukraine gives up territory for peace. And Ukraine doesn't want to do that. So what is there to talk about?
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  3264.  @istheyear-ry1el  even if that was true, then it still doesn't change the fact that Ukraine doesn't want to cede territory to russia. And there is no reason to believe that russia wouldn't come back for more territory a few years later.
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  3265.  @GwynBleys  yes, of course. It will be entertaining to see how many will comment on the misleading title alone...
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  3266. yes.
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  3267. I would say the US is getting excellent value for their money. They are bleeding the russians dry, and they get to show off their weapon systems. I mean, himars is probably the hottest thing on the market now...
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  3268. russia has proven that they are the true enemy of peace and stability in Europe. I can only hope that we end all trade and cooperation with russia in the future.
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  3269. i would say we have been overestimating russia. What a pathetic display from russia so far.
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  3270.  @BocaoZ  don't worry, we'll send them some more :)
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  3271. That's what you will be saying again, 1 year from. And again 2 years from now, and so on... 😂
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  3272. it is really hard to find any numbers online. Russia's former energy minister estimated that US lng would be 30-40% more expensive than russian gas, but he is obviously biased. A Polish company that signed a long term lng contract before the war, stated that their new contract was cheaper than their former contract with russia, but they are also biased. So my best guess is 10-20% more expensive when supply matches demand.
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  3273.  @Memovox  what's the matter buddy, are you mad that i am making your sad job more difficult? You need a hug or something?😄
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  3274.  @Memovox  not really, I am just here to troll you. Do you have anything interesting to say today, or will you just repeat the same old talking points from the kremlin?
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  3275. i assume you are talking about russia's invasion of Ukraine?
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  3276. putin is just pathetic now, what a sad little man.
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  3277. so why are you here on a European news channel?
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  3278. The EU has already locked in multi year support for Ukraine. And the EU has also overtaken the US as the largest sponsor of aid to Ukraine.
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  3279. most of the money will be spent in the US.
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  3280. and russia's economy shrank another 2,2% in the first quarter or 2023 😄
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  3281. he's hiding in his palace most of the time. He knows he is a dead man walking 😄
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  3282.  @pupysb6267  we know better this time. I hope.
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  3283. that won't work. Unlike China, Germany does not allow slave labor...
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  3284. Russia is going back behind the iron curtain where they belong.
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  3285. "a day without war crimes, is a day wasted" - putin, probably.
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  3286. everyone except russia, just like it should be 🙂
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  3287.  @lloyd310559  you can cope as hard as you want to, fact is that russia has been losing ground for 5 months now 😉
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  3288.  @reshchak  only 5 were destroyed. 10 more were damaged, but they will return after repairs. No crew has been lost yet 😀
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  3289. ​ @sofiyagrober2180 the russian "warriors " are just hiding in trenches like scared little rabbits 😄
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  3290.  @sofiyagrober2180  Kyiv in 3 days... 😄
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  3291.  @robo__cop8154  i don't have a master, i live in a civilized country. Germany's problems are temporary, while new supply chains are being established. Norway is taking over, supplying almost half of Germany's gas import in 2023.
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  3292. What will we do? Continue to live in peace, and ignore russia.
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  3293. again? How many times have they taken Bakhmut now, 200?
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  3294.  @kevinwellwrought2024  it's just not gonna happen. Russia is a paper bear...
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  3295.  @Jole30  i have been saying that for years now?
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  3296. you guys seem to forget russia's long history of genocide and oppression in Ukraine. There is a good reason why Ukraine and the Baltic countries don't like russia much.
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  3297. yeah, hydrogen could be used for long term storage of the excess electricity produced by wind and solar during the summer.
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  3298.  @russiasucks7170  EU total commitment to Ukraine in 2022 and 2023 was $156 billion. Not sure how much has been donated in 2024 so far...
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  3299. it's not like the US can do anything about it....
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  3300. let China have Outer Manchuria back, it belongs to China.
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  3301. We got immigration under control. And we all know that russia is the biggest threat to peace and stability in Europe.
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  3302. we are helping already? The majority of weapons and money to Ukraine is coming from Europe. But the US is the largest country and largest economy in the western coalition, so it would be a very serious blow to Ukraine if the US abandons them.
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  3303. putin wants to expand his empire. That's why.
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  3304.  @limedickandrew6016  yes i am sure Ukraine can last 4 years. The argument about Ukraine running out of manpower is just as stupid as the talk about russia running out of missiles. But it is possible that Ukraine will break first. Time will tell.
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  3305.  @wally7856  russia accounted for 38% of EU's gas consumption in 2021. Around 35% of the total gas consumption was used for power generation. So it would more or less fix the gas shortage, if EU could stop using gas for power generation. Methane can also be produced from organic waste, called biogas. Here in Denmark, we produce enough biogas to cover 32% of our annual gas consumption. I see no reason why Germany couldn't do the same. It is also possible to produce methane through a process called electrolysis. It requires a lot of electricity though, but wind turbines could help with that.
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  3306. china seems to be busy with covid.
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  3307. how are those 2 issues related?
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  3308.  @5arnavi9  Saudi Arabia was in recession last year. They are pretty screwed...
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  3309.  @koushikdas1992  it is still a silly question, since defence spending varies from country to country. But the average defence budget for EU members in 2024 is 2% of gdp.
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  3310.  @maruthinara6604  still only 40% of India's oil imports :)
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  3311. Nobody likes putin.
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  3312. yeah, it's just talks, it's not actually happening...
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  3313.  @gfys756  the amount of transactions nominated in dollars have not gone down, in fact it hit a record high earlier this year. Sucks when reality doesn't fit your narrative, huh? 😄
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  3314.  @MohanKaffi-vk3nr  Ukraine is not a member, because NATO hasn't approved their application. It is up to NATO, not russia.
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  3315. celebrate what? This would probably have been exciting 50 years ago. Not so much today...
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  3316.  @pikachu-ys9me  you clearly do, since you have taken the time to go on a western channel and use a western language to pretend that you don't care about our opinion...
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  3317. let the fools spend their money on pointless moon missions. We in Europe should spend our money on something more useful...
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  3318.  @carcinogen60yearsago  how am i going to benefit from a European guy walking on the moon?
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  3319. Kinda hard to believe with all you boring trolls coming to European news channels to comment all the time...
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  3320.  @johnadam2885  that's what i've heard for more than 20 years. Any minute now, right?
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  3321.  @os-vp1hv  more like a drunken paper bear 😄
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  3322.  @lovyrituraj  the russian ships are hiding from the Seababy. They can't go anywhere near the Ukrainian coast... 😄
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  3323. I don't think Denmark should try to close the strait, it's in our interest that russia continues to sell their oil in Asia with a discount. But the Danish coast guard should make sure that the ships have their paperwork and insurance in order, so it is clear who is going to pay for a cleanup.
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  3324.  @Anonymous-qj3sf  we have better friends today. And if anyone is a joke it has to be russia, the second strongest army in Ukraine.
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  3325.  @Anonymous-qj3sf  Denmark has one of the highest standards of living in the world. That is what matters to me, since i live there.
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  3326.  @ralphbernhard1757  the vast majority of russia is in Asia. It's an Asian country.
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  3327. you can keep claiming it, but that doesn't make it true. The dollar is still the reserve currency of the world.
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  3328. well putin probably didn't close the tap himself, but Gazprom cut the gasflow through nord stream a month before the pipeline was damaged.
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  3329. yeah, not gonna happen...
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  3330. What collapse?
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  3331.  @ankpms830  and the result of all that is -0,2 % gdp in 2024. How will they ever survive...
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  3332.  @lilacer6841  i agree with both. Let's speed up de-globalization.
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  3333. Urals Oil dropped to 54$ a barrel yesterday, good luck funding putin's very expensive war 😉
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  3334. empty threats 🙄
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  3335. russia has reminded everyone why russia has been considered Europe's main enemy for so long.
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  3336. there are similar resources in other parts of the world that are not covered in ice. Why do you think Greenland needs subsidies from Denmark?
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  3337.  @wren2900  no no, wagner lost 10.000.000 troops, and the Ukrainians lost 5. Source: I made up some numbers to fit my narrative, just like you...
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  3338. how can there be peace talks when russia can not be trusted to keep their part of any agreement?
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  3339. more like third class 😄
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  3340.  @anonymousguy438  if you want to industrialize, then you need someone to buy your products. And the global problem with inflation means that most people can afford less. This has caused China's exports to fall 14 % yoy. And China's imports are down too, this was mostly raw materials to produce the exports. The war will slowly affect more and more people around the world, even if they are neutral.
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  3341. apparently, they can.
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  3342. Hard compete when one side is subsidized by the chinese government...
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  3343. the regulations for banks were loosened under trump, and this is the consequence.
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  3344. you know whats even cheaper? Solar and windpower. And if you need methane for the industry, it can be produced as biogas or through electrolysis.
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  3345. 76 missiles to cause a temporary blackout. Do you know how much these missiles cost? Sounds like a money pit for russia...
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  3346. yeah at this point i just assume that everything russia says is a lie. If putin claimed that the earth is round, then i would have to seriously consider if the world is actually flat...
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  3347. i don't see a lot of difference between China, russia and the US these days. And Europe is not dependent on either for it's existence, but it is nice to have a market to sell our goods. So if China can offer a better deal for that, then i see no reason to not take it.
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  3348. Who is freezing right now, the people in Berlin or the people in Moscow? Hint: it's not Berlin...
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  3349. empty threats...
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  3350.  @r3dpowel796  we can introduce measures that will make it harder or more expensive to import from certain countries. No one is going to outsource if it isn't profitable.
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  3351. To be fair, we were laughing everytime he opened his mouth. He is a clown after all.
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  3352.  @ghostgutarist5234  you're right, at this pace 2053 is probably too ambitious. Let us say 2083 instead...
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  3353.  @GeronimoGeronimo-y4l  you know that russia tried to invade Afghanistan back in the 80s right? And they ran away after 9 years of trying 😄
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  3354.  @harrierr628  russia controlled Donetsk and Luhansk before the real invasion started. Solidar is just a small mining town. Kherson was captured at the start of the invasion, but Ukraine took it back last year. Mariupol was captured more than a year ago. Bakhmut is russia's first victory since Severodonetsk, which is almost a year ago. Guess you're the one living in a cave 😄
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  3355. So why are putin pooping his pants?
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  3356. What about it?
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  3357.  @sidahagarwal742  of course not. Putin wants Ukraine to recognize the "annexed" territories before peace talks can begin. And putin's claims include several larger cities that Ukraine controls. No one would agree to such terms...
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  3358. 😰😰😰
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  3359. agreed, we'll see in a few days.
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  3360. they have already tried that for months now, didn't work 😄
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  3361. Did russia shoot it down? Yes, there is no doubt about that. Did the russians do it intentionally? Nah, probably just russian incompetence as usual...
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  3362. the russians have to say they support putin, if they don't want to end up in jail....
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  3363.  @DABKOP  sure it is buddy, sure 🙄
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  3364.  @DABKOP  yeah i am done with this as well, it is kinda boring to debate someone that is just making up arguments...
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  3365.  @cinpeace353  EU's energy imports from India was 0,0 in 2021, so any import would be an increase. But it is still 0,0 as far as i know.
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  3366. this war will probably go on for years. I don't think the frontline will move much.
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  3367.  @throughput6674  cry some more, cupcake 😄
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  3368. it's not about imposing those values on others. It's more about living up to those values ourselves. If another country is doing something that doesn't align with basic human rights, then we can't change that. But we can stop trading with them.
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  3369.  @eddastrohmayer251  most of Europe, North America, Australia, and several countries in Asia, Africa and South America. Who cares about the rest?
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  3370. it was wrong then, and it is still wrong today. You think it is ok to murder civilians, because other did it too?
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  3371. soon the russian federation will be no more, humiliation to russia.
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  3372.  @Mr.Clownensky  they didn't, Ukraine is not like russia.
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  3373.  @JohnJones-k9d  we are buying the refined oil at normal market price. It is russia that has to sell the crude oil to india with a discount.
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  3374.  @GwynBleys  EU is buying refined oil from India because it is cheap. And it is cheap because India is buying crude oil from russia with a discount. And EU used to buy a lot of refined oil from russia, so russia lose money on the crude oil and they lose the profit from refining the oil.
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  3375.  @GwynBleys  2020 was the year of the pandemic, where oil prices went negative for a short time. The gas price at the pump is back to normal where i live. The new car market in the EU grew 16,9% in the first 9 months of 2023. Almost half of those cars are electric by the way. Steel and aluminium prices are down compared to 2021.
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  3376.  @GwynBleys  oh i forgot the best part: India is paying for the crude oil in Rupees, and russia can really only use that money to import goods from India. It really is a good deal for India, but not so much for russia 😄
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  3377. of course they are cheap, they are subsidized by the chinese state.
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  3378. who?
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  3379.  @PizeFish  does anyone actually expect the US to do all the fighting?
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  3380.  @chickenfishhybrid44  Denmark spent something like 2,5-3% of gdp on defense during the cold war. And we still had decent health care, despite having almost 1000 tanks at one point. Americans are actually spending more on health care per capita than most Europeans, even though not all Americans have access to it.
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  3381.  @Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage  that would be a problem for us, Nord stream is russia's problem.
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  3382. sure, until they run out of soldiers again. And that won't be long, if the russians continue to use human wave attacks.
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  3383. how is that related in any way?
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  3384.  @nainex52  that is not even close to being true. The majority of the heavy weapons in Ukraine have been donated by European countries.
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  3385. there is no EU military, at least not yet.
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  3386.  @Shiva97279  Norway is the EU's biggest supplier of natural gas now. Russia is not even top 3 anymore. And most EU countries don't buy russian oil anymore. Putins energy blackmail plan has failed 😄
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  3387. that would make NATO redundant. What is the point of collective defence, if every member is a superpower. If Germany started to spend 4% on defence, then they would be spending 2x more than russia.
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  3388. really? Seems to me that russia is still stuck in the Donbass after 10 years of fighting. How exactly have they won already?
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  3389. Are you stalking me or something? If you're gonna reply to me, could you at least try to be more entertaining?
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  3390. so an 85- year old guy says that the US did it, because an "unnamed source" told him so? Could you provide a little more evidence for such a serious claim grampa?
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  3391. The russians have been trying to un-alive Budanov for a long time. They even tried to poison his wife. What makes you think they will have more luck with Zelensky?
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  3392.  @davidwelling9471  yes, the west German army was quite large during the cold war. Because Germany was on the frontline back then, but they haven't been near russia for 30 years now. And i am not sure what you mean with "free ride"? Germany's defence budget the last 10 years has been pretty similar to russia's. The combined military budget of the EU is the second largest in the world, only the US is spending more. The number of active military personnel in the EU is around 1,4M, the same as the US. It's not like we are completely defenseless...
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  3393.  @galvinstanley3235  That would be fine with me. iI it was up to me, we would only buy European made.
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  3394. The US accounts for roughly 40% of NATO's personnel. The majority of NATO's soldiers are European.
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  3395.  @vladimirprotein1275  but it is. That is why you are here, commenting in a western language.
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  3396.  @icu17siberia  and yet here you are on a European news channel, commenting in a European language...
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  3397.  @ksy13646  i still don't understand, little orc...
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  3398. the pipeline was already closed anyway, so who cares?
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  3399. 18 months ago, Ukraine was expected to last 3 days. And today they are criticized for only making slow progress....
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  3400.  @allydea  even the russians clearly expected Kyiv to fall in a few days. The first russian troops rolling over the border were not equipped for a long battle.
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  3401. no russia has only been losing ground overall for a year now. Even when they were gaining ground in Bakhmut, they were losing ground in other areas of the frontline...
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  3402. i am sure the Ukrainians will blame their true enemy, putin the midget.
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  3403. then why do they keep retreating?
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  3404.  @tshifhiwaramatswana6862  so russia will win the war by running away from the Ukrainian army? How is that gonna work?
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  3405. russia can't defeat Ukraine, i don't think they would do any better against the more powerful Brits.
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  3406. didn't you have your own energy crisis last year?
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  3407. so? There is not much town left, just another pile of ruble.
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  3408. the EU economy grew by 3,6% in 2022, while russia is in recession and running the largest budget deficit since the fall of the ussr...
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  3409. Germany made a big mistake by developing trade relations with russia, but at least it is over now. Some pain has to be expected while new supply chains are established.
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  3410. the most important market for most countries in the European Union is the European Union. Ever heard of the single market? We don't have to compete with asia, we can raise tariffs to protect domestic industry. Not a great plan from this "mastermind"...
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  3411. and they have good reason to dislike russia, after decades of russian occupation and oppression.
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  3412. And Gazprom has lost their biggest customer.
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  3413. We can't just look the other way while russia tries to commit genocide on our doorstep.
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  3414. @Юрий & Ко that didn't actually happen, except in russian media. Nothing but russian lies...
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  3415. fun fact: EU spend more on defence than China, and 3x more than russia. Total personnel is around 1,4M, about the same as the US.
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  3416. that is just silly, there are no sanctions on natural gas yet. Russia could just increase the flow through the remaining pipelines if they wanted to sell more gas.
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  3417. sure, just appease the dictator, that always works. Just give putin Sudetenland, no wait i mean Ukraine...
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  3418. Giving? Really? 🤨
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  3419.  @AtticusKarpenter  can you give us an example?
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  3420. what has Europe taken without paying? Can you give some examples?
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  3421.  @kukulroukul4698  and I am talking about the stupidity of doing business with a country like russia, when everyone should have known better. But at least it is coming to an end now, with russia's help.
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  3422. Yeah shame on russia.
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  3423.  @andia968  but they followed up with an actual competent ground force. These strikes are just hurting civilians because it makes putler feel better.
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  3424. There is no unity.
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  3425. a big market where 47% of the population makes less than $10 per day...
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  3426.  @gudini2559  that is correct. 16 million tons of lng is around 21bcm of natural gas. That is around 5-6% of the EU's annual gas consumption.
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  3427. @shaanz russia is going to be the north Korea of Europe, and most of Asia's growth is based on production for the western markets.
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  3428.  @PeaceWithYourNeighbour  russia had to flee Afghanistan after just 9 years...😄
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  3429.  @PeaceWithYourNeighbour  they lasted 2x longer that the russians, with far less casualties
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  3430. make better products then?
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  3431.  @chidanandnavi9033  Ukraine never claimed to be the second strongest army in the world.
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  3432. it's true. Russia cut the gas flow a month before the pipeline was damaged.
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  3433. ​ @gaborrajnai6213 no it is not, you're just making it up. Come on Ivan, you can troll harder than that 😄
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  3434. this is just so sad and pathetic. The russian forces can't stand up to the Ukrainian army, so they are fighting unarmed civilians instead. The russians are nothing but cowardly terrorists.
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  3435. how is a German farmers protest in Germany related to geopolitics?
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  3436. Buying oil or gas from russia will help fund putin's genocide in Ukraine.
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  3437. strike with what? That single T34 from the recent parade?
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  3438.  @user333-us4qz  russia has already seen 1 mutiny. The next one is right around the corner...😉
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  3439.  @filipe5722  russia doesn't manufacture anything we want. Russia is just a gas station.
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  3440.  @tonyp2865  nah, russia is just fighting Ukraine armed with some old NATO weapons.
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  3441.  @wilbur948ie  russia said: Kyiv in 3 days...
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  3442.  @univeropa3363  neither side is going to win anything. It's not a game.
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  3443. putin's energy war won't change anything. The sanctions are there to stay, and support for Ukraine will continue.
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  3444. you guys are just coping so hard. Both sides have reported fighting in Verbove, which means the surovikin line has been breached. This video is not going to age well, you guys should start working on a new narrative to explain why the russians ran away from Robotyne and soon Verbove. Another goodwill gesture perhaps? 😄
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  3445. and there were all the paid russian trolls, with variations of the same old boring line: "is everyone with a different opinion a russian troll?" Could you guys stop using the same script, you are not even entertaining anymore...
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  3446.  @TommyConlan  i don't speak orc. You need to learn a human language if you want to communicate with the civilized world.
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  3447. russia?
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  3448. I got a feeling that Merz will be better for Ukraine. And Trump might be better as well.
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  3449.  @swinfeflue  democracy is majority rule. In this case there were 27 countries in favor, and one country against. So democracy won. Giving 1 country the ability to veto is not democracy. Edit: 26 countries in favor. Doh...
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  3450. So bring it on then?
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  3451. yeah so many countries want to deliver heavier weapons now. Denmark has just decided to donate 19 brand new Caesar howitzers.
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  3452.  @jamesriepe  pathetic excuse.
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  3453. clown comment 🤡
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  3454. for good reasons.
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  3455.  @lancerevo9747  russian is a parody of a real language...
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  3456. Who? Are you talking about the gremlin from kremlin?
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  3457.  @lowwastehighmelanin  how is Europe not independent?
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  3458.  @Libanass  what kind of decisions do you think we can't make on our own?
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  3459.  @Libanass  yeah i agree 100%.
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  3460.  @Memovox  ok, nu har jeg slået det op, og valgdeltagelsen var den 3. højeste for et EU valg nogensinde. Den højeste stemmeprocent var 66% i 2019. Så mit gæt var korrekt :) Jeg stemmer i øvrigt på Venstre, og der kan man virkelig tale om et dårligt valg. Heldigvis gør det ingen forskel for Danmark's støtte til Ukraine...
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  3461.  @skyjumper1653  look at a map buddy. You might notice that russia and Germany does not share a border. Germany is not a frontline country.
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  3462. So why is Gazprom losing billions of dollars?
    2
  3463. empty threats 😄
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  3464. exactly, the pipeline is owned by Gazprom, but putin doesn't really seem to care.
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  3465. Russians are not allowed to protest, they will go to prison if they try. That's the only reason we're not seeing protests in russia.
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  3466. why? What are you hoping to gain by membership?
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  3467. way to go Sweden 👍
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  3468. the russians ran away like the cowards that they are 😄
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  3469. What a silly claim
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  3470.  @guzman3223  cope with what? Ukraine is making progress, and you guys are acting like it is a victory for russia that they are losing ground slowly... 😄
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  3471. second best army in Ukraine...
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  3472.  @isabelomenyebolekia3109  who's panicking? The big crisis was back in August, when the gas price was 345 euro/MWh. Today it's 76 euro/MWh, which is manageable for most people and companies in Europe.
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  3473.  @jaishree701  latest numbers for the Eurozone is 3,2% real growth in 2022, and the oil price is around 83$ a barrel.
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  3474.  @shashankkolhe4111  Nope. And you have no sources to support that claim.
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  3475.  @gkbbkg64  none of those companies are ending production in Europe, you're talking bollocks.
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  3476.  @binoemixtv9395  really? I haven't seen any of that, but if you say so....
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  3477.  @eucklynreid6074  there are always protests somewhere in Europe, nobody pays much attention to them. It's normal and legal in a democratic country.
    2
  3478. because they tell you what you want to hear?
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  3479.  @mykalbelle8397  ww2 incuded China, Japan, the US, Canada, Australia, and many other asian and African countries. Try not to be so ignorant.
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  3480. good comment 👍
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  3481. Scholz is wasting his time here. China's partnership with russia makes a partnership with the EU impossible. Not to mention the growing tensions with the US, who are much more important to German exporters.
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  3482.  @jantjedoedelus8079  oh yeah, i remember that war, good times. I may have attacked your country that one time, but it was totally an accident, i was actually looking for England...🤷‍♂
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  3483. pretty accurate analysis.
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  3484. nah, russia know they would lose...
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  3485.  @waynegore5291  the only countries willing to help russia, are north korea and iran. What a pathetic alliance...
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  3486. @AIS 1976 do about what, buddy?
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  3487. that's nice. But does it really have to be a race? Space exploration seems like one of the very few areas where the world should be able to work together instead of competing. I mean, it's not like there is a price to win...
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  3488. considering that China's economy and power is larger than the rest of BRICS combined, it's kinda hard for me to see BRICS as anything other than a Chinese lead version of the G7.
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  3489. poor russia, always the victim.
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  3490.  @Mr.Clownensky  i'll take that bet. Russia is already in recession, facing an armed mutiny, purging generals and the value of the ruble has crumpled. And that is just the most recent problems for russia...😄
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  3491.  @yo2trader539  good point, seems like most russians are already living in the 1960s...
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  3492.  @Mr.Clownensky  the euro is doing just fine, the value is back to the same level as 2019-2020. And the inflation keeps going down, should be back to the normal 2% soon. But nice try little troll 😄
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  3493.  @Mr.Clownensky  the brits are not part of the EU anymore. And they don't use the euro. Want to try again? 😄
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  3494.  @pdavidson33  Ukraine is still winning on the battlefield.
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  3495.  @anubizz3  what 3rd party seller would that be?
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  3496.  @musiconabudget3712  that's funny, i don't see any of those countries in the official statistics for Lng imports. It's almost like you're just making it up... 😄
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  3497.  @anubizz3  see my above reply. Now come on, answer the question?
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  3498.  @JBEMultimediamadrid  yes, 15% of Lng imports. But Lng is just 40% of EU's natural gas imports, and 36% of EU's natural gas consumption.
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  3499.  @JBEMultimediamadrid  it was 15% in 2023, and it rose to 16% in the first quarter of 2024. The pipelines in Ukraine will be closed by the end of 2024 when the contract expires.
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  3500. yeah i want to see a 40km traffic jam of russian tanks again. It was so funny watching Ukrainian farmers stealing the abandoned tanks 😄
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  3501. probably because it didn't happen.
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  3502. military budget in 2023: russia $110B, China $225B, EU $295B
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  3503. i agree, surrender is russia's only choice.
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  3504.  @victorye7150  every country wants foreign investment. Educate yourself buddy.
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  3505. putin wants to conquer Ukraine. The only road to long term peace is a russian defeat on the battlefield. Any peace deal now would just be temporary.
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  3506.  @RIDER-vi4dw  russia is not even close to being a super power. Russia can't even take Bakhmut.
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  3507. could be worse, imagine being a chinese vassal state like russia will soon be 😄
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  3508. sure, the chance might increase from 0,001% to 0,002% over time...
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  3509. don't worry, Hungary will still receive 27 billion euro from the other countries in the EU, even though Hungary doesn't participate in anything
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  3510. it must be difficult for you to walk with those massive balls. Respect 👍
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  3511. do anyone even care about the pipeline? It was already closed, and it's not like it was ever gonna be used again.
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  3512. splitting up russia? Yeah probably
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  3513. was it really that bad living under russian influence? According to the Baltic countries, Poland, East Germany and many others, the answer seems to be yes...
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  3514. not much of a fight. All the wealthy consumers are in the "global North"...
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  3515.  @joexavier4070  sure, but the gdp is divided by a lot more people. Which means that the average person in the global south has much less buying power.
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  3516. he did a great job explaining it 👍
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  3517. yes putin will be safe and warm in his palace, but the poor russian conscripts will have to spend the winter in the trenches without proper winter gear 😄
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  3518.  @pluzmedia  so russia has no free will?
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  3519. So why are the UK not Booming after leaving the EU?
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  3520. because she tells you what you want to hear? It's just her opinion.
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  3521.  @Habib_Osman  what are you even talking about? NATO countries have used DU munition in every major conflict for more than 30 years? And so have the russians. The Americans are even using DU as part of the armor on their Abrams tanks. Why are you trying to pretend like this is the same as a nuclear weapon?
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  3522. latest forecast for EU is 3,3% real growth in 2022, and 0,3% real growth in 2023.
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  3523.  @davidnoelfranks1124  come again?
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  3524.  @andia968  Google is not the only search engine, using another is fairly easy. Youtube is just entertainment for me, i could turn on the TV instead if i wanted.
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  3525. sure we do. What are you gonna do about it?
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  3526.  @karensmetanovska1902  you're right, the latest forecast suggests that Germany's economy might only grow 1.5% this year :(
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  3527. LNG is not going to be cheaper, but it is not going to fund putin's war of aggression either.
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  3528. you can't win a war just by taking out the power. This tactic will fail, just like everything else russia does.
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  3529. I think a lot of them work for prigo? This should be interesting 😄
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  3530.  @ahmedshaharyarejaz9886  yes, the loss of russian gas led to the energy crisis in 2022. But that was mostly solved by the end of 2022. Norway has now replaced russia as Germany's main energy supplier, there is a reason why no one is talking about russian gas anymore.
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  3531.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  russia cut the supply a month before the pipeline was damaged. The excuse was faulty turbines. It happened less than 18 months ago, is your memory really that bad?
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  3532.  @user1qaz2wsx3edc  i have just annexed Sweden. My claim is just as real as russia's 🙄
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  3533. and what is that new world going to look like?
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  3534. it is putin that tells trump what to do.
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  3535.  @lancecahill5486  and how exactly are they going to achieve those goals? What is the plan?
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  3536. Keep dreaming.
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  3537. fine with me, Africa is a waste of money anyway...
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  3538. when the war started, the plan was to phase out russian gas by 2030. That deadline would most likely have been extended or even reversed at some point. But putin decided to prove that we need to replace russian gas much faster, and now there's no way back. Even the Germans now have to admit that russian energy is a security risk.
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  3539. 🤡
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  3540. russia started the war, and they could end it just by going home.
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  3541. russia is not a reliable supplier anymore, so that would be counterproductive...
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  3542.  @lilacer6841  they cut the gasflow to Germany and other European countries last year, to put pressure on them. And it is not the first time russia has done something like that, probably won't be the last. That's why most of us Europeans were against Nord Stream 2, it was clear to everyone except the Germans that russia would use Germany's dependence against them sooner or later.
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  3543.  @cricketcavalry1824  and that is the reason for the EU's agricultural policy. EU is a net exporter of agricultural products...
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  3544. look at all these sad russian trolls 😄
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  3545. what agreement?
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  3546.  @daniellesomerfield8799  russia was supposed to give control of the Ukrainian side of the border back to Ukraine. And they continued to arm the separatists and even kept russian soldiers in the Donbass although russia never admitted they were there in the first place.
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  3547.  @philjackson5835  the point is that neither side lived up to their part of the minsk agreement.
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  3548.  @daniellesomerfield8799  i could say the same to you.
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  3549. nah, Germany is doing their part to protect the EU. It has little to do with the US.
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  3550.  @eddastrohmayer251  oh No, how will you get paid for all these comments, if Ukraine has taken all of your potatoes?
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  3551.  @eddastrohmayer251  i am happy to hear that. Hope you still get those potatoes eventually.
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  3552.  @Antibayden  why so many emojies? Are you a 12 year old girl? Does your mommy know what you're doing?
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  3553.  @Antibayden  are you really going to compare russia to Denmark, when it comes to quality of life? That's very cute...😄
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  3554. or russia could stop invading their neighbors, then these sanctions wouldn't be necessary.
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  3555. military budget 2023: russia $110B, china $225B, EU $295B. Total military personnel in the EU is around 1,4M.
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  3556.  @john_doe_not_found  it is similar to the number of personel in the US and russia. And I said EU, not Europe 🙄
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  3557.  @ahmadmaulana2163  russian missiles can only hit stationary objects, like apartment buildings and pedestrian bridges 😄
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  3558.  @arunsathyaseelan433  there are no active service members from NATO countries in Ukraine.
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  3559. EU is not a part of the deal, it was brokered by the UN and Turkey.
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  3560. GDP per capita: China $12541, India $2612, Germany $52823. It's not even close...
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  3561.  @Sunabozupunk  adjusted for PPP, the numbers are: Germany $66000, China $23000, India $9000. Good luck catching up with Europe 😄
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  3562.  @AquilMandiqui  which asian countries have signed a deal with russia, since the war began?
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  3563. i'm starting to suspect DW is doing it on purpose, that headline will bring the russian trolls like moths to a flame 😄
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  3564. the farmers protest in Germany has nothing to do with the EU budget, Nice try Ivan 🙄
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  3565. same thing happened to Denmark. Being neutral just means that you have no allies to ask for help.
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  3566.  @ludimilojko546  what are you doing here Ivan, get back behind the iron curtain where you belong!
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  3567. Japan and South Korea are not strategic partners with russia. That is the difference.
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  3568. more fairytales from putin-land. You are not fooling anyone Ivan.
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  3569.  @Alejandrica  the numbers are from the Kiel institute. They didn't provide numbers for light armored vehicles or helicopters. Not sure what spg means?
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  3570.  @mugenmugen9632  can you provide any data to support that claim, that Abrams should be better than European tanks?
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  3571. Warsaw in 3 days, just like Kyiv? 😄
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  3572.  @todd1770  the only thing russia is winning is a vodka drinking competition 😄
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  3573. nothing but the insane ramblings of a madman....😄
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  3574. that's how it will end anyway, putin should just get it over with.
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  3575. Most of Greenland is a big glacier. There are a few ice free areas along the southern coast line.
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  3576.  @garyoak2974  the most conservative estimate is around 10.000 years before all the ice on Greenland is gone, at the current rate of global warming. The worst case scenario is "only" 1000 years. Don't expect mass migration to Greenland any time soon...
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  3577. russia cut the gas flow, not the US. And russia is now an unreliable supplier, so there is no going back to that.
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  3578.  @noahlee4764  why do you think so many of russia's neighbors have applied for membership?
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  3579.  @noahlee4764  141 out of 193 countries have condemned russia's war of aggression. Only 4 supported russia. Now answer my question, why do so many of russia's neighbors apply for NATO membership?
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  3580. yup.
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  3581. the chinese market where 47% of the population makes less than $10 per day?
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  3582.  @silentfart5941  russia is still a threat, but not a very serious one anymore. So there is no reason for Europe to worry about a russian attack, russia can do nothing at this point.
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  3583. empty threats 🙄
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  3584.  @jellef4704  the US is far behind the EU when it comes to supporting Ukraine. Get your facts straight.
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  3585. They will reach the Dnipro around 2047 at the current rate of progress... 😄
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  3586.  @SkimpySlime99  not that tired old argument again, i've already had that debate 2000 times. Could you russian trolls please come up with something new 🙄
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  3587. He would probably do good as a minister. But he lacks the charisma to be the leader of a nation.
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  3588. so India can do something the US did back in 1969. But they can't stop sh*tting on the streets...
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  3589.  @d.bcooper2271  you had to dig deep to find one specific bad thing to say about Denmark, huh? 😄
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  3590. it is just the aid from the EU budget. Most EU members provide aid directly to Ukraine as well. Germany has pledged 8 billion euro in 2024, Denmark 2,6 billion and so on.
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  3591. what is russia gonna do, deploy some more T62s to the frontline? 😄
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  3592.  @delos2279  good argument.
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  3593. Are you talking about russia's drone strikes on Ukraine?
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  3594. about 4-5km to the south of Bakhmut.
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  3595. then why are all you russian bots here on a European news channel?
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  3596.  @meteorknight999  dude, just be honest. Russia doesn't like NATO, because it makes it harder for russia to attack their neighbors...
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  3597.  @gfys756  what do you know about work, your job is to be an internet troll 😄
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  3598.  @yurichtube1162  that is not true, russia LNG accounted for 15% of EU's LNG imports. That is around 4% of EU's total gas consumption in 2022.
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  3599. that's not why russia invaded Ukraine though. It's about imperialist expansion, nothing else.
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  3600.  @TheMechas56  probably a very long time. Has anyone ever won a war by targeting civilians, while their forces are losing the fight on the ground?
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  3601.  @christopherokpe3123  nah, just being realistic. I hope we will say no and stop wasting money on Africa, but that is probably not going to happen....
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  3602. did the PM say those 18 objects were hit by missiles? Destroyed doesn't have to mean hit by missiles.
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  3603.  @nitinkumar29  no, India has accused VW of tax evasion, the case has not gone to court yet. And VW has better lawyers, so...
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  3604.  @Memovox  VW was up against the US government in that case.
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  3605.  @Memovox  do you really think India has the same power as the US when it comes to taking on a global corporation? Now you're just being silly...
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  3606.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  sure, but the EU didn't buy a lot of LNG from russia before the war, since there were pipelines. If you have $2 and you get $1 more, that's a 50% increase. But it is still a pretty small amount...
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  3607.  @alexsalemo9137  don't worry about that, energy prices are also going up in asia. It started in 2021, but it will be worse this year. Europe is buying up all available LNG and coal at a price where most developing countries can't compete. That means less supply and higher prices for most of the world. Being competitive won't be a problem anytime soon.
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  3608. Why, are you tired of living? Get some help buddy...
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  3609. i know right? As if russia cared about human rights 😄
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  3610. really? What did they win, a brand new iron curtain perhaps?
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  3611.  @claus-not-santa  hello again mr russian troll. How many potatoes have you earned today?
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  3612. nah, russia will only be more isolated from the rest of Europe. It's back to the cold war now...
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  3613. There is nothing illegal about it. Russia, Ukraine and the US never signed the treaty.
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  3614.  @koiguidenishikigoi4972  Ok? Why?
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  3615. yes, these strikes hurt civilians not the Ukrainian army.
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  3616.  @annmariedeignan2596  brics is just another useless forum, where some leaders can have their photo taken.
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  3617. russia has advanced less than 2 km around Avdiivka, and that is russia's most significant progress in the last 6 months...
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  3618.  @cryptarisprotocol1872  where did the Pentagon state that number? Where did you read it or watch it?
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  3619.  @cryptarisprotocol1872  a reporter from CNN speaking to someone in the Pentagon is not a very reliable source. There is a reason why most people here don't watch channels like CNN. But russia produces a lot of different calibers, such as 100mm and 122mm shells. And the smaller ones have shorter range and much less effect. It is the 152mm and NATO's 155mm that makes the difference, there is a reason why no one in the west is talking about NATO's 115mm shells. So i am more interested in how many 152mm shells russia can produce, than how many shells in total.
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  3620.  @AlexanderTch  the numbers are estimated by NATO intelligence.
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  3621.  @nusaibahibraheem8183  you sure about that?
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  3622.  @BatCountryAdventures  a 280 billion trade deficit means that China moved 280B from the EU to China in 2023. This is simply unsustainable in the long term.
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  3623.  @element2dd  it is happening already. China has restricted exports of certain goods to countries that annoy the chinese for whatever reason. Chinese goods are the next russian gas. It is a dependency we will regret sooner or later.
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  3624.  @eriksonyw  how will you compete against companies that are subsidized and don't have to make a profit to survive?
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  3625.  @wolfswinkel8906  and what happened after Bakhmut? Nothing really, the frontline just moved a few kilometers. If you compare the map from 1 year ago to the one today, you can only tell the difference if you zoom in really close...
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  3626.  @theonlycureistostopcomplyi6612  no i think it is a pretty good comparison 😄
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  3627. Brics is just another useless forum where some leaders can have their photo taken. I don't see that changing any time soon...
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  3628. wishful thinking 😄
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  3629. russia can't even build cars with seatbelts 😄
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  3630. those countries wanted the russians to leave, while the Americans were invited. That's the difference...
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  3631. and that is one of the reasons why russia did it.
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  3632. what are they winning, a return to the cold war where the west and the east didn't trade much?
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  3633. yeah a lot of people just can't accept that russia's "mighty" army" is really just a paper bear.
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  3634.  @John-hu9qg  wishful thinking. Russia will lose more territory when the ground freezes 😉
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  3635. Which companies are actually moving?
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  3636.  @Dionysus-gv9lz  you just mentioned a lot of German corporations with locations in many countries. All of these have locations in the US already, and none of them are closing in Europe. Investing in another country is not the same as moving. Us companies are also investing in production in Germany, such as Intel and Tesla. It is usually more profitable for large corporations to produce at least parts of their products locally.
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  3637. Ukraine can't afford to give up. If they cede territory to russia, it will only be a matter of time before the russians come back for more. Any deal would be temporary, so victory on the battlefield is the only option.
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  3638.  @qj4ib  please read my previous comments. I have already described how and why russia could test NATO's willingness to defend smaller members.
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  3639.  @stephenadenu-mensah6538  i have already answered most of your questions in my previous comments. Not gonna do it again.
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  3640. the west is not blocking russian wheat or fertilizer exports. But russian banks are cut off from Swift. The grain deal was brokered by the UN and Turkey, the EU and US are not a part of the deal.
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  3641. this is a European news channel. You're not the sharpest tool in the shed, are you?
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  3642. the pipeline belongs to russia. So it is russia being humiliated 😉
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  3643.  @kovichni  so now it is a Danish pipeline, because it was attacked in Danish waters? Are you drunk or something? 😄
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  3644. so what is russia actually winning?
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  3645. EU produces more wheat than russia and Ukraine combined. We could always ban exports to non-EU countries, it will be the poorest countries that will suffer as usual.
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  3646. clearly not. Nobody wants to be part of russia.
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  3647. nah, that would only escalate it.
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  3648. that would probably only make things worse. It's not gonna help Ukraine if the EU and US start fighting.
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  3649. energy prices are lower than before the war.
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  3650. hang in there, you will be liberated from the russian occupation sooner or later...
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  3651.  @jackbleiham8475  why do you care?
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  3652. and how would the average russian be able to afford that? Flying to Thailand or Brazil is a"little" more expensive than driving across the border.
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  3653. the Nordic countries have long days during the summer. The sun is up from 04.00 to 22.00 here in Denmark at this time. So it would be great if we could store some of that energy for the long dark winters...
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  3654. so why are you here on a German news channel?
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  3655.  @k.draghyi8424  soon i hope.
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  3656. BASF is an international company with facilities all over the world. They have several facilities in china, these are meant for the chinese market. BASF has recently announced a plan to build the world's largest heatpump, so they can electrify their chemical plant in Germany.
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  3657. @Erik Burgerhagen and it is still not enough, russia is still losing the war.
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  3658. the main benefit for russia was that they were allowed to inspect all ships going to Ukraine.
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  3659. sure it's not just you living under a rock? None of what you just wrote is true...
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  3660.  @michaelmittermuller6328  yeah i think this one has the most viewers, since more people can understand English than German. Sounds more like British English to me.
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  3661. A much better future than russia's. Germany is not the north Korea of Europe, russia is.
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  3662.  @my-name-is-taken  russia can't just sell the gas to someone else, at least not in this decade. They have to build pipelines or LNG terminals first. That's why russia's gas revenue has dropped like a brick.
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  3663.  @niidanso  putin, obviously.
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  3664.  @daniel86250  but the US has not started any wars in Europe, right on our doorstep. Russia's actions are a direct threat to peace and stability in Europe, that is the difference. Russia will never be a major energy supplier to Europe again.
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  3665. nope, just putin's ambitions.
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  3666. the only ones who will have a worse winter is the poor russian conscripts who has to spend the winter in the trenches. I hope they brought their own winter clothing, because putin won't provide them with any.
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  3667.  @gudboyngdisyerto  no the price was already falling before nord stream was damaged, and it has continued to fall since...
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  3668.  @vervetech9395  russia could just use one of the other pipelines if they want to supply gas to Germany.
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  3669.  @gudboyngdisyerto  the price was 345 euro/mwh in late August last year, and it is 43 euro today. So yes it is lower.
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  3670.  @RenjiXIII  Ukraine is one of the poorest countries in Europe, not exactly a major power before the war. That is why putin thought he could take Kyiv i 3 days. But that is not what happened, is it 😄
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  3671. how exactly does it benefit the EU?
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  3672. how is it in Europe's interest to let China flood their markets with subsidized goods and wreck their own industries?
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  3673. @jmcw9632  absolutely. But the majority of our wind turbines are on land. Many of them are owned by farmers, that place the turbines in the wind breaks between fields. The same goes for solar farms and biogas facilities. They are often owned or co-owned by local farmers.
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  3674.  @velisvideos6208  the point is that wind energy work, even if more energy storage is needed if we want to fully replace fossil fuel. And I think the main argument for renewables is energy security, not co2 emission.
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  3675. russia should absolutely be banned from the olympics.
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  3676. russia is just a gas station pretending to be a country...
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  3677. it's a pile of rubble now, you can call it whatever you like.
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  3678. hello mr russian troll 😄
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  3679. don't worry, Norway is taking over. They are already supplying around 40% of Germany's natural gas, and they just approved 19 more oil and gas fields, so more will soon come...😀
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  3680.  @tasreasfatemsa8266  better Norway than russia. At least Norway is a reliable supplier..
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  3681. That was back in October. Urals oil is already back below $60...😄
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  3682.  @dark_master_Makei  99,9% of the entire russian army was destroyed in Soledar. Source: just trust me bro.
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  3683.  @tlhalefobriandlamini3817  the alternative to sanctions is military action. Economic warfare is a war of attrition, but at least we're not bombing each other.
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  3684.  @Lucas-wn5wm  sure, Kyiv in 3 days right? 😄
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  3685. it's not gonna be subsidized forever, the price is gonna go up when the competition is gone. And the EU will lose a lot of jobs in the process.
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  3686. just give it up, we all know it was russia 😄
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  3687. yeah, some of those German companies are very shortsighted. They are going to lose most of those investments in the coming years...
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  3688. But the russian clown show is more entertaining 😄
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  3689. good, Africa can go and ask russia and China for some free money then...
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  3690.  @robijorum4113  buddy, you are commenting on a video about African countries looking for someone to pay for their energy infrastructure...
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  3691.  @static2223  oh, sorry. My bad...🤦‍♂
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  3692.  @sammiller6631  Chechens are also fighting on the Ukrainian side. And they didn't have a real army or foreign support during the war, so it doesn't really compare to the situation in Ukraine
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  3693. no, that is just what you would like to hear...
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  3694.  @MarkNOTW  my eyes are wide open, and i see a russia that claims to be a super power but spends almost a year trying to take a town not far from their own borders...
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  3695.  @xcitemex6353  it's enough when russia is driven out of Ukraine.
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  3696.  @xcitemex6353  russia is in recession, according to russia's own central bank. Their gdp will decrease by 4% in 2022, again according to the russian central bank. The reality is most likely much worse though.
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  3697.  @yte549  good for you 🤷‍♂
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  3698.  @upasna9050  i answered that question about an hour ago? Don't you know how to read boy?
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  3699.  @squirrel9999  the price cap is set at 180 euro, around 10x the normal price. I think Norway would be more than happy selling their gas at that price.
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  3700.  @squirrel9999  the price cap is an agreement between member countries, that we will stop buying gas if the price reaches 180 euro. The purpose is to stop Germany from driving the price up to a point where the poorer countries in Europe can't compete. If other countries told Denmark that they would stop buying windturbines if we raise the price 1000%, i think most would understand.
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  3701. Because it is nonsense.
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  3702.  @PaulV.  More nonsense.
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  3703. and what was the price on Feb 23, the day before the war began? It was 88 euro/MWh....
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  3704. it's a good investment.
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  3705. EV sales increased 35% in january compared to last year. Tesla was the only large brand to sell less. BMW sold more electric cars than Tesla, VW ID4 was the most sold EV in Europe.
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  3706. they were high in 2022, but not anymore. Try to keep up.
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  3707.  @eddastrohmayer251  because no one believes that russia would keep their part of any deal. So what is the point?
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  3708. what fees?
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  3709.  @darthvadeth6290  no, my statement about China being Germany's 4th largest export market is true. They export more than just cars. China is number 3 for EU car exports, but it is the largest market for German car exports. That is the part i was wrong about. Maybe you should learn how to read?
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  3710.  @mrchoudhury6611  russia invaded Ukraine, not NATO.
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  3711. Bakhmut has fallen at least 200 times now.
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  3712. ​ @robhappe2705 since when is the US giving money to poor people?
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  3713.  @ishkel  and then what? Russia will still have to deal with insurgents for decades. Russia will still be sanctioned, the sanctions are not going anywhere. Russia's best educated will continue to leave russia in large numbers. And NATO is not going anywhere, we just got a new member on russia's border. So how does any of this actually benefit russia?
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  3714.  @ishkel  alright then, hope you will enjoy being the new north Korea of Europe 🙂
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  3715. it is just the right thing to do. Ukraine needs more shells, and these are very efficient against fortifications. And the US has millions of these shells that they intend to dispose of anyway...
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  3716. Maybe russia should remember the 20M soviet casualties.
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  3717.  @mikedevlin2048  nope, the EU has overtaken the US, according to the Kiel Institute. And Germany has overtaken the UK by a fair amount. France has been very disappointing though...
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  3718. Maybe because most people can see why support for Ukraine is important?
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  3719. russia puppet of china!
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  3720. the whole 2% thing is stupid anyway. If Denmark increased military spending by giving every service member a new rolex watch every year, how would that help NATO? It would make more sense to agree on a certain amount of troops and equipment each member is expected to be able to deploy on a short notice.
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  3721.  @ensteffo  no it is not half German owned. A German company has a 15% share. Gazprom has a 51% share, making them the majority owner.
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  3722.  @acidbot666  russia reduced the flow of gas to put pressure on Germany, and as retaliation for the sanctions. So russia is no longer a reliable supplier. If russia got their way by using gas as leverage, they would keep doing it. So russian gas has to be replaced no matter what.
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  3723.  @acidbot666  take a second to think about the message russia is sending right now: "Russia will sell you cheap gas, but only if you look the other way while russia murders your neighbors".
    2
  3724. How is Germany not sovereign?
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  3725. it's like 99% bots and paid trolls arguing with each other...
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  3726. there are a lot of videos about that on DWs channel? What do you want to know?
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  3727. yes russia should stop the supply, that would force the last buyers in Europe to find new suppliers. Please do that russia...
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  3728. yeah that's what we have been hearing since last summer. But the Ukrainians are somehow still able to fire 5000 shells a day.
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  3729. this is really good news. It would be better if we all just use the same fighter jet. And there is no reason to waste money on developing another manned euro fighter, when the next generation will probably be unmanned fighters...
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  3730. you know it won't last long right? Ukraine will receive more airdefence systems from the west in the coming weeks, and i am sure the western allies are working on a long term solution to this new threat. Remember how the russians had a lot of success with long range artillery earlier this year? And then the west gave the Ukrainians the tools to counter it? The same will happen this time...🙂
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  3731. yeah, he would if he could, but he can't 😄
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  3732. russia started the war, they could end it today by going home.
    2
  3733. i don't see a problem with calling it a light tank.
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  3734.  @imtiazakand3174  like Kherson would be russian forever? 😉
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  3735. russia, what is that? Are you talking about East Ukraine?
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  3736.  @jamilajaber3077  and you're on the frontline right? 🤡
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  3737.  @dannym5865  i have seen a lot of people make the claim that the US has donated more weapons to Ukraine than everyone else combined. Which is kinda funny, when you consider that a tiny country like Denmark has donated more tanks, more self-propelled howitzers and more fighter jets than the US...
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  3738. "Kherson will be russia forever" - putin, 2022 😄
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  3739. it is the republicans that are blocking aid for Ukraine.
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  3740.  @Trader98V  what has Assad and Putin got to do with democracy?
    2
  3741.  @Trader98V  could you at least try to make sense please?
    2
  3742. wishful thinking 😄
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  3743.  @MegaFarah78  and how is that gas transported to Europe?
    2
  3744. those incompetent russian can't even do that right 🙄
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  3745.  @leehenry5764  how exactly?
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  3746. this makes even less sense than the Hersh report. So some Ukrainians rented a boat, and dove down to place explosives on an already closed pipeline, because reasons?
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  3747. 340 comments after just 46 minuttes. And 99% of them are just spamming kremlin lines. DW should probably just block comments at this point...
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  3748. Yeah, rising thanks to the global order set up and paid for by the US.
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  3749.  @relaxhere97  trump was just repeating what Obama said in 2014. I think every US president since Ronald Reagan has raised the issue of russian gas. So why are you trying to pretend that trump is not just a clown and a conman?
    2
  3750. how will it bring prosperity to Germany that more and more production is moved to the east? That only benefits large corporations who are not very keen on paying tax in their home country.
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  3751.  @univeropa3363  working together how exactly? And how will that benefit Germany, considering that the US is Germany's biggest customer by far?
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  3752.  @univeropa3363  russia cut the gasflow a month before the pipeline was damaged, to put pressure on Germany. Russian energy is just a tool that the Kremlin can use for coercion. Destatis agrees with me. China is Germany's largest trading partner when you include both imports and exports. But it is a fairly one-sided relationship that favors china by quite a lot. If you look at exports alone, then china is number 4.
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  3753. yeah that is nonsense...
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  3754.  @oligerolsen2533  did my time in the army 25 years ago. Pretty sure they don't want me back now.
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  3755. the russian economy is being propped up by government spending. Enjoy it while it lasts...
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  3756.  @lessparks8553  i disagree with you disagreement.
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  3757. VW is expected to make 18B euro in profit in 2024. Which is a down turn, but not exactly going bankrupt.
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  3758. russia lost in Afghanistan, remember?
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  3759.  @santoshgoutam9380  yeah but dedollarisation is not actually happening. You can cope as hard as you want, but russia has already lost the war...
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  3760. russia is a chinese gas station...
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  3761. what are they winning, a brand new iron curtain perhaps?
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  3762.  @Muhammadali12244  russia got stuck in a 40km roadblock, and had to run away.
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  3763. EU is not a country 🤦‍♂
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  3764.  @cyrusm123  and how would they do that? With that single T34 from the recent parade? Don't be delusional...😄
    2
  3765. VW id4 sales went up in january, making it the best selling electric car in Europe.
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  3766. average tariff rate EU: 1,9% average tariff rate US: 2,0%
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  3767.  @claus-not-santa  you are the most boring troll here. I'm just going to ignore you from now on.
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  3768. again? How many times is it now?
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  3769. Russia can only hit residential buildings and playgrounds 😄
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  3770. the Ukrainians are fighting because russia has invaded their country. Are you a little slow or something?
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  3771.  @MrVocalBaby  have you seen all the protests in the rest of Ukraine, from all the pro-russians?
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  3772.  @bojanm986  nah, standing up to russian aggression is more important. It's not like VW is going out of business, it's just a little downsizing.
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  3773. wishful thinking 😄
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  3774. the war is just getting started. No amount of negotiating can change that.
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  3775. russia will be bankrupt by the end of the war, no matter how it ends. They won't be a threat to anyone for a long time...
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  3776.  @petitben5240  the EU is still 8x more wealthy than russia. And the EU is also the largest donor of aid to Ukraine.
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  3777.  @billjane5522  Have you ever fought back against an invading army, Bill? not your country, but you personally?
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  3778.  @cuc6410  i think you might be a bit confused, it is russia who has invaded Ukraine, not a NATO country.
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  3779. companies that like to make money maybe?
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  3780. russia has proven that they are the true enemy of peace and stability in Europe. I can only hope that we end all trade and cooperation with russia in the future.
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  3781. russia is just a gas station, but not the only one. Norway is taking over as Germany's main energy supplier.
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  3782.  @DUIDave-s1k  what is your source for that number? According to the Kiel Institute, total aid from the US from 24/1-2022 to 31/8-2024 is worth 84,7 euro. While the EU has donated 118,2 euro in the same period. That number does not include non-EU members like the UK and Norway.
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  3783.  @chewbacca8850  that is correct. 5 out of 27 EU countries are still below 2%, which is why i said most.
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  3784.  @IMGsmereka  i have already provided sources for all of my claims. If you disagree, then you have to tell me why.
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  3785. oil imports from russia has dropped by 90% already.
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  3786.  @callsigndd9ls897  well done, that was fast. Biogas could also be used to replace natural gas, do you know if Germany is doing anything in that field?
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  3787. That's fine, as long as russia don't get full price.
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  3788. good one 👍
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  3789. Russia should surrender, instead of putting their citizens lives at risk. It's clear that russia has already lost this war, they will not achieve any of their stated goals...
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  3790. poor russians. Forced to fight and die in Ukraine for putin's ambitions.
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  3791. how many russian lives for no good reason?
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  3792. what will russia win? A brand new iron curtain perhaps?
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  3793.  @swapnilp5774  sounds like Indian hypocrisy to me...
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  3794. the US has completely surrendered to Russia. What a disgrace.
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  3795. just russia being russia. This is what russia is all about.
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  3796. yeah this war was started by russia. And russia could end it today, just by going home.
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  3797. yeah, those 1.2 M exists on paper only. Russia is a paper bear... 😄
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  3798. Russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  3799.  @floridaadventuresports3921  so do you want German companies to move to the US, and compete against american companies on the US market?? Or do you want them to move production to the US, and export back to Europe? In that case, why wouldn't you want an american company to create a similar product and export it to Europe?
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  3800. More empty threats about nukes 🙄
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  3801. this is just another phase of the war. Russian success will be shortlived as usual.
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  3802. ​ @kaloyanrosenov2123 yes russia has at least one T34 i moscow! What a super power 😄
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  3803.  @markojuric4954  lots of brands, but low numbers of each. Russia is not accomplishing anything significant...
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  3804.  @Iliasilias100  could you at least try to make sense?
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  3805.  @Iliasilias100  when did the US give money to Denmark?
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  3806.  @JonWilde2105  and how will we keep paying for these cars, if we don't produce anything in Europe? Europe's trade deficit with China is growing every year, that means wealth is transferred from Europe to China. Why do you think Europe's economy has stagnated since European companies started moving production out of Europe?
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  3807. russia is not a real country anyway, it is just a gas station pretending to be a country. And it is an Asian gas station now, so it is not in Europe.
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  3808. when russia is done, then we can finally deal with the real enemy, Sweden!!! 😉
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  3809. are we doing worse than the rest of the world at the moment?
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  3810. because the Baltic states are very small. Russia is a paper tiger, but a country like Latvia has a total population of just 1,8 million.
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  3811.  @buzzhawk  ooohh i'm shaking in fear! Not really, it's just empty threats from russia the paper bear 🧸
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  3812. They are a different species, they are orcs?
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  3813. So are you gonna cry now, or...?
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  3814. russia: the second strongest army in Ukraine
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  3815. why are you pretending like uranium is something rare? The French owned company that has a share in the mines in Niger, has mines in Canada and Kazakhstan as well. They have even put some of those mines on hold, because demand and prices for uranium are fairly low at the moment. Niger accounts for 4% of global production, it's not that hard to replace.
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  3816. @MetalGearRex85  article 5 is based on trust. And team trump has done their best to create doubt about US commitment to NATO. Which means that deterence is gone.
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  3817.  @NzTings  and that is just enough to hold the line, russia is not making progress. But things will only get worse for the russians, while Ukraine will get even better weapons in the next few years...
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  3818.  @spaidgarette8114  China's defense budget in 2024 is $231 billion. The EU is spending $295 billion.
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  3819. and Europe just wants russia's and china's military to stay within their own borders.
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  3820.  @Riannu-i8x  i could not care less about the global south. I don't care if they are doing good or bad.
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  3821. Yes, the russians has options. They can leave Ukraine, or get buried there. That's it...
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  3822. you think putin would stop attacking russia's neighbors if we just ask him really nicely? 🙄
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  3823. So what happens if russia manages to win the fight? Will russia be better off?
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  3824. then why are they not making progress?
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  3825. Put on your tinfoil hat, they're coming to get you!
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  3826. of course russia don't have many friends, they keep invading their neighbors.
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  3827. russia is only fighting Ukraine. NATO provides intel and some older weapon systems, that's it.
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  3828. so why is china's exports down 14% year over year?
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  3829.  @ensteffo  economic growth in 2022, according to IMF: USA: 2,1%, China: 3,0%, EU: 3,5% Want to try again?
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  3830.  @dark_master_Makei  gdp per capita PPP 2021, source World Bank: China: $19.338, EU: $48.779. You guys are not even close to European living standards 😄
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  3831. russia: " the sanctions have no effect, so please remove them. Please..?" 😄
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  3832. how can it be a surprise if they know it?
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  3833. russia
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  3834. just give it up, we all know it was russia 😄
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  3835.  @romanstingler435  Nice. Looks like a very cool vehicle 🙂
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  3836.  @kingxyz906  so you prefer chinese hegemony instead? Because that is what you are gonna get, a choice between the US or China.
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  3837. is China an open market?
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  3838.  @chisimdibreakthrough1901  so chinese companies should hand over their IP to a European company if they want access to the European market?
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  3839.  @n.c9653  sure, but that can be changed if necessary. It would probably take a few years to fully decouple from China, but no one is irreplaceable.
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  3840. better than giving money to russia...
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  3841.  @spaidgarette8114  so you think the US is giving money to the EU? Or what do you mean?
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  3842.  @leahcasey2678  energy prices in the EU are slowly going back to normal. The goal is not to replace russian gas with gas from other sources, that is just temporary. The goal is to switch to other sources of energy. My country got more than 80% of our electricity from renewables in 2024. Gas is becoming outdated.
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  3843.  @komalakosasih7629  and russia could still supply Germany through those older pipelines. But they don't, because they want to put pressure on Germany. So it doesn't matter how cheap russian gas is, when russia is an unreliable supplier.
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  3844.  @Lipi19821  why don't you answer my question? How is that natural gas getting to India and then to Europe?
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  3845.  @xeero24  if russians don't like living in Ukraine they can always move back to russia.
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  3846. Quality of life is still better for the average European.
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  3847. compete in what area?
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  3848. that is just not true. All polls show a majority of Europeans support military aid for Ukraine. Only fools think that this can be resolved by talk.
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  3849. We want western companies to leave russia anyway. This is just making sure that western companies will never invest in russia again.
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  3850. what a stupid comment.
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  3851.  @jaredgalvin  you earned an extra potato today Ivan!
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  3852. it is not a multipolar world, it is a bipolar world. It is US + friends vs China + friends.
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  3853. Yeah Germany should never have let themselves become reliant on a dictator ship like russia.
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  3854.  @alexanderlazarev3570  putin bin laden has told me no such thing...
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  3855. hope they brought their own body bags...
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  3856.  @harukrentz435  1: Ukraine is not going to run out of men anytime soon, don't kid yourself. 2: the average temperature this winter was 1,4 degrees above the 1991-2020 average. Warmer than average yes, but not by that much. 3: russia needs $70 a barrel to balance their state budget this year. Russia is already running a deficit. 4: a little bit of smuggling won't make a big difference.
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  3857. ruslands krav var ikke blot at Ukraine skulle være neutral, men også at Ukraine skulle anderkende ruslands krav på Krim, og Donestk og Luhansk som "selvstændige" stater. Derudover var der ikke den store tillid til at rusland rent faktisk ville leve op til deres del af aftalen.
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  3858.  @1112viggo  russia is actually exporting record high amounts of agricultural products this year, so swift is not the issue. Putin just wants to create a shortage, and get a higher price for russia's grain. And no, the UN cannot make such a promise without including representatives from the EU in the negotiations.
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  3859. the russian paper bear 🧸
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  3860. why do you think they hate russia so much?
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  3861.  @soreeyez  the Ukrainians are dying to defend their homeland, while the russians are dying to expand putin's empire...
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  3862. Can't be much worse than Assad.
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  3863. already happening. Now go mind your own business Cletus.
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  3864. Which Asian country is better to live in than Germany?
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  3865.  @gfys756  Japan does seems like a pretty cool country 🙂
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  3866. nope, russia is much worse.
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  3867. Germany was banned from the Olympics 3 times.
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  3868. this is the EU, not the US. Trade has always been regulated here.
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  3869. i agree, we should get involved sooner rather than later. Putin's nuclear threats are empty anyway.
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  3870. no more easy money for russia :)
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  3871. i'm sure those russian anti tank missiles will be a great threat to playgrounds and pedestrian bridges 😄
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  3872. you could have both. A nuclear power plant has to run 24/7, it would be more efficient if some of that energy produced during the night could be stored for hours of peak demand.
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  3873.  @martythemartian99  i am not really arguing in favor of nuclear, wind and solar seems to do the trick here in Denmark. I am just saying that we don't have to choose just 1 energy solution in the future.
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  3874.  @martythemartian99  that is pretty cool, 5 years is not a long time to break even. My neighbor has a similar setup, but it can only cover about 80% of his needs. The days are too short during the winter here in the north, and the electricity is also used for a heatpump and an electric car.. Still a good investment though.
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  3875.  @martythemartian99  that is a good point 👍
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  3876.  @Mike-gi2oi  you are making a lot of assumptions there. I'm not sure what "period of scarcity" you are talking about. IMF expects germany's gdp to decrease by 1.5% in 2022 and 2,5% in 2023 if russia turns of the gas now. That's bad, but it is not exactly an economic crash. BTW, russia's own central bank predicts a 6% decrease in gdp this year. Combine that with a very expensive war that could go on for years. At some point, russia wil run out of old equipment and ammo from the soviet era, and they will have to produce a lot more. That will cost money, and that means raising taxes or moving funds from somewhere else. Support for the war may be high now, but that might not last. You should be more worried about russia's future stability.
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  3877. i think you mean "welcome to the new cold war".
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  3878. russia can't even build cars with seatbelts 😄
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  3879.  @paulcauchi7874  that was in the soviet union, when citizens couldn't just leave. And we have already seen russia's useless hypersonic missiles in action, they seem to be great at hitting playgrounds and pedestrian bridges.
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  3880.  @karthiksudhirkaimalk7825  what a silly statement, you clearly don't know much about Europe 🙄
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  3881. The UK is not part of EU's internal energy market anymore.
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  3882. so every comment section will now be filled with russian trolls telling us that the offensive has already been destroyed, but somehow the attacks will continue anyway. And when the russians end up losing more territory, they will tell us that the russians totally meant to leave that area anyway 😄
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  3883. no no, russia has lost 7.000.000!!! Yeah i can make up numbers too....🙄
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  3884. yeah probably. And they will probably be banned in Europe too, for political reasons.
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  3885. Germany is against russia because of russia, not because of the US.
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  3886.  @yusefbrooks8584  Norway is EU's biggest supplier of natural gas now.
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  3887.  @yusefbrooks8584  or they used a pig to blow it up from the inside, so Gazprom wouldn't have to pay penalties for breaking contracts and not delivering.
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  3888. Why would anyone want to visit south Afrika?
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  3889. i fully support the independence of the Belgorod Peoples Republic. Putin must respect the will of the people, 110% of the population voted to leave russia!
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  3890. You just had to find some way to make about China, huh? 😄
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  3891. Keep dreaming 😄
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  3892. "i could take Kyiv in 2 weeks if i wanted"- putin 2014...
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  3893.  @vlhc4642  russia did try. But russia is just a paper bear... 🧸
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  3894.  @babblo1389  what would be the point of that, no one came to Armenia's aid. They were completely abandoned by russia...😄
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  3895. russian history and culture can be summarized by one sentence: Peasants getting abused by a tyrant. Apparently, russians just love being dominated by a strong man...
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  3896. Russia's offensive is stalling again, and what have they accomplished?
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  3897. you win a war by accomplishing your goals. And russia is not getting much done...
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  3898.  @duncansmith7562  no need to capitalize russian or putin, they don't deserve any respect.
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  3899. peace on russia's terms are not actually peace. So what is the point of even talking to putin?
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  3900.  @afrakanaswahilitv5520  let's say that russia some how manages to take all of Ukraine. How would that make NATO fall? NATO is only growing stronger, we even got a new member last week.
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  3901. russia has a long history of genocide and oppression in Ukraine and the baltic states. There is nothing irrational about the animosity.
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  3902.  @patrickstar686  take a look at how much of that growth is based on the government spending borrowed money to stimulate their economy. For China, the budget deficit for 2024 is planned to be around 3% of gdp. That means 2/3 of china's growth is just more debt.
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  3903. agreed.
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  3904. that is just another market russia will lose to France, just like weapons exports 😄
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  3905. so we will actually get an EU-hating putin-lover in charge of France now? That is really bad news...
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  3906. A stalemate means that neither side can achieve anything significant right now. So the goal for Ukraine is now to find a way to break that stalemate. The fight is far from over....
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  3907.  @andromeda9030  there is a war because russia decided to invade Ukraine? It is not something the EU has chosen? It is not that difficult to understand.
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  3908. they are dying because putin wants to expand his empire.
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  3909.  @springbloom5940  i follow the situation every day, and it is true that russia capture positions daily. But it is a few 100 meters at the time. If you zoom out a little, the frontline has barely moved.
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  3910. no need for an EU army. I like the idea of an EU airforce though.
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  3911. so why is Ukraine one of the poorest countries in Europe?
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  3912. Bla bla, everyone know russia did it 🙄
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  3913. Nah, we should use the money to increase border security instead. Africa is a waste of money.
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  3914.  @DarkPesco  more self-reliant doesn't have to be 100%. There is a big difference between depending on others for 10% of your needs, vs 50%.
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  3915. What's insane about it? Makes perfect sense to me?
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  3916. are you pretending to be european today, Ivan? Does that pay extra?
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  3917. there was always a russian threat. Why do you think most of russia's neighbors want to join NATO?
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  3918.  @JohnJones-k9d  nonsense, the increased production of shells will make a big difference in next years offensive.
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  3919.  @urbansenicar81  where in the treaty does it say anything about protecting russia's property?
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  3920.  @univeropa3363  yes, several European companies had shares in the pipeline. But the majority owner is Gazprom, a state owned company.
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  3921. obvious russian troll is obvious.
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  3922. So how come that the countries that replies the most on russian gas, are all poor?
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  3923. china and India are not paying with rubles though.
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  3924.  @GlobalResearch2001  so the countries that are only buying very small amounts of russian oil have to pay in rubles. And that is a big deal because...?
    2
  3925.  @inkbold8511  why so hostile, don't like hearing the truth about this fantasy world you guys seem to be living in? 😄
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  3926.  @sergeykvit1126  sorry, i don't speak orc...
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  3927. "i will defeat all playgrounds and pedestrian bridges in Ukraine"- putin, probably.
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  3928. go Sweden 👍
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  3929.  @HanSolo__  Go Poland 👍
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  3930. EU inflation rate august 2024: 2,2%. Russia inflation rate August 2024: 9,1%
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  3931.  @araara4746  and that will end this year, when the transit agreement with Ukraine ends. Say goodbye to the European gas market forever 😄
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  3932.  @jtothed8575  nope, try again.
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  3933.  @HamzaalAbbasi  i am obviously a Dane. It's in my name dude.
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  3934. oh yes, we are all trembling. No, not really...
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  3935. Why does this channel keep talking about rising energy prices, when the prices have been falling steadily for 2 months now? The natural gas price is almost the same as it was same time last year.
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  3936.  @АртемАртем-л4э  russia controlled 125.000km2 in late August, including Crimea. By early October it was 114.000km2, Russia lost 9% in less than 6 weeks...
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  3937.  @АртемАртем-л4э  so pretty much the same as russia, except the Ukrainians are fighting to defend themselves from russian aggression ?
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  3938. ​ @АртемАртем-л4э  nobody wants to live in russia, why do think the population keeps shrinking? Most Danes didn't leave Denmark during the German occupation, doesn't mean they wanted to be occupied.
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  3939.  @АртемАртем-л4э  most of those countries had the same problem. They were under russian occupation/influence, so their living standards were low compared to western Europe. Their membership of the EU gave them the right to live and work in western Europe, so of course many people chose to do that. Russians don't have that right, that's the big difference. We still get a lot of russia's best educated here in Europe though. Which makes sense, if you have the skills to get a visa and a job in a real country why would you stay in russia?
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  3940. russia is more like an mma fighter who is too much of a coward to face his opponent in the ring, so he attacks his opponent's wife and kids instead.
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  3941. i see you're still trolling for the kremlin. How many potatoes does putin pay you per day? Still just one?
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  3942.  @Sweet-Rat-Milk  why, are china, russia or india going to pay more than European companies? Don't be silly...
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  3943. Nobody likes russia.
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  3944. EU does have its own policy towards China. But we have the same problem with China as the US does, that China wants to flood our markets with subsidized goods and destroy all local industry.
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  3945.  @suryanshsagar2677  didn't support freedom in their own colonies, still don't. Russia is still a colonial empire today. But you have no problem with that, because they didn't colonize your region, you hypocrite...
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  3946.  @suryanshsagar2677  the definition of a colony: "a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country". That sounds a lot like Siberia and the Caucasus to me. Even the Baltics were a russian colony at some point. How do you think russians ended up in Outer Manchuria?
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  3947. i agree with the General. I don't think the war will end this year, it could go on for a long time. But yes, it will be over faster if we can provide the Ukrainians with the gear they need...
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  3948. @@ummerrahh russia's oil and gas revenue was 47% lower in the first half of 2023, compared to last year. The largest supplier of natural gas to the EU is now Norway, which is mostly supplied by pipelines. Natural gas will be phased out and replaced by other sources of energy.
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  3949. @@ummerrahh there are other sources such as wind, solar, biogas and hydro. The key is energy storage, such as hydrogen, grid scale batteries or pumped hydro. Denmark has already replaced 30% of our natural gas consumption with biogas, the goal is 100% by 2030.
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  3950.  @ponuzs  I was an adult 20 years ago. But i would like to hear your opinion.
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  3951.  @GPSniper1  didn't know VW was running away from China...
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  3952. Is that why putin had to go to north Korea and beg for weapons? 😄
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  3953. Were they not supposed to laugh at Trump? Then why does he look and talk like a clown?
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  3954. Why should they be?
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  3955. the rules based order has greatly benefited China, India and russia. And they will be hurt the most when the world goes back to the old cold war blocks...
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  3956.  @anuragpatil4073  one of India's main exports is software and IT-services, mostly to western companies. The west will not allow a country leaning towards russia to have access to all that data, in a cold war scenario.
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  3957.  @wolfswinkel8906  have you actually read the report? You can't tell me that you really believe that Norway agreed to be part of an attack on a partly European owned pipeline in Danish waters? And senior Danish officials knew about it, but didn't object? Really?
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  3958.  @TheRealBillBob  the offensive is still ongoing. We will see if russia can actually prevent Ukraine from exporting their grain. Russia is gaining less territory in the north than Ukraine is gaining in the south...
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  3959. What a silly claim.
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  3960. Russia is not making any significant gains either. So it is a stalemate for now.
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  3961.  @lemminkeinen  they have been asking for heavy weapons since day 1, have you not been paying attention?
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  3962.  @baroneleve1196  russia has captured 75% of a city and a salt mine since the loss of Kherson. Ukraine's offensive haven't even started yet.
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  3963. someone should suggest that solution to putin, he can take hungary instead
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  3964. you really think putler would accept the result if it was not in his favor?
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  3965.  @josephineamawiafe9428  here's a good rule ot thumb: If 1 neighbor calls you an *sshole, he's the problem. If most of your neighbors call you an *sshole, you're the problem.
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  3966. Russia is just a gas station. But not the only one... 😉
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  3967. gdp is a measure of economic activity. Russia's gdp is increasing because they are borrowing more money, and have increased military spending by 40%. It's not something that will actually improve life for the russians...
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  3968.  @Redbaron9495  do you have a source for that? Or are you just making it up?
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  3969. nope, 0,3%
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  3970. russia will apparently annex territory that they don't control. I can't see that working out for them.
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  3971.  @jerrymiller9039  nope.
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  3972. @ nope, it's over.
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  3973. Ukraine is just getting some of Nato's leftovers. And russia is barely making progress, their entire spring offensive has only amounted to taking half of a city 😄
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  3974. Poland has been occupied by russia in the past, and they didn't like it.
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  3975. the drones are mostly shot down with machineguns. And it will be very hard for russia to use up all of the ammo for the airdefence anyway, as western systems are starting to arrive. The Nasams system from Norway can use various missiles including Sidewinders, one of the most common missiles in NATO. There is a very large stock of those in NATO countries.
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  3976.  @GOLDEN_ROGER118  the paper bear and the paper dragon 😄
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  3977. NATO: announces several hundred new armored vehicles and artillery pieces, and piles of ammo and missiles. WION: is nato about to abandon Ukraine?
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  3978.  @Memovox  were any of those countries annexed or forced into joining NATO or the EU?
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  3979.  @Memovox  I assume you are talking about Libya? What has that got to do with NATO or EU expansion? I think most people in Europe will agree that Libya was a mistake looking back. But the campaign was approved by the UN security council, and could have been vetoed by russia or china.
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  3980.  @Memovox  how exactly did NATO steal gold reserves without boots on the ground? Come on dude...
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  3981.  @Memovox  no i want to hear the rest of this fictional story. Did they sneak in and move tons of gold without anyone noticing?
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  3982.  @Memovox  why won't you tell me the full story? I really want to know how they did it. Does it involve someone named Bond, James Bond?
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  3983. and how would that happen?
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  3984. me too, he is the most entertaining clown in the entire russian clown show...
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  3985.  @agustintarzian9450  no wait, i just looked it up, and the Greenlanders are actually EU citizens. Even though the country itself is not an EU member. It makes no sense.
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  3986. I thought Serbia was against us already? I always assumed they just applied for EU membership because they want to leech money like hungary?
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  3987. because it is true. The only reason russia has made any progress at all is superior firepower. But that won't last long...
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  3988.  @NothingUdo  both statement can't be true at the same time. If the people in the Donbass have lived with it for 8 years, why would it force Kyiv to negotiate now?
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  3989.  @ciybersal9833  plenty of russia trolls trying to justify putin's war of agression.
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  3990. yeah genocide is hilarious right 😄
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  3991. the territory is not lost, it is temporarily occupied by russia.
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  3992.  @springbloom5940  because western planes can use all of the air launched munition NATO has. MIGs aren't compatible. It's not some great mystery ,little troll 🙄
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  3993. Unlike the russian tanks that are knocked out with cheap drones from Amazon 😄
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  3994. where i come from, the 3 winter months are December, January and February. But let's do the math anyway: Storage should last roughly 10 weeks when full, so 90% should last 9 weeks. 9 weeks from now is March 10, so we could almost make it to your deadline with storage alone. But the EU is still importing lots of gas, and also producing some ourselves. So there is zero chance of running out this winter.
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  3995. because only one of those is actually true...
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  3996. that one is easy, russia is lying.
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  3997. bluestream has a max capacity of 16bcm. That is small potatoes...
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  3998.  @Silly2smart  funny thing is, that claim was made in 2019 when the gas price was unusually low. 1,4 times very cheap is still cheap...
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  3999. Why do you want Greenland?
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  4000. @eurodiaz3712  i don't really care about Greenland. It's just a block of ice. The people living there can choose for themselves what they want, and for now they have chosen to remain a part of Denmark.
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  4001.  @DarxKies  good point 👍
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  4002. Russia started the war. What are you even talking about?
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  4003.  Jasper Percabeth  abrams faced off against t-72s in desert storm, it was the biggest tank battle in history. And the soviet build tanks were crushed, even though they outnumbered the americans.
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  4004. according to who?
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  4005.  @dufifa  name a source?
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  4006. back in early 2022, most Europeans believed that Ukraine would fall in a matter of days. Myself included. But here we are 2 years later...
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  4007.  @noone6896  you are the hysterical one here, buddy...
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  4008. There is no peace on the horizon, russia russia is not ready to admit defeat yet.
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  4009.  @weebo19  price is going down, storage levels are going up. What is going to change?
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  4010.  @felipe-vibor  you mean a view that suits your narrative instead?
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  4011.  @briant5685  so?
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  4012.  @alexanderlazarev3570  why would Germany want to repair russia's pipeline?
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  4013.  @alexanderlazarev3570  nope, the majority owner of the pipeline is gazprom. And that makes oit russia's problem.
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  4014.  @benjaminnarok353  is that what russian media is telling you? Prepare to be disappointed Ivan 😄
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  4015. the soviets lost 20 million fighting Germany, while Germany lost 4 million fighting the soviets, British, Americans, French and others. Seems to me that it didn't end that well for the soviets either...
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  4016. don't be ridiculous. EU is buying everything they can deliver.
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  4017. i agree 👍
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  4018. the ruskies lost 20 million of their people last time, i don't think russia can afford a rerun...
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  4019. yeah, that was not russia's only demands. Stop the BS.
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  4020. Russia shut off Nordstream about a month before the pipeline was damaged. Nice try Ivan.
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  4021. it's more like 300.000 poorly trained conscripts and outdated T62's. It's nothing but cannonfodder.
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  4022. russia can't even take Bakhmut, russia can't handle the Finns...
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  4023. you can cope as hard as you like, but fact is that russia controls much less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago...
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  4024. i thought Europe was gonna freeze to death this winter?
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  4025. We were all laughing at trump, because he is a clown...
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  4026. there is. My neighbour had a heatpump and solarpanels with a battery installed recently. One of the tech guys told me they were fully booked for months, and they had problems with supply due to high demand all over Europe.
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  4027. russia and several western producers are increasing oil production, while demand for oil is going down globally. So the Saudis has to cut production to avoid a crash in the oil price.
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  4028. But russia doesn't get full price, that is the whole point.
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  4029.  @richidollarr4578  yes, after 2 years russia has managed to occupy 20 of a much smaller country right next door. And the majority of those gains were made in the first few days when Ukraine was unprepared...
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  4030. But I thought russia would take Kyiv in 3 days? What happened? 😄
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  4031. Russia's claims about technical difficulties could actually be true. Russia's oil and gas industry use a lot of western technology, and they can no longer get spare parts or technical assistance. Russia will probably have to rebuild large parts of their oil industry in the near future. It's a good thing russia is world famous for no corruption and efficient handling of public funds...😉
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  4032.  @peterjenner5431  ok lets hear it. How did the Americans start the war?
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  4033. EU is spending more on defence than China, and 2-3 times more than russia. The number of active personel is around 1,4 million, the same as the US.
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  4034. all the leaders that matter.
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  4035. But russia is not a super power?
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  4036. we can do both?
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  4037. it's nice to see so few russian trolls in the comments today. I assume they are still trying to find a way to spin it into a win for russia 😄
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  4038.  @ThomasTomiczek  the pipeline "power of siberia" started construction in 2014, and it is expected to be completed in 2025. And that relatively short pipeline from a gas field in eastern russia to eastern china. If russia wants to supply asia from the gasfields in western russia, they better hurry up if they want a pipeline to be completed before 2052...
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  4039.  @gaborrajnai6213  stop invading their country then?
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  4040.  @nyarkofelix7922  yeah it is good news right?
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  4041.  @throughput6674  truth hurts, huh?
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  4042.  I am Sorry  it's not the 1600's anymore 😄is there any spice we couldn't grow in a greenhouse if we cared enough?
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  4043.  @中共戰士萬歲  i was referring to the many comments under this video, from Indian people who seem to think that higher fuel prices would hurt the americans but somehow benefit India.
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  4044. oh is Bakhmut falling again? How many times has it fallen now, 200 maybe?
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  4045. russia could end the war today by going home.
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  4046. the US is buying almost 2x more from Germany. China was Germany's 4th largest customer in 2023, only buying slightly more than Poland.
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  4047.  @prateekkumar1617  - Ukraine can't afford to give up. If they cede territory to russia, it will only be a matter of time before the russians come back for more. Any deal would be temporary, so victory on the battlefield is the only option. - putin can't afford to lose the war, it would be the end of him. Putin had a large war chest when the war began, and a large stock of weapons and ammo from the soviet era. It will run out eventually, but it will take a long time.
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  4048. Defeated? How exactly? 😄
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  4049.  @siralexis6590  well done Finland 👍. Denmark is against nuclear for some reason, but not against buying electricity from Swedish nuclear plants. Go figure... Denmark is actually doing pretty good when it comes to being self sufficient. When we resume gas and oil production in the north sea later this year, we will be a net exporter of oil and gas again. Denmark will be the largest oil producer in the EU, i think that is pretty cool.
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  4050.  @relaxingsounds6168  what does that have to do with my gas consumption?
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  4051.  @duncansmith7562  that is correct, companies that can't compete will close, not move. However, the number of insolvent companies in Europe 2022 isn't really higher than usual.
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  4052.  @duncansmith7562  there's no data on that yet, but it would make sense if many companies made less profit in 2022. But employment has actually gone up in many EU countries recently, including Germany.
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  4053. you should be careful with all that thinking Ivan, it is not allowed in putin's russia. You don't want to go to the gulag do you?
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  4054.  @neverknowsbest2879  russia can sell the oil at any price they like, but they can't hire a western owned tanker if the price is above 60$. And there is not enough tankers in the world to transport all of russia's oil without western owned tankers.
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  4055.  @Dan-Martin  russia is already in recession, according to russia's own central bank. And it is only down hill from here. Most of the business russia is losing in Europe right now is going to be permanent, it is not coming back.
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  4056.  @Dan-Martin  i don't think you realize how much construction is going on here in Europe now. Each country has their own plan, but here is Denmark's: we are going to restart oil and gas production in the north sea, the first oil rig arrived at site 2 months ago. Denmark will be a net exporter of oil and gas by the end of next year. But there is also other projects under construction all over the country such as biogas facilities, wind turbines, solarparks, hydrogen facilities, energy storage and so on. It may take a few years, but Europe will be just fine.
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  4057.  @Dan-Martin  wind and solar is the cheapest source of energy by far, the key is storage so the energy is ready when needed. There is no shortage of oil so far. I see the energy crisis as a major opportunity, at least for my country. Producing energy instead of importing will be a big boost to the economy. The biggest winners will be the farmers, there is a massive investment in biogas at the moment. We produce enough to cover 35% of Denmarks gasconsumption already, but the goal is 50% by 2025 and 100% by 2030. And the price is very similar to russian gas.
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  4058.  @K3nn9n  that is a very weird thing to brag about 🤨
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  4059.  @tshifhiwaramatswana6862  we are? In what way exactly?
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  4060. why would the Ukrainians want to negotiate with someone who is trying to kill their wives and children?
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  4061.  @TheKkpop1  Germany's economy decreased by 0,3% in 2023, but it is still healthy. Unemployment is low, number of companies going bankrupt is below average, wages are going up. And unlike russia, china and the US, Germany's national debt decreased in 2023...
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  4062. @nunuabiznus  here are the official OECD numbers for 2023, the numbers for 2024 are not available yet as far as I know. US $65B Germany $38B France $15B Netherlands $7B Italy $6 Sweden $5B I am only going to list the top 5, the remaining 22 members of the EU have donated around $18B combined.
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  4063.  @nunuabiznus  the EU Commission says over 50B euro, they don't give a specific number. All official sources i can find agrees with the numbers i stated earlier. So my claim stands, unless you can provide numbers from a credible source that says something else.
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  4064. nah, BYD is just the next Huawei...
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  4065.  @sofiyagrober2180  all in the past. This is today, and the reality today is that russia is a paper tiger 🐯
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  4066.  @yurichtube1162  nope, around 35% went to the EU. And a lot of European farmers were very unhappy about that, which is why several countries banned imports a few months ago. The 3 largest buyers were China, Spain and Turkey, according to the UN.
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  4067. russia mobilized some more cannon fodder, begged north korea and iran for shells, and built new missiles with chips from stolen washing machines. So russia can keep their pathetic war machine going for a little while longer.
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  4068. don't worry, we have enough bodybags for all the russians...
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  4069. record LNG, but much less pipeline gas. Russia used to supply almost half of all natural gas in Europe, and now it is less than 15% including LNG.
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  4070. 🤡
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  4071. yeah russia might invade Ukraine over this. Oh wait... well russia might launch a massive missile strike against Ukraine! Oh wait...
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  4072.  @M88881  No, it says 420.000 casualties in total, including those on the russian side. But discussing casualties is pointless, since none of us know the actual numbers. And most of that territory was captured in the first month of the invasion, when Ukraine was taken by surprise. Russia's only victory in 14 months is Bakhmut, while Ukraine liberated Kherson, Izium, Lyman and Kupyansk in the same period...
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  4073.  @oliviasukamto947  am i really the coping one here? I'm not the one pretending like it's a victory for a supposed super power like russia, that they have been able to hold the line for 2 months against a much smaller neighbor...
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  4074.  @doroparker1702  nice cope, but that is just not true. Russia claims to have annexed 4 oblasts, but they only control 1. Remember how Kherson would be russian forever, according to putin? So from a russian point of view, Ukraine is now occupying parts of russia, and russia can apparently do nothing except sit in a trench and hope for the best...
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  4075.  @sonneh86  modern manufacturing is automated. I spent most of my workday in front of a computer, in fact i am working right now. The rest of my time is spent on maintenance and repair of the machinery. Denmark is a part of the EU's single market, and i am a big fan of that. When i say "we", I mean the EU.
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  4076.  @santostv.  this is a common misunderstanding, so let me explain: Yes, we have a shortage of workers, but it is skilled workers that we need. We get plenty of applications from people who want to work, but they don't have the skills. Unskilled workers are pretty useless in this trade, no matter how cheap they are. Modern manufacturing is automated, and you can't just hire a random guy to program and maintain machinery that costs more than a house. It takes 4,5 years to become an industrial technician here in Denmark.
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  4077. VW ID4 is apparently the best selling electric car in Europe at the moment.
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  4078. that is a good question. Could be that larger countries tend to have more regions with low income, which will drag the average down?
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  4079.  @jimmytimmy3680  not really. The crisis has already peaked, things will slowly improve in 2023.
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  4080. good luck with that...
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  4081. German economy seems to be doing ok, no need to worry.
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  4082. sounds like you're the one who wants everything to be about russia...
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  4083. nice coping.
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  4084.  @gregcraig6163  It's the gas i want to get rid of. And as much trade between the EU and russia as possible. Putin is russia's problem.
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  4085. congratulations, russia has won a new pile of rubble they can't afford to rebuild.
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  4086. math is not your strong side i guess 😄
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  4087.  @igolferd1  and yet the US is the only NATO member to ever invoke article 5...
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  4088. @fleshnbone187 pure fiction 🙄
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  4089. And why is that Ukraine's problem?
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  4090. One side is helping a country defend themselves, while the other side is helping an empire to expand it's territory by force.
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  4091. yup, outsourcing was a mistake. And now we have to fix that mistake.
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  4092. the EU is not a part of the grain deal. It was brokered by the UN and Turkey.
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  4093.  @soreeyez  so the 3 day special military operation is not going to plan?
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  4094. yeah Ukraine is already facing a mutiny among their own forces. Oh wait, that was russia...
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  4095. because it is true. To be honest, i think Europe should just stop caring about wto rules, it's not like anyone else is following them anyway...
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  4096. Ukraine hasn't received any western tanks, IFVs or fighter jets yet. No long range missiles. No warships. So Ukraine has managed to stop the russians, and even take territory back, armed with mostly old soviet equipment.
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  4097.  @TrajannValoris  weapons and ammo costs money, and soldiers need to get paid. Russia can't afford it for long...
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  4098. Russia is not part of the treaty banning anti personel mines.
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  4099.  @Emma.Ari123  you're talking about putin, right?
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  4100.  @wxyang3535  then how do you explain Japan? They export the same kind of products, and they have to import 90% of their energy. Pretty much all natural gas in Japan comes from LNG.
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  4101. too bad that will never happen. Are you forgetting that russia had to run away from Kherson, because they couldn't supply their troops across the Dnipro?
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  4102. Amazon is absolutely a problem, at least here in Europe.
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  4103. yes it is a problem this year and probably next year too, because it takes time to build infrastructure and increase production. LNG is not 3x more expensive than russian gas, in 2020-2021 it was more like 25-30%. With long term contracts, that price can be reduced.
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  4104.  @danielhutchinson6604  norway didn't declare independence from denmark, they were taken over by sweden after denmark lost a war. Nice try Ivan :) The global price of LNG depends on supply and demand, just like oil. At the moment, LNG is actually cheaper than russian gas.
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  4105.  @danielhutchinson6604  ...road apples? Wtf are you talking about Ivan? Are you saying that LNG doesn't exist? Or that it can't be transported by ship? Or...?
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  4106. "according to some". Let me guess, your source is russian propagandists...
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  4107. Ukraine took back Kherson, Izium, Kupyansk, Lyman etc, while russia's biggest victory in 6 months is a small mining town 😄
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  4108.  @wayne8153  oh yes, the "mighty" russian army has advanced almost 3 km in 2 months. They might control all of the Donbass by 2053 at this rate 😄
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  4109.  @alek8672  the russians didn't just leave, they ran away with their tales between their legs, leaving much of their equipment behind 😄
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  4110.  @wayne8153  we have already seen russia's regular army in action, remember the 40 km long traffic jam north of Kyiv?
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  4111.  @temetnosce7482  what's the matter cupcake, does the truth hurt?
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  4112.  @springalexander1372  got anymore of those weak excuses?
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  4113.  @AbuSayyaf963  the company is not eliminated. It was partnered with a chinese company for production, and now they are setting up production in Germany instead. That is a loss for China no matter how you spin it.
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  4114.  @abssaulawa007  NATO is a defensive alliance, where all members had to apply for membership. The fact that most of russia's neighbors applied for membership should tell you something.
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  4115.  @sidahagarwal742  source?
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  4116.  @imatanyani  yeah 13 years of economic decline in Syria. No wonder that Assad's troops didn't want to fight. Being russia's vassal is bad for the economy...
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  4117. it's kinda hard to find a prorussian who is not a grifter or a complete retard...
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  4118.  @stevewhite3424  worst troll of the day 😄
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  4119. it sends a message alright. The message is that so called super power russia had to spend all their resources for 9 months just to take one medium sized town. This is russia's first victory since Severodonetsk almost a year ago.
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  4120. SWIFT is co-owned by the US and EU. The headquarter is in Belgium.
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  4121.  @PriyanshuAman-dn5jx  but brics don't actually do anything...
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  4122.  @craigsmith6512  are you drunk or something? Could you try to make sense?
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  4123. yeah it will probably take a few more years before russia is ready to give up. But it will happen eventually... 😉
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  4124.  @mikeluc9916  but the US is not actually providing much security anymore. Let's be honest here, the US would not do much if russia invaded Estonia.
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  4125.  @nethkomba8892  wow, what a burn 🙄
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  4126.  @nethkomba8892  how are the americans benefitting, they were already selling everything they could produce before the bombing? Russia had already cut the gas flow, and Germany had already decided to phase out russian gas. But nice try, little troll.
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  4127.  @nethkomba8892  wtf are you even talking about?
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  4128. that is exactly what the russian trolls are trying to achieve. To sow confusion and make us lose interest. I like to take every new piece of information with a grain of salt, and wait a week or 2 for confirmation...
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  4129. you don't have any sense, Ivan...
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  4130. How did the US get their air defence to the Caspian sea?
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  4131. then what are they complaining about?
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  4132.  @RogueSecret  no, china is the largest producer of grain, russia is nr 3. However, the EU produces more than russia and Ukraine combined...
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  4133. it is just toilet paper now 😄
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  4134. C-RAM from the US, or Mantis from Germany could shoot them down in a cost efficient way.
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  4135. they could leave at any time. So why don't they?
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  4136. reporting about problems in other countries is not smearing, it's just reporting.
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  4137. There is no mystery, russia did it.
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  4138.  @popov1990  cool story bro
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  4139.  @bellohadiza9414  and what happens when these factions want to know who is the strongest? It's just a return to the cold war era, with less global trade and coorporation, and more proxywars.
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  4140.  @180-Facts  what am i wrong about? Please explain...
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  4141.  @briant5685  that is a strawman argument, Norway never said that. And I am from Denmark.
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  4142. russia has proven once again that they are the true enemy of peace and stability in Europe. I can only hope that we end all trade and cooperation with russia in the future.
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  4143. i still chuckle every time i think about that bridge. I would have loved to see putin's sad face when someone told him the bridge was attacked 😄
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  4144.  @dragons_hook  not as funny as the time when putler declared that Kherson would be part of russia forever, and then his forces just ran away and gave the city back to Ukraine 😄
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  4145.  @PatrickWilliamsI  sanctions on rosatom would be dangerous for countries with power plants build by the russians. And it is not very profitable for russia anyway, so there is no need for that.
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  4146. Japanes and Korean car makers have to make profit to stay alive. That is the difference.
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  4147. nope. You just made that up.
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  4148.  @tylerdurden4006  yes i do. And they all show russian crude oil imports going down to almost nothing. But nice try buddy...
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  4149.  @sxe1nuar  yes, but that is by design. It means that russia has to sell the oil cheaper to other countries, instead of getting the full price in Europe.
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  4150. more proof that russia is an unreliable supplier. I don't think russia will have many customers left in Europe after the war.
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  4151.  @tigerlancer  if we can stay united then yes. But i don't think we will. The far-right is on the rise in Europe as well...
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  4152.  @umutneo  who did? Name someone?
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  4153. but not to russia, because russia is not a reliable supplier...
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  4154.  @fear_reactor  you're right, why didn't i think of that. I just have to force my neighbor to vote, some armed soldiers and transparent ballot boxes will ensure that i get the result i want. Thanks for the advice buddy!
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  4155.  @fear_reactor  ok I tried to remind him, but then he started to complain about all the horrible sh*t i have done to his family in the past. Please advice?
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  4156. we don't want a war with russia, but we can't just look the other way while russia brutalizes a country right on our doorstep. This war was russia's choice.
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  4157. i have been thinking a lot about this lately. The real threat from russia is not a full scale invasion, but something much smaller. And right now i don't have much faith in NATO. I think a lot of NATO members would be hesitant to deploy their own soldiers to defend some remote border territory in another country. Another big problem is, without the US who would take the lead? I could easily imagine France, Germany and the UK spending months arguing about it instead of actually doing something. The only solution i can think of is some kind of EU force that is responsible for defending every inch of EU territory. Then it is not France sending French soldiers to the Baltics, but EU soldiers defending EU territory. This force doesn't have to replace all other armies, EU members could still have their own military.
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  4158. The natural gas price is lower than before the war. The price was more than 2x higher in October 2021.
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  4159. so?
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  4160. good comment 👍
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  4161. russia is creating a coalition of loser countries. How pathetic...
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  4162. OPEC never learns, do they? First they help the US to become the world's largest oil producer. And now they want to help Canadian oil production to reach record levels too.
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  4163. I agree, but I don't think putin is ready to admit defeat yet.
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  4164.  @patnelson2091  we don't have enough gas and oil in Europe, so we would have to keep importing. That is not really a solution, it just gives other countries leverage they can use against us.
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  4165. could be worse, could be like russia.
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  4166. he looks like dr Evil...
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  4167. nobody wants to invade russia, it is russia who can't stop invading their neighbors.
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  4168. Shame on russia for attacking Ukraine...
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  4169. funny thing is, that US hegemony is exactly what allowed globalized trade to happen. A multipolar world will once again be full of great power politics, proxywars and protectionism. It is really just a return to the bad old days...
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  4170. so putin's energy blackmail failed this year, but we totally freeze next year? You trolls are hillarious 😄
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  4171.  @MarkNOTW  estimates by russian media? 😄
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  4172. that is because the US relies on air-to-ground instead of artillery. Look up how many tons of explosives the US dropped from the sky, it is quite impressive...
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  4173.  @ragingmonk6080  come on Ivan, stop pretending to be American. 🙄
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  4174. could be worse, imagine being a chinese vassal like russia...
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  4175.  @donkalzone6671  yes, that is because the EU is a net exporter of wheat. So it doesn't take a lot to flood the market. Ukraine's main export to the EU is maize and sunflower oil.
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  4176. putin is very cooperative. He decided to step aside and let the americans make some money instead. And the americans could use the extra money so they can keep sending weapons to Ukraine :)
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  4177.  @trevorsutherland5263  no, NATO is not fighting russia. Not yet. And Sweden's AWACS engineers are just fine. And their prime minister has not resigned. You must be living in an alternate reality buddy...
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  4178. that contract will run out by the end of this year. And Ukraine is not going to renew it. So that will be the end of russian pipeline gas in Europe...
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  4179. russia is a banana republic 😄
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  4180. Nah, the the russian clown show is still entertaining. We can keep talking about it for months...
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  4181. nah, russia is losing...
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  4182. even shambling zombies can overwhelm the defenders if there is enough of them...
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  4183. i really don't see the problem with calling the AMX-10 a light tank. That is pretty much what it is.
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  4184.  @kaloyanrosenov2123  yeah that never happened you fool 😄
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  4185. gdp is a measure of economic activity, and it includes things like borrowing money and increasing the national debt, and military spending. The US can grow their GDP just by printing and borrowing more money, China by spending on infrastructure and russia by military spending. Ukraine's gdp grew around 5% in 2023 as well btw.
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  4186.  @annaredding  well said 👍
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  4187.  @yuvingoonewardene7920  has the US deployed missiles in a country bordering russia?
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  4188. Yeah, around 2km in the last 2 months. While russia is losing ground in the south and at the river...
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  4189.  VLAD-08090  russian troops have been present in the Donbass since 2014. Stop the BS
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  4190.  VLAD-08090  sure, keep telling yourself that. We both know russia is a sad and miserable place...
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  4191.  @bhaashatepe5234  no NATO country tried to annex parts of the former Yugoslavia. So it doesn't relate to the current war in Ukraine in any way, since russia is obviously just trying to expand putin's empire.
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  4192. scott ritter is a russian asset.
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  4193. put on your tinfoil hat, they are coming to get you!!!!
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  4194.  @davidnoelfranks1124  i predicted russian trolls, and here you are to prove me right little troll 🙂
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  4195. it's not real growth. Please stop this silly narrative. If i started spending my retirement fund on fireworks, then my economic activity would grow. But it would not give me any value in the long term. Russia is just using up all their reserves, while also increasing taxes on companies, printing money and borrowing money. Putin is destroying russia's future for his own imperial ambitions...
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  4196. Don't be silly, strikes are normal in a democratic country.
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  4197.  @Carewolf  sure, but a few air-bursting 35mm rounds would probably be better at clearing trenches than 1 120mm round. And there are also self-propelled artillery and mortars on the battlefield, plus missiles designed to take out bunkers. It just seems a little silly to design a tank to fight other tanks, when that is not their main role on the battlefield. If you want to use a heavily armored vehicle to assault an enemy position, then it seems to me that a high rate of fire would be useful.
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  4198. no, trump was mocked because he is a clown. And he was just repeating what every president since Reagan has said about the reliance on russian gas...
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  4199. Russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  4200. remember how pipes were freezing last winter in russia? Wonder if any of that has been fixed. My guess is no...
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  4201. nonsense, the war is all about putin's imperial ambitions...
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  4202. why would Ukraine agree to that? It's not like russia is making progress on the battlefield.
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  4203. hello mr russian troll 😄
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  4204. what world are you living in? In the rreal world, russia is only supported by loser countries like iran and north korea...
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  4205.  @CanadianForPutin  there were more than 10M men of military age in Ukraine when the war started. Do you really believe there are no more men in Ukraine? Really?
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  4206. they would if they could. But they can't...😄
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  4207. in that case, we should probably start sending some NATO forces in there. I wonder if NATO's 3,5 million active service members would make a difference 😄
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  4208.  @DailyGPT365  there is no such thing.
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  4209.  @DailyGPT365  no. But trade balance is a thing. And china's trade surplus with the world is almost 1 trillion dollars per year. So now it's time for tariffs...
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  4210.  @DailyGPT365  and how will we afford those goods in the future? When China doesn't buy as much from the world, that money stays in China. Only the US can just print more money to keep buying...
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  4211.  @sittingduck02  and that is why the EU is raising tariffs, because we no longer benefit from the relationship.
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  4212. that source is now our enemy...
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  4213.  @nate_reatcz  so you think we are only against russia because of the US? That is very ignorant of you...
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  4214. so it is a major provocation that the people you are invading, invades you back? Oh putin, what a joke you have become...😄
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  4215. and the US will soon start to undermine most of these efforts, once they realize that Europe won't really need the US anymore. Can't be the "leader of the free world" if such a leader is no longer needed...
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  4216.  @untouchboy  compare that to the trillions spent on Afghanistan. This is the cheapest war yet. And russia is using up their reserves of money and weapons, they will be no threat to anyone when the war is over. Russia will lose even if they win the war.
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  4217.  @АнтонинаКондратьева-ц8о  ok? So what is there to smile about in russia?
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  4218. the big difference is probably that the US has competent soldiers, while russia has nothing but drunken cannon fodder...
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  4219.  @jaybelle1909  then why do they keep "repositioning" away from the Ukrainian army?
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  4220. well , russia lost Kherson, Izium, Kupyansk, Lyman etc...
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  4221. *because of russia's imperial ambitions. Fixed it for you.
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  4222. the only thing russia is winning is a vodka drinking contest...
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  4223. empty threats...
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  4224.  @marcusmarshall8357  stop lying Ivan. If you were from the UK, you would know that the UK is a nuclear power too...
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  4225.  @ParthPant25  because i care about Germany and the rest of Europe. If you don't, then why are you here?
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  4226. china is buying roughly the same amount of goods from Germany as countries like Poland and Italy. Even a smaller country like the Netherlands is buying 20% more than China.
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  4227.  @denisgorjunov  that is nonsense. Unemployment in Germany remains low, and the number of bankruptcies are still below average. How would that be possible if all industry was gone?
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  4228.  @MarioLopez-qp1bg  Germany was paying the same price for gas as most other countries in the EU. There are several reasons why Germany is struggling right now, such as brexit, covid, lockdowns in china last year, supply chain bottlenecks, Inflation and the energy crisis last year. Germany is more sensitive to all this, since their economy is more export oriented than most others in Europe.
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  4229. Who cares about Nordstream anymore?
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  4230. maybe russia should stop invading their neighbors, then there wouldn't be a need for NATO.
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  4231.  @No_borders_means_no_welfare  what is that even supposed to mean?
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  4232.  @skyline9577  why don't you tell us? My guess is: not a lot....
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  4233.  @ABAddonfromHeLL  we have already tried this in Denmark. A far right populist party grew to power on an anti islam agenda. It became very apparent that the party was unfit for government, and they got just 2% of the votes at the last election...
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  4234. we would respect russia, if they were able to act like a civilized country. But russia prefers to act like an empire from the 1800s instead.
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  4235.  @aanandika9975  kinda funny that people like you like to ignore russia's colonization of northern and central Asia. The EU is the most civilized area in the world, just because you don't like it doesn't make it any less true.
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  4236. i'm not sure you understand the consequences of this. The best case scenario is a new cold war. The next few decades will be much worse for all of us.
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  4237. yup
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  4238. the Ukrainians have also made some minor gains in the Svatove front. But you would have to zoom in really close on the map to see the gains on both sides. The russians have advanced roughly 3km in the Bakhmut/Soledar front in the past month.
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  4239.  @ngangavictor5556  yes russia has made a little progress for the first time in 6 months. But it is tiny compared to the territory lost in Kharkiv and Kherson.
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  4240. no one believes russia's empty nuclear threats 😄
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  4241.  @OnlyThe1Son  Germany and Japan were defeated and had a regime change. If you want to know what russia's future looks like, take a look at Iran and North Korea. The sanctions are not going anywhere, russia has nothing that we can't get somewhere else.
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  4242.  @OnlyThe1Son  you don't seem to get it, the ball is already rolling. New energy infrastructure is being built, new contracts are being signed with new suppliers. The war will most likely go on for years, there will be very little trade left when the war ends. Russia can still trade with china, but they demand discounts. Because they know russia has nowhere else to go.
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  4243. russia is barely hanging on in the battlefield. If Ukraine surrenders they will back under russian rule, which is going to be worse when you consider russia's long tradition of genocide and oppression in Ukraine.
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  4244. Really? Let's see: Russia is not making progress on the Battlefield. Any hope of defeating Ukraine militarily is gone. Russia has lost the energy war. Europe didn't freeze, and russia has now lost their market share permanently. Russia is losing the economic war. Russia is already running the largest budget deficit since the fall of the ussr. And russia is losing market share in a number of key areas, such as arms exports, oil refinery, natural gas and uranium enrichment. And it will only get worse for russia as the war drags on. So yes, russia is clearly losing the war...
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  4245.  @rwmroy  it was done in Danish waters, not German territory.
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  4246.  @MikeBenko  smart comment 👍
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  4247. ​ @dannyboy8850 uranium mining and enrichment is not very profitable. That's why the US didn't want to do it themselves, until now. The European Companies are state owned, so they don't have to be profitable.
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  4248.  @narancauk  no worries, i don't know either.
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  4249. don't you worry buddy, i don't think most of us want anything from the US anymore.
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  4250. Oh No, please come back. Oh wait, nobody cares...
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  4251.  @sidahagarwal742  Norway is Europe's biggest supplier of natural gas now. Current market share is around 25% of all gas consumed in the EU. Denmark will also be a net exporter by the end of this year. Other countries with notable gas reserves are the Netherlands, Romania and the UK.
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  4252.  @lilacer6841  in the North Sea. I think the current production is around 50% of the UK's annual consumption.
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  4253.  @AugustusOmega  still is...
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  4254.  @AugustusOmega  and the "rus" came from modern day Sweden, so by your logic all of russia belongs to Sweden 🙄
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  4255. EU's trade deficit with China has already grown to 280 billion in 2023. How will you afford your next car when China has destroyed the last industry in Europe?
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  4256.  @tinaforbes1059  that was a very cute attempt at a burn, but i'm just not feeling it. You should go and make yourself look pretty instead.
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  4257.  @haskalah  they didn't invade Ukraine, russia did.
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  4258. Pretty good actually. The biggest problem right now is the way electricity is priced. Right now there's plenty of wind and sun here in Denmark, so electricity is pretty cheap. But if just 1 gas turbine is turned on, the price will rise 4-5 times even if only a very small amount of the power on the grid is provided by gas.
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  4259.  @yurichtube1162  Heatpumps or various forms of district heating. My town is building a biogas facility which will supply district heating for the town and gas for the local steel producer.
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  4260.  @yurichtube1162  natural gas accounted for 34% of EU's primary energy consumption 2021. Russia supplied around 38% of the natural gas. So russian gas accounted for roughly 12% of EU's primary energy. Replacing that gas is a short term problem.
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  4261.  @vipeton.8927  oh come on Ivan, that was last year's talking points. The quality of you russian trolls have really gone downhill lately 🙄
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  4262. what exactly are they winning? Russia controls less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago. And they still don't control 3 out of 4 oblasts they claim to have annexed. At the moment, russia is just using up their reserves of cash and old military equipment. But that won't last forever.
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  4263.  @thornelderfin  good comment 👍
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  4264. none of russia's neighbors seem to like them. That tells me all i need to know about russia.
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  4265. What do you care?
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  4266.  @sofiyagrober2180  there are no sanctions on aluminium yet. But that will soon come, it is already being considered for the next round of sanctions. There will be no trade left when this war is over...
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  4267. yeah but what about the about and the whataboutism?
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  4268. Russia is not ready for an actual peace treaty yet. So Ukraine have to keep fighting for now.
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  4269. the russians have been fighting hard to keep that village for months. And the russians failed...
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  4270.  @dunravin  see my reply above.
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  4271.  @timmiller6868  i don't know what you mean. My point was that NATO has been at russia's borders for almost 20 years, so it makes no sense to claim that NATO would come closer to russia if Ukraine joined.
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  4272.  @jvjd  many of russia's neighbors applied for NATO membership, because they felt threatened by russia. That is why NATO has expanded towards russia. If russia doesn't like it, then maybe they should stop invading their neighbors.
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  4273. That seems very unlikely, Soledar is russia's only victory in 6 months. And it's a pretty small victory.
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  4274. LNG is sold on the same market as pipeline gas, so yes. This price cap is an agreement to stop buying if the price reaches 180euro, which is 10x the normal price. The purpose is to prevent the richer EU members from outbidding the poorer.
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  4275. i just hope the French voters will ask exactly how Le Pen will end immigration. Not sure most of them are going to like the answer...
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  4276.  @dracoboomin6511  trenches give a lot of protection from artillery, the russians will still have to send infantry to clear the trenches. And that is very costly.
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  4277.  @clifflegrand4848  if you don't know how many, then how do you know there is more Ukrainians? Try to make sense little troll.
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  4278. what city in the EU has -4c and no heat?
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  4279. @Yi Yi i apologize, thought you were trolling. And i agree regarding Schroeder.
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  4280.  @baul997  yeah turns out we wasted a lot of energy in Europe 😄
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  4281. russia, who's that? Are you talking about china's gas station?
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  4282. they are game changers. Russia is on the defensive again, losing ground slowly but surely...
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  4283. why would they do that? Oil producers like to make money.
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  4284.  @yourmomslover2288  500.000 poorly trained conscripts. Nothing but cannon fodder.
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  4285. no need to rush, the war will go on for years. Ukraine is only growing stronger, while russia is sending T55s to the frontline...
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  4286.  @Rubinrus  Germany's economy is built on high quality products, German products have never been the cheapest option. And Norway is taking over as the main supplier of natural gas to Europe, around half of Germany's gas imports in 2023 was from Norway. Russia will never be a major supplier to Europe again.
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  4287. The agreement about 2% was just a non-binding goal to spend 2% by 2030.
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  4288.  @fingerprint8479  how exactly would it hurt russia?
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  4289. sure, but it would end with the Ukrainian people being subjugated and brutalized for a very long time.
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  4290.  @jamesteh829  sure, and we can also talk about how brutal the russians were when they invaded Afghanistan. But none of that is any excuse for russia's actions today.
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  4291. the Ukrainian airforce is still flying after 8 months.
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  4292.  @joshuapaul2022  the russians haven't made much progress since april. And the frontline has barely moved for 2 months. Why would that change now?
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  4293.  @0nlywithelly  russia tried to take Kyiv in the beginning of the invasion, but they failed. How is the demilitarization going by the way? Not great i guess, since Ukraine has more equipment now than they had before the war.
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  4294.  @Radio9730killer  I have no idea what you are talking about. Can you explain why you think he is a slave to the US?
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  4295. the whole 2% thing is stupid anyway. If Denmark increased military spending by giving every service member a new rolex watch every year, how would that help NATO? It would make more sense to agree on a certain amount of troops and equipment each member is expected to be able to deploy on a short notice.
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  4296. sure sure, any day now, right? 🙄
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  4297. yeah keep telling yourself that.
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  4298. russia is bad for Europe.
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  4299. yeah i agree. I see no reason to keep wasting money on Africa.
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  4300. since when does russia care about international laws?
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  4301.  @superdingo9741  yes
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  4302.  @superdingo9741  you could start by looking at russia's gdp per capita, compared to western countries?
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  4303.  @superdingo9741  poverty in russia and Germany are very different. The poverty line is usually around 50% of the median income. But in a rich country where the median income is high, 50% of that is still enough to live off. I saw a report recently that 25% of young people in Denmark are close to the poverty line. But i can assure you that none of them are starving...
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  4304. Germany is the second largest donor of military aid to Ukraine. Both the US and Germany have donated around 0.3% of their gdp to Ukraine.
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  4305. 19000 kids taken against their will, to a sh*thole of a country ruled by a dictator...
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  4306.  @priyanshusharma353  nobody cares about russia's pipeline.
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  4307. Nonsense, much better to drive.
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  4308. not as bad as Indian hypocrisy. Claiming to be against imperialism and colonialism, but not having a problem with russian imperialism and colonialism...
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  4309. Czech?
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  4310. the French are always protesting, it's what they do. And the British decided to hurt themselves for some reason...
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  4311.  @elenekuprashvili1145  and who is going to lend money to russia, to help them cover that deficit?
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  4312. There are no NATO rules about spending 2 %. The non-binding agreement was 2 % by 2030.
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  4313. russia has cheap energy, but russia is still a poor country?
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  4314. gas wasn't a long term solution anyway.
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  4315.  @thuthukanisjaka2597  thanks, little buddy 🥰
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  4316. because russia hasn't left Ukraine yet. But they will...
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  4317. And you are just another boring russian troll...
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  4318. the US is not actually running out of shells, but they are running out of shells they don't need themselves in case of a war. The same goes here in Denmark, there are still live fire artillery drills going on close to where i live. But we can't spare much more without putting ourselves in a vulnerable position. That's why both the US and the EU are increasing production of new shells...
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  4319. @ceroid3752 what are you talking about?
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  4320.  @Celticowl4136  i'm always right 🙂
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  4321. The grid is down because of the weather, it has nothing to do with russia.
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  4322.  @sanchezboy8654  yes that was a problem last year, but that has mostly been solved now. Norway is the main energy supplier to Europe now, supplying 50 % of Germany's natural gas in 2023. But this video is about Sweden, and Sweden doesn't really use natural gas. They have never been reliant on russian energy.
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  4323.  @maejohannsebastian7142  they were not protesting against increased defence spending, they just didn't want to lose a holiday and a day off.
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  4324. still giving more support than the US...
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  4325. Russia is pitting itself against Europe and Ukraine, this is all on putin.
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  4326.  @winterrising8738  i think you meant: "the tears of russian mothers can power a dam".
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  4327. they could just leave?
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  4328.  @calik9698  russia is fighting against Ukraine, not NATO. The fact that Ukraine can stand up to russia with such a small amount of weapons from NATO, should tell you how bad it would go for russia if NATO really got involved...
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  4329. they have reached the line in the area between Robotyne and Verbove.
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  4330.  @5150TJT  no one pays much attention to small protests in Europe. There are always someone protesting against something in a democratic country.
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  4331.  @InsightHotel  Indonesia is angry because EU regulations make it harder for them to sell palm oil in Europe. If they don't care about the EU, then why are Indonesia complaining?
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  4332.  @ornachia2489  and the WTO ruled in favor of the EU. So the EU is in the right, it has been proven in court.
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  4333.  @WarzoneOfficial22789  the EU will just get it from other countries, like Australia or Canada. This is mostly your problem.
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  4334.  @WarzoneOfficial22789  russia used to supply half of Europe's natural gas. So it caused an energy crisis when the supply was stopped. But it is now 2 years later, and russian gas has mostly been replaced. And russia's gas revenue dropped by $4 billion in 2023. The same would happen to Indonesia. If someone is willing to pay, there will always be someone willing to supply. It just takes a few years to build new supply chains. No country is irreplaceable.
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  4335. agreed.
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  4336. the trade deficit between Europe and China is growing every year. Closing our markets to China is in Europe's best interest.
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  4337.  @seadoglonelyseal  i seriously doubt that. But either way, it wouldn't have happened if russia didn't fire missiles at Ukrainian cities. So it is on russia no matter what.
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  4338.  @seadoglonelyseal  that's a weird logic. If you hit me with a rock, i would blame you. It doesn't matter if you were aiming for someone else, you shouldn't throw rocks at people to begin with.
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  4339. The majority owner of Nordstream is Gazprom. It is russia's problem.
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  4340. The real question is if russia will be able to keep some of that Territory they have occupied, or if they will lose it all again.
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  4341. I don't get this claim about the US providing more weapons than everyone else combined. When you look at the actual number of weapons delivered, instead of the claimed value, it seems to me that the majority has been delivered by Europe?
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  4342. the Ukrainians are fighting to liberate their country from russian occupation, russia could end the war today by going home.
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  4343.  @Memovox  i just realized that i have never asked you why you support russia in this war? What do you think will happen if russia wins?
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  4344. if russia wanted to supply more gas, they could just use one of the other pipelines. It makes no difference if the pipeline works or not when the russians have cut gas supplies.
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  4345. yeah, they did.
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  4346. i agree. It's the only way forward.
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  4347. revenge by attacking Ukraine instead of the US? That would be pretty pathetic.
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  4348.  @evenmullah1780  nonsense...
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  4349. oh come on, russia may have made a little progress for the first time in 6 months, and now you guys are acting like it's some great triumph? It's just a tiny little town buddy....😄
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  4350. @ not sure what that has to do with anything? Don't drink and comment, Ivan.
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  4351. Empty threats...
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  4352. Yeah, they should be careful what they wish for.
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  4353.  @hal1227  The EU is not actually behind on tech, not sure where you get that idea. And there will always be some trade, i don't think the EU will start growing lots of coffee or bananas any time soon. But it won't be anything like what we have today.
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  4354. @ i am more concerned about coffee. I need my morning brew. Can they grow coffee on Madeira as well? 🤔
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  4355. @ i don't really care about China, it is not really a threat or a potential partner.
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  4356.  @vultoktok1848  you can have my autograph if you ask me nicely, but it will cost you 5 euro.
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  4357.  @nikolamijailovic599  the US has nothing to do with EU sanctions. You're talking bollocks.
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  4358.  @michaellynch1132  i know, i just want to set the record straight since a lot of people seems to believe that China is Germany's biggest customer. In reality they are only slightly ahead of Poland and Italy.
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  4359. hello mr russian troll 🙄
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  4360.  @wyringen  that is not true, the russians are very good at running. Especially if they see a Ukrainian soldier...
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  4361. yeah, rigged elections..
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  4362. yeah i am a little disappointed. But at least we got to see putin flee in panic and totally cave to Wagner's demands...
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  4363. @@newmoon1448 no, unlike the US, the EU is not just gonna get bored and abandon someone we promised to support "as long as it takes". Both EU and many individual members have already pledged multi year support, just yesterday Germany pledged to double their aid in 2024.
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  4364.  @khaya7272  and somehow they are still firing, even though russia claims they have destroyed more equipment than the Ukrainians ever had. Maybe russia is lying 🤔
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  4365. The US is not giving us money? What are you talking about?
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  4366. ​ @effexon "the west" includes most of Europe, north America and Australia. Is there any kind of resources that can't be found on those 3 continents?
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  4367.  @daniel24689  it already has.
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  4368. opposing russia now is necessary. It has nothing to do with the US.
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  4369. I call BS on that claim.
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  4370. and how would EU companies compete with the chinese, when the chinese companies are subsidized by the government?
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  4371. All this because putin wants to rebuild the russian empire...
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  4372. are you related to comical Ali by any chance?
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  4373. Why should we be neutral, when the war is right next to us?
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  4374. that's exactly what it is.
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  4375. Hello mr russian troll, are we pretending to be German today?
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  4376. we cannot afford to give in to nuclear blackmail. Then it will never stop. Other countries will do the same, such as China with Taiwan or North Korea with South Korea. Russia's threats should simply be ignored by the media.
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  4377.  @ishitrealbad3039  there are still a lot of russian soldiers joining Ukraine, and some of them are nice enough to bring an armored vehicle or even a helicopter like the russian pilot that defected recently.
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  4378.  @Coloss92  sorry, i don't speak orc.
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  4379.  @muckle8  what is russia gonna do, fire some more missiles at civilians like they do on a daily basis anyway 🙄
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  4380. @univeropa3363  name one?
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  4381.  @aleermathiang7124  does russia have anything we can't just buy somewhere else?
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  4382.  @paradiso2k954  it takes time to build up new supply chains. And the price will be higher until then. But it is not permanent. My country just reopened natural gas fields that were shut down in 2019, and we will now produce more gas than we need ourselves. It took years, but we got there eventually. Energy prices in Europe are projected to be back to normal around 2027.
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  4383. ​ @whowantstoknow5712 reality agrees with me. Now watch the russians run in the coming days...
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  4384. we might see some short term price spikes during periods with really cold weather, but the price will fall again when normal winter weather returns.
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  4385.  @hape3862  nothing wrong with that, Danes love to complain as well 😄
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  4386.  @markharcourt2214  i have seen several economic crises in my lifetime, this is more like an economic inconvenience. If Germany's gdp starts to drop 2,2% like russia's, then i might start to worry...
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  4387.  @markharcourt2214  yeah, good job. This move will most likely speed up the global recession, which will reduce the demand for oil. For russia and the saudi's, this is like peeing in your pants to stay warm. But for people like me, who are working in manufacturing, it could be a lot worse. Higher transportation costs makes chinese imports less competitive in the European market, which is good news for me. I am sure china will be very happy about that, considering their exports are already down 14% year over year...
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  4388.  @markharcourt2214  don't worry, it's probably not gonna last very long. The US is expected to increase production by 850.000 bpd in 2023, Canada by 175.000 bpd. Even Denmark should add another 50.000bpd by the end of this year...😀
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  4389. 5x compared to what?
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  4390.  @Alex-pj8nz  well done, you are wrong on all 3 claims 😄 - natural gas is more expensive in Denmark than in Germany. - our gdp per capita is higher than Germany's. - our export of goods per capita is also higher than Germany's.
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  4391. yeah bunkerboy is adorable...
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  4392.  @markusberzborn6346  russia has lost 5.000.000 men and 2.000.000 tanks. Yeah i can make up numbers without evidence too.
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  4393. gas and oil is not going to help, if it is the pipes that are bursting.
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  4394. this time it's official.
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  4395.  @castanheira99  no one forced russia, except putin. This is all because putin wants to be a conqueror.
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  4396. No, but we can choose to decouble fromthe parts of the world with values that is opposite to ours.
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  4397. russia is trying to change the borders of Europe by force, that makes russia the biggest threat to peace and stability in Europe.
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  4398.  @rtorres4132  it's not just about Ukraine, this war is right on our doorstep. If we can bleed russia dry in Ukraine, then we don't have to worry about putin getting any ideas about the Baltic countries. Helping Ukraine is helping ourselves.
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  4399. don't worry, Ukraine has plenty of troops left. Why do you think russia is digging trenches all the way to Crimea.
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  4400.  @eddastrohmayer251  what about it was favourable for Ukraine? You know that the US can't actually force Ukraine to do anything, right? What would the US do if Ukraine had signed a peace agreement? Threaten to stop supplying weapons for a war that was over?
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  4401. My job title is industrial technician. The job is pretty much to program, maintain and repair automated machinery. It takes 4,5 years of education, which is a combination of school and apprenticeship. And that is just one profession related to manufacturing.
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  4402.  @ИванМартыненко-и3б  the sanctions are not going to be lifted in this decade. Unless russia leaves Ukraine, but that seems unlikely now. So enjoy being the north korea of Europe, it will probably last a few decades...
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  4403.  @randomguy4116  ok? how so?
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  4404. yup, the lesson is that we can't have any relationship with russia. They have to be sanctioned and kept out of Europe all the time.
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  4405. powered by cheap vodka and the daily potato they earn from writing all these BS comments...
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  4406. It's impossible for Denmark to sell Greenland. The US could take it by force, even if it seems pretty unlikely.
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  4407. @worldofdoom995  how can you sue someone, unless libel and slander is illegal? Which means that freedom of speech has limits.
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  4408.  @RobinPhillips1957  lowest temperature measured here in Denmark is -32 degrees. It was -6 outside last night, and my European build car was still fine this morning.
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  4409.  @RobinPhillips1957  i have lived in Hillerød too, it's a nice town 🙂
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  4410.  @nikolalepen5451  have you not noticed that the Ukrainians are no longer complaining about being outgunned in the artillery duel? And the russian missile strikes are barely even mentioned anymore, unless they hit a residential building.
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  4411.  @nikolalepen5451  yeah i served in the war against the Klingons. It was scary, but Captain Kirk saved my life many times.
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  4412.  @Unknown-te6dz  are you sure about that? I don't really believe that the US would do much to help if russia invaded a NATO member.
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  4413. @francoislechanceux5818  the average American can. But the rich elite like the power. So the average American will just have to pay for it.
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  4414.  @TheCatsMeoooow  what american assets? Can you give an example of the EU putting US interests first?
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  4415. what's the difference, they are all incompetent anyway.
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  4416. it takes time to build up new supply chains. The graph in the video is from 2022, i will bet that the amount imported from russia is much smaller in 2023.
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  4417.  @olivka7560  russia has nothing we can't get somewhere else. For many years, it was believed that interdependence in trade would keep the peace in Europe. But russia has proven that belief wrong, so now they have to be replaced. It may take a few more years, but it will happen.
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  4418. yeah that never happened 🙄
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  4419.  @thejollygreendragon8394  not sure what happened, there were 2 very good comments from 2 German guys?
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  4420.  @dragons_hook  russia occupied 27% of Ukraine last spring. Today it's around 15%. Remember how the russians said Kherson would be russia forever?
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  4421.  @paololuckyluke2854  National Rally is a populist party. It's not really about left or right, It's about empty promises that sound good on paper, but in reality it won't do much, if they can even deliver on those promises at all. Kinda like "I am going to build a wall, and make Mexico pay for it"...
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  4422. until this story has been confirmed by someone with a little bit of credibility, i am just going to assume the russians are lying. Because they usually are...
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  4423. the number of insolvent companies in Europe in 2022 wasn't really higher than usual. Employment has actually gone up in many EU countries.
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  4424. china declined to 49,5 in October.
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  4425.  @maxcc2501  what about it?
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  4426.  @maxcc2501  doesn't change the fact that china is struggling. Which is the subject of this video.
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  4427.  @DeeepXXX  inflation happens when demand is higher than supply. Deflation happens when there is more supply than demand, so companies have to lower the price. The problem for chinese companies is that the price of imports like energy and raw materials are going up, so now they are making less profit on their products.
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  4428. hello mr russian troll. How many potatoes have you earned today?
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  4429.  @PutinIsKing  nobody in Europe wants war with russia, the only warmonger here is russia. And russia lost ww1 btw.
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  4430. The russians are running away with their tales between their legs.
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  4431. yes, and wind and solar is the cheapest source of energy by far. And it comes with the bonus that Germany would no longer rely on hostile countries like russia...
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  4432.  @alanhamford2538  the world's largest producer of wind turbines is Vestas, a Danish company. But you are right about solar panels, that is something we have to change.
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  4433. the gas price in the UK is 2,5 times higher than in the EU for some reason. The UK left EU's internal energy market in 2021, guess that didn't work out well for the UK....
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  4434.  @kingxyz906  great argument buddy 🙄
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  4435.  @michaelwilson9921  yes the poorest will suffer. At least they are getting some support from the government where i live, i would hope other EU countries are doing the same. But let's be honest here, the poorest don't influence politics much. Many people in Europe are angry about the high prices, but the anger is not directed at the sanctions. It's directed at the people who got us dependent on russian gas to begin with.
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  4436. the US election this year will be interesting. I am not sure the trans atlantic partnership can survive another 4 years of trump, especially if he pulls support for Ukraine. It could very well be the end of the US lead world order, what comes after will probably not be very nice...
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  4437.  @tonirvd3650  so they can still build cars, because they have a factory with western tech? Good for them :) And they can make missiles with some western tech too. At least they could...
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  4438. yeah it is going to be great. Less global trade and cooperation, and more wars....
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  4439. will Trump actually achieve any of his "goals"? Nope. will Trump make up new policies every week to keep the media busy talking about something else? Yeah...
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  4440.  @juankroosfrausto7411  you guys were saying that back in June, when russia was making progress with their artillery. And what happened? Russia controls much less territory today 😄
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  4441.  @meteorknight999  of course they knew, it was done by themselves.
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  4442.  @Risran  ok, then please tell me about russia's other victories this year?
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  4443.  @thefourthrabbit9516  make sense please?
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  4444.  @SpruceWood-NEG  the "European" cars sold in China are not actually from Europe. They are produced in China....
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  4445.  @SpruceWood-NEG  19B may sound like a lot, but the EU exported cars worth 30,6 billion to the British in the same period. And 40,3 billion worth to the US, even though most of the large producers have factories there. China is really not as important for European exports as you think...
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  4446.  @TheKkpop1  yes china has the right to trade with russia if they like. But Europe has the right to refuse trade with a country that supports the enemy.
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  4447.  @sunperxi  India doesn't trade much with the EU. India exported 25 billion worth to the EU in 2023. China exported almost 600 billion worth...
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  4448.  @GuidingOlive  don't get me wrong, i think the US is doing a very good job here. And i am sure the US has provided more than any other country. But i am getting a little bit tired of complaints about Europe not helping, when that is clearly not true.
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  4449. Is Europe facing an energy disaster this winter? Short answer: NO. Long answer: Still no...
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  4450. total aid so far: US 69B euro, EU 132B euro...
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  4451.  @keshavacharyanp  at least we have toilets...
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  4452. just stop that nonsense Ivan...🙄
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  4453. your loss, my next car will definitely be electric.
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  4454. you could be right. Canada's oil production will reach a new record this year and US oil production is expected to reach new heights in 2023. The US is already the largest oil producer in the world, and Canada has the 3rd largest oil reserves in the world, maybe now is their time to shine. Many European countries are also increasing oil production in the coming years. My country will be a net exporter of oil and gas by the end of 2023.
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  4455. so how would you solve it? Just give russia what they want, and hope they don't ask for more?
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  4456.  @Thedrunkenswede1337  lol this is just like arguing with my wife. I still don't know what we are arguing about. Honey, is that you?
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  4457. what is there to talk about?
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  4458. just move to russia, they haven't developed much since the stone age.
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  4459. we seem to be surviving just fine?
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  4460. russia started the war with a $600B war chest, and a massive stockpile of weapons and ammo from the soviet era. Both will run out eventually, and that is when the real pain starts for russia. Time is on Ukraine's side, if we continue to support Ukraine.
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  4461. the ruble is toilet paper 😄
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  4462.  @Thea-gj2or  what a strange question... 🤨
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  4463.  @MeganoOdles  the US gets most of their rare earth from china too. And it is never too late to fix a mistake.
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  4464. is that the official motto of russian media?
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  4465. the price cap does apply to LNG as well.
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  4466. because russia invaded them? It's not like Ukraine had a choice.
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  4467. no one is preventing Ukraine from negotiating, if they wanted to. But the Ukrainians know that giving up land to appease russia won't solve anything, the russians would be back for more eventually.
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  4468. of course you are Canadian, you are definitely not a russian troll! We all believe you Ivan. Here's an even better solution: russia pulls out of Ukraine, and we can all be friendly again.
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  4469. it's the part of the world that matters 🙂
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  4470. yup, i agree.
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  4471.  @gettingfactsoutthere  of course the Ukrainians are losing troops too? Attacking is usually harder than defending. But they are clearly still combat effective.
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  4472.  @gettingfactsoutthere  20.000 in 2 months doesn't sound too bad, when you consider that it is an old school war where both sides have heavy weapons. WW1 and WW2 had battles with more than 50.000 casualties in just one day. And both sides were still able to fight for more than 4 years, don't expect this war to be over soon. Unfortunately....
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  4473.  @gettingfactsoutthere  i know it is a lot. Russia has lost most of their best troops as well. But i'm still pretty sure the war will continue for years.
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  4474. and they are both incompetent.
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  4475. russia started this, and they could end it today by going home. The person responsible for all of this is putin.
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  4476.  @governmentnwankwo9906  russia is doing that all by themselves.
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  4477.  @YourD3estinY  this is the main problem in my opinion, without the US, who would take the lead? The combined forces of the EU are already more powerful than russia, but only if we can work together. That's why i think it makes sense to create some kind of EU defence force. The supreme commander should be a general controlled by the European Council.
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  4478. Who is crying? If the US no longer wants to be the world leader, that is not really our problem.
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  4479. maybe you should remember that russia has claimed most of the arctic region, including waters that are considered Canadian by everyone else. If russia ever tries to enforce that claim, then you will probably appreciate that all other arctic countries are NATO members who are treaty bound to help you...
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  4480. that claim makes no sense. Try again...
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  4481. troll harder Ivan! You're not gonna earn your daily potato with that weak trolling.
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  4482. didn't stop you from celebrating when russia captured Bakhmut, after sacrificing many 1000s of troops in human wave attacks...
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  4483. that's true, EU has banned russian oil imports.
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  4484. that's russia for you 😄
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  4485. blame russia, they started this...
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  4486.  @yurichtube1162  you forget that not all of the gas from russia has to be replaced by natural gas. 34% of EU's gas consumption is used to generate electricity. So coal, solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, biogas etc can all be used to reduce the need for gas. Demand for gas dropped by more than 30% here in Denmark in 2022.
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  4487. a bunch of paid russian trolls...
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  4488. russians have no shame. They will just rewrite history and claim that it was actually the US who invaded Ukraine, and the russians were just there to help, or something like that.
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  4489.  @A1Kira  NATO expansion happens when another country applies to join. Maybe there is a good reason why so many of russia's neighbors have applied for membership?
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  4490. There are no pipeline to India, and only 1 to China. That can not replace the European gas market.
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  4491. the pipeline was already closed, and Germany had already decided to phase out russian gas.
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  4492. Have russia fixed all those pipes that burst last winter? My guess is no... 😄
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  4493. 0,3%....
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  4494.  @mrsam0496  5 potatoes, are you crazy? Putin can't afford that! Be reasonable...
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  4495. nah, russia is going to cry and moan about it. And maybe issue some more empty nuclear threats.
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  4496. it is winter now buddy, try to keep up.
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  4497. if that was the case , then why are we mostly supplying older weapons that are being phased out in the west?
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  4498. putin wants to expand his empire.
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  4499. empty threats 😄
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  4500.  @rasidmantawil1052  the russians ran away from Kherson with their tales between their legs, because they couldn't stand up to the Ukrainian army. That is a victory for Ukraine 😀
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  4501.  @wolfswinkel8906  putin is the war monger. And Le Pen supports putin...
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  4502. got anymore of those weak excuses?
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  4503.  @samuellopesbaule5745  so why are you making that choice? What is it that you think National Rally will do?
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  4504. we are against russia because of russia, not because anyone has told us we should be.
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  4505.  @BigVic13  that is a problem for the US. I am European, and the US doesn't really export a lot of cars to Europe. If China didn't try to flood Europe, then i wouldn't care.
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  4506.  @lilacer6841  if Ukraine did the same to the donbass, that would mean that these kinds of attacks have no effect since they were able to keep fighting for 8 years? So what is the point of doing it?
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  4507.  @lilacer6841  you dodged my question. There are 2 options: 1: these attacks has little effect, since donbass was able to live with the same for 8 years. 2: Ukraine didn't do the same to the donbass. Which one is true?
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  4508. The only country that is threatening Greenland is the US. So your argument is that the US needs Greenland, so the US can protect Greenland from the US...
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  4509. Russia is failing. They don't control the oblasts they claim to have annexed. Ukraine's military is growing instead of being demilitarized. Russia has not achieved anything so far...
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  4510. you have to define what "winning" the war means first. As i see it, russia will be worse of no matter how the war ends...
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  4511.  @ShipWreck68  CSG has a current capacity of 100.000 155mm shells per year. I seriously doubt that the UK can top that.
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  4512. that's why the russian trolls are working so hard, they are getting paid in potatoes...
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  4513.  @brownmold  they can't get tourist visas, but well educated russians can still come and work in the EU. And they do, more than a million russians are working in the EU. Because who wants to live in russia, if they have the skills to get a job in a civilized country?
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  4514. VW ID4 is apparently the best selling electric car in Europe at the moment.
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  4515. so you would like Germany to stop supporting Ukraine? I wonder why, mr russian troll...😄
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  4516. he is the most entertaining russian at the moment. I'm just amazed he is still alive.
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  4517.  @MWENDA-vv5im  if the russian commanders believed that these strikes would be enough to break Ukraine, then why do they think it is necessary to evacuate Kherson? 🙂
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  4518. no
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  4519. they sure do work, have you seen the value of the rubble? 😄
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  4520.  @petersouthernboy6327  Europe is a continent, not a country.
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  4521. and for good reasons...
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  4522. putin even looks like dr Evil from Austin Powers 😄
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  4523. russia cut the gas flow a month before the pipeline was damaged.
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  4524. they are fighting because they are being attacked by russia. It's pretty simple.
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  4525.  @randomguy7175  nobody really cares about the opinion of the global south.
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  4526. so all of the Indian ocean belongs to India? I'm sure India would be happy to hear that...🙄
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  4527. Russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  4528. your comparison makes no sense. LNG from the US and middle east is not gas from russia?
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  4529.  @JoseCastro-nv2tp  next to defeat russias pathetic conscript army? Sure why not, shouldn't be too hard when the Ukrainians have done all the hard work.
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  4530. ​ @johnstewart2473 to achieve what? Mexico had already agreed to more troops at the border before the tariffs. Trump folded 😄
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  4531. but still advancing on the Svatove front
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  4532. Nobody cares about russia's pipeline. Get over it.
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  4533. who cares, that is russia's problem.
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  4534. @ is that why Gazprom is losing money and has to fire 1600 employees? 😄
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  4535. sooo...if Zelensky cared about his people, he would agree to hand his country over to the ones who are killing, raping and torturing his people? Strange logic you got there.
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  4536.  @duncansmith7562  don't worry, the EU is not the only supplier 🙂
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  4537.  @siddharthgoyal4008  current inflation in the eurozone is 1,7%. So it is actually below the 2% target. Life is pretty much back to normal here, if this is the EU in economic crisis, then i can live with that.
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  4538. most of the countries that don't spend 2% are not under any direct threat. So why would they not just leave NATO instead of paying a fine? Russia can't attack them without going through a NATO country first, so the country is still freeloading, but now they no longer have to help defend other NATO countries.
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  4539.  @baneofbanes  Spain is only spending around 1% on defence. But Spain is nowhere near russia, so threatening that the US would not help them is pointless. And you can't really accuse them of freeriding, since they don't really need to be protected from anyone at the moment. But it is still better for NATO to have Spain as a member, since the support they can provide is better than no support.
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  4540. uranium is not rare. Russia is nr 1 in the world when it comes to enrichment of uranium, but Europe is nr 2, 3 and 4.
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  4541. Yeah those money are wasted on Africa anyway. 2B Euro can buy a lot of shells for Ukraine... 👍
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  4542. most people won't even notice.
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  4543. Only russia wants war.
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  4544. sure, why don't you go and ask putin to stop invading russia's neighbors? I'm sure he would listen if you just ask him really nicely, because that is how the real world works...
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  4545.  @rubenoteiza9261  empty threats 😄
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  4546.  @jonathanjacob5453  they didn't. Russia did.
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  4547. maybe because the younger people can move themselves? If you had to leave your home, would you really need help from the police?
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  4548.  @jimmyndumba40  no this is a war between russia and Ukraine. Neither russia or Ukraine can be considered a super power.
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  4549. lots of countries in Africa have abundant resources, but just like russia they are still poor compared to Europe...
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  4550.  @avex3903  we both know this is nothing but empty threats.
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  4551.  @wolfswinkel8906  no, that happened because putin wants to expand his empire. There was no way for Ukraine to avoided it, except NATO membership.
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  4552. and who is going to buy them?
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  4553.  @JohnEichmann  a russian bot pretending to be human, that is kinda funny😄
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  4554. sounds plausible 🤔
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  4555.  @GetFochD  don't worry, we still have all the good stuff that is meant to be launched from the air or sea 🙂
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  4556. @ the last time i can think of where an aircraft carrier played a role in a sea battle is the Falklands war in 1982. Anti-ship and anti-air missiles have come a long way since then. I am not sure if they really are anything but a floating status symbol these days. And it should also be pointed out that russia managed to secure natural resources in Africa without a working aircraft carrier.
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  4557. @ you can get 55-60 modern frigates for the same price as 1 US super carrier. And that does not include aircrafts or any of the support ships to create a strike group. It is unclear how well modern anti-ship missiles work, since they have never been used in combat. But it really only takes one missile on the flight deck to take the carrier out of the fight. A frigate can also be used to carry long range drones, which will give them some of the same advantages as a carrier.
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  4558. @ that is a good point. After looking it up, i have to agree that the smaller carriers might be useful. And much cheaper.
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  4559. i agree, russia should just surrender now.
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  4560. have they not?
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  4561.  @citizenenak  sorry to hear that. I hope you guys can get these destructive clowns under control eventually...
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  4562. "volunteered", under pressure. And almost a million russians ran away during first round of mobilazation..
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  4563. this just shows how misleading gdp growth can be, if that is the only indicator you look at. China's budget deficit in 2024 is planned to be equal to 3% of gdp, which means that 2/3 of China's projected growth is just the government spending borrowed money to stimulate the economy. Russia's growth is also just government spending on the war, there is no significant growth in any other sector. Ukraine's gdp grew around 5% in 2023 and the forecast for 2024 is 3,5%, but i don't think many would argue that Ukraine's economy is booming...
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  4564.  @alicecampbell-by3yv  gdp is just a measure of economic activity. And it includes government spending of borrowed money. That's why russia can have 3% gdp growth, even though oil and gas revenue fell 25% in 2023.
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  4565. the surovikin line has been breached at Verbove, east of Robotyne.
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  4566.  @jesusaguilar4585  it usually takes a few days for the news to reach main stream media. But there have been reports about fighting inside Verbove the last 2 days, which is behind the line.
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  4567.  @jesusaguilar4585  i don't know how many Ukrainians there are, but it is clearly enough to prevent the russians from pushing them back. Russia has just re-deployed some of their best units from the Kupyansk front to the Robotyne- Verbove front, so it is clearly not going well for the russians...
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  4568.  @glintongordon6811  putin did, in 2014.
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  4569.  @MarkA-ql3gc  we will never know. But it was definitely wrong in 2022...
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  4570. @michael-muller the cope is strong with you. You probably still believe that putler is a strategic master mind, playing 4-d chess right? 😄
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  4571.  @DCresident123  no, i have at least 4. Any other silly questions?
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  4572.  @CugerBrant  Germany accepted full responsibility, apologized and did their best to change after the war. Do you think russia will do the same?
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  4573.  @henryseidel5469  whataboutism is a weak excuse, used by people that are trying to avoid responsibility for their actions by pointing out that others are doing it too. This way of thinking is very common among children and annoying wives. Husbond: "honey, you forgot to feed the dog" Wife: "whatabout that thing you did 2 years ago"?
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  4574. russia is humiliating themselves just fine, they don't need our help with that...
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  4575. gas was dirt cheap in 2014-2020. The price went up 3x in 2021, but i didn't even notice the extra cost until the media started talking about it in 2022. 3x dirt cheap is still relatively cheap. Alexander Novak estimated US lng to be 40% more expensive than russian gas back in 2019. That means 1.4x dirt cheap. The problem is that it takes time to increase supply.
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  4576. Nope.
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  4577.  @claudiopereira9900  you think some kids burning cars in Paris is worse than mercenaries shooting down planes and helicopters? Come on Ivan 😄
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  4578.  @gaborrajnai6213  russian sources claim record hign exports too. But nice try, little troll...
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  4579.  @gaborrajnai6213  why don't you do a quick google search and find out for yourself?
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  4580.  @mihalkasupersplga1079  feel free to leave then?
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  4581.  @Hussainpiplodwala  people protesting in Europe is not exactly news worthy. There is always someone protesting against something. There is a protest in Copenhagen right now, it is a sympathy protest for the Iranian protesters in Tehran. DW news is not covering that one either. It is more interesting when it happens in countries where protests are unusual.
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  4582.  @alexmillar5640  kinda hard for him to end the conflict when russia decided to invade his country. It's also impossible to have elections under those circumstances.
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  4583. Maybe we should all just ignore the orangutang? It doesn't really matter what he says today, he will forget about it in a few days and move on to something else.
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  4584. and who exactly will Germany's industry be competing against?
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  4585. And EU must stop buying. No more trade with russia.
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  4586. Ukraine can't afford to give up. If they cede territory to russia, it will only be a matter of time before the russians come back for more. Any deal would be temporary, so victory on the battlefield is the only option.
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  4587.  @unclegrandpaontrade3865  remember that russia has "annexed" large parts of Ukraine that are not under russian control.
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  4588.  @univeropa3363  and why would the Ukrainian army collapse? Because you really want it to? I will bet you a million dollars that the frontline will look almost the same 1 year from now. Russia might capture Avdiivka and some other settlements, but that won't change much in the big picture.
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  4589. Lithuania asked the Germans to come, it has nothing to do with the US
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  4590. Eu is not even a part of the deal, so how can they break it?
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  4591. it would be pretty epic if the Ukrainians could manage to hold on to Bakhmut. It would completely ruin the russian army's last shred of credibility.
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  4592. Wagner is pretty much todays version of the SS...
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  4593. ​ @corvus4135 hello mr russian troll. How many potatoes have you earned today?
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  4594.  @rajsinghji-84  my source is Reuters, who got their information from India's largest gas distributor GAIL. Feel free to fact check.
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  4595.  @ddshiranui  Nice :) There are a lot of interesting projects in Germany, and here in Denmark as well, but it sure would be nice if some of them actually got past the prototype phase in the near future. I hope the current shortages can speed things up a little.
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  4596. anti-russia = common sense.
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  4597. so if the people in the Donbass really have been living with this for 8 years, why would it force the Ukrainians to negotiate after just a few months?
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  4598.  @vladvass3716  rødgrød med fløde på!!
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  4599.  @silviualbisoru5749  russia can't advance anymore than Ukraine can.
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  4600.  @palar4195  Ukraine can't really advance either at the moment. That is why it is called a stalemate.
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  4601.  @palar4195  that is a straw man argument.
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  4602.  @guskarl49  what agreement? The contract expires later this month, and it will not be renewed.
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  4603. they would if they could, but they can't...
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  4604. sure, just 3 days to Kyiv right? Sorry, i mean 3 days to Kharkiv...😄
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  4605. good for russia. Because the sanctions will probably not be lifted in this decade or the next...
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  4606.  @yurichtube1162  is that why putin said it would be part of russia forever 😄
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  4607. the German economy is still growing...
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  4608.  @mainmusik3677  the German economy grew by 1,8% in 2022. Growth this year is expected to be around 0,5%.
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  4609. If russia is doing so great, then why are they still stuck in the Donbass? It's been 2,5 years, and there is no end in sight.
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  4610. compared to the loss of Izium and Kherson, it's a pretty small victory. And the first one russia has had in 6 months.
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  4611. yeah i don't think putin is desperate, he is just fine in his bunker. And it is not like anyone is telling him how bad things are going, putin probably thinks his troops are halfway to Berlin now...😄
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  4612.  @white69cracker  that was 80 years ago, today's russia can't even handle Ukraine. Russia has zero chance of capturing Kyiv, and you think they could go all the way to Berlin? Talk about being delusional...😄
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  4613. Copium...
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  4614. The US is much stronger than russia, but they still lost in Vietnam. The soviet union was much stronger than modern russia, but they still lost in Afghanistan. If Ukraine can keep fighting long enough, the russians will eventually grow tired of dying for putin's imperial ambitions.
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  4615. look at how much the EU and member states have spent on foreign aid over the years, and then look at the results. But you guys think it will be different if we just spend some more? It makes more sense to me if spend the money on reducing our own emissions, that would make a much larger difference.
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  4616. this strategy is clearly showing us that we need to increase support for Ukraine, and be tougher on russia. And i seriously doubt that it will bring Ukraine to the table, why would Ukraine want to make a deal with someone who is trying to kill their wives and children?
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  4617.  @zatoichiable  cool story bro. Here is the reality: Tsar putin wants to expand his empire. That's what the war is about, the rest is just excuses to justify putin's genocide.
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  4618.  @zatoichiable  the war is not about NATO, that is just an excuse. Putin hates NATO because it prevents him from attacking the baltic countries, that he thinks belong to russia.
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  4619. The paper bear
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  4620.  @gregorymalchuk272  great, another dramaqueen 🙄
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  4621. let me guess, that article was written by a pro-russian guy? Nothing but wishful thinking....
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  4622. Russia's own central bank predicts a 6% decrease in gdp this year. Combine that with a very expensive war that could go on for years. At some point, russia wil run out of old equipment and ammo from the soviet era, and they will have to produce a lot more. That will cost money, and that means raising taxes or moving funds from somewhere else. Support for the war may be high now, but that might not last. My point is, russia's victory is not guaranteed. Putin could be forced to redraw if the cost gets to high or he faces to much opposition from the public. Many wars have ended that way, best example i can think of is the Vietnam war. I don't think it will happen anytime soon, but this war will most likely go on for years.
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  4623. The pipeline should never have been build anyway.
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  4624.  @stevanjakovljevic8390  ww2 was a very long time ago. Try to move on Ivan...
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  4625. This European news channel is none of your business. You should focus on avoiding becoming a Chinese vasal state...
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  4626. a war in Europe is not a world war.
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  4627.  @kittony71  ww1 and ww2 had fighting in Europe, Asia and Africa. Australia and America was also fighting. That's why it's called world wars.
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  4628.  @kittony71  the war with Germany started in Europe. The war with Japan started in Asia. The fight in Africa was related to the war in Europe. The fight on US and Australian territory was related to the war in Asia.
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  4629. Bla bla bla, keep running your mouth, little troll. We will see the russian lines collapse soon enough.
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  4630.  @OlegUshyarov  sounds like you're over compensating for something. Just come out of the closet buddy, it's ok...
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  4631. Like Kherson would be russia forever? 😄
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  4632. the russian forces didn't just withdraw, they ran away with their tales between their legs...
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  4633.  @prajwal1341  what are you talking about?
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  4634. yeah, kinda funny how many "Americans" are commenting right now, considering it is still night or early morning in the US...🤔
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  4635. Tsar putin wants to expand his empire, that's all this war is about.
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  4636. nice alternate reality you got there, does it help you cope with russia's many failures?
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  4637.  @mrchoudhury6611  more alternate reality. The taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves, until the US got bored and left. The US had every major city under control, and took just 2000 casualties over 20 years.
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  4638. final warning number 697: "this time i'm totally serious guys!"...
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  4639. 2 loser countries working together are still loser countries...
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  4640. EU didn't buy much russian LNG before the war, since there was pipelines. If you have $2 and you get $1, that's a 50% increase. But it is still a very small amount.
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  4641.  @dragons_hook  Ukraine's biggest provider of weapons is still the russian army, who is nice enough to leave their gear behind when they run for their lives 🤣
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  4642. Ukraine took back Kherson, Izium, Kupyansk, Lyman etc., while russia's biggest victory in 6 months is a small mining town 😄
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  4643. and how would oil producing countries fund their state budget without the European market?
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  4644. If russia would stop invading their neighbors, then maybe they wouldn't feel the need to join NATO for protection against russian aggression.
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  4645. probably longer than russia. The Ukrainians are fighting for their freedom, while the russians are fighting to steal some more land.
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  4646.  @warukraine9650  bla bla same old boring lines. Ask your handlers for a new script, Ivan 🙄
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  4647.  @Ridethebomb777  Avdiivka will change very little in the big picture, just like Bakhmut. It will just move the frontline a few km, and then russia will be stuck again.
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  4648.  @atahonoel2005  after you buddy. I'm sure russia could use more cannon fodder...
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  4649. wagner needed 9 months to capture 1 city in Ukraine, but just 9 hours to capture 2 cities in russia 😄
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  4650. a year ago, it was "Kyiv in 3 days"! This year it was "Bakhmut has fallen after just 8 months, what a glorious victory"! 😄
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  4651.  @rouz0  russia produced an estimated 1,3M 152mm shells in 2023. I'm sure production will increase, but that will also take time. The factories were already running 24/7 in 2023. The US expects their capacity to reach 1,2M 155mm shells this year, so the combined capacity of the US and EU will be around 2,6M by the end of this year. The economy of the EU is still 10x larger than russia's, the US is even larger. Do you really think russia can keep this up longer than we can?
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  4652. Interesting. Can you name some companies, so i can look up their products?
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  4653. i blame the clown i kremlin.
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  4654. don't worry, the F16s will take care of those helicopters soon enough.
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  4655. Down with Gasputin 👎
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  4656. why, what is trump gonna do. Build a wall and act like a clown?
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  4657. sorry to break it to you, but we Europeans are against russia because of russia, not because of the US.
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  4658. of course we can decouple, just 25 years ago there was very little trade between china and the west.
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  4659.  @EmmaNguyen-mg5xq  china joined the wto in 2001. It's not that long ago, chinese imports weren't really a thing when i was a kid.
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  4660. no
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  4661.  @poweedlo  the benchmark price for russian oil is just 54$ now, and the volume has dropped 54%. The only thing keeping russia's economy afloat is the large reserve putin had before the war. But that wont last forever. And spending has very much increased, this war is expensive. You think those 300.000 men putin has removed from the workforce don't need pay? Not to mention the cost of 50.000 artillery shells a day, or those 1M$ missiles russia likes to fire at Ukraine in large numbers. And who is gonna lend money to russia, when they don't even publish most official figures anymore?
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  4662. Yeah putin really messed up here.
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  4663.  @rodtukker1904  there is not enough time to fix these problems before this winter. We will have to turn down the thermostat a few degrees, and some industry may have to shut down a few months. But we can get through that, especially if we know things will get better next year. IMO, that's the message european leaders and media should focus on.
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  4664.  @rodtukker1904  i do have 2 kids, and our thermostat will go down from 22 to 19 degrees this winter. That's the temperature i prefer myself anyway. Putting on a sweater inside never hurt anyone :)
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  4665.  @Adam-zc9qk  the US sure didn't complain about NATO when you invoked article 5 and pulled Europe into 20 years of pointless war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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  4666. could you make sense please?
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  4667.  @CoolbreezeFromSteam  the pipeline was already closed, russia cut the gas flow about a month earlier. And Germany had already decided to phase out russian gas anyway. So we're talking about an unused pipeline that would most likely never be used again. And Germany got through the winter just fine, their gas storage is still around 65% full. And the price keeps going down, so who cares about russian gas anyway...
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  4668. what is there to talk about? I don't think russia will pull out Ukraine any time soon, and the sanctions will stay until then, so...
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  4669.  @tomstory8502  dry your eyes cupcake.
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  4670.  @araara4746  i don't even understand what you're trying to say. Learn better english.
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  4671. yeah, but i don't think russia is willing to admit their defeat yet...
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  4672. Germany's defence budget over the last 10 years is about the same size as russia's. The combined defence budget of the EU is larger than China's, the combined number of active personnel is around 1,4M, the same as the US.
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  4673.  @ivo-n1v  the days of global trade are coming to an end, the world will be divided into blocks again. And "the global south" accounts for less than 5% of Danish exports anyway, Europe is by far the most important market.
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  4674.  @ivo-n1v  let me turn this argument around for a moment: let's say that we allow China to dump whatever product they want on the European market, how does that benefit the economy of the EU?
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  4675. i would probably die of embarrassment if anyone saw me drive a chinese car 😄
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  4676. how do we reap the reward from US military spending?
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  4677. hello mr russian troll...
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  4678. What NATO troops?
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  4679.  @J.M.254  we Europeans don't like russia because of russia's behavior, not because the US tells us to.
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  4680.  @eddastrohmayer251  if the US really cared that much about russia, don't you think they would have put more effort into supporting Ukraine? And what even is a CIA base? Seriously dude...
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  4681.  @throughput6674  i know everything. Just listen to me boy, you might learn something.
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  4682. How is that special military operation going? Has Ukraine been demilitarized yet? 😄
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  4683. I would probably die of shame if anyone saw me driving a chinese car..
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  4684. yeah but what about that time when the whatabout said what about that thing in the past?
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  4685. The age of globalism is coming to an end, now comes the age of protectionism. It doesn't really matter if you can produce cheaper, if no one is letting you sell your products in their markets...
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  4686.  @weeguy52  bleeding the US dry, really 😄 The aid they have given Ukraine so far equates to 3% of their defence budget. This has to be the cheapest war the US never fought.
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  4687. if the missiles actually hit their targets in Kyiv, then why are there no reports of large casualties or burning military targets?
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  4688.  @vladimirkan6057  2 people were killed in the recent attack on Kyiv. Guess those russian missiles are as deadly as firecrackers...
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  4689. Ukraine was invaded, they didn't choose to go to war.
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  4690.  @austinlevi3452  that didn't actually happen, except in the russian media.
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  4691. yeah those tracks need some maintenance. I don't think it would do much to the russians, but watching their reactions would be funny :)
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  4692. dry your eyes, cupcake.
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  4693.  @chaosland5325  tell that to Armenia...
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  4694. they would if they could. But they can't...
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  4695.  @Mr.Clownensky  oh yes, russia has advanced almost 2km around Avdiivka in the last 2 months. What a great push from the so-called "second army in the world"...😄
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  4696.  @Mr.Clownensky  Ukraine didn't lose 300.000 men in the offensive, that it's just pure fiction. I seriously doubt that no more aid is coming from the US, whatever issue they are having right now will be solved eventually. And most of the funds are coming from the EU anyway.
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  4697.  @leet3207  tsar putin wants to expand his empire, that is all this war is about. You are just making up excuses to justify it. If it was about Donbass, then why did putin try to annex Kherson and Zaporizjzja?
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  4698. russia has now been labeled a terrorist state by the EU parliament. Russia will be a pariah in Europe for decades.
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  4699.  @polysporin8332  i really hope EU never buys oil or gas from russia again, so that is fine with me. The sanctions would never be lifted if it was up to me.
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  4700.  @dark_master_Makei  there have been several, but holodomor is a good example. 4 million Ukrainians died back then, we'll see if putler can top that.
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  4701. you do realize that higher prices will affect India too right? Even though imports from russia was higher than ever in 2022, it is still only 16% of India's oil consumption.
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  4702. it hasn't fallen, even if the claim is true then it is still only 1/3 of the city under wagner control. This could go on for months...
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  4703. russians are natural born liars, kinda hard to compete with...
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  4704.  @Ast151  well said.
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  4705. green hydrogen is a way to store energy from wind and solar.
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  4706. are you still waiting for Europe to collapse without russian gas? Keep waiting Ivan 😄
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  4707. yeah i am a little confused about that too...🤨
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  4708. here's option number 3, and the most likely outcome: The war will drag on for years and years, until the russian people finally have had enough of dying for putlers ambitions and leaves.
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  4709. better weapons will help the Ukrainians kick the russians out faster. Russia leaving Ukraine is the only road to permanent peace.
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  4710. that won't favor russia, with their tiny little economy.
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  4711. still below the level of corruption in russia...
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  4712. how exactly?
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  4713. copium...
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  4714. that's all russia can do now, how pathetic.
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  4715. putin speaks nothing but lies.
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  4716. ​In what way is the EU similar to the USSR?
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  4717. why would anyone care about brics? It's just another useless forum where some leaders can have their photo taken. It's kinda like G20, but even more useless.
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  4718. Not really, the dollar is still number 1, and the euro is still nr 2. No one else is even close.
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  4719.  @ad_astra468  yeah, all these "multipolar world" supporters don't seem to realize that less global trade and cooperation is going to hurt themselves too...
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  4720.  Alessandra Goldman  you do know that India is facing gas shortages too, right?
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  4721.  @morganlove3576  wrong country. Only 10% of the houses in my country use gas for heating. And we already got them covered for the winter :)
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  4722. wishful thinking. Behind Bakhmut is Kramatorsk, which is much larger and even better fortified. This will go on for years, and russia will be bankrupt by the end even if they win.
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  4723. Trade between russia and the rest of Europe is over. Russia is going back behind the iron curtain, probably for decades.
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  4724. imagine if the russians just stayed in their own country. That would be much better for everyone.
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  4725. No Challenger 2 has ever been lost in combat.
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  4726.  @afghanistan5567  14 tanks lost in combat in 20 Years . And none of those were challenger 2.
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  4727. Keep crying Ivan. Those sanctions are there to stay 😂
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  4728. russia has moved to a war time economy. Russia's growth is nothing but government spending on the war.
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  4729. They can't even take Bakhmut yet, reaching dnipro is just a fantasy.
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  4730. because it gives Gazprom a free pass to break their contracts with European energy companies, without paying fines for not delivering.
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  4731.  @whowho4593  oil is mostly used for transportation. It is very rare to use oil for heating in my country, i don't think it is common in the rest of Europe either.
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  4732.  @LordBuddhaCamphor  i'll believe that when i see it :)
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  4733.  @realitycheck7865  the oil price is pretty much the same as it was same time last year. And the inflation is mostly tied to covid and supply chain issues. Most countries in the world have high inflation at the moment, including countries such as the US and Australia who are oil and gas producers. The natural gas shortage is still a problem, and it will be a big challenge next year, but it is not a crisis right now.
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  4734.  @gfys756  buying something is not looting. What has Europe taken without paying?
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  4735.  @stjepkomamic7916  you don't think the Germans would ever vote for a pro-russia candidate do you? Come on buddy.... 🤣
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  4736. This is russia's largest victory in 7 months, they have almost taken a small town 😄
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  4737.  @GeigerFarm  agreed 👍
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  4738. history will remember how a so-called "super power" spent almost a year trying to take a town from their much smaller neighbor. And they haven't actually won the fight yet, who knows how long it will take.
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  4739.  @997-UZ  you can cope as hard as you like, it is still just russia's much smaller neighbor who is giving them so much trouble 😆
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  4740.  @attilakiss5400  a patriot system is made up of 8 launchers plus several support vehicles, spread out over a large area. At best, russia managed to damage one vehicle.
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  4741. nope, that would only escalate the war.
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  4742. A new iron curtain, but a real one this time.
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  4743. It has nothing to do with the sanctions. Not every thing going on is related to the war.
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  4744. good point 👍
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  4745.  @blindsoldier  good point. Massive flooding like the one in Germany last year, is pretty much the last thing we need right now.
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  4746.  @yam2050  Norway is Germany's main supplier now.
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  4747.  @denisgorjunov  it is russia's pipe line. And russia is not doing anything about it.
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  4748.  @sergeipetrov_rzn  russia stopped supplying through nord stream on August 31, 2022, about a month before the pipeline was damaged.
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  4749.  @Automedon2  don't worry, it was russia that paid for the pipeline that will never be used 🙂
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  4750. putins "mighty" tampon army 😄
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  4751.  @conniekabasharira7084  Not as far as i know? Can you provide any data to support that claim?
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  4752.  @vasili-jy8yb  oil yes, natural gas no. Do you know the difference between oil and gas, or do i really have to explain that to you?
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  4753.  @omachiimmanuel3123  yeah, russian LNG accounted for around 7% of EU gas imports in 2023. But that will only fall in 2024...
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  4754. and how can Ukraine be sure that russia would not just come back for more in a few years?
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  4755.  @ReallyFarFarAway  the US is 4-5 times larger than the biggest country in the EU, both in terms of population and economy. If you adjust for population size or GDP, then the US is not even in the top 10...
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  4756. so how far back in history will you go to justify putin's nonsense? Because most of russia has belonged to other nations at some point in history. Moscow was under Polish rule long ago, maybe russia should give it back?
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  4757. yeah it is a risk that we have to take. I am fine with it.
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  4758. tell me something Ivan, what happens if russia wins the fight in the Donbass? Will russia be better off?
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  4759. who cares about the pipeline, it was already closed anyway?
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  4760.  @zhaoraymond8656  russia stopped delivering gas long before the pipeline was destroyed. So it makes no difference.
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  4761.  @zhaoraymond8656  who cares if it works or not? It is not being used, and it never will be.
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  4762. that is everyone that matters, except china.
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  4763.  @wirasanjaya4517  oh ok. Then you are making a lot more sense, Europe does import diesel from India.
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  4764. energy prices are lower than before the war.
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  4765. let me see if i can follow your logic: Germany was buying natural gas from russia, so therefore it is not a US problem that russia has invaded Ukraine? Really?
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  4766.  @icu17siberia  Europe is a continent with 43 individual countries. And they don't all agree, so your statement makes no sense.
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  4767. the coping is strong in this one 😄
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  4768.  @hydronpowers9014  Norway supplies most of Germany's gas now. They have 3 pipelines going to Germany already.
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  4769. Because nobody cares?
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  4770. Globalism is only supported by the wealthy elite. It doesn't benefit the working class.
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  4771. there are some kind of protests or strikes every day somewhere in Europe. That is how it has been as long as I can remember. Do you really want to hear about them all?
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  4772. India is not really a part of the western or the Eastern block. So India will not play a major role.
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  4773.  @tmano31799  this war is bleeding russia dry, and all NATO has to do is to supply some of our older weapons. This is the cheapest war NATO never fought 🙂
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  4774. Because of russian influence. But at least Ukraine is trying to change, unlike russia.
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  4775. Yes, on a Ukrainian beach. What are those russian civilians doing on a Ukrainian beach?
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  4776. if we give in to nuclear blackmail once, when do we stop giving in?
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  4777.  @ROULABHISHEK30  russian failure is reality 😄
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  4778.  @Srbenda126  russia is growing compared to last year, when their economy declined 2,2%. It is still a negative compared to 2021. And it is mostly because production of weapons and ammo counts as economic activity. But production of artillery shells won't help russia's economy in the long run.
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  4779. why do you trolls keep talking about shovels? No one from the west actually said that russia only had shovels. If you're gonna troll, could you at least try to be entertaining and not just repeat the same bs over and over?
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  4780. and who is gonna buy it?
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  4781.  @Off.Kej_ficial  ok? So list them please?
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  4782. Sounds like a russian puppet party 🙄
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  4783.  @anydaynow01  sure. But a lot of people like me would rather drive European, even if there are cheaper options...
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  4784. who cares? The pipeline was already closed, and it was never gonna be used again anyway...
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  4785.  @lettheflamestakeover7374  which school? I have gone to several?
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  4786.  @briant5685  as if russia had any to spare 😄
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  4787.  @mugenmugen9632  a referendum is not the only way for the people to show their opinion. All the countries went through several elections during the application process, and the parties in favor of membership got voted in. That is how democracy works. Anything else i can school you about?
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  4788.  @marvFX01  so goods will be even more expensive for those that are already struggling, while the rich become richer?
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  4789.  @user1qaz2wsx3edc  EU produces much more wheat than russia. And nobody wants russia's smelly gas.
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  4790. putin will bow down to Xi 😄
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  4791. These protests have nothing to with russia or Ukraine.
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  4792. you find it funny that people in the poorest countries of the world will starve?
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  4793.  @timslomkl  not really, they are just trying to make some money from russia's desperation.
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  4794.  @GwynBleys  since the start of the invasion. Both sides have used them, but russia has used them in populated areas repeatedly...
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  4795. Calm yourself 🙄
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  4796.  @Hacking-NASSA-with-HTML  you're not the sharpest tool are you?
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  4797.  @pogo1140  RIP 😭 I will avenge you!!!!
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  4798. better than russian influence.
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  4799. They both lose.
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  4800.  @TimeCells2035  dude... 🙄
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  4801.  @ДаниилСоколов-д7ъ  there was no deal about NATO expansion. If there was, can you tell me who signed this agreement? Russia didn't live up to their part of the misk agreement either. There was no peace plan 1 year ago, the russians retreated due to high losses.
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  4802. is it possible? Yes. Is it possible for russia? No!
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  4803. horrible journalism here. The pipelines were already closed, so it doesn't really change the situation in Europe. The only change is that lifting the sanctions on russia in return for gas is no longer an option for Germany
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  4804. Yeah VW is only gonna sell 9M cars in 2024, compared to 9,2M in 2023. Total unraveling... 🙄
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  4805.  @kevfit4333  VWs expected revenue for 2024 is 320B euro, with a profit margin of 5,6%. So they will still be earning around 18B euro for the shareholders. Numbers don't lie...
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  4806.  @springbloom5940  ???
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  4807.  @larsrons7937  good one 👍
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  4808. of course they can win, russia has only been retreating for months now. These strikes against unarmed civilians is all russia can do now, it is just pathetic.
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  4809.  @eyaidghanim7431  when has such a tactic ever worked? You can't win a war by targeting civilians, especially not when your forces are losing the fight on the ground.
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  4810. gasputin must be sweating right now. He should probably stay away from windows and tall buildings from now on 😄
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  4811. a "multipolar" world is nothing new. It's just a return to the cold war, with the east and the west facing off, and everyone else is a potential battleground for proxy wars. I don't understand why so many people in developing countries seem to want this...
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  4812. good thing russia isn't a super power then. How is the ruble doing these days? 😄
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  4813.  @cordellmohawk8408  what truth? That the ruble is toilet paper now? No, i am very happy about that...😀
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  4814. I am still laughing at Trump, he is a clown after all.
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  4815.  @ricbace  3x more for what? Both petrol and natural gas is now cheaper than it was a year ago.
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  4816.  @ricbace  so Germany paid to make natural gas cheaper in Denmark, and also the rest of Europe? Really? 🤨
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  4817.  @InCognito-vx8gi  what are you talking about? Energy prices in Germany is not the highest in Europe? Todays spot price for electricity in Germany is lower than France, UK Spain or Italy's.
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  4818. it wasn't really that cheap. Energy has always been more expensive in the EU than in the US or China.
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  4819. but they don't usually have their own tanks or artillery...
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  4820.  @pajeetkumar1645  all countries have 2 options in this war: you can choose a side or stay out of it. Most western countries have chosen Ukraines side. So if China chooses the other side, then they are against us, and should be treated as such. It's very simple.
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  4821.  @pajeetkumar1645  brics is just another forum where some leaders can meet and have their photo taken. Brics will never accomplish anything meaningful.
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  4822.  @pajeetkumar1645  maybe, but none of the nations that really matters.
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  4823.  @trivedihari5629  and then russia tried to blackmail Germany with that gas. Proving that russia is an unreliable supplier.
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  4824.  @nolan485  it's not DW. Your comments are being deleted by the US company that ownes this platform.
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  4825. but you don't seem to have a problem when russia is trying to expand their empire?
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  4826. spending 0,12% of the annual EU budget on Ukraine will make our economies collapse? How exactly?
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  4827. russia is going back behind the iron curtain. China can join them if they wish, just like they did during the cold war. It didn't end well for neither russia or china...
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  4828.  @gfys756  that only happened after the cold war, when china opened up and became part of the liberal world order. China was dirt poor before that. And they can become dirt poor again if they want...
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  4829.  @o-ls4em  russia is going to lose it all again, just like Kherson, Izium, Lyman etc.
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  4830. yeah, laughing at russia for being such a paper bear ...
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  4831.  @khorshed1227  that's right, supply will find a way to Europe. Russia will still need to build a lot of ships though.
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  4832.  @khorshed1227  i love the logic of the common russian troll :) Russia can just rebuild the infrastructure of their oil industry, so it will work without spare parts from the west. And just build some pipelines to asia and a massive fleet of tankers. And they can easily compete for market share in asia, even though middle eastern oil is generally higher quality and much closer geographically. And they can fund a very expensive war at the same time. But Europe replacing russian gas over the next 1-2 years, that's just impossible! Nobody wants to supply Europe, even if they can afford a higher price than most other countries in the world.
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  4833.  @pocolol8424  advancing away from the Ukrainian army 😄
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  4834. russia has had that gas for decades, and russia is still a poor country...
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  4835. why does russia have to keep attacking the same infrastructure week after week? Is this all russia can do, knock out electricity for a few hours?
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  4836. i am not so sure about that anymore. Would the US really go to war with russia over a small country like Estonia? Judging by the current US handling of the war in Ukraine, that doesn't seem very likely. I would prefer an EU army instead of NATO. We could still be friends with the US, but we should assume that US help would be minimal at best.
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  4837. but the EU is really just getting started, while russia is at max capacity...
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  4838. the easiest solution is to replace natural gas with other sources of energy. Denmark gets 2/3 of our electricity from wind and solar now. Less than 10% of homes use natural gas for heating.
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  4839. booooring 😴
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  4840. let's see if the trans-atlantic partnership can survive 4 years more of trump. My guess is no.
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  4841.  @sanjaysanj6688  it's very strange when you consider that the saudi's had to ask the US for protection earlier this year 🤔
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  4842. well, russia has been labelled as a terrorist state by the EU, so any russian attack is a terrorist attack.
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  4843.  @jagdpanther2224  wow, burn 🙄
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  4844.  @Interglacial_optimist  russia had already cut the gas supply to Germany. And they can just use one of the other pipelines if they want to supply gas to Germany.
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  4845. EU has a massive trade deficit with China. We have been able to afford it because we have a trade surplus with other countries, especially with the US. But if EU exports decrease because of US tariffs, then we have to import less as well. You cannot spend more than you earn for long. So unless China starts to import a lot, then i can't see how there can be a lot of cooperation with China in the future.
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  4846. ​ @AnzorAzhiev95 yeah i agree, brics is a joke 😄
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  4847. russia is about to collapse over Ukraine 😂
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  4848.  @Bond047  Sit Down... and be quiet please.
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  4849.  @Bond047  Are you going to cry about the sanctions now... 😂
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  4850. nobody actually cares about India...
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  4851.  @razakkalik9072  its a ban oil export, not LNG.
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  4852.  @569-m5p  no but it is better than expected, and it all helps. Some LNG from here, some coal from there. As long as it is not from russia :)
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  4853. yeah i think it is clear to everyone who is wearing the pants in that relationship 😄
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  4854.  @soreeyez  russia bribed the right people in Germany, and made shady deals with companies like BASF. That's how russia got such a large share of the German market. And i don't care about russia's pipeline.
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  4855.  @alongsleep  nope, Le Pen is a putin supporter.
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  4856. Urals oil is just 55$ now. Natural gas price is lower than last year. Russia is already in recession.
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  4857.  @TMM-N  latest forecast for the eurozone is 3,4%real growth in 2022 and 0,3%growth in 2023. So no.
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  4858.  @ilhamconte5408  it was russia's choice to reduce the flow of gas, there are no sanctions on natural gas yet.
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  4859. NATO has sent no such signals. Just this week, Ukraine has been promised F16s that will be delivered from 2023 to 2025. Both pilots and ground crews have started training in several NATO countries. You think we would do all that if we expected the war to end soon?
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  4860. empty threats 😄
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  4861. In 2023, the EU exported goods worth 200 billion euro to China. While China exported goods worth 480 billion euro to the EU. That means a 280 billion trade deficit in China's favor...
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  4862.  @FengChengNanEr-o7q  yes it would probably take a few years to establish new supply chains inside Europe. But Europe would be better off in the long run.
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  4863. putin's man in the EU. Why is Hungary even a member when they clearly don't want to be part of the project?
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  4864. So why do they have to keep stealing territory from their neighbors?
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  4865. well, there goes putin's leverage. Lifting the sanctions in return for gas is no longer an option for Germany. I don't think the russians did it, it was probably someone who was worried that Germany was about to cave.
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  4866.  @ezequielbeas8874  the majority of Greenlands population live in the same area. Greenland is really just one big glacier, with a few semi-habitable areas along the southern coastline.
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  4867. The chinese market are very protectionist, and it is China's goal to be self sufficient in everything. How can they complain that Europe is doing the same?
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  4868. russia could end the war today by going home.
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  4869. The energy crisis will turn out to be like "the toiletpaper crisis" back in 2020. A lot of panic and inflated prices, and then nothing really happens. Russia supplied 155bcm, or 38% of EU's gas consumption in 2021. Imports from other countries have increased by 50bcm in 2022, and russia has delivered at least 40bcm so far. So the actual gas shortage is around 65bcm, or roughly 15% compared to 2021. Natural gas accounted for 32% of EU's primary energy consumption in 2021. That means the energy used for heating, electricity and industry. So the actual energy shortage is 4.8% compared to 2021.
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  4870.  @psnaris  really? How?
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  4871.  @protagonist9716  of course Europe will be fine. Is there a better place in the world to invest right now?
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  4872.  @gfys756  that might be, but the world is clearly moving towards less global trade and more protectionism.
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  4873. no, it is the result of russia's war of aggression.
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  4874. Germany's main supplier of natural gas is Norway, not the US. And the current price of natural gas in Europe is much lower than it was 12/1-2022.
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  4875. what about it? Capturing one city for the first time in almost a year is not enough to win the war...
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  4876. quite a lot of European countries complained about the dependency on russian energy. It was always clear that russia would use it as a tool of coercion sooner or later.
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  4877. shock and awe doesn't work when your forces are losing the fight on the ground 😄
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  4878. Most energy companies buy their gas 1-2 months in advance, so it takes a little time before the lower prices reach the consumers.
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  4879. that's fine, as long as russia doesn't get full price.
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  4880.  @qinby1182  The US is the largest exporter of LNG now, and 70% goes to Europe now. And there are also other smaller producers, it all adds up in the end.
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  4881. bombing civilians doesn't make them want to surrender, it usually has the oppossite effect.
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  4882. I wonder if putin regrets his decision to start this silly war, and turn russia into the north Korea of Europe...
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  4883. yeah the dollar is toilet paper now! No wait, that's the ruble...😄
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  4884. why would anyone care about nordstream, it was already closed anyway.
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  4885. But russia is not getting the full price, and that is what matters...
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  4886. In what way? Because i don't see it.
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  4887. i am very much in favor of more protectionism in the EU. Globalism is only good for large corporations.
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  4888.  @Memovox  who cares, they are not really paying tax in Denmark anyway.
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  4889. Countries like Sweden and Finland have decent reserves of rare earth minerals. Australia and Chile have lithium. If the global south don't want to sell to the west, it will be their loss in the long run...
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  4890.  @mrityunjaytripathi5588  yes but russia is not a reliable supplier anymore, so they have to be replaced no matter what. You can't build an economy around a supplier who might turn off the tap at any moment.
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  4891.  @TheMatin1  russia supplied around 8% of EU's natural gas and 4% of EU's crude oil in January 2023.
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  4892.  @TheMatin1  figures from February aren't published yet.
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  4893. what a load of BS. Tsar putin want to expand his empire, that is all this war is about. There was no threat to russia.
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  4894. total aid to Ukraine: US 69.5 billion euro, EU: 131,9 billion euro. Source: Kiel Institute.
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  4895. comrade botski
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  4896. who would want to go to russia? The problem is that the russians don't stay in their own country.
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  4897.  @univeropa3363  you're right, your comparison is wrong. This war is more like ww1 than ww2. Remember how ww1 ended for the "mighty" russian empire? And yes, i have seen videos of Ukrainian soldiers walking past the dragons teeth. There are also russian confirmed reports of fighting at the edge of Verbove, which is behind the surovikin line.
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  4898. russia is on their own, no other country is doing anything to help russia.
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  4899. but China doesn't want to pay the same price as Europe did, because they know russia has nowhere else to go. Russia will soon be a chinese vasal state 😄
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  4900. Russia's gains are always small that you zoom in on the map as much as possible 😄
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  4901. too late for that. Russia is now the north korea of Europe.
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  4902.  @jimbojones101  yes, unprovoked. Putin wants to expand his empire, that is all this war is about. Everything else is just excuses to justify putin's war of aggression.
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  4903.  @Keralaforum  that's a lame excuse. Ukraine is a sovereign state, and they can ally with whomever they want to.
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  4904.  @psnaris  yes, unprovoked.
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  4905. How could Zelensky end the war in 1 day? Please explain...
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  4906. it must be very small amounts, i can't find any data about lng imports from India...
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  4907. Down with gasputin 👎
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  4908.  @navamsinna8492  that's a big load of nonsense. Russia started the war, because putin want to expand his empire. That is all this war is about.
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  4909.  @kukulroukul4698  that was a weird resonse? I think you may have misunderstood my comment?
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  4910. And then what? Will russia be better off than they were before the war?
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  4911.  @theshadowman1398  even if russia win the fight, they will still be sanctioned and NATO is growing stronger with a new member on russia's border.
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  4912.  @eddastrohmayer251  so they are still there? That is so sad, we should bring them home...
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  4913.  @edwardvalivonis23  I think he's talking about North Ukraine?
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  4914. so why is russia not an economic super power?
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  4915. russian troll talking about peace while putin is killing defenceless civilians 🤡
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  4916. if that was true, then why is russia's biggest victory in 6 months a tiny mining town?
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  4917.  @078249  yes Ukraine needs more equipment, because they are still mobilizing. And Ukraine has taken back Kherson, Izium, Kupyansk, Lyman etc, while russia has taken a small mining town and some villages...
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  4918. they are suffering because of putin's ambitions.
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  4919. are we suffering more than the rest of the world?
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  4920.  @drivex6761  inflation and energy prices are high in most of the world now. How will Europe be worse off than the rest of the world?
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  4921.  @someone-human  and that is why we still have supply, while poorer countries will have to go without. Developing countries will always suffer more than us.
    1
  4922. Good, let's end globalism together.
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  4923. are they not? Eat your damn squirrel Britain, or you won't get any dessert!
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  4924.  @polarbear7  hmmm... If you agree, then i am probably wrong this time 🤔
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  4925. The company partnered with a chinese company for production in China. But now they are setting up production in Germany instead.
    1
  4926. Shouldn't have done business with russia to begin with. But at least we're fixing that now.
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  4927.  @shijinaniyankunju3500  there is nothing new about that, banks can buy foreign currency when they need it, or as an asset.
    1
  4928. but you still feel the need to come here and tell us that you don't need us...😄
    1
  4929.    and you have probably been watching russian news, telling you that EU has already collapsed and the UK is now resorting to cannibalism....
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  4930. anywhere but russia. Russia will be a pariah in Europe for decades...
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  4931. good luck with that. The price is low for a reason.
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  4932.  @carlcarl9681  these banks made risky investments, and now they're paying the price. How would that have been prevented by not sending money to Ukraine?
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  4933.  @diakonhexxen6505  that is not how the world works. When someone is willing to pay for something, there will always be someone willing to supply. It may take a year or two before supply matches demand, but it will happen. Remember that global recession means less demand for oil, remember how low the oil price got when EU and US went into covid lockdown? OPEC can't afford to play hardball for long.
    1
  4934. nobody cares
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  4935.  @srinathshettigar379  Brics is useless, who cares.
    1
  4936. so what is reality then?
    1
  4937.  @wisenber  i am not saying that you are wrong, but the last report i have seen is from early November, and the VW brand was still profitable at that point with an expected profit margin of 2%?
    1
  4938. The US is not a reliable ally anymore, so i don't see any problem with that.
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  4939. ​ @jeffs4483 no, and that is why Greenland is not a colony anymore.
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  4940.  @Gords38897  it was russia's decision to shut down the nordstream and yamal pipelines. Russia could easily supply enough gas if they wanted, but they don't want to. There are no sanctions on natural gas yet.
    1
  4941.  @袁大陸  the world wars saw fighting in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. At the moment, there is no good reason for the war to spread beyond Europe.
    1
  4942. so if we just let russia take the land they want, then we will have peace in our time?
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  4943. what a silly claim 🙄
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  4944.  @jonathanjacob5453  as a small business owner with customers and suppliers in Germany, i am very surprised to hear that. They didn't even tell me they were closing, how rude of them!
    1
  4945. stop crying, cupcake.
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  4946. @John Grey burning other peoples cars to get attention is always sh*tty behaviour, , no matter what your motivation is.
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  4947.  @ragingmonk6080  US hegemony is not cheap. If you want to be the worlds top dog, it will cost you.
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  4948.  @ragingmonk6080  and you think the US is doing it because you are so nice? Soft power + influence = money. Don't be so naive...
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  4949. ​ @Alex-y9j2b  China's navy is larger than the US now, remember?
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  4950.  @Alex-y9j2b  when is the last time the US fought a naval battle?
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  4951. EU economy is still expected to grow tjis year, russia is already in recession.
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  4952.  @springbloom5940  if the russians wants to be treated as human, then they have to act like it.
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  4953.  @TheFirstTheLast-g4t  i am not sure about that, i am not an expert in orc behaviour. I just know they like to attack their neighbors and steal their land.
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  4954.  @WestEast1World  there are many channels on you tube in Danish. And lots of channels in orc too, that's where you should go if you can't write in english...
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  4955.  @WestEast1World  what is sad about that? I can speak Danish, English and German, that's all i need to get by here. I'm never going to visit a sh*thole country like russia, so no need to learn the language.
    1
  4956. go ask the russians to go back to their own country.
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  4957. how can there be peace when russia keeps attacking Ukraine?
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  4958. Russia is just a soft little teddy bear 🧸
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  4959. what will they win? What kind of price is worth all this for russia?
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  4960.  @romusa9204  having a failed state next door is somehow good for russia? And russia is going to have plenty of NATO bases in the Baltics and Finland, right next to st petersburg...
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  4961. empty threats...
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  4962.  @Tekton177  no i live in reality, where russia's "red lines" have been crossed more times than i can remember. And nothing happened, because it is nothing but empty threats... Russia is like one of those tiny dogs that keep barking...
    1
  4963. and how is that natural gas getting to India? There is no pipeline from russia to India.
    1
  4964. yeah lets blame the Ukrainians for being invaded 🤡
    1
  4965. Why do you want Greenland?
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  4966. a referendum with armed soldiers looking over your shoulder while you vote, is not a real referendum...
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  4967. China is not Germany's largest export market, it is number 4 behind the US, France and Netherlands.
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  4968.  @bitterballs356  more excuses to justify putin's genocide, how pathetic.
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  4969.  @PlaYer-sn5or  seems to be working just fine, since the russians keep running away. But we should still give them some better weapons, so they can kick the russians out faster.
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  4970. they will work just fine, russia can only hit residential buildings and pedestrian bridges anyway.
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  4971. the only ones who seems to have a problem with it is the russian trolls.
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  4972.  @Redbaron9495  russia's national debt has increased 20% since the invasion started. It's one of the few data that russia can't lie about.
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  4973. Just russia being a terrorist state as usual...
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  4974. create youtube and other social media where you russian trolls can spread your bs?
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  4975.  @romanianhustler3309  feel free to leave. No one would miss your country.
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  4976. yeah the price is higher here in Denmark as well. And there is still a growing demand for skilled workers in industrial jobs...
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  4977. If russia is so great, then why have most of their neighbors applied for NATO membership?
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  4978. you mean the pipe that belongs to russia?
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  4979. EU is not even close to being broke, what are you smoking Ivan?
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  4980.  @danielr.8345  how long do i have to wait? Because the EU economy is looking pretty stable right now?
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  4981. it's more than 1000km from the frontline. It's not exactly a hot area.
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  4982.  @giselapfeifer4666  NATO is a defensive alliance, several former warsaw-pact members have joined because they want protection from russia. Putin doesn't like NATO, because it prevents him from expanding his empire.
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  4983. he's just a sad little goblin.
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  4984. tzar putin wants to expand his empire.
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  4985. there must be some left, since the russians keep losing ground.
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  4986. yes russians are naturals at being sneaky little weasels....
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  4987. russia the paper bear.
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  4988. russia has no hope for a military victory at this point. The best russia can hope for is a frozen conflict like in Korea...
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  4989. looks like russia is a gas station pretending to be a country...
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  4990. great, then it makes no difference if we just take it all...
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  4991. The US is a European colony, not the other way around. Don't they teach history in school where you are from?
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  4992. you that didn't happen right? It's pure fiction 😄
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  4993. really? How?
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  4994. when russia leaves Ukraine of course.
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  4995.  @user-ll2je4kc4f  you should rather be asking why. Maybe there is a good reason why so many of russia's neighbors want to become members of NATO?
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  4996. teaching us a lesson by bankrupting his own country. Good job putin.
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  4997.  @headhunterkonyak4337  what winter, it's 15 degrees outside here in Denmark?
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  4998. I don't think the war will end in this decade. I think we might see a cease fire in a few years, which means that russia has control of the occupied area. But it will not be recognized as part of russia by most of the world, and the sanctions will not be lifted. So russia will pretty much be the new north Korea, locked in a frozen conflict with Ukraine.
    1
  4999.  @Diana1000Smiles  where is that sandwich i told you to make me?
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  5000. it would be much easier for China to gain influence in Europe without the EU.
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  5001. you must really hate those Ukrainian civilians huh?
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  5002.  @Shamansdurx  oh no! Anyway...
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  5003. 0,2%.
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  5004.  @WorkwithMe287  US aid has been blocked by MAGA republicans since last October, not only to Ukraine but also long time allies like Israel and Taiwan. Would it really be different if it was one of the Baltic countries? I sure hope i will be proven wrong if the time comes, but I think it is better for Europe if we just assume that any help from the US is going to be very limited. Especially if trump is elected.
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  5005. The US is selling their LNG at market price as far as I know. And the market price has been falling for 8 weeks now. I can see no reason to accuse the US for overpricing.
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  5006. Ukraine had 11M men of fighting age before the war. You don't actually believe they are all dead, do you?
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  5007. bla bla bla, you're just making up numbers here 🙄
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  5008. it was me. And i don't regret it!
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  5009.  @zahrans  guess russia will lose that industry too in the future :)
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  5010.  @zahrans  russia did exactly what all the russia critics had predicted. That is why so many people in Europe opposed Nordstream 2. Too bad countries like Germany didn't take the warnings more seriously. But at least it is over now, no more leverage for gasputin.
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  5011. the Ukrainian army is still advancing. Why would loss of power change that? This will hurt civilians, not the army.
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  5012.  @brainmeier3433  most armies have lots of mobile generators. And tanks and guns don't run on electricity.
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  5013.  @zCodebreaker  why would the citizens need to evacuate Kherson, if the Ukrainian army couldn't continue the fight now? 😄
    1
  5014. russia's joke of an army can't even take Bakhmut, a town just 30km from their starting point last year 😄
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  5015.  @wamsterdam207  and what should i tell all the dead russians?
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  5016.  @myleshungerford7784  there are multiple reasons. Some of them are legit, like the German power plants were getting old and needed renovation. Some are more silly, like German fear of nuclear power plants after Fukushima. And there is also a pretty good chance that russia bribed German politicians to favor gas powered powerplants, but i can't really prove that.
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  5017. ww3 doesn't have to be a nuclear war, at least not in the first phase.
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  5018. 1-2M per country? So the EU should have a combined standing force of 27-54M soldiers? The current number of active personnel in the entire world is around 30M...
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  5019.  @GPSniper1  VW sucks anyway. Their decline will be filled by better automakers.
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  5020. more like 30-40% when we are talking about long term contracts. 1,4x dirt cheap isn't really that expensive.
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  5021. Europe collapse? What does that even mean?
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  5022.  @kbboy101  yeah, the old world order is already breaking down. But it is gonna get much worse.
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  5023.  @TheKkpop1  that is true, and now you can look forward to other countries doing the same as the US. Weaker countries will just fall under the influence of larger powers, either by choice or by force.
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  5024.  @branbran9129  Sure, we should all just hold hands and get along right? Must be nice living in your world, full of rainbows and unicorns....
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  5025.  @daksans6764  russia has nothing but drunken cannon fodder. And chinese soldiers are soft.
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  5026.  @svetlanakwaw-quaidoo314  russia lost ww1 against Germany, and russia lost the Crimean war against France.
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  5027. so you're saying that russia is a US vassal?
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  5028.  @dilligafwoftam985  won because the french and the germanys didn't bring winter gear. Just like putin is sending his poorly trained conscripts to ukraine without winter gear.
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  5029. The pipeline from Azerbaijan has a Max capacity of 16bcm. That is about 2,5% of European gas supply. There is a good reason why Gazprom is losing billions of dollars now.
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  5030.  @maxmustermann66_6  Europe is a continent with 44 individual countries. Your statement makes no sense. And there is no evidence that the gas from Azerbaijan is russian anyway.
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  5031.  @kylonjones5678  russia is a paper bear, just admit it. Missile strikes on unarmed civilians is all russia has left.
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  5032.  @kylonjones5678  why would anyone want to invade russia, it's a sh*thole. The population keeps shrinking, because not even the russians want to live there.
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  5033.  @kylonjones5678  could be worse, could be russia...
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  5034. Ukraine will receive more airdefence systems from the west in the coming weeks, and i am sure the western allies are working on a long term solution to this new threat. Remember how the russians had a lot of success with long range artillery earlier this year? And then the west gave the Ukrainians the tools to counter it? The same will happen this time...🙂
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  5035.  @nsbm159  empty threats is all you got 😄
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  5036. don't worry, you are the ones that will be paying 25% more for everything 😄
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  5037.  @dirttdude  let's return to this conversation in a few months, and see how much you enjoy the inflation... 😉
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  5038.  @JL-tm3rc  artillery is not that important in most NATO countries. Navy and airforce is usually the biggest investment. Remember that NATO can easily blockade most of russia's trade routes if we chose to do so. Good luck selling oil to India and China over land...😉
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  5039. russia can't just sell that gas to someone else. They have to build a pipeline or liquefy the gas. And russia's capacity to liquefy gas is only around 40bcm per year.
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  5040.  @RedBlackDish  not even china wants another pipeline from russia, china still hasn't committed to building power of siberia 2. Russia is an unreliable supplier...
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  5041. who is buying grain from russia?
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  5042. Turkey playing both sides again, it's amazing they haven't been kicked out of NATO yet.
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  5043.  @gumby2241  russias economy is kaput without European money :)
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  5044. nobody wants to live in russia, not even the russians. Thats why the population keeps shrinking 😄
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  5045.  @badbad-cat  and there are Danish soldiers and fighter jets in the US right now. Does that make the US a Danish puppet state?
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  5046.  @Yusheesan  russia has invaded Georgia and Ukraine multiple times since 1991, and have been involved in conflicts in Chechnya, Transnistria, Syria, Dagestan, Tajikistan and the Central African Republic.
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  5047. russia is the north korea of Europe.
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  5048.  @garroulmoise1309  what misery? Because we lose trade with a country i barely even knew existed? Oh please... 🙄
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  5049. @ the relationship between the US and Europe had 3 parts: Defense, coordinating foreign policy and trade. So how is that working today, let's see: Team trump wants to annex parts of my country, and they will not rule out military action. They are undermining European security, and are even siding with russia in the UN. And now we have a trade war. So how is the US not an adversary?
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  5050.  @mazzerattimike8695  good relations with russia are not possible, when russia can't stop attacking other countries in Europe. Russia is the biggest threat to peace and stability in Europe.
    1
  5051.  @scottwebb4722  but the US is not going to do anything if things get real. So the US is not contributing anything but empty promises.
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  5052. yeah i call BS. Proof or it didn't happen.
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  5053. China is not going to get involved in russia silly war.
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  5054.  @Nvk95729  well he is right, russia will either be defeated on the battlefield or be sanctioned for decades. They can't even use gas as blackmail anymore, since the pipelines are broken.
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  5055.  @Tea_with_lemon.  i'm sure all the people russia murdered really care about your excuses. If you want to know what kind of country russia is, just look at how most of their neighbors fear and despise russia. The Ukrainians would literally rather freeze to death than live under russian rule. That should tell you something.
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  5056.  @Hope4peace1804  and russia is there to drop bombs on civilians...
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  5057. typical russia, the orcs just love killing civilians. Russia will be a pariah state in Europe for decades after this war...
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  5058. the sanctions are there to stay. Keep crying.
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  5059. only russia wants war.
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  5060. Who cares about the global south?
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  5061. but we don't have to trade with Afghanistan. They have nothing we need, and no money to buy any of our products, so we can just ignore them...
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  5062.  @winstonmhango3437  so what does Afghanistan export, except opium?
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  5063.  @svanimation8969  i never sleep, i'm always watching you 😳
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  5064. "credible sources"? Let me guess, RT news? 😂
    1
  5065. russia invited all African leaders to the summit, only 17 showed up...
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  5066.  @elementary101Music  putin started the war by invading Ukraine. Have you been living under a rock or something?
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  5067. They want to go back to the age of empirial expansion, and the US is preventing them from attacking their neighbors.
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  5068. that is just wishful thinking Ivan. The real support is just getting started, plenty more tanks, artillery and even fighter jets incoming...
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  5069.  @Jole30  it is much cheaper than fighting the russians ourselves. And if the russians are stopped in Ukraine, we won't have to. Europe has capacity for roughly 400.000 artillery shells per year, but it can be ramped up. The combined capacity of Europe, the US, Australia and South Korea is enough to keep the Ukrainian guns firing forever.
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  5070.  @madzihove  yes i have heard that claim from russian trolls before, but it is not true. Germany's storage would last 10-12 weeks, probably longer with rationing. And the floating LNG terminals should be ready later this year, so Germany should be fine.
    1
  5071.  @evilmex1962  you really want Germany to suffer don't you 😄i can feel the frustration, it's delicious. Germany won't need much more to stretch supply until spring. And there are other LNG facilities in Europe. The damaged port in the US should be back online in November, which is soon enough.
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  5072.  @nickelbirden  yeah i got a lot of comments from people who told me that i would regret my comments when i was freezing in the dark this winter 😄 I'm glad that we were right, and they were wrong. These old comments are pretty funny now, thanks for reminding me.
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  5073. bla bla bla, keep repeating the same tired bs... 😴
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  5074. Russian trolls: Russia should cut all gas supply to Europe, the poor will freeze to death ha ha... Same russian trolls: EU shouldn't ban visas for russians, it's wrong to punish ordinary citizens...
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  5075. The current world order is coming to an end anyway. Most of the "global south" seems to like the idea of might makes right, so they should be fine with it.
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  5076. putin is trying to expand his empire, that is all this war is about.
    1
  5077. lol, are you still hoping for winter to save russia? Don't get your hopes up, vatnik 😄
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  5078. Sure, russia is ready to negotiate if Ukraine just agrees to give russia all the territory they want... 🙄
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  5079.  @sportsfanivosevic9885  no we have a war because tsar putin wants to expand his empire. NATO has been next to russia's border since 2005 without any escalations.
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  5080.  @sportsfanivosevic9885  what genocide? 25 civilians were killed in the Donbass conflict in 2021, according to UN. 21 civilians in 2020. Many of russia's neighbors have applied for NATO membership, because they are worried about russian aggression. That's why NATO has expanded towards russia.
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  5081. it's not going to moscow, it's going to Ukraine. And Ukraine is not exactly an arctic country.
    1
  5082. Ruble is crashing, sky high inflation and interest rates. Sounds great 😄
    1
  5083. russia have been arming terrorists for ages...
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  5084.  @DreamyCheshire-up9rf  Ukraine's main export to the EU is maize and sunflower oil. And they can still export to the EU over land. The latest forecast for wheat production in the EU is 4% higher than the 5 year average.
    1
  5085. Russian market 😂😂😂 As if the average russian could afford anything other than vodka and potatoes...
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  5086.  @sositehui6483  russia was never even in the top 10 of Germany's trade partners. A few wealthy oligarcs are not enough to make russia an important market...
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  5087. And how would the oil producing countries fund their state budget then?
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  5088.  @Hacking-NASSA-with-HTML  Europe and america account for roughly 40% of global oil import. Opec can't just sell somewhere else, such a market doesn't exist.
    1
  5089. ​ @soreeyez defense by invading another country? Russia is the biggest threat to peace and stability in Europe.
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  5090.  @SmilingStaffyLensLane  i would call it an empty threat. Everyone can see how russia is a paper bear 🧸
    1
  5091. No they will just be a chinese vasal state instead. Just like russia.
    1
  5092.  @khorshed1227  but you have no problem with the white colonialist pigs from russia?
    1
  5093. you mean surrender to putin and let the russian soldiers brutalize the Ukrainian population, like they have been doing in the occupied areas already?
    1
  5094. russia's economy declined by 2,2% last year, while EU's economy grew by 3,6%.
    1
  5095.  @babblo1389  it's good that you enjoy the sanctions so much, because they will never be removed :)
    1
  5096. Russia is a constant threat to their neighbors, and some of those are members of the EU.
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  5097. US bases are actually rent free. Maybe the US should start paying rent, since they really only benefit the US.
    1
  5098. Almost a million russians ran away during first round of mobilazation...
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  5099.  @NethKomba-d4h  yes, russia has forced men into uniform for more than a year now. Are you not paying attention? Ukraine is under attack by a country that wants to conquer Ukraine, that's why the men has to stay and defend it.
    1
  5100. there's a good reason why russia has been losing ground for more than 5 months now...
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  5101.  @ricbace  no they had 25%, but that was months ago. It is around 17-18% now, including Crimea. Because russia has been losing ground.
    1
  5102.  @ricbace  so you're just going to ignore all the territory Ukraine liberated at Kharkiv and Kherson? And you're also going to ignore that russia's last victory was Severodonetsk 6 months ago? That's a great way to cope with russia's failures, just deny reality 😄
    1
  5103.  @ricbace  the denial is strong with you, young ruski.
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  5104. the war is not ending any time soon. Right now it is a stalemate, we will see what happens next year...
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  5105.  @raskolnikov1461  the sanctions are not gonna be lifted until russia leaves Ukraine. Trade will not resume any time soon.
    1
  5106.  @pajeetkumar5105  russia is not a reliable supplier anymore, and the money is funding putin's war machine. And there is no gas pipeline to india, only one incomplete pipeline to china.
    1
  5107. you should never forget that we are better than you!
    1
  5108. It's just a ruin now.
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  5109.  @johnunderwoods  no, but i can look at statistics. Why would so many russians leave, if it is so wonderful?
    1
  5110.  @johnunderwoods  so tell me how many people left each country, vs the number of people coming into the country?
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  5111. yeah probably. And then we don't really need the US anymore, which means we won't get pulled into a conflict in the pacific. It's a win-win for Europe.
    1
  5112.  @eufrosniad994  you can cope as hard as you like buddy, the harsh fact is that so-called "superpower" russia can't even take Bakhmut 😄
    1
  5113. Russia was always going to attack, putin wants to rebuild the russian empire.
    1
  5114.  @Factsagainstpropoganda  NATO hasn't even joined the fight yet. And russia is already on the defensive, sending T55s to the frontline 😄
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  5115. agreed.
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  5116.  @albertpuig6273  few countries are willing to do that, unfortunately. Even though it would be the best option. So we are gonna need something else.
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  5117.  @TexasShocker  don't you worry about that buddy, i am sure Youtube will be replaced by a chinese platform in the near future.
    1
  5118.  @TexasShocker  did I hit a nerve or something. Why are you spamming the thread like a needy girlfriend?
    1
  5119.  @TexasShocker  we are not allies anymore. It might not be official yet, but it is the new reality. The president of the US is pretty much kissing putin's feet now. It's a complete surrender by the US.
    1
  5120.  @TexasShocker  buddy, your president is pretty much kissing putin's feet now.
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  5121.  @TexasShocker  it's the truth my guy. NATO is dead.
    1
  5122. @edinson1613  that was a lot of bla bla bla. Tried to read it all, but I had to give up because i was losing too many braincells...
    1
  5123. yeah both countries will be worse off, no matter how the war ends.
    1
  5124.  @markojovanovic9455  all European countries are sovereign, you are just a fool 😄
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  5125. it's a good deal for everyone but russia. Russia has to sell the crude oil with a discount to countries like India, and India is then selling the refined product to Europe at normal market price. Russia would make a lot more money if they could sell the crude oil or the refined product directly to Europe...
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  5126. that must mean that the rest of Ukraine can also endure these attacks for the next 9 years, and still keep fighting 😉
    1
  5127.  @PlaYer-sn5or  so you admit that these strikes against civilians won't be enough to win the war?
    1
  5128.  @MrAlexnastase97  yeah, no doubt about that 😄
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  5129.  @yusufsuleyman5666  it pays nothing, unfortunately. But unlike the russian bots, i actually believe everything i write.
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  5130.  @yusufsuleyman5666  what a pointless reply 🙄
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  5131. that is what russkiy mir looks like.
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  5132. threatening to annex Greenland, siding with russia in the UN, and now a trade war. And that is just a few examples from the last few weeks. How is that not turning against us?
    1
  5133.  @12Hitler  no one attacked russia. It was russia's choice to start a war.
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  5134. I don't think any European army uses a lot of US made equipment. Can't think of any country that use Abrams or Bradleys. Denmark operates the F16 and F35, and our primary service rifle is made in Canada for some reason, but every thing else is made in Europe.
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  5135.  @eliotness4029  i don't own any warships. What a silly question... 🤨
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  5136.  @sorro9384  civilian casualties in 2021: 25 Civilian casualties 2020: 21 Source: UN Not much of a genocide...
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  5137. cry more 😄
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  5138. no, because russia is attacking them.
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  5139.  @brianmilosevic8400  really? It's been going on for more than a year now, and russia controls less of Ukraine now than they did 1 year ago 😄
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  5140. France is fine, it's just the French being French. They love to protest and riot.
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  5141. yeah it could have been avoided if the russians just stayed in their own country.
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  5142. Bakhmut is just another pile of rubble now. This is what russkiy mir looks like.
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  5143. how would they even organize an election?
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  5144. Standing up against the west by murdering civilians in Ukraine? You are not a very bright person are you?
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  5145. Who are you talking to, the voices inside your head?
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  5146. russia is still losing on the ground. These airstrikes are not enough to win the war.
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  5147. Why not, we are the center of the world after all...
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  5148. it's only a matter of time before the rússians have to give up and go home. My prediction 2 more years.
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  5149. what's even the point of these missile attacks on Kyiv? To kill some more civilians and make the Ukrainians hate russia even more?
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  5150. It will just be Americans paying more for everything.
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  5151. and what currency will they use instead? It is just a fantasy....
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  5152.  @claus-not-santa  sure. But this will never happen. Which currency would China, russia and India agree to use?
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  5153. not really, the frontline would just move a few kilometers. And russia is soon gonna run out of steam again, like they did several times last year.
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  5154. russia started the war.
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  5155. Greenland is a country, in a union with Denmark and the Farao Islands. We cannot sell Greenland, because we do not own it. There are 2 ways Greenland could join the US, the Greenlanders could vote about it, or by force.
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  5156. not so bad anymore, at least not in my country. The current gas price is not much higher than it was same time last year.
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  5157. I've heard from a reliable source that russia is considering a name change. The new name of the country will be "China's gas station"
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  5158. it's not even a contest. Russia can't even handle Ukraine, what chance do they have against countries like Poland, Germany, France and the UK?
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  5159. Russia is trying to steal Ukrainian territory...
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  5160. @MMOfreakOUT1  China wants to divide and exploit, just like russia and the US under trump.
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  5161.  @svetlanakononenko7952  sorry, i don't speak orc.
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  5162. Doesn't really matter, trade will brake down either way as we move into the new cold war.
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  5163. Putin is a clown 🤡
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  5164. do anyone actually believe this bullsh*t? Germany's economy has stagnated with just 0,1% growth in the second quarter of 2023, but that is still pretty far from a collapse? Funny thing is, the overall economy of the EU saw higher growth in 2022 than both the US and China. Unemployment remains very low, deindustrialization is not actually happening... 🙄
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  5165.  @ciybersal9833  didn't sanction gas. It was russia's choice to turn off the tap. And if they are willing to do it once, they will do again next time there is a disagreement between russia and Germany. So there is no way back now.
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  5166.  @johnnymcandrew  it's not the Americans this time, it is the russians who invaded Ukraine. Pay attention buddy.
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  5167. the Ukrainians defend it because it is part of their country?
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  5168. Which truth, the actual truth or russia's "truth"?
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  5169. what's the average wages for a russian troll? It is just 1 potato per day, or do you sometimes get 2?
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  5170. Wrong and wrong.
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  5171. it was a political decision to reduce flow through nordstream 1. It is retaliation for the sanctions. So what's the point of opening another pipeline?
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  5172. done with what?
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  5173. Then why don't they leave?
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  5174. russia is trying to downplay their casualties, just like Ukraine is doing. The only reason why russia has announced any casualties at all is because the real number is too large to hide, it's probably more like several hundreds.
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  5175. who cares what the global south thinks...🙄
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  5176.  @evilmex1962  why should i care about your silly attempts at bending the truth? That is just boring. Come on troll, let's hear some more coping instead. Entertain me troll 😄
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  5177. the vast majority of the heavy weapons in Ukraine have been supplied by European countries. Stop this nonsense about the US doing everything.
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  5178. Of course we laugh at Trump, he is a clown after all 🤡
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  5179. G7 is a pointless forum too, just like brics...
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  5180. putin could end the war today, just be leaving Ukraine.
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  5181. those cars are produced in china.
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  5182.  @santiagopayan2531  oh you think global corporations pay tax? That's very cute... Their Chinese employees will pay tax in china, not Germany.
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  5183.  @IamHandsome4u  German car companies are not owned by the German state like chinese companies. They don't share profit made outside of Germany with the German state, profit made in china is taxed in china.
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  5184.  @gfys756  you guys really don't understand how a multinational corporation works, do you?
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  5185.  @Andromeda365  yes it would hurt the companies, but not bankrupt them. They would still have facilities in Europe and north America. And the average German wouldn't really notice, since no jobs are lost in Germany.
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  5186.  @bibhuduttamisra6065  and yet we get indians in the comment section everyday, trying to convince us that India matters.
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  5187.  @naszadynastia  do you have an actual point? Or are you just salty because you know i am right?
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  5188.  @naszadynastia  make sense please?
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  5189.  @naszadynastia  i am a small business owner myself. I manufacture components that are used by other companies in the EU. The key to being competitive is very simple. I don't have a fancy location or an expensive company car, and i don't employ any useless middle management. My prices can still compete with chinese imports, so i have to disagree with you. But my original post was about imports. And there is nothing wrong with importing stuff, as long as you don't become too dependent on one supplier. I have multiple suppliers for everything i use in my production, which have helped me deal with all the current supply chain issues.
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  5190.  @naszadynastia  and that is exactly the problem. It means that the chinese government can shut down your production whenever they want to. So we have to find a way to encourage more imports from other countries or production inside the EU.
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  5191.  @andia968  china uses trade dependencies as leverage, just like most other countries. The Australian coal ban is a good example. They have also threatened to ban German car imports a few years ago.
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  5192.  @johnkoh5207  China has already shut down many factories due their zero covid policy. It is causing massive supply chain issues here in Europe, i would argue that it is hurting European companies more than the energy crisis.
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  5193.  @johnkoh5207  i don't hate China, and i don't want to end all trade with China. But i don't want Europe to be overly dependent on any foreign power, that goes for both China, russia and the US.
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  5194.  @johnkoh5207  yes, and I chose Europe. And you can keep blaming the US for everything if it makes you feel better, that is your problem not mine.
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  5195.  @johnkoh5207  every LNG or natural seller is profiteering right now. Including russia, they sell their gas at the same market price as the rest. And it is clearly in Europe's interest to be less reliant on foreign powers, i don't care what the US has to say about it.
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  5196.  @lilacer6841  some yes, but not enough. We will have diversify in that area as well.
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  5197.  @lilacer6841  diversifying will mean less trade with china and russia, and more trade with other countries.
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  5198. we have seen the russian war crimes in the occupied areas. Surrendering will only get more people killed and abused.
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  5199.  @denisgorjunov  i don't have to lie, this information is available to the public. You can just google natural gas prices.
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  5200.  @kaboonali5466  🤡🤡
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  5201.  @zicoofenmu738  hahahahaha... Why is that funny? Are you "special"?
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  5202. about 61 ruble
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  5203. there will be peace when russia leaves Ukraine.
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  5204. china is trying to go green too 🙂
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  5205. It's not going to work, Ivan. The sanctions are there to stay :)
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  5206.  @neverknowsbest2879  so?
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  5207. It is not NATO that is bombing Ukraine, that is russia...
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  5208. No, russia will not be accepted .
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  5209. good, we need to end all trade and cooperation with russia.
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  5210. It's russia's pipeline, it's russia's problem.
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  5211. how can that be, i thought the russians had destroyed the entire Ukrainian army and all their equipment multiple times? Maybe the russians are just fighting ghosts now?
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  5212. that's a lot of denial in 1 comment 😄
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  5213. what is russia gonna do, except cry and moan about it?
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  5214. plundering Africa? You mean trade? Sure you want that to stop?
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  5215. How can that be, when Ukraine is not mobilizing men under 25?
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  5216. by who? Russia's poorly trained conscripts 😄
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  5217.  @seasonofthewatchers1010  no that happened before russia blew up the dam.
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  5218.  @Sandman18  how, you think some wishful thinking will make it come true?
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  5219. What a load of BS...
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  5220. so you are saying that the US lost the fight against the Iraqi army, and then started bombing civilians out of spite? That's not how i remember it...
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  5221. 2 million tonnes of LNG is 2,76 billion m3 of natural gas.
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  5222.  @jordangabor6966  russia supplied roughly 55%, so it is 55 billion m3 Germany needs to replace. But Germany doesn't have to replace it all with LNG. Much of it can be replaced by other sources of energy.
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  5223.  @ihateidiots3880  why are they running away from it then?
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  5224. where are the suppliers going to find someone willing to pay more than 180 euro for natural gas?
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  5225. Kaliningrad were build by Germans. So by your logic russia should give it back?
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  5226. run Ivan, run!!!
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  5227.  @zimagorec  it's not that hard to make a russian run, you just have to show him a Ukrainian soldier 😄
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  5228. it's a win-win for India and the EU. We are only buying the refined oil from India because it is sold at a reasonable price. Which means that russia is not making much money from that deal.
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  5229. the Ukrainians hold on, because it still makes sense. The russians are attacking fortified positions with human waves, losing more troops than the Ukrainians.
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  5230. not a single Nato soldier has been deployed to the frontline. No western aircraft or warships have joined the fight, and only a small number of western tanks and armored vehicles. So how are russia fighting all the west?
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  5231. Ukraine's conditions look very reasonable, unlike russia's.
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  5232.  @dirgsuite5546  reasonable demands will always be more feasable. Ukraine will never agree to russia's demands, so the war will most likely go on for many more years.
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  5233.  @Despotez  are you a little bit slow perhaps?
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  5234. wishful thinking. This war will go on for years. Russia will be severely weakened and bankrupt, no matter how the war ends.
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  5235. Ukraine have been pushing the russians back without heavy weapons from the west, imagine what they could do with better equipment.
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  5236.  @Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo  we have just donated 19 brand new Caesar howitzers.
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  5237. And russia will collapse their own country again again.
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  5238. agreed, i support some kind of EU army as well.
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  5239.  @justskip4595  nice try, mr obvious russian troll 😄
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  5240.  @justskip4595  i find it very hard to believe that someone from Finland would be so ignorant about the EU. Try again Ivan...
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  5241. the language is not banned, it is just not an official language. Imagine if i moved to India and refused to learn a local language, and demanded that schools teach in Danish?
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  5242. Yeah i don't see such a meeting leading anywhere. But it's a nice thought i guess...
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  5243. it's not like china or the US cares, so why should the EU?
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  5244. Be quiet little girl.
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  5245. like they did in ww1?
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  5246. putin didn't do anything, he ran away, and had to get someone else to negotiate on his behalf.
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  5247. bla bla bla...
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  5248.  @jo-wv4lc  i did it because i can, i just love destroying countries. Sweden is next!
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  5249. 2 years ago, russia supplied almost half of all natural gas to the EU. And now it is down to 15%. In a few more years, it will be down to 0%...
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  5250. Playing both sides could make India a prime battleground for a proxywar. India has seperatists that could be used to destabilize the country.
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  5251. putin is only 70?
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  5252. Russia is dis connected from swift, if that is what you mean? That is not going to change any time soon.
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  5253.  @joexavier4070  eh....what?
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  5254.  @gaborrajnai6213  gas price and pension reform are not related issues. The poll mentioned in the video above shows that energy prices are pretty low on the average Germans list of concerns
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  5255.  @Okiejayjay  German industry is not leaving, that is just wishful thinking. If European companies are expanding in other countries, that's a good thing for Europe. The world is having economic troubles, but the EU is doing better than most other parts of the world.
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  5256.  @joexavier4070  2x dirt cheap is still cheap.
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  5257. they bought some more from Iran. That's what the "mighty" russian army has been reduced to, T62's and second rate missiles and drones from Iran 😄
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  5258.  @alexomar2010  russia can't even make cars with seatbelts 😄
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  5259. Are you starting to get worried? 😄
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  5260. Is that why russia controls less of Ukraine now than they did 12 months ago? 😄
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  5261. where is that happening?
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  5262.  @UpRisingDown  must be a dad thing. At least i have a good excuse to turn the heat down this year. Love northern Sweden btw. Drove through 10 years ago, on my way to nordkap. Would love to visit the area again, we just don't have nature like that in Denmark.
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  5263. Denmark has existed for more than 1000 years now. And it will still be here long after the US empire has crumled.
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  5264.  @mrityunjaytripathi5588  that's fine, as long as russia don't get full price here in Europe.
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  5265.  @mrityunjaytripathi5588  yes everyone except russia. Exactly as it should be 🙂
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  5266. isolated from who exactly? Anyone that actually matters?
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  5267. china had a budget deficit equal to 3,8% of gdp in 2023. Most of china's growth is just the government spending borrowed money.
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  5268.  @onkar3451  2 x dirt cheap is still cheap.
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  5269. Russia did it.
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  5270. That is just cope and wishful thinking Ivan 😄
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  5271. don't worry, the EU is doing it's part as well. EU has still donated more than the US, as we should. Ukraine needs support from both the US and EU.
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  5272. it seems very likely that NATO will get involved sooner or later. Tensions keep rising, it won't take much to set it off now.
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  5273. That didn't work last year, and it will fail this winter too. Russia should just give up and go home...
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  5274. only russia wants war in Europe.
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  5275. Germany is already doing their part. Blaming others won't change the fact that the US is about to abandon a country they promised to support "as long as it takes".
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  5276. so you're blaming Ukraine for being attacked? Dude...
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  5277.  @dilligafwoftam985  why would there be a queue of tankers if nobody wants to sell to us? Please make sense. You should also remember that we don't have to replace all the gas from russia with LNG. 35% of EU's natural gas consumption is used to generate electricity. That means that we can replace most of the gas from russia by generating electricity from other sources. That is why coal imports are up 35% this year. And every new solarpanel or windturbine will also reduce the need for gas.
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  5278.  @rvshrm7175  yes the price is still high. However, it has been falling for 8 weeks now. It peaked at 345 euro/MWh in august, and the price is around 115-120 euro now. It's about 35% higher than same time last year. I expect the price to keep falling, but we will see.
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  5279.  @rvshrm7175  russian gas is over. We don't want to pay for the guns that will be used to kill civilians in Ukraine.
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  5280. take a look at a map buddy. Their membership will not move NATO closer to moscow than it has been for the last 20 years..
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  5281. is that why russia is digging trenches all the way to Crimea?
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  5282. the US has the right to station military personnel on Greenland already.
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  5283. really? All i see is russia struggling while pretending all is ok 😄
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  5284. Russia is still a colonial empire, and they are still trying to expand putin's empire. The rest of Europe have moved on from that mindset, and we prefer peace and stability in Europe. That is why we hate russia.
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  5285. I hope so too. Globalism needs to end, it will happen a lot faster if China starts to raise tariffs as well...
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  5286. putin probably realized that is not going to happen. Avdiivka can probably hold for a few more weeks or even months if the Ukrainians are really stubborn.
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  5287. no, just russia.
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  5288.  @jumpingsaucepan  using nukes are suicide, that is why putin will never use them. So it is nothing but empty threats.
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  5289.  @sargunangoppalan7809  no russia closed the pipeline a month before it was destroyed. The head of Gazprom even said that the gas flow would not resume until the sanctions were lifted. If russia wanted to supply more gas, they could just use one of the other pipelines. The report was not published, because the west doesn't want to respond to russia's silly games.
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  5290.  @Megaphone144  it was russia who destroyed the pipeline, no doubt about that. But Europe wants to stop buying russian gas anyway, so there is no reason to confront russia about it. There are more important issues right now, than playing along with russia's silly mindgames.
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  5291.  @rarefruit2320  because i don't say what you want to hear?
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  5292.  @sergiovictor7581  US is delivering as promised, russia is not. So yes.
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  5293.  @sergiovictor7581  russia has already been labeled as a terrorist state by the EU. Russia is going back behind the iron curtain, there will be no more trade and cooperation with that sh*thole of a country.
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  5294. what is russia gonna do, send more T55s to the frontline?
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  5295. seems like the war has reached a phase where neither side can do much. We will probably not see the lines move much the next few years.
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  5296. so you're into climate change denial too huh? Let me guess, you are also an antivaxer and a flat-earther right? How about qanon? 😄
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  5297. putin's nuclear threats are completely empty...
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  5298.  @skozzi2845  oh no, guess we will all be poor then, because relying on russian gas is not a viable long term solution anymore. Putin has proved that he is willing to use gas as leverage, so there is no going back to that.
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  5299.  @kaloyanrosenov2123  sure, russia has managed to capture some small villages recently. But they will soon run out of steam again, like they always do. And the Ukrainians will continue to liberate their country when the mud season is over.
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  5300. why has russia been losing ground for months then?
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  5301.  @zeissiez  you're a fool. Nordstream is mostly owned by russia.
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  5302.  @zeissiez  dude, you just claimed the nordstream was partly owned by Ukraine. And the war is all about putin's ambitions, he wants to expand his empire and that's it.
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  5303.  @zeissiez  so you're just going to ignore russia's decision to start the war, and blame the US for everything?
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  5304.  @AbuSayyaf963  why would Germany care? It's russia's pipeline...
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  5305.  @DonCorleone4  you can define it whatever way you like. But i define russia as China's gas station.
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  5306.  @DonCorleone4  how dare you say that about my country!!!! Oh wait, i don't actually care about such petty little things.... Seriously dude, how fragile are you to be offended by something like this? 😄
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  5307.  @kimduong2332  what makes you think i care?
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  5308. Russia is only destroying themselves...
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  5309. why would that matter, the counsel is useless anyway?
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  5310. russia is planning to cry and moan, and probably issue some more of the standard empty nuke threats... 😄
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  5311. This comment section is 90% russian trolls today 😄
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  5312. china is a super power. Russia and iran not so much...
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  5313.  @Niho250  no, i mean that russia and iran are not super powers. What is so hard to understand about that?
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  5314. If we're not supposed to laugh, then why does he look and talk like a clown?
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  5315.  @michaelmcgarrity6987  i'm sure the russians will survive. But they still need money to wage a war. Soldiers need pay, and missiles are expensive to build. The russian state is now spending more than they make, they can not keep doing that forever.
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  5316.  @michaelmcgarrity6987  i think it is much more likely that russia will become Europe's north Korea, and China will take full advantage of russia's weakened position. They are already demanding discounts and paying much less than Europe for gas and oil, because they know russia is running out of customers.
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  5317.  @tigris4247  what a ridiculous theory. And you have absolutely no proof, you might as well blame aliens.
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  5318.  @milanm403  Seymour Hersh is an 85-year old fool. And his only proof is an "anonymous source". The only reason why you pay any attention to that report is because it tells you what you want to hear. If you actually used your brain, then you would realize how ridiculous that story is. You seriously think Denmark would agree to an attack like that in our waters?
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  5319.  @morrisman7563  of course it's true.
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  5320.  @4-SeasonNature  fool
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  5321.  @nickilachappell3705  what are you even talking about you fool? I am talking about Nordstream 1, the pipeline that was closed for "maintenance", and then blown up a few weeks later.
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  5322. ​ @lvanvan  what's the matter cupcake, you don't like hearing the truth?
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  5323.  @lvanvan  that's right buddy. You should listen to me, you might learn something.
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  5324.  @lvanvan  i'm not the one believing in a bullsh*t report based on an "anonymous source" 🙄
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  5325.  @ToriZealot  what are you talking about, little troll?
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  5326.  @ToriZealot  oh i'm sorry, did i hurt your little feelings? If you don't like being called a troll, i could just call you cupcake instead. Happy now, cupcake?
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  5327.  @kampfer91  oil from a natural gas pipeline? 🤦‍♂
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  5328.  @MrTheophilos13  i can live with that 🙂
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  5329.  @donttellmejustlisten4598  and what is your country?
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  5330.  @vladimirprotein1275  winning? Russia might soon capture the first real town in 8 months, but that is not going to win the war. Russia will probably just run out of steam like they did 2 times last year, and get hit with another counteroffensive.
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  5331.  @vladimirprotein1275  i remember all the russian trolls telling us the entire Ukrainian army had been wiped out last year, just before the Kharkiv counter offensive. And then they started telling us that the Kherson counter offensive was a failure, until the russians were forced to leave Kherson. Then they told us that the Ukrainians would have to surrender, because russia was destroying their energy infra structure. Russia has been nothing but a failure for an entire year now, so why are you still trying to convince us that russia has any chance to win this war?
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  5332.  @vladimirprotein1275  the situation in Bakhmut, is that russia is attacking fortified positions with human waves. That's why the Ukrainians keep holding on there, the russians lose more than the Ukrainians.
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  5333.  @fabb5  the first actual town in 8 months...
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  5334.  @StrongRespect  the Ukrainians have warrior blood, the russians have vodka blood.
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  5335. Don't worry, most countries in Europe will probably just pivot towards russia or china instead.
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  5336. because it is not true?
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  5337.  @operator9858  yes they started talking about Ukraine being low on ammo around June last year. And they have been talking about it ever since. But somehow Ukraine manages to fire 4.000-5.000 shells every day anyway...
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  5338.  @operator9858  sure, just like the russians are running out of missiles any day now. We will still be talking about this next year, and the year after that. But somehow, the guns will keep firing and the missiles will keep flying anyway...
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  5339.  @operator9858  oh come on Ivan, we both know that is not true. If you're gonna troll, could you at least put some effort into it? 😄
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  5340.  @operator9858  so now you're talking about air defence? The good news for Ukraine is that the promised Nasams are on their way. That system can use several kinds of missiles, including Sidewinders that are normally used on western fighter jets. There are vast stockpiles of compatible missiles in NATO countries.
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  5341. the war will most likely go on for another 2-3 years, there's plenty time for those tanks to make a difference.
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  5342. how would the Germans stop the war? The only one who could end the war today is putin.
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  5343. seems to be holding just fine, the russians ran out of steam again like they always do 😄
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  5344.  @MichaelMcgarrity-ys8wf  yeah it's just not gonna happen. But enjoy your wishful thinking... 😄
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  5345. it does seem a little unfair that Germany is getting so much flak. I don't think any country in Europe is really prepared for a full scale war. Even the US doesn't seem ready for the kind of war we're seeing in Ukraine.
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  5346.  @honnebombll  the Danish army is very under funded as well. We do have some decent equipment, but in very small numbers. But no one is paying much attention to Denmark or the other countries who are under spending, because Germany is such a big juicy target for criticism...
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  5347.  @flesz_  bullsh*t, putin just wants to expand his empire. It's a war of conquest. Nato has just expanded by Finland joining, and russia has barely done anything in response. Because putin knows that Nato is not a threat, it's just an excuse for russia's war of aggression.
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  5348.  @prodigiii712  that's not how the commodity market works, kiddo. I think this topic might be a little above your paygrade 😄
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  5349. China: Dude, you can't even take a city right next to your own borders, you would be completely useless in the pacific...
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  5350.  @twistymcfistysback  russia invaded Ukraine, and they are now trying to kill unarmed civilians. There is no valid justification.
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  5351. we already know our place. It's on top. So how are you feeling down there?
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  5352. who believes what russians say?
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  5353. Greenland has the right to leave the kingdom of Denmark already . It's written into law. They remain by choice.
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  5354. sure, Kyiv in 3 days right? 😄
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  5355. Nice fictional story bro...
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  5356. It's not like Germany had high growth before the war. So your argument makes no sense...
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  5357.  @ragabara1031  Germany is a developed economy, it cannot grow at the same pace as a developing economy. It's the same reason why china has gone from 15% growth in 2007, to 5% this year. China will soon be a fully developed economy and have the same 1-3% growth as other developed economies...
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  5358.  @jonathanjacob5453  your claim was that Germany would be able to reach "china speed" if they had cheap energy. And Germany had pretty cheap energy before the sanctions, so that claim makes no sense. It is clearly gonna take more than that. And you said nothing about that in your original comment. Maybe you were dropped on your head yourself?
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  5359.  @jonathanjacob5453  so you don't have a counter argument, and now you're going for insults instead? That's pretty pathetic buddy, just admit you lost the argument...😉
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  5360. ​ @stevealba56 let us say i just take your word for it, then what? Then it is a very unfortunate accident that got 65 Ukrainians killed. It sucks, but friendly fire is not something new. Even russia claims that the spy plane that was downed last week was friendly fire...
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  5361. they are working so hard, and the pay is only 1 potato per day 🤷‍♂
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  5362.  @gamerno9859  but nobody is paying me any potatoes, i have to school you fools for free ☹
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  5363. and how is russia moving that gas to third parties?
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  5364.  @qinby1182  those new LNG facilities have been put on hold, they can not be completed without western tech. Sorry buddy
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  5365.  @sarahbrown5073  I know they can't. They can't even build cars with airbags or seatbelts. Russia is just a glorified gas station. There's a reason why russia has such a small economy despite all those resources...😄
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  5366. or we could just reduce our energy consumption by 5% and be fine?
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  5367. russia is still using the very large war chest putin created before the war. But when that money runs out, russia is pretty much screwed.
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  5368. done with what?
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  5369.  @tumelochana345  the same goat herders who beat the russians back in the 1980s?
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  5370. the russians are not very good at actually hitting their targets, so it is not too surprising that most of the infrastructure survived...
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  5371. russia stopped the gas flow a month before the pipeline was damaged.
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  5372. If Trump goes ahead with his tariffs, much of that trade will stop.
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  5373. of course you do, Ivan.
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  5374. for now. African countries will most likely become battlegrounds for proxy wars, as the fight for control of natural resources heats up...
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  5375.  @Isildurd  most of russia's neighbors hate russia for a good reason. Russia has a very long history of oppresion and genocide. That is why they all left the soviet union when they got the chance.
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  5376.  @Jason-io9zg  he's not really winning either. The frontline has barely moved, despite russia's big push lately.
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  5377.  @Jason-io9zg  i'm calling BS on that claim. I'm pretty sure both sides have lost more than 100.000 troops at this point. Which is to be expected in a full scale war like this.
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  5378. inflation and energy prices are rising all over the world, not just Europe.
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  5379. I don't think there will be much demand for natural gas a few decades from now.
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  5380. Ukraine has mobilized more than 500.000 new troops, so they need more equipment to arm them all..
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  5381.  @FreeKraps  Ukraine had roughly 250.000 active service members before the war, and they had around 1M including border guards and police by july last year.
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  5382. It was nothing but a vanity project to prove that russia is a great power. But it was just another russian fail... 😄
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  5383.  @jaythomas3224  i'm sorry to break it to you, but the German central bank has just announced growth in the second quarter of 2023, which means the recession is over for now 😄
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  5384. yes because lots of it was available. But most plants can be electrified or use hydrogen or biogas instead.
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  5385.  @georgekaradov1274  yes i know that. And you can fix that by using a different feedstock, or by electrification like BASF is doing with their chemical plant in Ludwigshafen.
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  5386.  @georgekaradov1274  you clearly have access to internet, why don't you look it up instead of making a fool of yourself?
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  5387.  @williamsharp2532  yeah that's why EU is trying to find a way to lower the price, without causing long term damage to the energy market. I'm not sure if that is possible, but we'll see.
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  5388.  @istheyear-ry1el  I meant that russia would come back for more Ukrainian territory. And the problem with the conflict in the Donbass is that russian troops have been present there since 2014. That makes it very hard for outsiders like me to judge if the majority of the people actually want to join russia, or if it is just the russian speaking minority backed by russia. A free and fair referendum under those circumstances is impossible.
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  5389. it's kinda silly to talk about winning the war. Neither side is going to win anything, both sides lose no matter how it ends. The most likely outcome is a cease fire in a few years. That means russia has control of the occupied areas, but it will not be recognized as part of russia. And the sanctions against russia will not be lifted. So russia will be the north korea of Europe...
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  5390. because they are very small and don't really matter?
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  5391.  @serbianwarrior5930  yeah saving the Ukrainian and russian people with 60.000 shells per day. Sure hope the russians never come to save me...
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  5392. yeah that would be nice. But it's not gonna happen, the chinese "peace plan" is to just give russia what they want.
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  5393. What does that even mean?
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  5394.  @Prithwiraj_Sardar  no, that is why i am asking? Are you a little bit slow perhaps?
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  5395.  @Prithwiraj_Sardar  thank you for an explanation. The sad thing is, the war could probably be ended a lot sooner if the world came together and put pressure on russia to withdraw. I don't get why a country like India, that claims to be against imperialism, seems to have no problem with russia's imperialist expansion in Ukraine...
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  5396.  @Prithwiraj_Sardar  would you feel the same if the UK decided to rebuild the British empire? If India just surrenders, then less people would die?
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  5397.  @Prithwiraj_Sardar  the war is not about NATO, that is just an excuse. NATO has been at russia's borders for more than 20 years in the Baltic states, and russia doesn't seem very threatened by that. The borders are barely defended by the russians, because putin knows that we don't want to attack. Putin has wanted to rebuild the russian empire for a long time, this war is all about imperialism. And you are right, India can defend itself. But you don't think that Ukraine should defend itself, they should just surrender and be conquered? Can you see a problem with your logic here?
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  5398. nope, it is just a forum like G20.
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  5399. in reality, it's all about national security. Europe allowed itself to become dependent on the US for security, dependent on russia for energy, and dependent on China for almost everything else. Trump tried to use security dependence against us when he was president, and will likely do so again if elected. Putin tried to use energy against us, and caused an energy crisis. And now China is trying to destroy the last industries in Europe, and make us even more dependent. So now Europe is finally waking up to the fact that all 3 dependencies have to end. Europe has to become self-sufficient again.
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  5400. president putler would be more fitting.
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  5401.  @losttribe9107  you know that Biden made the exact same agreement about 10.000 troops with Mexico in 2021, right? And Biden didn't even have to make everyone hate the US to achieve that?...
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  5402.  @davidryke113  it is the exact same agreement Mexico made with Biden in 2021. And Biden didn't even have to make everyone hate the US to do it.
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  5403.  @davidryke113  you mean the border plan that Canada negotiated with Biden? Yeah, it is the same plan, they are just pretending it's a new plan to appease Trumps ego.
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  5404. nothing wrong with being russophobic these days...
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  5405. the russians are a great danger to playgrounds and pedestrian bridges.
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  5406. don't worry, china will step in and plunder instead.
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  5407. nah, russia is just a clown show.
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  5408. It's not related to the war, not every thing is about russia.
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  5409. there is a mud problem in Ukraine at the moment. I'm sure the offensive will continue when the ground dries up or freezes.
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  5410. natural gas was never a permanent solution anyway.
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  5411. good
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  5412.  @Mrcerilio  5.000.000 russian soldiers have been killed. Source: just trust me bro. Yeah i can make up numbers without any evidence too. And there are no NATO soldiers in Ukraine.
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  5413.  @Zelenskytears  well, i am an all knowing god, and I live under your bed. This is the internet, anyone can claim anything. That doesn't prove anything.
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  5414. and then what happens?
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  5415. good joke. Putin is dictator for life, this is just a show....
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  5416.  @JohnJones-k9d  i am always right. The war is not ending any time soon. Maybe by the end of 2025, but it is not very likely. Escalation into a larger conflict is more likely.
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  5417.  @pouyaz8472  that is not as simple as you might think. Most currencies are not accepted outside their home country. If i paid you in my currency, Danish Krone, then you could really only use that money to buy something in Denmark. If i paid you in Dollars, then you could spend it in most countries around the world. Of course you can exchange the money in the bank, but your bank will not be interested in having large quantities of Danish Krone.
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  5418. let's hope the terrorist state of russia becomes a democracy one day.
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  5419. Fair point.
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  5420.  @Memovox  alright then, let me hear when your handlers give you some new talking points. I will be happy to have a more serious debate about it then.
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  5421.  @avex3903  you guys seriously need some new talking points. I have already seen that boring comment about going to the frontline several 100 times now. Do better Ivan, you are boring!
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  5422. when russia is defeated in Ukraine, they won't have the strength to threaten anyone...
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  5423. because conscription during war time is a normal thing for a country to do when it is being invaded? You really are the worst troll yet...
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  5424. sorry to disappoint you, but life goes on like normal here in Europe. Energy prices are at the lowest level in 2 years, and inflation is goin down. While russia is in recession and running the largest budget deficit since the fall of the ussr...
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  5425.  @milesobrien2694  nope, subsidizing was last year when the wholesale price of natural gas reached 345 euro/mwh. Today it is just 29 euro/mwh. My bills are pretty much back to normal. Russia's economy is screwed, even by the numbers published by russia...😄
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  5426.  @milesobrien2694  so you ran out of arguments, and had to resort to name calling instead? That is pretty pathetic dude 😄
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  5427.  @milesobrien2694  of course you can't argue, you don't have any arguments 😄
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  5428.  @milesobrien2694  🤡🤡🤡
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  5429. is it? Looks just fine to me?
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  5430. that could take forever, the safest place to be in Ukraine is the place russia is trying to hit 😄
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  5431.  @c.a.savage5689  you are right, i am going to edit that. Thanks.
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  5432. the only thing the US has contributed to NATO is a promise. It is your own choice to spend more than 2% on defense. The US is expected to help if a NATO member is attacked. Nothing more, nothing less.
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  5433. yeah we're going back in time, to the cold war. And those who choose russia's side will fall behind again.
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  5434. how would they do that, russia can't even handle Ukraine 😄
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  5435.  @stunstar4553  good for them. The russians should just go there instead. Why do we have to ban visas to keep them out?
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  5436. let's just continue with the sanctions anyway, because F russia that's why.
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  5437. Complete nonsense.
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  5438. India is not exporting gas, stop this nonsense.
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  5439. there is always next year. It's not like the war is going to end any time soon...
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  5440. so what do you think happens to the Ukrainian people if russia wins?
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  5441.  @Steve-cg8ek  so they have no hope of a better future if russia wins. But if Ukraine wins, they have a chance of becoming part of the European community and prosper like Poland...
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  5442. and how is russia moving that gas around? Just stop that nonsense...
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  5443. russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  5444. russia is obsessed with war.
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  5445. and then it decreased by 15% in the first 7 months of 2023...
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  5446.  @bobbybagga1975  less trade is less trade. It means that "de-risking" is going just fine...
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  5447.  @xcitemex6353  a quick google search showed me that every one else ranks russia as number 11. Nice try little troll 😄
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  5448.  @xcitemex6353  that's a lot of ifs. Don't get your hopes up 😉
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  5449.  @xcitemex6353  👍
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  5450. @Kieron Mac not really, they say the fight is still on going. We'll know the truth soon enough.
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  5451.  @Athanae24  i have. And the fight in Soledar is still on going.
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  5452. russia controls less of Ukraine now, than they did 6 months ago. And they will control even less 6 months from now
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  5453. Russian gas is not really that cheap. And russia is an unreliable supplier anyway.
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  5454.  @stefannikolic4401  it wasn't 55% just 10 years ago. Russia started lowering the price in 2014, after Crimea. That caused a lot of European suppliers to go out of business. It's now clear why russia did that. But fortunately, it failed. Russia will never be a major supplier of anything to the EU again.
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  5455.  @milnjfasgasg466  so why did Gazprom lose $6,9 billions in 2023 then?
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  5456.  @milnjfasgasg466  so why did Gazprom lose $6,9 billions in 2023 then?
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  5457.  @markharcourt2214  could be worse, could be russia's economy.
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  5458. Cold war is back on the table, and China is on the other side.
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  5459. russia can keep them. Who cares...
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  5460. Russia can't even stop atacms, even though the US themselves consider atacms outdated...
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  5461.  @marklanahan7289  then why are S400 launchers getting hit by atacms?
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  5462. russia is a pariah state in Europe now.
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  5463.  @iggy5347  there is only 1 pipeline to china, and 0 pipelines to India.
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  5464.  @iggy5347  yes construction of a second pipeline to china should start in 2025, it will probably be finished 10 years from now.
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  5465.  @iggy5347  and India is importing lots of oil, not natural gas.
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  5466.  @Lucas-wn5wm  that is not what socialism is. Don't use words that you don't know the meaning of... 🙄
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  5467. tariffs are necessary to protect Europe's own industries. Letting China flood Europe with subsidized goods will hurt Europe more than a trade war.
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  5468. russia is kinda like turkey, most of the country is in asia. I wouldn't consider either to be proper Europeans.
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  5469.  @mglsj  russia haven't really been a part of the European community since 1918. They were getting closer after the fall of the soviet union, but it seems they are going back behind the iron curtain.
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  5470. NATO, the order has nothing to do with the EU.
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  5471.  @Memovox  they are. Nato includes countries that are not EU members. And there are EU members that are not in NATO. The general secretary of NATO is from Norway, a non-EU country...
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  5472.  @Memovox  sure, but it is still 2 separate things. This video is about a purchase made through a NATO fund. That has nothing to do with the EU, even though it does involve NATO members who are also members of the EU. I get the feeling that you don't really know what NATO or the EU actually is?
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  5473. If Ukraine gives any territory to russia, then russia will just come back for more.
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  5474. i think we will move towards a new cold war between the east and the west. And India's ties with russia could very well become an issue. India provides a lot of IT services to western companies, i would not be surprised if that becomes a "national security risk" in the near future.
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  5475. Why does anyone care? The pipeline was already closed, and it was never going to be used again anyway?
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  5476. ​ porter9494 no
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  5477. Urals oil is already below 60$, seems like the russian oil revenue is collapsing without much help from us...
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  5478.  @dennisrettke  bla bla poor bullied russia just defending themselves by invading their neighbour and murdering civilians.
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  5479.  @marklouieadame  they have been talking about a new payment system and currency for years now, but it is going nowhere because these countries with little in common can't agree on anything. I don't think world domination is right around the corner...
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  5480.  @chandraiitk  so what have brics achieved so far? Could you give me some examples?
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  5481. unlikely. But russia will be the new North Korea of Europe.
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  5482.  @MarioLopez-qp1bg  the price of natural gas was at a record low in 2014-2019, and yet there was no economic boom in that period. Energy prices are clearly not the defining factor.
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  5483. @MarioLopez-qp1bg  so you realized that you were wrong, that's nice.
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  5484. russia is only fighting Ukraine, and not doing very good 😄
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  5485.  @moniranik5674  think you mean slave russia. They are all putin's obedient slaves.
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  5486. allowing China to flood Europe with subsidized goods will destroy our own industries. It's really that simple. And the fact that China is russia's partner, makes China an opponent of Europe as well. It has to be stopped.
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  5487. russia destroyed that relationship all by themselves, no help from the US was needed.
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  5488. Russian "election" 😂
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  5489. the orangutan has managed to make the US an even larger threat to the EU than both China and russia in a very short time. I don't think the trans-atlantic relationship will survive 4 years of trump.
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  5490. the value of Germany's exports to China is about the same as Germany's exports to Poland. Do you really think that a trade war between Germany and Poland would collapse Germany's economy?
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  5491. good thing we're ramping up production then.
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  5492. the Danish leopard 1s were attacked by artillery, recoilless rifles and even a T55 in former Jugoslavia, but suffered no losses during several engagements. The armor might be light by today's standards, but they are not as frail as people seem to think. Has Poland really donated 72 Krabs? That would be very impressive if true?
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  5493.  @kikinorthington680  nope, what op said is true.
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  5494. did someone hurt putin's fragile little ego? I feel so bad for the little guy, those mean bullies blowing up his favorite bridge 😄
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  5495. bla bla bla...
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  5496. that's right.
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  5497. no, the EU is not controlled by the US. The relationship has been shaky for some years now, and a trade war is still looming. But we can still unite against a common adversary, and that is the true strength of "the west".
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  5498.  @Jason-io9zg  why would i care? The pipeline belongs to Gazprom, it's russia's problem.
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  5499.  @Jason-io9zg  no, both of my previous comments are still there?
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  5500. don't worry, many of us don't really believe the US would do much to help if a war breaks out anyway. I would prefer an EU army instead of NATO.
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  5501. no one is going to win anything from this war. Both sides will be worse off, no matter how the war ends.
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  5502.  @claus-not-santa  sounds like an excellent time to fly.
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  5503.  @claus-not-santa  weekend is 1 word. Back to school Ivan.
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  5504.  @claus-not-santa  you are no friend of mine, Ivan.
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  5505.  @claus-not-santa  look in the mirror Ivan.
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  5506. i agree, the russians has crossed the line. Time to provide Ukraine with some heavier weapons.
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  5507. are the russians enjoying their recession?
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  5508. we'll see how long that lasts...
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  5509.  @markalexander5992  German products have never been cheap, Germany's advantage is quality. It was russia that ruined the relationship, by starting a war of aggression right on the EU's doorstep.
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  5510. @@ummerrahh 3 times what price?
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  5511. The United Mafia States of America.
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  5512. Or replace NATO with a European alliance.
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  5513. you're right, it's just the beginning. The war will continue for years and the sanctions are there to stay :)
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  5514. Germany's economy is still 2,5 times larger than russia's. NATO is growing. Russia is not even close to being a superpower.
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  5515.  @aa-hb3tg  nah, just trolling out of boredom. But I am not really getting any bites today
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  5516. i'm sure the russians "destroy" lots of drones, by blocking them with armored vehicles and buildings...😄
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  5517. that would be a great way to make several European allies switch sides, and join the growing list of anti-US countries. And for what, a big island that is covered in ice most of the year?
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  5518. tsar putin wants to expand his empire, that is all this war is about.
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  5519. and just how much gas has Germany imported from Turkey? I can't find any data about it, so it must be very little or none at all 😄
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  5520. the surovikin line is breached 😄
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  5521.  @johnadam2885  no, that building is just across the river in the eastern part of Bakhmut. The fight for Balhmut is not even close to being over. Why would the west cut the funding just because russia takes a city? That is just wishful thinking Ivan 😄
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  5522. russia is fighting to expand putin's empire.
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  5523. the thermostat in my house will be set to 19 degrees instead of the usual 22, hope i will survive 🙄
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  5524. you know that russia became the largest country on earth by colonizing Asia, right?
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  5525. They sure seem to enjoy it a lot. I think the Indians might have some kind of an inferiority complex....
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  5526.  @katfureh3399  buying gas from russia means that we will help pay for weapons used to kill civilians in Ukraine.
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  5527. Austria is not a NATO member. Come on dude...
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  5528. EU have spent way more than 100B so far...
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  5529. ii is russia's pipeline, it is russia's problem.
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  5530.  @kukulroukul4698  what can the US do about it?
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  5531. nobody cares about russia's pathetic missiles.
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  5532. everyone who wants to make money, 180euro is still 10x higher than normal in Europe. Where are the suppliers going to find someone willing to pay more than that?
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  5533.  @No_borders_means_no_welfare  Russia could just leave Donbass alone.
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  5534. and how will we afford those chinese products when all the jobs are gone?
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  5535. lots of poorly trained conscripts and T-62s won't win the war for russia.
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  5536. that would be never. The war will end when the russians give up and ho home.
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  5537.  @wokeaf1337  So? It's all within NATO's airspace.
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  5538. kan du lide rødgrød med fløde på?
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  5539.  @StrsAmbrg  i know, that's why it is so pathetic that russia is struggling so much. Russia truly is a paper bear 🧸
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  5540.  @james_t_kirk  oh no, not again. Anyway... 😉
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  5541.  @politicallyincorrect1705  The US won't have to do anything to destabilize russia, putin can do that by him self 😄
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  5542.  @henryukwuoma7137  recession means less demand for oil. That is why the price is going down, despite the production cuts.
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  5543. The UK could just do the same as team trump, surrender to russia without terms and call it negotiations...
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  5544. there are no rules against using other currencies in international trade. But most companies prefer to use the dollar because it is easier. Let's say you sell something to me, and i pay you using the Danish currency. What are you going to do with Danish Kroner in an African country? Would your local bank even be willing to accept the currency, it can only be used for trade with Denmark. Sure, you could demand that i pay you with the currency of your country, but my local bank is probably not going to have a lot of that currency.
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  5545. boring russian troll is boring...😴
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  5546.  @TheFirstTheLast-g4t  so you're saying that russia can't get paid without the western payment system? Oh no, how sad... 😄
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  5547.  @gaborrajnai6213  no trade with russia is a good thing for Europe. We need to get those russians back behind the iron curtain...
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  5548.  @НатальяБыкова-у2с  don't worry, i'm sure most ties will be cut eventually. Enjoy being the north korea of Europe...
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  5549. You know that gas is not the only source of energy, right?
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  5550. Russia is pathetic 😄
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  5551. Russia has to beg Iran for missiles now 😄
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  5552. what difference would that make, russia cut the gas flow about a month before the pipeline was damaged?
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  5553. did the French protesters bring guns and tanks? Did they shoot down planes and helicopters? It's not really the same thing, is it now?
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  5554.  @4_vaccuum_salesman_of_marr944  i don't have to zoom in to see the russian losses, dead orcs and burned out russian tanks everywhere....
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  5555. yes russia managed to capture a small town for the first time in 6 months. At the rate it will take russia about 30 years to capture the rest of the Donbass.
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  5556. you can blame putin for all this. He wants to rebuild the russian empire...
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  5557.  @coolest5327  russia invaded, annexed territory illegally and is now murdering defenceless civilians. It's pretty clear that russia don't want peace..
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  5558. brics is just another forum, kinda like the G20.
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  5559.  @5arnavi9  but it is the same concept. Leaders have their photo taken and eat some nice food, but they don't actually do anything...
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  5560.  @5arnavi9  figure out what? What do the Saudies have to offer other than oil? Sand maybe?
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  5561. they are already fighting their true enemy, the russians. What's so hard to understand about that?
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  5562. of course we are laughing, the russian clown show is very entertaining 😄
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  5563. The US, Ukraine and russia never signed the treaty on cluster munition. There is nothing illegal about it. And russia is already using cluster munition in Ukraine. The shells would be delivered from an existing stockpile, that was meant to be disposed of anyway.
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  5564. longer than putin's pathetic conscript army 😄
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  5565.  @umeshsingh-du3pk  if an average Dane has to spend an extra 100 dollars per month at the gas station, it's annoying but not a big deal. Can you say the same about an average Indian?
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  5566. wishful thinking. The russian army is so slow that all the current soldiers will die of old age before reaching Kyiv 😄
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  5567.  @amunra5330  and what is russia gonna do if Ukraine does it anyway? Invade Ukraine and take Kyiv in 3 days? 😄
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  5568.  @ozzyphil74  i don't care about putin's empty nuclear threats 🙄
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  5569.  @ozzyphil74  the American president is still stuck in the cold war. That's why. Todays russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  5570.  @ozzyphil74  i have just as much power as you, mr random internet troll. If the russians were doing so great, then why are they still stuck in the Donbass? It's been 2,5 years, and the Ukrainians are still holding on. Russia really is a paper bear...
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  5571.  @ozzyphil74  i have just as much power as you, mr random internet troll 😄
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  5572.  @ozzyphil74  over the last 10 years, Denmark has won just as many wars as russia and the US. So all that power exists on paper only. And that is why russia is a paper bear.
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  5573. putin just wants to help the Americans gain a larger market share in Europe. LNG has become the fastest growing US export this year. How nice of putin to step aside and let the americans make some money :)
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  5574. maybe not everyone. Putler will probably be very unhappy...
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  5575. so you are saying that russia is a US puppet, doing whatever the US tells them?
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  5576.  @adsonvonmelk5312  wind and solar accounted for 67% of Denmark's electricity in 2023. And it will be even higher in 2024...
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  5577. Putin is a sad little goblin hiding in a bunker.
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  5578.  @ЕвгенийНовак-в7ю  only in putin's wildest dreams. In reality, russia has just temporarily occupied parts of Ukraine...
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  5579.  @springbloom5940  probably trying to hit a russian ship in Sevastopol.
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  5580.  @springbloom5940  it was obviously hit by an air-defense missile, confirmed by the russian MOD. There is no mystery here...
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  5581.  @luckynyaa2826  then how come that more than 700.000 Ukrainians have signed up to fight against the russians, while putin has to recruit prisoners and force russian speakers to fight?
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  5582. russia's capacity for lng is very limited, and Europe used to get most of the gas through pipes. So a 15% increase is still a very small amount.
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  5583.  @ntf5211  most of russia's gas is exported through pipelines, LNG requires special facilities. Russia's current capacity for LNG is 28M tons per year, compared to Australia's 88m tons per year and 74M for the US.
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  5584.  @jbbeiser983  Germany wanted to phase out russian gas by 2024. And that deadline would most likely have been delayed. It was russia's decision to cut off supply earlier. There are no sanctions on russian gas yet.
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  5585. and where is the money for those wage increases coming from?
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  5586.  @Aleks.Markov  which sector is growing, other than military production?
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  5587.  @Aleks.Markov  sure, but russia's growth is all based on government spending. That can only be sustained for a limited time.
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  5588.  @Aleks.Markov  yeah but that oil deal gives India a massive discount. Government spending can be a good thing, if it is investet in development and infrastructure. But russia is just spending everything on fireworks. But I guess we will know eventually, because the war is not ending any time soon. Let's see how russia is doing by the end of 2025...
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  5589.  @Aleks.Markov  if that was true, then why did Gazprom lose almost $7 billion in 2023, and $3,2 billion in the first half of 2024? 😉
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  5590.  @Aleks.Markov  russia is currently supplying something like 8-10% of the EU's gas consumption, if we include LNG. When the pipelines through Ukraine closes in few days, it will be down to roughly 5%. That is quite a drop from the 50% a few years ago. So how can you say that imports are at an all time high? And how would that even be possible, when half of the pipelines between russia and Europe have been closed for years?
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  5591.  @Aleks.Markov  so who is suffering more? The euro is stable, EU inflation is around 2% and interest rates around 3%. Energy prices are slowly going back to normal, it will still take a few more years, but it is no longer a crisis. For russia, the loss of the European market is permanent. The sanctions are not going away for a very long time. And the war is not going to end any time soon.
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  5592.  @Aleks.Markov  Europe is not buying natural gas from India. That is a silly claim. But we are buying diesel from India, and much of that is refined from russian oil. The reason we are buying it from India, is because it is cheap. And it is cheap because russia has to sell the crude oil to India with a massive discount.
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  5593. @Aleks.Markov  the price at the gas station is not much higher than it was 10 years ago. So i don't really see a problem. I don't mind if India makes a little money, as long as russia makes less.
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  5594. ​ @metalvideos1961 doing what exactly? What has Brics actually accomplished so far?
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  5595.  @metalvideos1961  brics was founded in 2009. It's been 15 years buddy. But please tell me about all those things brics is doing? Because i just see a lot of hot air...
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  5596. come on, you can be more dramatic than that Ivan. I'm sure it was at least 700.000 Ukrainian personnel and 3.000 tanks that were destroyed.
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  5597.  @manoj2323  sure, but not without getting destroyed themselves.
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  5598.  @dahaixing2376  the fact that you feel the need to brag to a random person on the internet, tells me that you know China is inferior to Europe... 😄
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  5599. Because it was a great place to bleed the russian forces. This will be russia's only win this year, maybe they can take another town next year 😄
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  5600.  @superjohnnygamble6328  remember when russia tried to take Kyiv last year?
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  5601.  @GipsyStarpavlovce  and when will that be? 2083 maybe?
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  5602. it is mostly just paid russian trolls, doing their job of spreading hate and disinformation.
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  5603.  @RaviSingh-iv2nw  if Europe didn't matter, then you wouldn't be here. That is why i am not on a news channel from your country, because you don't matter. You are like a bitter ex girlfriend, calling to tell that she is totally over you....
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  5604. so Americans are colonizing Europe? What a weird thing to claim...
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  5605. Don't be silly, the Ukrainians keep growing stronger, while russia gets weaker. The best russia can hope for now, is a frozen conflict like in Korea.
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  5606. Germany's economy was starting to stagnate long before the war started.
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  5607.  @moiseshuerta3984  russia doesn't count, it is not a European country. It is mostly in Asia.
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  5608.  @pensatoreseneca  russia is clearly a paper tiger. They can do nothing but fire missiles at civilians and threaten with nukes at this point.
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  5609.  @timmy-wj2hc  how could they load 2 ships if the port is destroyed? And many more ships will come, as it is now clear that russia can't do anything about it...
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  5610.  @TheJcrist  then why is Ukraine still exporting grain?
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  5611. the russian army is made up of poorly trained cannon fodder. They advance by sending more men until the defenders run out of ammo.
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  5612. Russia is just a gas station, pretending to be a country.
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  5613. well, russia controls less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago. Doesn't sound like dominating the battlefield to me...
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  5614.  @PDK7654  cope with what?
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  5615. Ukraine has the right to not allow transit through their territory.
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  5616. sorry to disappoint you, but the majority of Europeans are in favor of support for Ukraine.
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  5617. how are they failing? Russia controls much less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 1 year ago.
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  5618. You don't even know what socialism is. Be quiet now Cletus.
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  5619.  @Loreless  no one cares about the pipeline, it was already closed and was never gonna be used again anyway.
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  5620.  @Anonymous-qj3sf  russia's population keeps shrinking, because not even the russians want to live there.They would rather live somewhere nicer. So what are all those "achievements" worth?
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  5621. it was russia's choice to invade Ukraine.
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  5622.  @fanghe-z1j  russia wants Ukraine to be a puppet state like belarus. That's all this war is about.
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  5623.  @Percival5  yeah, and that kind of behaviour is why most of Europe hates russia. You don't belong with Europe, russia is a Chinese vassal state now.
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  5624.  @Eugene-rq8kr  but it is a very nice spot, while russia is just a big sh*thole. That's why russia's population keeps declining every year, not even russians want to live there...
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  5625. so why do russia have to keep attacking the same energy infrastructure week after week? Shouldn't it be destroyed by now? Russian missiles must be very weak, just like the rest of the russian military.
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  5626. What are they gonna do, invade Ukraine? 🙄
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  5627. why would we want to invite the enemy inside the EU?
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  5628.  VLAD-08090  great argument buddy 🙄
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  5629.  @claus-not-santa  I'm sorry, am i supposed to care about something that happened more than 80 years ago?
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  5630.  @gfys756  99.3% of all companies in Germany are small to medium sized. They can't move, they would just close. But bankruptsies in Germany remaims below average, so that is clearly not happening. It's just wishful thinking buddy... 😉
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  5631.  @gfys756  to get Gazprom out of paying fines for not delivering.
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  5632. how exactly can we prosper together, when the trade deficit is growing every year? The trade relationship with China only benefits China and a few wealthy European shareholders...
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  5633.  @WingkKong  and how will we pay for those goods, without jobs?
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  5634.  @WingkKong  trade only works if there is a balance between money going in and money going out of the country. But China is exporting 3x more to the EU than they are importing. So this trade is really just moving money from the EU to China, making us poorer overall. That's why we can't benefit from coorporation with China.
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  5635.  @WingkKong  that may be true, but it doesn't change reality. If the EU exports less, then we have to import less. So trade barriers have to go up, we have no choice. If China wants to export more, then you have to import more. It really is that simple.
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  5636. @WingkKong  the EU has a trade surplus with the US and other countries, which is why we have been able to afford the trade deficit with China. But the US is going to raise tariffs on the EU, which means that we have to reduce imports even further. It's not about hurting China, it's about not hurting ourselves.
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  5637. Turkey is only a NATO member on paper.
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  5638. putin wants to conquer Ukraine, that is all this war is about. All the talk about NATO or nazis is just excuses to justify the war.
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  5639. It's the other way around, Germany is rising to the occasion and are taking the lead.
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  5640.  @joexavier4070  what are you even talking about? Did you have to write something about competition to get paid?
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  5641.  @hkonhelgesen  nah, they are just trying to get some free tax money.
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  5642. nobody cares about the jungle. Be quiet.
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  5643.  @ebiekem  That is ESPO oil, and today's price is around 68$.
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  5644.  @Blackrussianwrites  feel free to factcheck.
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  5645.  @felipe-vibor  that is ESPO oil, not Urals. And 79$ was mondays price, today's price for ESPO is around 68$
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  5646. why would German media continue to care about a russian owned pipeline? Germany is never going back to russian gas anyway.
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  5647.  @johnnysgaminglab2126  i know.
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  5648.  @joselugo4536  what are you talking about, little troll?
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  5649. Russia is at war with Europe. And it will only get worse. It makes perfect sense to close the borders.
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  5650.  @molkakaminski  you do know that Germany makes other things than cars, right? Machinery is one of Germany's main exports.
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  5651. The US dragged itself into WW2. And I don't really believe that the US would fight for Europe anymore.
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  5652. never heard anything about that. What makes you think we care about India?
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  5653. the EU is not collapsing, you have been watching too much russian propaganda. Inflation in the EU is around 2%, and interest rates are around 3% at the moment.
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  5654.  @andrelaverdiere9181  the EU's problems are temporary. Russia's problems are really just getting started.
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  5655.  @andrelaverdiere9181  if it was all about energy, then why is russia's economy so small compared to Germany's? Denmark has some of the highest electricity prices in the world, and we are doing just fine. But even then, energy prices will return to normal eventually. It will happen one small step at the time, but it all adds up in the end. My country has just restarted a gas field that was shut down in 2019. It will produce around 4bcm per year, which is something like 1% of the EU's annual consumption. But another field will come online next year, and then it will be 2%. And then we have the increase in all the other sources of energy, such as wind, solar, biogas, hydro etc. It all adds up.
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  5656. Why are russia losing ground then?
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  5657. Hope not, Danish prisons are too nice for putin. He deserves something much worse.
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  5658.  @wondersvideos2758  we don't really trade that much the rest of the world anyway. China is the only large trading partner in the Brics, and most people in the west want to move away from that already.
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  5659. Who cares...
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  5660. you mean the only analyst that tells you what you want to hear...
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  5661. when you can't win against the Ukrainian army, just target civilians instead. How sad and pathetic 🙄
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  5662. both are.
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  5663. but it can't be solved by negotiations. There is no realistic solution on the table.
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  5664.  @eddastrohmayer251  putin also said he was not going to invade Ukraine. Not the most credible person...
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  5665. the European allies have provided the vast majority of both military and financial support. Ukraine will be worse off without US support, but they can get by without it.
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  5666.  @anonymousguy438  and who is this party B? How will developing countries develop, if global trade is declining?
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  5667.  @swakal8868  i don't use the dollar, my country has its own currency. And i work in manufacturing myself, i am typing this while waiting for my machine to finish its current batch...😀
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  5668. There is nothing unreasonable about it, when russia keep attacking other European countries.
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  5669. what would that option look like?
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  5670. the US didn't have enough missiles in the red sea either buddy.
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  5671. Lithium is too expensive for grid-scale storage. It is probably better suited for electronic devices and electric cars.
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  5672.  @ocker2000  i don't think it is going to be just one type of storage in the future. Lithium batteries could be used for short term storage, with enough capacity for 1 or 2 days. That would make it much easier to manage the grid. Thermal batteries, pumped hydro and maybe even hydrogen could be used for long term storage. Lithium batteries will most likely be replaced by sodium-ion batteries in the near future, at least for stationary storage. I don't think we are gonna see sodium-ion batteries in mobile phones anytime soon.
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  5673. Because russia doesn't want to supply, and Germany doesn't want to buy.
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  5674. Have you seen the value of the rubble? 😄
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  5675.  @raisonneur682  what crisis? 0,2 % is not a crisis...🙄
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  5676. it's kinda hard to get along with an empire that wants to expand both its borders and its influence...
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  5677.  @Antigermaan  expanding because countries apply to join. There are several countries on the waiting list to join both. No country is applying to join russia, that only happens by force.
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  5678.  @Antigermaan  maybe you should ask yourself why most of russia's neighbors feel like they protection against russia?
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  5679.  @NameRiioz  russian media promotes russian imperialism as well. Don't even try to deny it. And that is why we can't get along.
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  5680. good boy, keep repeating those kremlin lines, you might earn an extra potato today.
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  5681.  @HenryChitaika  whataboutism is no excuse for russia's many crimes in Ukraine.
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  5682.  @okzzvil7617  the inflation is mainly caused by the pandemic and the related supply chain issues.
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  5683. ​ @jordanrowe9229 nah russia is just not that strong
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  5684.  @DavidJohnson-dc8lu  right now it is the republicans blocking aid to Ukraine. You can't blame this one on Biden.
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  5685.  @UkraineNeeds  russia can't even build cars with seatbelts. They will never be able to build an actually good tank...
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  5686. there was no such agreement.
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  5687. russia is only fighting against Ukraine. NATO provides intel and some older weapons, thats it.
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  5688. Energy prices are lower than before the war.
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  5689. Yeah, trump will try to end the war by surrendering to putin.
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  5690. i find all the talk about spending 2% or 5% to be extremely annoying. It is just a distraction from the real issue, which is how the money is spent. Countries like russia, Germany, France and the UK all spent a similar amount on defense before the war, but with very different results. The US spends more than russia, China and most of Europe combined, and they are still getting outproduced by russia and China in a number of key areas. It would make more sense to me if NATO started talking about how much each member country should be able to field on a short notice.
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  5691. Russia is useless as an ally, remember how they abandoned Armenia recently...
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  5692. When you put like that, it seems even more insane. Reality is stranger than fiction 😄
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  5693. russian gas is not part of the solution. Russia is not a reliable supplier anymore.
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  5694. @АлексейСмирнов-к4л  what is your source for that claim?
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  5695. They have to build more pipelines first if they want to supply more gas to china. Power of siberia started construction in 2012, and it is expected to be completed by 2025. If russia starts building more pipelines now, they might be completed by 2035.
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  5696.  @alexlazar4738  what makes you think that China wants to become dependent on russian gas? Russia is not a reliable supplier anymore. How many new energy contracts have china signed with russia since the war began?
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  5697.  @alexlazar4738  so china will secure abundant cheap energy from russia, but not enough to make a difference if gas supply is cut? That makes no sense buddy...
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  5698.  @alexlazar4738  so china will do exactly what Germany is doing now? Problem is, it takes time to increase supply again, that's why the coal price has increased 400-500%
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  5699.  @billshi6005  a new transformer costs around 400.000$ according to Ukraine. A russian cruise missile is estimated to cost around 1 mil$ per missile. Doesn't sound very cost efficient to me.
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  5700.  @АртемАртем-л4э  the production cost is not what the russian government is paying. And the Ukrainians had the power back on a few hours later. Russia spent 76 expensive missiles to cause a short power outage.
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  5701.  @TK-nk1cv  nah, we just need to get russia back behind the iron curtain where they belong...
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  5702. brics is just another useless forum.
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  5703. putin's speech: bla bla nuclear weapons bla bla evil west bla bla poor little innocent russia bla bla... 🙄
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  5704.  @Neddy_Merrill  the EU is first and foremost a peace project. It was meant to promote trade and cooperation between European countries, instead of conflict. Blocking aid to a European country under attack, because Orban wants to leech more money is very much against the spirit of that purpose.
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  5705. BYD, Geely and Zeekr will suffer the same fate as Huawei. They will get banned in the west for political reasons. Hopefully soon.
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  5706. yeah but that is not gonna happen. The war will go on for years, and russia will be broken and bankrupt by the end.
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  5707. Yeah they will reach Kyiv in 3 days. No wait, that was russia... 😄
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  5708.  @angrydad1907  we have winter in Scandinavia too. But we still have heat and electricity...
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  5709. empty threats. Russia is a paper bear.
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  5710.  @johanhirte9661  the problem with outsourcing is that quite a lot of innovation happens on the production floor. So in the long term, we're not just moving production, but also research and development. So we will not only lose the ability to produce something domestically, we will also fall behind on innovation.
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  5711.  @joexavier2287  no i generally like the EU.
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  5712.  @r3dpowel796  i'm sure china can innovate on their own, but that is not the point. It's about Europe losing the ability to produce and innovate in the long run, because a few wealthy business owners can make some quick money by exploiting cheap labor in Asia.
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  5713.  @r3dpowel796  yes it is our problem, and that is why we have to do something to fix it. And the easiest solution is to raise tariffs on imports from China. It is not about punishing China, it is about protecting our own industries.
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  5714. what bills?
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  5715. russia has proven that they are the true enemy of peace and stability in Europe. I can only hope that we end all trade and cooperation with russia in the future.
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  5716. I doubt it, the war will most likely go on for years.
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  5717. He will get his place in the history books, next to hitler and stalin.
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  5718.  @GeronimoGeronimo-y4l  the russians failed in Afghanistan after just 9 years 😄
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  5719.  @honor6234  that's about a year ago. Russia's last victory was Severodonetsk back in June 2022. And this will probably be russia's only victory this year.
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  5720.  @icanfly7513  sure, a win is a win. But it won't matter, russia is still going to give up and go home sooner or later...
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  5721.  @icekidtvshorts4504  The US had full control of every city in Afghanistan for 20 years, while the Taliban was hiding in caves. The goal was to get bin laden and Al qaeda, and they did. So there was no reason to stay. Russia never had control, took 6x times more casualties than the US did in 20 years, and had to retreat after 9 years as they couldn't afford the war 😄
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  5722.  @shayaldwarka7907  yeah that never happened. Making sh*t up to support your claim is pretty pathetic...
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  5723. putin is just gonna whine about it, and issue some more empty nuclear threats...
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  5724. yeah russia should have made a deal last year, considering they control less of Ukraine today than they did 12 months ago...
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  5725. man, putin is trying really hard to bring back the cold war era. This is why 70 year olds shouldn't be running a country, they are stuck in the past.
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  5726. russian airdefense sucks, just like everything else built in russia...
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  5727. it's good that you like the sanctions so much, because they will probably not be lifted within the next few decades...
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  5728. they have a very good chance. Remember when Huawei was gonna beat the west in 5G, and then they just got banned? Same thing will happen with Chinese cars...
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  5729. voting with armed soldiers looking over your shoulder is not actually voting...
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  5730. russia is just a gas station pretending to be a country.
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  5731. It's not a world war, if all the fighting takes place in 1 continent.
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  5732.  @epydemiq1  if that was the case, then the Korean war would be ww3. You could even call the war in Afghanistan a world war, since it involved soldiers from 4 continents... WW2 saw heavy fighting in Europe, Asia, Africa, and some action around Australia and North America. That is why it was called a world war.
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  5733. i'm pretty sure most people in Africa doesn't really care about a war in Europe...
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  5734. yeah, NATO has been at russia's borders for more than 20 years without ever threatening to attack russia. So why is that a problem?
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  5735.  @claus-not-santa  In the 3 Baltic states since 2004. And in Norway since 1949.
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  5736.  @claus-not-santa  The Baltics joined NATO 29 march in 2004. Which is 20 years, 1 month and 18 days ago...
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  5737. you mean side with russia? Hopefully never.
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  5738.  @phillip76  it's not about who can do it better, it's about the new reality. We are going into a new era of conflict, and China is on russia's side. All those European investments in China will be lost sooner or later, just like in russia.
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  5739.  @skinless333x2  russia became the enemy of Germany and the rest of the EU when they decided to start the first large scale war in Europe since ww2.
    1
  5740. yes, and don't you forget it boy...
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  5741. Nope, just Ukraine. Not a single NATO soldier has been deployed to Ukraine yet.
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  5742. and how would they do that? Russia's entire winter offensive has only managed to capture half of a city and a saltmine.
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  5743. so are you looking forward to a world dominated by China instead?
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  5744. Yeah, but we won't. The far-right is on the rise here as well.
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  5745. solar has been the cheapest and most reliable source of energy in Europe this year. The downside is that we can't store it for the night, yet. But grid scale batteries could solve that problem.
    1
  5746.  @ronin10bt  Sodium-ion batteries are the way to go. Sodium is much more abundant and cheaper than lithium. It will take many years to build enough, but even a small amount can help to create dispatchable energy and make the grid run smoother.
    1
  5747.  @DABKOP  that is complete BS. It's highly illegal for Danish politicians to receive money from any source except the state. And Denmark is usually ranked as one of the most transparent and least corrupt country in the world. Even a free dinner from a Danish business leader is treated as corruption in Denmark.
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  5748.  @DABKOP  you have not presented any facts yet? There is nothing about money for Danish politicians on the US state departement website?
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  5749.  @davidnoelfranks1124  oh don't be sad, it's ok little buddy. I'm sure we will freeze to death next year 👍
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  5750.  @andreyknyazev9179  yes it is up 65% compared to a very small amount. It is still only 16% of EU's LNG imports this year. And russia can't just sell the pipeline gas somewhere else, they would have to build new pipelines first.
    1
  5751.  @andreyknyazev9179  russia's capacity for LNG is just 28 bcm per year, compared to the 200 bcm russia used to supply to Europe through pipelines. If russia wants to build more LNG facilities, they have to develop their own tech first, as the current ones are built with western tech. Power of siberia 2 has not started construction yet, it is planned to start in 2024. Power of siberia 1 started construction in 2012, and it should be complete by 2025. So the second pipeline might be complete by 2035.
    1
  5752.  @andreyknyazev9179  truth is, both Europe and russia is worse off. But it can't be reversed now, so Europe will just have to live with higher energy bills, at least in the short term. And the current level is high but manageable, so don't expect a collapse or anything dramatic. And russia will just have to get by with less income, at least in the short term. I don't expect russia to collapse either, but i hope it will get harder for russia to keep funding the war in Ukraine. Time will tell on that one.
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  5753. most industrialized countries have that problem. The EU, US, China, Japan and especially russia have an aging population.
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  5754. both nuclear and hydro were very unreliable last year, due to the drought. And we will most likely see many of the same problems this year.
    1
  5755. The European economy goes up and down, this is the 4th economic down turn in my life time. No need to worry too much.
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  5756.  @brandenburg2388  IF the russians break through, and IF the russians can supply their troops during a rapid advance. I don't think that front line will move much the next few years.
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  5757. brics is just a forum, it doesn't actually do anything.
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  5758.  @sigurdopheim3626  not really, you know that's not what he meant.
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  5759. the war is just getting started. It will go on for at least 2 more years.
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  5760. you are a very naive person. The reason why Russia doesn't want Ukraine to be a nato member, is because that makes it harder for russia to attack them. And the cluster munition will come from an existing stockpile that the US intended to dispose of anyway, so no one is making money from that.
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  5761. no
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  5762.  @BBme  maybe i wouldn't, but it is not going to happen so guess we will never know...
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  5763.  @BBme  that was a very pathetic attempt at a burn. Come on dude, do better...🙄
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  5764.  @brianticas2068  nukes wont help russia invade their neighbors.
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  5765. EU: 3,6% growth in 2022. Russia: 2,2% decline in 2022
    1
  5766. why would anyone want china to lead anything?
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  5767. apparently it is, if people can't see that russia is the aggressor here.
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  5768. The gas was turned off before the pipeline was destroyed. There are also other pipelines russia could use if they still wanted to supply gas. But russia is an unreliable supplier, and they have to be replaced.
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  5769. India is providing a lot of IT services to western companies. Giving russia's friend access to all this data is probably not a good idea, and should be banned. Move it back to Europe.
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  5770.  @MikeMike-cc4jk  considering how little has been achieved the past 2 months, i think you might be a bit too optimistic there. This sounds more like a 30-year plan to me.
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  5771. there will only be more manufacturing in the future, as globalism will be replaced by protectionism in Europe.
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  5772.  @pumalee1997  i think we can live without cheap chinese junk. Automation is the future, it reduces the need for cheap labour.
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  5773. yeah but that is not going to happen now, is it...
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  5774. kinda like zombies, enough of them will overwhelm the defenders.
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  5775. does russia control more or less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago? I will give you a hint, it is much less... 😄
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  5776. only if Hungary has access to EU's internal market...
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  5777. Greenland has the right to leave the Kingdom of Denmark and become an independent country. It was written into Danish law some time ago. So they remain a part of Denmark by choice.
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  5778.  @Wolfcamp555  then let them vote and show their opinion. That is how dememocracy works. What Johnson is doing is abuse of power.
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  5779. most European people support Ukraine.
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  5780. Because you smell.
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  5781. nah, russia will just change their rhetoric and claim that they never cared about it, and that it will make no difference...😄
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  5782. you don't actually believe that, do you? 😄
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  5783. Parking lots is a other option
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  5784. fine with me. Africa is a waste of money anyway.
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  5785. why, is russia's latest genocide in Ukraine not brutal enough for you yet?
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  5786. are we suffering? Can't be that bad, since i haven't even noticed...
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  5787. @badeed xildiid but they want discounts, because they know russia has nowhere else to go. Russia would have to sell much more gas in asia to make up for the losses in Europe.
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  5788. India is already a larger power than russia.
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  5789. Algeria is already a major supplier to Europe. Around 12% of EU's gas imports in 2021.
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  5790. what do you mean ditching?
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  5791. Yeah that's not actually happening...
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  5792. @pahowitzer446  what funding? The US pays around 16% of the NATO budget if that is what you mean?
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  5793. this is exactly why most of russia's neighbors want to join NATO. If russia would stop attacking their neighbors, there would be no need for those countries to join NATO.
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  5794. i agree, putin really is a clown.
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  5795.  @sunitagupta3078  putin wanted Ukraine to stay in russia's sphere of influence, so he decided to kill a lot of civilians which will make Ukraine hate russia more. That sounds very clownish to me.
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  5796.  @rons5319  that will never happen, russia will soon run out of steam like they did last year.
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  5797.  @rons5319  they have been trying to take Bakhmut for 7 months, it's not really steaming when they are moving at the pace of a glacier.
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  5798. then it is a good thing that those checks won't stop coming 😀
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  5799.  @ericp1139  why would i suffer? Make sense please?
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  5800.  @gfys756  how would it become a global conflict? Russia's only allies are loser countries like Iran and north korea, they won't matter 😄
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  5801.  @ericp1139  only Germany has seen a minor 0,3% recession in the first months of the year. The latest forecast for the combined EU economy is 1% growth in 2023. Sorry to disappoint you, but we can do this forever... 😄
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  5802.  @ericp1139  of course they do. Public support for aid to Ukraine remains very high in both France and the UK. The riots in Paris were not related to the war in any way.
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  5803.  @alchemist7412  and how will they do that? We have all seen how incompetent the russian army is. If nukes weren't a thing, there would be NATO troops in moscow by now 😄
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  5804. Ukraine can win the same way Vietnam beat the Americans. By continuing the war until the cost becomes too high for russia. Putin will run out of money and old equipment from the soviet era eventually, so he will have to pull funds from infrastructure, schools and hospitals etc to fund his war. And when those poorly trained conscripts start to come home in bodybags, real anger will start to grow in russia. There is a reason why putin didn't want to mobilize until he had no other choice.
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  5805. so why are you watching?
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  5806.  @scottdellrobinson  that's a lot of whataboutism you got there. Is your argument that it is ok what russia is doing, because other countries have also done bad stuff in the past?
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  5807. not according to Transparency International.
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  5808.  @kirilld6206  How will loss of power in Ukrainian cities prevent the Ukrainian army from continuing the offensive? Please explain?
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  5809.  @rasheedh7043  winning by reclaiming cities like Izium and Lyman, and soon Kherson. What have russia accomplished lately, other than killing civilians and becoming Ukraines biggest provider of weapons?
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  5810.  @rasheedh7043  that occupied area gets smaller everyday, with the help of those "gifts" from russia :)
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  5811.  @kirilld6206  i'm sure those poorly trained russian conscripts will have an impact on the battlefield. I just don't believe it will be enough to win the war.
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  5812.  @АртемАртем-л4э  have you not noticed that the occupied area gets smaller everyday?
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  5813.  @ishkel  russia is just a gas station pretending to be a country. The well educated keep leaving, as russia has little to offer.
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  5814. prigo doesn't care about Ukraine, he just wants money and power.
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  5815.  @francoislechanceux5818  ok so i looked it up, and Germany is not going to produce himars, but they are going to develop a new MLRS system, based on MARS 2. Himars is actually just a cheaper and lighter version of the MARS 2 system.
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  5816. why would Ukraine surrender, when russia is no longer able to take anymore territory? The only question now is how much territory Ukraine will be able to liberate...
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  5817. I thought russia is a gas station? Maybe it's a criminal organisation masquerading as a gas station pretending to be a country?
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  5818. so you are saying there is 2 people in Europe that support your narrative?
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  5819. it was the MAGA people that have been blocking aid for Ukraine since last October.
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  5820.  @galvinstanley3235  Are you pretending that the US is doing us a favor by accepting our money? That's a new one...
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  5821.  @galvinstanley3235  so you never heard of companies like Rheinmetall, BAE, Thales, KNDS group etc? Where do you think stuff like the Leopards, CV90s or Caesar howitzers are coming from? Or the Saab Gripen, that i would have liked my country to buy instead of the F35.
    1
  5822.  @davidwelling9471  that is completely worthless. Is the US really going to retaliate on behalf of Europe? I seriously doubt it...
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  5823.  @davidwelling9471  there is a reason why France and the UK built their own nuclear deterrence. The rest of us should do the same. The "nuclear umbrella" was always a bluff.
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  5824.  @davidwelling9471  The nukes were placed in Europe because the distance to moscow is shorter. You did so to protect yourself, and it made Europe a target in a conflict between the US and the soviets.
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  5825.  @davidwelling9471  just be honest and admit that the US has never done anything because they wanted to protect another country, it has always been about protecting their own interests. And there is nothing wrong with that, just don't pretend you have been doing us any favors...
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  5826.  @davidwelling9471  i agree with that. Countering russia is in the interest of both the US and the EU. And "the west" is only strong as long as we are better at working together than everybody else. That is why Europe sometimes does things that don't really benefit ourselves, such as sanctions on Venezuela, banning China from buying European semiconductor machinery, or deploying troops to Afghanistan. It's not because we are so nice and we want to do the US a favor, it is simply in our interest to look out for US interests. And here is why many Europeans are worried about our defense without the US: The combined forces of Europe are actually much stronger than russia's, but only if we can work together. And that is why the US is a very useful ally, because the US can take the lead. Because that is the real weakness of Europe, we love fighting amongst ourselves and it takes forever to agree on anything. In my opinion, the only way to solve this is a combined EU army instead of 27 armies. We could still work together with the US, but it would be better if we were not dependent on it.
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  5827.  @davidwelling9471  half of what?
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  5828.  @moneyflow5766  i wanna see Africa survive without European buyers of those resources.
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  5829.  @timpaull9340  Germany and the EU are not actually decoupling from china, at least not yet. At the moment it is more about reducing the dependency a little bit, and trying to level the playing field.
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  5830.  @hunterzeng7406  it is not about hurting China, i don't really care about China. But globalism is only good for large corporations and rich people, it hurts the average European, as jobs and technical knowhow is moved out of Europe. And cheap labor can be replaced by automation anyway. This creates high skilled jobs for the people that will operate and maintain the machines. I know this, because that is what I do for a living...
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  5831.  @戴维·万斯  we cannot compete, because china is cheating. And china's market is also very protectionist. Globalism has mostly benefitted large corporations and made the rich even richer. It's time for globalism to end, it does not benefit the average European.
    1
  5832. have you been watching russian propaganda again? It's fiction buddy.
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  5833.  @johnadam2885  not 20% anymore, look again:) And Ukraine is not landlocked, you really suck at looking at maps.
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  5834.  @myturn2play86  sure, if you are a war criminal who wants to target civilians...
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  5835.  @dalecrocker3213  really? When i look at the map, i see the russians retreating from the area they claim to have annexed...
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  5836.  @dalecrocker3213  yeah they are settling in, until they run away from the Ukrainians again. And then they will have to dig new trenches and so on.
    1
  5837. russia is murdering Ukrainian civilians, but it is somehow the west's fault? We have seen how the Ukrainian people are brutalized in the occupied areas, russia would only hurt more civilians if they occupied the entire country.
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  5838. I have never met anyone in the Danish army that believes the US would do all the fighting for us. Even 25 years ago, when i did military service, it was always clear that the country most likely to come to our aid was the UK, not the US.
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  5839.  @gtaraya  side with russia and do what exactly?
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  5840.  @Snowwolfbiling  and why should we care about their opinion?
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  5841.  @TheGoldenDonuttt  yes
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  5842.  @lianghao7128  oh please, China is just a factory doing the jobs the west don't want to do ourselves...
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  5843.  @gehwissen3975  i think it is hilarious that people are so easily provoked by my obvious trolling...
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  5844.  @පැරකුම්බා  the fact that you are here on a European news channel, writing in a European language proves my point...
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  5845. so you want a world dominated by China instead?
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  5846. what heavy lifting? The only country to ever invoke article 5 is the US.
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  5847. orcs will be orcs...
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  5848. that is the dumbest comment i have seen today.
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  5849.  @johnadam2885  yeah, seems like the russians will win this round. Doesn't mean that much, most wars have a little back and forth. The war will most likely go on for another 3-4 years, it's just getting started.
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  5850. guess putin needs money to fund his war. Those missiles they are firing at playgrounds and apartmentbuildings costs a fortune.
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  5851. stopping russia's imperialism is in the interest of all Europeans.
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  5852.  @fernandocruz4877  and it is in our interest that russia is defeated in Ukraine.
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  5853.  @fernandocruz4877  we are already doing it? The russian army has not made any progress in 15 months. Win or lose, russia will be broken and bankrupt at the end of this war...
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  5854. not if China wants to keep trading with the west.
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  5855. done with what?
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  5856.  @aeye9772  that sounds like wishful thinking to me...
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  5857. I agree, there can never be too many sanctions on russia.
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  5858. what are you even talking about?
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  5859.  @allencameron3419  so russia is gonna commit suicide if we don't let them steal some more land? Don't be silly...
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  5860. it doesn't really matter if they can compete or not. China is russia's strategic partner, which makes them our adversary as well. And we really need to stop funding our enemies...
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  5861. Europe is a continent, not a city. Could you be more ignorant?
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  5862.  @Worldaffairslover  it's not a competition, there is no price to win. I think it is good that Europe is making a contribution to science.
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  5863.  @ericp1139  proof?
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  5864. make sense please?
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  5865.  @sergeipetrov_rzn  so as revenge for an attack on a legit military target, russia is going to bomb civilian ships? Russia surely is a terrorist nation...
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  5866. it seems to me that we are going into a new cold war, which will most likely lead to more tensions and less trade between the east and the west. It will be interesting to see what India's role will be.
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  5867. not possible when russia claims to have annexed 4 oblasts, including large parts of Ukraine that they don't control. Putler has painted himself into a corner.
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  5868.  @ThornySnailPictures  that would be clever, but that is not what is actually happening is it....
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  5869. russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  5870.  @univeropa3363  he's right though. This is all about russia's war of aggression...
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  5871. Good job France. I am happy to see that the majority does not fall for the empty promises of the far right populists...
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  5872. What is the US going to gain by taking over Greenland?
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  5873.  @tadhgcronin175  how exactly would NATO withdraw? By kicking out all the members who have joined since 1991? Because i think the Baltic countries and the rest would like to decide for themselves who they're allied with.
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  5874. The only country to invoke article 5 so far is the US, after the 9/11 attacks.
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  5875. of course it was done by russia, we all know that russia is a terrorist state...
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  5876.  @jorgearreaza4623  we have seen how the Ukrainian people are brutalized in the occupied areas, i think most people would prefer some blackouts.
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  5877. i remember hearing about a large find of rare earth in Finland last year. Guess Denmark has to sit this one out...
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  5878. Complete nonsense 🙄
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  5879. 😴
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  5880. What is the point of going to the streets, when everyone already knows that russia is a terrorist state?
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  5881. a little premature for that, don't you think? It's not like the war is going to end any time soon, 2 years from now they will still be fighting over the Donbass...
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  5882. brics is just a forum. The other members are not giving Africa anything.
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  5883. the russians may capture a few villages and lose some in other areas. Overall, the frontline will probably not have moved much 1 year from now. The war will most likely go on for 2-3 more years, then a cease fire will be agreed. That means russia has control of the territory they occupy at the time, but it will not be recognized as part of russia by Ukraine or the west. And sanctions will not be lifted.
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  5884. China was the largest buyer of Ukrainian grains...
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  5885. until china decides to finally take ladakh, then india will come crying for help...
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  5886. yeah, you're not fooling anyone little troll. We all saw the russian clown show last weekend 😄
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  5887. no, Ukraine was pushed into this war because russia attacked them.
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  5888. huh?
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  5889. you do realize those tariffs will be paid for by you, right? It will take many years for the US to build up supply chains to produce everything inside the US. Enjoy the massive inflation until then...
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  5890. Oh No, how saaaad....
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  5891. No, we do not NEED China. Both sides will be worse off in a trade war between China and the EU, but neither side is going to collapse. Any supplier can be replaced, it just takes time.
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  5892. Yeah that is what most don't seem to get. Greenland belongs to the natives, they have the option to leave the kingdom of Denmark. That is why we can't sell it, even if we wanted to.
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  5893. What reality? Russia is no closer to victory now than they were 12 months ago.
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  5894. Who cares about gaza, it's not in Europe.
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  5895. Here's what i don't understand: About 40% of EU gas consumption is used for domestic heating, 25% for industry and 35% for power generation. Russia supplies 40% of EU gas. So stop using gas for power generation, and the problem is pretty much solved. Many countries in EU, including Germany, have enough coal powerplants to replace gas. The German government have already decided to reactivate some of those powerplants. Germany and Poland still have pretty decent coal reserves. The gas turbines can also run on other fuels, such as oil or biogas. There is also a new pipeline from Norway coming online later this year, Romania's new offshore gas production, the new LNG deals etc. And Russia is still delivering some gas. So why is this still a crisis? Sounds like a very fixable problem to me?
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  5896. We don't have to, russia will defeat themselves. It's a matter of time before we will see another mutiny or military coup...
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  5897. military targets in crowded cities far from the frontline?
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  5898. i think most of the world is headed for some dark times to be honest...
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  5899. It's not a real election, putin is dictator for life.
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  5900. there was nothing reasonable about russia's demand.
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  5901.  @command_unit7792  they will be empty cities then. Russia's population keeps falling since not even russians want to live in russia.
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  5902. so we should thank China for losing 1000s of jobs in Europe? No thank you...
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  5903.  @gfys756  russia's neighbors apply for NATO membership because they worry about russian aggression. And putin doesn't like NATO, because it makes it harder for russia to steal territory from their neighbors...
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  5904. russia cut the gasflow a month before the pipeline was damaged.
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  5905. so how many potatoes did you earn from that comment?
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  5906.  @v.tantov  at least Denmark is not trying to beat up a much smaller country...
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  5907. not gonna work, when the US, Canada and Norway are not cutting production, and Venezuela is also trying to restart their oil exports...
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  5908. but russia still has to smuggle western tech into the country....😄
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  5909. russia supplies less than 10% of EU's natural gas now, and that inlcudes LNG. Norway is the number 1 supplier now.
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  5910.  @rosshilton  yes, but most of that Lng is coming from the US, Africa or the middle east. Russia's capacity for Lng is fairly small, as they mostly used pipelines to supply natural gas.
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  5911.  @rosshilton  LNG is shipped on a special ship, not piped. You don't even know what it is... 🙄
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  5912. are you guys reading from the same script or something, this is like the 6th comment here with the same message 😄
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  5913. and putin said he could take Kyiv in 2 weeks...
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  5914. so what has Orban accomplished with this visit?
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  5915.  @dextermorgan2776  just give it up, we all know it's empty threats...
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  5916.  @yasminesteinbauer8565  we are talking about Nordstream 1 here.
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  5917. There are no sanctions on natural gas yet. It was russia's choice to reduce the gas flow.
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  5918. you should join, wagner could always use more cannon fodder.
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  5919. bullsh*t, putin wants to expand his empire. He was always going to attack no matter what.
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  5920. Greenland is not an EU member.
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  5921. nah, putin's nuclear threats are nothing but empty threats.
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  5922.  @HeWhoPwnsNoobs  putin wants to conquer Ukraine, that is all this war is about. All the talk about NATO, nazis, biolabs etc is just excuses.
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  5923.  @skylarfolfee556  CDU is leading the polls by far.
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  5924. Og du er tydeligvis hjernevasket af russisk propaganda. Sæt dig ned og vær stille mens de voksne taler.
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  5925. Just like putin could "take Kyiv in 2 weeks if he wanted"? 😂
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  5926. yes i am sure the russians will claim to have destroyed 3x more planes than the Ukrainians receive, just like they did with Himars and the rest 😄
    1
  5927.  @MetalGearRex85  rigged "elections"...
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  5928. putin wants to expand his empire, that is all this war is about.
    1
  5929. who said that?
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  5930. trump is just groveling at putin's feet now. Complete surrender by the US.
    1
  5931. i feel the same about india...
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  5932.  @gaborrajnai6213  the high oil prices will slow the global economy even more, which will reduce demand. OPEC is just peeing in their pants to stay warm. The important part is that russia has to sell their oil with a discount, and they don't get paid to refine the oil.
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  5933. russia has been stealing a lot of washing machines in Ukraine, guess they got the parts to build some more missiles...
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  5934. it's not going to break the Ukrainians. Putin is just wasting military equipment on civilian targets, while his army is losing on the battlefield.
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  5935. i'm waiting for the spin when the russians start running away again. What excuse will the russian trolls use this time i wonder...🤔
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  5936. Germany is on the right side this time, helping another country defend themselves from an invader that wants to steal their land and subjugate the population.
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  5937. it's around 16-17%, and russia controlled half of that territory before the 2022 invasion. Russia's biggest "victory" in 6 months is a flag on top of a waste heap...
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  5938. too bad for china that globalism seems to be ending. Chinese vehicles will probably end up being banned in the western markets for political reasons. We're going back to the cold war.
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  5939.  @pumalee1997  but more than 50% of the wealth in the world, which is what matters. There may be more people in Indonesia than the entire continent of Europe, but how many of those people can realistically afford a new car?
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  5940.  @pumalee1997  resources in the ground won't help the average citizen afford a new car. The average russian is much poorer than the average Dane, despite russia's many resources.
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  5941. russians are not brave enough to do that.
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  5942.  @pb5014  what's the matter cupcake, truth hurts?
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  5943. Ukraine had 11M men of fighting age when the war started. You don't actually believe they are running out, do you?
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  5944.  @CyrilSneer123  i am responding to a commenter that seems to think that only 60 or 16 year olds are left. Which is just wishful thinking. Ukraine is not going to run out of manpower any time soon. Most of the people that have left the country were women and children.
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  5945. Germany's largest market outside Europe is the US. China is not even close. The value of Germany's exports to China is about the same as their exports to Poland.
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  5946.  @amandagrant4331  most of the cars that VW sells in China, are also produced there.
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  5947.  @kidsenrichment7126  China is Germanys largest trade partner, if you include both import and exports. But imports are almost 3x larger than exports. It's a very uneven trade relationship. The value of Germany's exports to the US is almost 2x higher than to China.
    1
  5948. yup. the russians are the fascists this time.
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  5949.  @HassonWill-e4w  what will russia win exactly? A little extra territory with nothing but destroyed towns and empty villages in it? Russia has plenty of empty land already. So how will this benefit russia?
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  5950. "the west" is not a part of the deal, it was brokered by the UN and Turkey.
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  5951. the EU is pretty self-sufficient in food supply. And Ukraine can still export to the EU over land, it is Ukraine's customers outside the EU that has to go without.
    1
  5952.  @LarryLaird-k1k  how about cars that are fuel efficient and will fit in a European parking space?
    1
  5953. Not really the same, putin is dictator for life.
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  5954. no, russia is fighting Ukraine and failing.
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  5955. no one can save russia now...
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  5956.  @motazmahmoudegy2148  yeah that is too bad. But i am sure we will see some more russian clownery tomorrow 🤡
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  5957. 26 countries in favor, 1 country opposed. That is a clear majority in favor, and that is how democracy works. Hungary being able to veto everyone else is not democracy.
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  5958. what are you doing here Ivan, get back behind the iron curtain where you belong.
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  5959.  @chidanandnavi9033  and they shouldn't, because russia is only the second strongest army in Ukraine...😉
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  5960.  @chidanandnavi9033  Iraq had 1 million men, 5500 tanks and 700 combat aircrafts during Desert Storm. It was more than Ukraine has had at any point during this war. And that war lasted just 43 days...
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  5961.  @iforgiveyou274  are they? Then why are russia not making any progress?
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  5962.  @chidanandnavi9033  and how is that going? NATO has already expanded to russia's northern border with Finland, because of russia's actions 😄
    1
  5963.  @iforgiveyou274  Ukraine is making more progress than russia....
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  5964.  @iforgiveyou274  that is just wishful thinking. If Ukraine is running out of soldiers, then why are russia not advancing? Russia's biggest win in 5 months is putting a flag on top of a pile of garbage...
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  5965. russia cut the gas flow to Germany a month before the pipeline was damaged.
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  5966. Complete nonsense.
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  5967. Subsidized goods from China will hurt Europe. It's that simple. It doesn't matter if it is fair or not, it still has to be stopped.
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  5968. Natural gas is still a fossil fuel, it is only a little better than coal.
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  5969.  @springbloom5940  does russia control more or less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago? I'll give you a hint, it's much less... 😄
    1
  5970. so brics has now existed for more than a decade, and it still doesn't have a real purpose or even a common goal. But it is now expanding, so even more countries can get together and accomplish nothing...
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  5971. the bear is really just a paper bear 🧸
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  5972. Gdp per capita PPP 2023 : Germany $66.000, China $23.000.
    1
  5973. i wonder how much of the russian federation will remain, when they have bankrupted themselves in this war 🤔
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  5974. nobody cares about the jungle.
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  5975. nah, the russians should just go home to their own country.
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  5976.  @okechukwuirokanjo8323  spoiler alert: putin is going to "win" again. And he will "win" the next "election" too, if the old fool is still alive by that time...
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  5977.  @alanodonnell4788  don't be silly, it's not a real election. Putin is dictator for life.
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  5978. That's the price for doing business with the enemy. But at least that is over now. Bye bye russia 😄
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  5979.  @xabisombilini5440  who cares, non-western countries doesn't matter anyway.
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  5980.  @gsingh5826  my older brother was in Kosovo, my younger brother was in Iraq. Now answer my question, how can there be negotiations? What would an actual peace plan look like?
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  5981.  @awesomejob4209  because i am too old for that. Why don't you go, if you believe in the russia cause?
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  5982.  @fresh6993  which part of the minsk agreement did NATO not live up to?
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  5983.  @fresh6993  there is nothing about NATO expansion in the Minsk agreement. NATO has nothing to do with the Minsk agreement at all. It was a deal between russia, Ukraine and OSCE. And russia didn't live up to their part of the agreement, as they never removed their forces from the Donbass and didn't return control of the border to Ukraine.
    1
  5984. if we were not supposed to laugh at trump, then why does he look and talk like a clown?
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  5985.  @brittanytaz1282  guess you're a clown too 🤡
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  5986.  @ensiyeitu1012  huh? Make sense please?
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  5987.  @John-.-Smith111  what makes you think that i care about the US? I care about Europe, and it is in Europe's best interest to protect our own industries. Globalism is coming to an end, and we have to prepare for that.
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  5988.  @mintheman7  inflation is temporary, new supply chains without china is long term.
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  5989.  @stunstar4553  trade with north and south America, and trade with most of Africa is not affected. And there is no ban on gas from the US.
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  5990.  @filipe5722  russia doesn't manufacture anything we want. Russia is just a gas station.
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  5991.  @filipe5722  russia doesn't manufacture anything we want.
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  5992.  @mintheman7  just 20 years ago, we were doing just fine without much trade with China. Globalism has been great for large corporations and made the rich even richer. But it has been bad for Europe overall. I work in manufacturing myself, and i am seeing a growing demand for locally produced components. And thanks to automation, we don't really need cheap labour.
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  5993.  @adshdhhhd7783  no they just want to dismantle the EU from the inside. Which is even worse...
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  5994.  @Noorlander-ji1ok  and i agree with most of that. But an anti-EU pro-putin party is not going to deliver any of that...
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  5995.  @samsmith2635  around 3,5% of the worlds coal reserves sounds pretty decent to me. You import coal from russia because it is cheaper.
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  5996.  @glenglen6386  the mines already exists. They were closed because they couldn't compete with cheaper russian imports. The last mine was closed in december 2018, less than 4 years ago
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  5997. russia ran out of brains long ago...
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  5998. it's completely useless anyway, who cares what countries are in it.
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  5999.  @mrjerzheel  russia's economy is tiny compared to the EU and US. We can easily out spend russia without raising taxes.
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  6000.  @omeyehead7436  yeah they had to leave after 10 years because they ran out of money.
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  6001. how can you know, when China keeps lying about their numbers?
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  6002.  @rastislavsmolek8140  Germany and Denmark consumes a similar amount of electricity per capita. And the windturbines in Germany are working just fine, they just need more. I would agree about letting companies fail under normal circumstances, and it would be great for the Danish company Vestas if Siemens went under. But right now, Europe needs as many wind turbines as possible.
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  6003. isn't that what the russians tried to do all winter? And it only made the Ukrainians want to fight harder...
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  6004.  @univeropa3363  no, don't call the police, you don't want to esacalate. Just negotiate and give the the man what he wants.
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  6005.  @univeropa3363  so Ukraine should submit because there is no world police? That sounds like an argument for more NATO involvement...
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  6006.  @avex3903  😴
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  6007.  @univeropa3363  no, i want the war to end. But if it ends with russia getting their way, then it is not actually going to end.
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  6008.  @lostinspain66  thanks Ivan. I do my best.
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  6009. the safest place to be in Ukraine is the place russia is targeting.
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  6010.  @milosbilic4216  we will soon find out. The offensive seems to be moving much faster now when they have gotten through the mine fields...
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  6011.  @d123d67  i don't care about russia's empty threats.
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  6012.  @markturoyo1787  how is that gonna help? Ukraine needs modern equipment, and trained soldiers to operate it.
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  6013. russia is a chinese vassal state.
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  6014. Russia does whatever north Korea tells them to do. That's how it works.
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  6015.  @ediawarman797  so how many potatoes have you earned today? Is it enough for a meal yet, or do you have to write more comments?
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  6016.  @kearnseth8980  don't be silly, it was obviously russia.
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  6017. When, by 2093 maybe?
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  6018. this war was started by russia. And russia could end it just by going home.
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  6019. not really...
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  6020.  @andyabuteo6084  how is russia doing well, when Ukraine is advancing with the small amount of weapons provided by the west? Even tiny Denmark has more leopard tanks than Ukraine, and a better airforce and navy too.
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  6021.  @Gunit935  the difference is that Denmark has developed into a civilized society, while russia is still a barbarian horde. Orc is a very fitting name for russians.
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  6022.  @Dan-Martin  Denmark is part of ESA, why would we need our own program? This is one of the reasons why Denmark is a better place to live than your country, we don't waste money on vanity projects...
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  6023. maybe, but china is russia's "partner". So they can't be trusted, and have to be kept out of Europe.
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  6024. you're talking about russia, right?
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  6025.  @factualdilemmas2666  so you think russia became the largest country on earth by being peaceful? That's cute. And russia is still trying to colonize, enslave and steal land from their neighbors today...
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  6026. @MSD Group has BRICS ever accomplished anything?
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  6027. is that why russia is begging north korea for shells?
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  6028. russian energy is no longer an option, putin has proven that he is willing to use it as leverage. From now on, it will always be a security threat.
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  6029. ii is kinda pointless to talk about, the war is not going to end any time soon.
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  6030. More LNG, but less gas from pipelines. Overall, russia supplied 41% of EU's natural gas in 2021. In 2023, it is less than 10%.
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  6031. the flow through Ukraine is going to end in a few months anyway. The contract for transit through Ukraine expires by the end of 2024, and the EU is fine with that.
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  6032.  @Luiz-w5s  russia is only delivering the minimum amount they have to by contract. Most of the EU has already moved on. Only countries like Hungary and Slovakia still want russian gas, but they don't have the leverage to make Ukraine sign a new transit contract. So it is over.
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  6033. Yeah the right way is usually somewhere in the middle.
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  6034. putin supporters: " we're losing the war, let's commit mass genocide". You guys are pathetic 🙄
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  6035. it is not in Europe's interest to be dependent on China. The current trade relationship with China does not benefit Europe.
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  6036.  @peteram9527  trade only works if there is a balance between money going in, and money going out. And that is not the case with China. China exported 2,5x more to the EU than they imported from us in 2023. And that means that wealth is transferred from the EU to China. This is unsustainable.
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  6037. do you even know what democracy is?
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  6038. this is legal in Europe, but not in russia. Protesters are just put in jail in russia.
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  6039. putin wants to conquer Ukraine, not sure he actually gains by doing it.
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  6040.  @galaxyofvid2738  what lesson are they teaching us, that russia is much weaker than we all thought?
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  6041. these days i am really struggling to decide if i dislike Russia or the US the most? 🤔
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  6042. @observation account Not really. The quality of our soldiers is really good, and the equipment is decent. But the numbers are low, as Denmark is a tiny country.
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  6043. of course he will "win", putin is dictator for life.
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  6044.  @claus-not-santa  dude, don't even try...😄
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  6045. Nobody cares about russia's pipeline.
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  6046. Seems like a good move to me. Russia has a history of only attacking the neighbors that aren't Nato members.
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  6047.  @wolfswinkel8906  no not everyone, putin's friends are probably doing great.
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  6048.  @NTraveller  good one 😄
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  6049.  @NTraveller  you can keep yapping, but the people of Greenland want independence, not a new colonial master. The only way Greenland becomes a part of the US, is by force. But that will have consequences as well.
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  6050. @NTraveller  yap yap yap... There is not a single poll showing support for joining the US in Greenland. You are just making it up...
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  6051.  @NTraveller  according to who? What is your source?
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  6052.  @NTraveller  so your source is a maga propaganda video? That is just pathetic dude 😄
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  6053.  @NTraveller  The Greenlanders have their own government, plus access to free healthcare and free education. Joining the US will make them less free, and lower their standard of living.
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  6054. empty threats...
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  6055. russia is a chinese vassal state
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  6056. like russia is controlled by china?
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  6057. yes the Ukrainian city, temporarily occupied by russia. Enjoy it while it lasts 😄
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  6058. boring russian troll is boring.
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  6059. plus the orangutan wants to deport 11 million migrants, the guys most likely to take low paid factory jobs...
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  6060. russia's last victory was Severodonetsk 6 months ago. They have been losing a lot of ground since then. These strikes on civilians won't change that.
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  6061. at least their turrets won't be flying like on the russian tanks...
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  6062. just russia spending millions of dollars to destroy apartment buildings and playgrounds again. Orcs will be orcs i guess...
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  6063. they msut be, since russia is not making any significant progress on the battlefield...
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  6064.  @marklewis8167  and yet Bakhmut is russia's only win in 1,5 years. You can keep claiming that Ukraine is running out of everything if it makes you feel better, but if it was true then we would see russia advancing...
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  6065.  @marklewis8167  better than the russian offensive...
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  6066. i think we will see a shift away from natural gas in the next few years. I wouldn't be surprised if demand for gas in 2023 and 2024 was at least 20% lower compared to 2021.
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  6067.  @TheCritter001  what bill? The only country to ever invoke article 5 is the US.
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  6068.  @TheCritter001  no money is owed, the 2% is just a guideline for how much a country should spend on their military. The US has not been fighting in Europe for 80 years, with the exception of a short bombing campaign 25 years ago. But i agree that Europe should take care of our own defence. Then we don't have to be allied to the US anymore, so we won't get pulled into their wars again.
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  6069. they will not reach that city in this decade...
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  6070.  @Letugar1  yes
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  6071.  @Memovox  ok, nu har jeg slået det op, og stemme procenten var den 3. højeste for et EU valg nogensinde. Heldigvis er folk som dig stadig bare et højtråbende mindretal 😉
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  6072.  @Memovox  fortsæt du bare med at benægte virkeligheden hvis du får det bedre af det. Lad mig gætte, du er også anti-vaxer, trump-supporter og flat-earther, har jeg ret?
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  6073.  @Memovox  fortsæt du bare med at benægte virkeligheden hvis du får det bedre af det 😄
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  6074. Russia has their own version of Nato already. And Armenia asked russia for help last year, when they were attacked. But russia ignored their call for help completely. Is that really an ally you want for your country?
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  6075. todays natural gas price is 25 euro/mwh, pretty much the same as back in 2012 before nordstream 1 was completed.
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  6076. but will it help russia to win the war? Nope...
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  6077.  @Leaf8823  Germany is home to Rammstein airbase, a key logistic hub for US operations in the middle east and Africa. It is also home to US Africa Command. And the largest US military hospital outside of the US is also located i Germany. That is what the americans are doing in Germany. It has nothing to do with Germany's security.
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  6078. Give it a little time, civil war is coming to russia...
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  6079. the EU has donated far more than the US to Ukraine. And most polls in Europe shows massive support for aid to Ukraine. And it is the Republicans that are holding back US aid to Ukraine.
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  6080. the US has not supplied anything for 6 months. It's pretty much all Europe now.
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  6081. not really...
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  6082. the Americans might not know it yet, but the US has pretty much just given up the place as the worlds leading power to China. In a few decades, the Americans will be just like the British, still dreaming of the days when they ruled the world...
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  6083. "in which case, Portugal just means Port Port...", that one made me chuckle 😄
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  6084. the only leaders that matter.
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  6085.  @Hacking-NASSA-with-HTML  nope.
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  6086. they were, but putin went to north korea and kissed kim's feet. So the north koreans were nice enough to give the beggars some of their outdated shells...
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  6087.  @МихаилЧерников-п2т  of course he did. Kim wanted to inspect his new vassal state.
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  6088.  @nayzhoss8744  it seems to be working just fine? The Ukrainians are slowly pushing the orcs back, meter by meter...
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  6089. Russia is trying to steal Ukrainian territory, and kidnap children.
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  6090. more like 2080
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  6091. be quiet little girl
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  6092. how is that 3 day special military operation going? Has Ukraine been demilitarized yet? 😄
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  6093.  @abdulmuizz4887  you're the one who is coping here. You know i am right, and you have no counter argument...
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  6094.  @iannjoroge2016  it doesn't matter if russia said 3 days or not. The joke is that russia expected an easy victory in 2022, and in 2023 they are just happy that the defensive lines are not crumbling yet...
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  6095.  @AG-vb6vv  you can call it what you want, but it is the same war.
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  6096.  @Manntashsh-Pyrre-yr1yp  the russians never reached Kyiv. They got stuck in a 40km long traffic jam north of Kyiv, and had to retreat due to high losses.
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  6097.  @iannjoroge2016  no it doesn't matter. I can change the joke, but the message is the same. Russia 2022: Easy victory! Russia 2023: Our defensive lines are not crumbling yet! Feel better now?
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  6098. empty promises... 🙄
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  6099. Ukraine said no, because russia's demands are unreasonable. The same goes for china's "peaceplan".
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  6100.  @shashankkolhe4111  there are no sanctions on natural gas yet, if russia want to sell more gas then they could just increase the flow through the remaining pipelines. If they prefer to use third parties then it's their problem.
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  6101.  @Nobody-Nowhere  which part don't you agree with?
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  6102.  @johnmandiram  the russians can go f*ck themselves...
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  6103.  @Habib_Osman  yes one side is obviously more honest than the other. The russians are lying so much that it's almost comical, and you know it.
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  6104. nobody wants war, except russia.
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  6105.  @soowo5942  what part of my comment is unclear?
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  6106.  @ghteo9766  and what happens when Germany has to choose between china and the US? Considering that the US buys almost 2x more from Germany, and that china supports russia, it is not exactly a hard choice. So German companies will lose massive amounts of money, just like they did in russia. I'm not saying they should stop all trade with china, but they should reduce the risk instead of doubling down...
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  6107.  @h.c3804  if the US starts to sanction chinese companies, then Germany will have to choose between doing business with the US or China. And the US buys almost 2x more from Germany, so it will not really be a hard choice.
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  6108.  @Percival5  that is how sanctions work. If a German company trades with a sanctioned company, then they will get hit by secondary sanctions. And that means they can no longer trade with the US. So they have to choose.
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  6109.  @anubizz3  feel free to tell me what i am wrong about?
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  6110.  @anubizz3  ok, 2x is exaggeration. The value of Germany's exports in 2023 is: US $171B, China $105B.
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  6111.  @johanhirte9661  say what now? I have to see that, is it from a russian tv-show or something?
    1
  6112.  @johanhirte9661  that's insane , even for a russian 😄
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  6113. this is what russkiy mir looks like, nothing but death and destruction to russia's neighbors.
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  6114.  @nealbeard1  i'm sure it is. But Germany is about to give 65 billion euro in financial aid, that money could be spent on something that would actually solve the issue.
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  6115.  @danieldiaz5342  coal plants are already being reactivated all over EU. But EU is importing more coal, instead of increasing domestic production. And that is driving global coal prices up, which means higher energy prices in Europe.
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  6116.  @GuardianCams.Network  i don't think so. But if they are, then it won't change my feelings towards them.
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  6117.  @Intothelight1981  just admit it, you don't like gays because they remind you of those feelings you are trying to ignore. Just come out of the closet buddy, it's ok. Maybe you won't be such a bitter and hateful person.
    1
  6118.  @irvinemurombedzi9628  what a sad little man you are...
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  6119.  @langitpanglima172  so you are a closet gay too i assume. Just come out buddy, it's ok.
    1
  6120.  @Jitlynn  good for you. I hope you find someone who will make you happy, no matter what gender :)
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  6121. @Y u i don't really care how other people choose to live their life, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone. You want to oppress others, and that is why russia will always be a sh*thole. There is a reason why russia's population keeps shrinking, because so many of your people would rather live somewhere nice, like Europe.
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  6122. this is the true face of russia. It proves that russia has no place in the European community.
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  6123.  @Jole30  then sit down and be quiet.
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  6124. the grid was down because of the weather, it had nothing to do with the energy source.
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  6125. could you russian trolls please come up with something new? You have been trying this made up argument for months now, and you're not fooling anyone 😄
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  6126. better than coming from a country like russia, that likes to start wars but can't win them...
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  6127. 2k rubles, what is that, like 2 dollars now?
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  6128. ​ @johnbartholf777 these kind of political parties are always useless if they get into power. They will not deliver whatever you think they will...
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  6129. good job Ukraine. Send those orcs back to mordor 👍
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  6130. don't worry, more sanctions coming soon 🙂
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  6131. Russia has nothing but nukes left to threaten Europe, so russia would either be defeated very quickly or it would end with a nuclear armageddon. So russia would lose either way.
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  6132. China's economy, influence and power is larger than the rest of Brics combined. BRICS is really just China plus vasal states...
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  6133. good, then it shouldn't bother the russians that they can't come here :)
    1
  6134.  @spacefire6181  the EU rate is going down, while russia's are going up. Almost 14% in December.
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  6135.  @FlockOfBIRDS-k7d  200%? According to who? I haven't seen anything close to that.
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  6136. there is probably still some trade going on. It will take some time to get russia fully back behind the iron curtain where they belong.
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  6137. why should they care about russia's pipeline?
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  6138. Russia could end the war today, just by going home.
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  6139. there is no peace because russia hasn't left Ukraine yet.
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  6140.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  just give it a little. Most trade between russia and Europe will be dismantled over the next few years...
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  6141.  @Mr.Clownensky  uk is still struggling with brexit. Latest forecast for the EU is 1% growth in 2023.
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  6142.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  don't kid yourself, the war will go on for at least 2 more years, but probably a lot longer. There will be very little trade left between us, if any at all. Russia is going back behind the iron curtain.
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  6143. come on, you fools have been telling us that russia is taking the gloves off for months now. Don't you think it is time to admit that russia is a paper bear?
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  6144.  @utd709  sure, if we just wait a few more weeks then russia will turn things around, right? 😄
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  6145.  @utd709  just a few weeks ago, all the russian trolls told me that the Kherson offensive had failed, and that the entire Ukrainian was already destroyed. And look what happened. Russia will lose the war, it is only a question of how many poorly trained conscripts has to die before putin accepts reality.
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  6146.  @WoJackHorseman24  because?
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  6147. That's how i feel about russia...
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  6148.  @anubizz3  come on, just admit that you're making it up. Just think about it, there is nothing preventing russia from selling Lng directly to Europe. So why would they sell it cheaper to a 3rd country?
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  6149.  @musiconabudget3712  so you think the EU is hiding Lng imports from those countries, even though we are not hiding imports from russia? Really? 😄 But why would russia even do that? For this scheme to work, they have to sell the Lng cheaper to a 3rd country, when they could just sell directly to Europe and get the full price themselves. How thick are you?
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  6150.  @JohnSmith-tl8pq  the US doesn't own the bases in Germany, it is not considered US soil, and americans stationed there will still have to follow German law.
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  6151.  @CheroiginNickyLA  you have acces to the internet, look it up.
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  6152.  @arunsathyaseelan433  i am everywhere.
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  6153. russia is running out of customers, they will have to take what the chinese are willing to pay.
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  6154.  @Bjonnet55  weaker than who? And how do you measure that?
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  6155. So is NATO, but NATO is clearly dominated by the US. It's the same with Brics, clearly dominated by China.
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  6156. yeah, russia can't win the fight, so they target civilians and infrastructure instead. It's pathetic.
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  6157. that's fine, as long as russia makes less money than they would by selling it in Europe.
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  6158. @windatar6351  i only have to look at what the US system has brought to power now.
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  6159. russia is already in recession, EU is not.
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  6160.  @AronAroniteOnlineTV  wishful thinking. You got no data to support that claim.
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  6161. the global oil price affects everyone, not just EU :)
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  6162. russia started the war. They invaded Ukraine, remember?
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  6163. putin is just a pathetic old fool now.
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  6164. using nukes is suicide, it will never happen. It's nothing but empty threats, that's why no one in the west is really taking it seriously.
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  6165. deindustrialisation is not happening.
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  6166. what does it say about the russian military, that a bunch of convicts can get more done than the russian army?
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  6167. because it is not the main reason. Russia has cheap energy, but russia is still a poor country....
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  6168. how many banks have collapsed in the EU again?
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  6169. The fight is far from over. Maybe in a few months, if Wagner doesn't run out of cannon fodder first...
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  6170.  @unatwomey7112  I agree. To me, wind and solar is more about energy security than being green. And i want the transition to speed up, not slow down because it is not profitable to invest.
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  6171.  @gaborrajnai6213  169 hours is equal to 1 week out of 21 weeks in 2024, where producers had to pay consumers. The obvious solution is energy storage, so that excess production can be stored for later.
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  6172. so you think the US would spend less on their military if they left NATO? That's cute...
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  6173.  @shaolinrose7294  you didn't answer the question. Why do you keep talking about winter, what will change?
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  6174.  @shaolinrose7294  what question?
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  6175. it's not a game of football. Giving up means that Ukraine will be subjugated by russia, and the Ukrainian people will be oppressed and brutalized by russia again.
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  6176. And how is russia moving that gas to other countries? Gazprom is losing money now.
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  6177. "multipolar" is just a return to the old ways. It means less global trade and coorporation, and more wars.
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  6178. they could just move to russia. Simple solution.
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  6179.  @Ebritton45  you're right, reality is always more complicated.
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  6180.  @jamesdoe3713  i don't blame them, it is a very nice place to live.
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  6181. russia will be a pariah state for decades to come.
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  6182. that part was pretty stupid. The military industry over here is already very large, France is actually set to overtake russia as the second largest exporter of arms in the world. And much of the stuff produced here is more advanced than the US counterpart. Some notable examples are the CV90, Archer self-propelled howitzer, Akeron atgm and the Nemo mortar system.
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  6183. and we all know Ukraine will win in the end, russia can only hurt civilians now.
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  6184. but you have to compare that to the average wages. There is a reason why russias's best educated people go to the west...
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  6185. Why are you in such a hurry to die? Seek help buddy...
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  6186. russia will try and continue to fail...😄
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  6187. Russia is not a world power. Russia is a chinese vasal state.
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  6188. just give it up, we all know it was russia 😄
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  6189.  @bryana8383  most people i know, have already lost interest. The pipeline was already closed, it makes no difference that it was blown up.
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  6190.  Uncertainty Eclipses  fool i don't know what comment you are talking about.
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  6191.  Uncertainty Eclipses  no worries 👍
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  6192.  @bryana8383  Nordstream 2 will never be used. It's pointless to repair it 😄 And the only "leader" who is threatening to use nukes is putin.
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  6193. there are no sanctions on natural gas yet, so there is no reason to do it secretly.
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  6194.  @goodfella5302  Soledar is a tiny mining town. They still need to take Bakhmut, Kramatorsk, Slovjansk and many smaller towns before they control the Donbass. This will go on for years and years.
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  6195. that guy has no idea what he is talking about 😄
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  6196.  @ЛукиСтрелы-ш2и  Ukraine wants to join the EU, because russia has nothing to offer except oppression and corruption. There is a reason why russia's population keeps declining, not even russians want to live in russia...
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  6197. Haven't seen any news about it in European media, nobody cares...
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  6198. Who is in charge of russia? The answer is China 😄
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  6199. where are the suppliers going to find someone willing to pay more than 180euro?
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  6200.  @vultoktok1848  you didn't answer my question. The price cap is set to 180 euro, which is 10x higher than the average price. Where is putin going to find someone willing to pay more?
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  6201. but Trump no longer wants to provide security either. So there is no reason not to retaliate.
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  6202. fine with me. Africa is a waste of money anyway...
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  6203. and i am sure we will hear more stories like that, next time the russian army runs away and leaves their equipment behind. But today we get to hear about russia's latest war crimes against Ukrainian civilians...
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  6204. VW ID4 is the best selling electric car in Europe at the moment.
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  6205. notice how most of russia's neighbors want protection from russia, while none of the US's neighbors are worried about being invaded?
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  6206. russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  6207. coming next month.
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  6208. losing what exactly?
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  6209. It is russia that is firing missiles at Ukrainian civilians.
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  6210.  @pluzmedia  nobody wants war with russia, the only one who wants a war is putin. This war was started by russia.
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  6211.  @pluzmedia  putin wants to conquer Ukraine, that is all this war is about. All the talk about NATO, nazis, biolabs etc is just excuses to justify his war.
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  6212.  @FrugalandFit  nothing prevents the US from deploying troops there now. Greenland is already under the protection of the US, Canada and most of Europe. How can you make it more secure?
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  6213. russia is just a paper bear. Firing missiles at unarmed civilians is all they can do now.
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  6214.  @re-vitiligo  of course i have. Would you like to hear about russia's future? Russia will be bankrupt by the end of the war, and they will be a pariah in Europe for decades.
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  6215.  @pamelajessup7931  didn't work when the Ukrainians hit belgorod.
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  6216.  @AahFukIt  boooring 😴
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  6217. McD employees in the EU make more than McD employees in the US...
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  6218. russia is sanctioned by the EU because of russia, not because of the US.
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  6219. Better than being a chinese vasal state like India. Let's be honest here, Brics is really just China and the rest.
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  6220.  @Max_Jacoby  yes, russia cut the gas supply to Germany about a month before the pipeline was damaged. Russia could just use one of the other pipelines if they wanted to supply gas to Germany. But russia is an unreliable supplier.
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  6221. cope harder...
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  6222. NATO expands when sovereign countries apply for membership. Russia expands by force, because no one wants to be part of the russian federation.
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  6223.  @Habib_Osman  no, i would prefer if DU shells wasn't used. But putins reaction is hypocritical, considering russia's vast stock of DU shells and their history of using them in combat.
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  6224. then why are russia paying people like you to cry on social media?
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  6225.  @claus-not-santa  are you trying to pretend that you are not a paid russian troll? Then you need to try harder Ivan...
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  6226. who cares? Using them is suicide.
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  6227.  @timmy-wj2hc  better than helping the russian fascists.
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  6228. I don't see a big difference between the US and China these days.
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  6229. is Germany actually moving production out of the EU, or is that just wishful thinking?
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  6230. It's been 2,5 years, and russia is still stuck in the Donbass.
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  6231. 😴
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  6232. done with what?
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  6233. there seems to be plenty of electricity in Germany every time i visit. What are you even talking about?
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  6234. ESA did work with russia, before russia decided to start a war in Europe.
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  6235. Other countries have cheaper labour, such as Mexico or Vietnam.
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  6236.  @gingerfox7143  try what?
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  6237.  @gingerfox7143  calm down sweetie, you're getting yourself all worked up. Our time will never be over, we are just too badass.
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  6238. could be worse, at least they're not occupied by russians.
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  6239.  @tony18662  hydroelectric is a great solution for countries with rivers and mountains. Unfortunately, we don't have that here i denmark. So we have to work with what we got...😄
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  6240.  @tony18662  that looks pretty cool actually. Maybe we will see something like that in denmark one day. Btw, been to sweden many times. You have all the best nature :)
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  6241. i am sure this year's declaration will be just as impactful as the one last year...😄
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  6242.  @MrPredHunter  That's right, the orange clown said the exact same thing Obama said in 2014. Every US president since Ronald Reagan has raised that issue.
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  6243. it's kinda hard to be beutral when your country is being invaded 🤦‍♂
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  6244. nobody cares about nordstream, just move on Ivan. Natural gas is outdated.
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  6245. nah, there will probably be another coup in a few years...
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  6246. Putin is on his knees, begging Iran and North Korea for help 😄
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  6247. don't forget to boycott the internet...
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  6248. nothing wrong with being ruzzophobic these days...
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  6249.  @jonatikoisuva2695  it's not going to stop the Ukrainian army. It will just kill a lot of civilians, and make the Ukrainians more determined. Nobody wants to negotiate with someone who is killing their friends and family.
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  6250. ^ clown 🤡
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  6251.  @χσχσ-ν3χ  ^another clown 🤡
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  6252. talk about what exactly? What kind of deal would be acceptable to both sides?
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  6253.  @briancarno8837  i think you mean 300.000 poorly trained conscripts. Nothing but cannonfodder.
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  6254. nonsense. the war is all about imperial expansion.
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  6255. is that your excuse for all the civilians that have been killed inside their own home by the russians?
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  6256. but that doesn't solve our russia problem.
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  6257. at least we are not stealing land from our neighbors, like russia...
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  6258. nobody cares about russia's pipeline...
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  6259.  @igoldenage  These are all populated islands. Second Thomas shoal is a submerged reef. That is the difference.
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  6260.  @latiendaca1773  Maybe Denmark should rewrite its constitution to include all of the Baltic sea? That seems totally reasonable...🤔
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  6261.  @latiendaca1773  Denmark is the British way of saying Danmark. The Germans call it Dänemark, the Italians say Danimarca etc... It is irrelevant where China claims their coastline is, when no one else agrees. The Philippines have international law on their side.
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  6262.  @kingyang728  all territory was taken by force at some point in history. But the civilized world has been trying to move away from that since the end of WW2. Notice that the US hasn't annexed any more territory since then, despite being the largest military power in the world.
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  6263. russian trolls are obsessed with the US for some reason.
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  6264. russians, apparently.
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  6265.  @megetmorsomt  as long as it is not here...
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  6266. this "new world order" is really just a return to the cold war. It is not really going to benefit anyone...
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  6267.  @PlaYer-sn5or  only until russia or china comes knocking, then they suddenly love the west...
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  6268.  @placeswelive5388  he said it back in 2014, during a phone call with a European official. The source is almost every news media...
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  6269. cope harder 😄 a quick search will give you lots of results from various news outlets...
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  6270.  @dax354able  neither side will win anything, both will be worse of no matter how the war ends.
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  6271.  @anthonyloveanthonylove2159  you can look it up for yourself, or you can just continue to cope as hard as you like. It's your choice 🙂
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  6272.  @anthonyloveanthonylove2159  so you choose coping 😄
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  6273.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  is that really the best you can come up with? Come on Ivan, you can cope harder than that...🙄
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  6274.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  then why did he send the russian army across the border so completely unprepared? Remember the 40km roadblock off stalled russian vehicles north of Kyiv? That was hilarious 😄
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  6275.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  no, i'm pretty sure putin expected Kyiv to fall in a few days. But the award for the most optimistic prediction goes to Olga Skabeyeva, who claimed that shoigu would wake, eat breakfast, invade Ukraine and eat lunch in Kyiv....😄
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  6276.  @trusttman1183  so you don't actually know, but you think that it will somehow benefit you?
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  6277.  @Memovox  seems to be quite easy for various militias to cross into russian territory. But i can understand why, russia is not usually a place people want to get into, it is more like a place people want to escape from...
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  6278.  @Memovox  the US border problem will never be fixed, because the wealthy people like having cheap labor. The people with power and influence don't want it to be fixed. It has little to do with lack of funding.
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  6279.  @Memovox  was it really? But think about this, the illegal immigrants are coming to the US to find a job. If no one was hiring them, they would stop coming.
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  6280. so why is russia barely making any progress on the battlefield?
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  6281. lots of whining russian trolls trying to cope in this comment section 😄
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  6282. russia stop attacking your neighbors. Then your neighbors won't have to join NATO.
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  6283. doesn't really matter when China is russia's partner. That makes any partnership between Europe and China impossible.
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  6284.  @mouseisbroken  yeah that 18% is not enough. Chinese cars should just be banned. The price difference is not actually that big. The cheapest electric medium sized car in Denmark is the new Citroen e-C3...
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  6285. so... are there any good scientific reasons to go there, or is this new space race just another d*ck measuring contest?
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  6286. sure, but this war was started by russia.
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  6287.  @robertkaruga7088  russia invaded Ukraine. NATO has not even joined the fight yet. Stop the BS
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  6288.  @richardparker1338  it is 100% on putin.
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  6289. good, you can keep them.
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  6290. how is that related to the natural gas price?
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  6291. Can't be that bad if no one has even noticed... 🤨
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  6292.  @timmerk7363  this war gets a lot more attention. Many people in the west have probably never heard of the Kurds, but they know about the American support for Ukraine.
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  6293.  @emildavidsen1404  yeah, but the public opinion is not usually enough to change long term foreign policy. I don't think most Americans really want to have military bases in Germany or give money to Israel, but it still happens.
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  6294.  @baneofbanes  sure, but the media has also talked about the conflict in Yemen. And yet i found myself at a dinner table with a group of well educated people not long ago, and at one point I realized that half of these people didn't know there was a war in Yemen. Most western people don't pay much attention to another conflict in the middle east...
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  6295. russia has advanced roughly 2 km around Avdiivka in 2 months, and that is the biggest advancement so far.
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  6296. natural gas is cheaper today than before the war. Tell your handlers in the kremlin that you need some new talking points...
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  6297.  @Flavor_Flav  why would he care about russia's pipeline?
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  6298.  @Flavor_Flav  nope, gazprom is the majority owner, and they paid most of the cost. And Germany has gas, Norway is Germany's main supplier now. Why do you think no one is talking about natural gas anymore?
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  6299.  @mechano6505  i know. But it entertains me...
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  6300. dry your eyes cupcake.
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  6301. russia accounted for 16% of EU's uranium imports in 2023.
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  6302. which companies are leaving Germany due to energy prices? Can you name some?
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  6303.  @fagreed3938  OPEC needs oil revenue to fund their state budgets. If the price is higher in Europe, that's where they want to sell the oil. So if other countries want some oil, they will have to offer a similar price.
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  6304. didn't you have your own energy crisis last year?
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  6305.  @GopalKumar-nq2wi  same could be said about European crisis. There's no actual shortage yet, the prices are high because there could be shortages later this year. Everyone is now trying to buy as much coal and gas as possible to prepare. It's "the toilet paper crisis" from 2020 all over.
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  6306.  @GopalKumar-nq2wi  don't get me wrong, there will most likely be shortages later this year. But it doesn't have to be a crisis, russian gas was just 8% of EU's total energy consumption in 2021. And we could probably cut 15-20% of our energy consumption without really suffering.
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  6307. nope, not billions, it's around 800 million. Slovakia and Hungary are already russian puppets.
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  6308. ​ @hypnophonz russia is already doing all they can.
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  6309. seriously russia, if you're gonna lie, at least try to make it believable. 2 generals and 70 soldiers, just hanging out together close to the frontline? Come on...
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  6310. nah, russia will just cry and moan about it..
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  6311.  @pranavgandhar4604  russia lost their war in Afghanistan, remember? 😄
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  6312. Nato's main strength is air and naval power. If this was actually a war with Nato, all russian ports would be blockaded and russia would be bombed from the sky.
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  6313. You know that NATO has 5 members with borders with russia already, right?
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  6314.  @phil2806  Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are NATO members and have borders with russia. If we wanted to attack russia, then we have bases close to russia's largest cities already. But we don't want to. Maybe you shouldn't comment on something you clearly have no knowledge about...
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  6315.  @phil2806  Ukraine had nuclear weapons, but gave them to russia, in return for security guarantees. Crimea belongs to Ukraine, it is just occupied by russia.
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  6316.  @phil2806  yeah but what about that time where russia tried to blown up the moon with a space lazer? Did you know that putin is actually a lizard? Yes i can make up stories too...
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  6317.  @phil2806  Ukraine's current government was elected in 2019.
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  6318.  @phil2806  kinda hard to bring peace when russia invades and tries to steal as much territory as possible.
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  6319. "international law"...🙄 There is no such thing anymore.
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  6320. Ukraine can't afford to give up. If they cede territory to russia, it will only be a matter of time before the russians come back for more. Any deal would be temporary, so victory on the battlefield is the only option.
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  6321. so why is russia still stuck in the Donbass after more than 2 years?
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  6322. annexing territory from your neighbor is also very illegal, but "the global south" don't seem to care about that...
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  6323.  @claus-not-santa  i have no sympathy for Israel.
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  6324. The US under trump is not going to do anything to defend anyone. The US cannot be considered an ally anymore.
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  6325. empty threats 🙄
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  6326. EU has subsidized farmers for decades. What makes you think subsidies are illegal?
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  6327. ​ @urbansenicar81 so you agree that subsidies have never been "strictly forbidden" in the EU? It's not the only industry that gets EU subsidies by the way.
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  6328.  @urbansenicar81  do you even know what the EU is? I can give you a hint, it's in Europe.
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  6329. What did russia win? A brand new iron curtain perhaps?
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  6330. so if we just say no, then russia will stop attacking their neighbors?
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  6331. of course not. Trump wants to campaign on that issue, he can't do that if the problem gets fixed under Biden...
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  6332.  @truthmonster3290  russia is no longer a reliable supplier. Nobody wants to be dependent on russian gas again.
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  6333. why? Armenia is part of russia's version of NATO.
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  6334. take over what exactly?
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  6335. where are the suppliers going to find someone who will pay more than 180 euro?
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  6336. No way...?
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  6337. russia lost ww1, the afghanistan war and the cold war. But nice try.
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  6338. EU's trade deficit with China keeps growing. This trade relationship is hurting the EU more than it benefits us. So i see no reason to continue.
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  6339. and then what? Will russia be better off?
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  6340. nice try, but you can't blame this war on the americans. This is all on putin.
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  6341. what is more important in your opinion then?
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  6342. US is not blocking current exports to Europe. They are blocking new agreements, which is not a big problem for Europe since the current supply is enough.
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  6343. tanks get destroyed in combat, nothing new about that. But that is why they need more, to replace the losses...
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  6344. russia could end this today, just by going home.
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  6345.  @Rostov_V  neither did russia.
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  6346. at the current pace, that is going to take around 200 years. But if you say so...😄
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  6347. What is the US going to gain by owning Greenland?
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  6348. ​ @benbo7042  none of the volunteers are active service members. But some of them are from Belarus. Does that mean Belarus has joined the fight on Ukraine's side?
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  6349.  @arunsathyaseelan433  yes as a supplier of weapons. And not even the most modern weapons.
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  6350.  @benbo7042  if that was true, don't you think we would have heard about it in the west now? You think European military wifes would just accept that their husbands died in a country they were not supposed to be in?
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  6351. yeah, pretty much.
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  6352. Indian hypocrisy is even worse 🤮
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  6353. of course, putin is not doing anything himself. He prefers to hide in his golden palace, and let his poorly trained conscripts pay the price.
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  6354. they are doing much better than any russian tank. No flying turrets so far...
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  6355. a private army was able to capture several russian cities and march on Moscow. And what did putin do? He ran away, and had to get someone else to negotiate on his behalf.
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  6356.  @AquilMandiqui  I'll believe that BRICS can actually accomplish anything when i see it. Until then, BRICS is useless.
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  6357. source?
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  6358. what are they gonna do, hit all the destroyed infrastructure again? 🙄
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  6359. LNG and piped gas is sold on the same market, so yes.
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  6360.  @이주영-h5j9n  russia has very limited lng capacity. I don't think that will be a big issue.
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  6361. should we rather believe the russian ministry of defense? The guys that claim to have destroyed 9431 Ukrainian tanks so far? 😄
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  6362.  @davidnoelfranks1124  see, there's one right here! How are you doing today little troll? Did you earn your daily potato yet?
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  6363. good job Ivan, keep repeating kremlins talking points until you earn that daily potato...
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  6364. Why would NATO or the EU fall apart if russia win a war in a non-NATO and non-EU country?
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  6365. how can we compete with companies that are subsidized by the chinese state?
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  6366. and the russians are forgetting how they lost the cold war because they couldn't afford the arms race...
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  6367.  @eddastrohmayer251  i don't care about russia's empty nuke threats...
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  6368. don't worry, France is a democratic country, he will be voted out if that is the will of the people.
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  6369.  @ГеннадийШуплецов-р8п  russians losses are around 250.000.000 troops. Yeah i can make up numbers without evidence too...
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  6370.  @Tee12343  prove it
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  6371.  @re-vitiligo  wow what a burn
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  6372.  @maxendube7519  russia has just managed to advance a few kilometers, don't get too excited.
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  6373.  @nvaldyrivers  Afghanistan was occupied for 20 years, with a puppet government installed. Russia can't even get to that part of the war.
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  6374.  @Darko-kn6il  NATO hasn't even joined the fight yet. Russia is just fighting their much smaller neighbor, and barely making progress 😄
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  6375.  @laylaabdullah1093  there are also volunteers from belarus in Ukraine. So by your logic, russia is also fighting belarus.
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  6376.  @laylaabdullah1093  yeah that was kinda my point. There are no active service members from NATO countries fighting in Ukraine, so russia is not fighting NATO.
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  6377. they are fighting the ones that invaded them...
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  6378.  @branimirsalevic5092  that is complete nonsense. Russia invaded Ukraine and NATO are helping them defend themselves.
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  6379.  @PlaYer-sn5or  i trust the UN reports more than russian media.
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  6380. Brics is a tool to expand chinese influence. Joining is the same as taking a side.
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  6381. good thing the price is going down then.
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  6382.  @ndifrekeotu9086  even russia's own central bank admits that russia's gdp will decline by 3,5% this year. EU's economy is still expected to grow 2,8% in 2022. Maybe you shouldn't believe everything those russian trolls tell you.
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  6383. no, it is Ukrainians defending themselves against russian invaders, using supplies from NATO.
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  6384. 27 km2? Am i close?
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  6385.  @Alejandrica  i agree, the numbers should be much higher.
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  6386.  @iamsorryforbeingrudebefore1626  and so are most of russia's pre-war reserves. That's why many of russia's soldiers have to use electric scooter and golf carts now 😄😄😄
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  6387.  @HoustonTexas1992  fine by me. I don't really believe that the US would do much to help if we ever needed it anyway. Maybe we should see what China has to offer instead 🤔
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  6388. China will not even support russia in the UN. Russia has no real allies...
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  6389. ​ @bjrnhjortshjandersen1286  well said.
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  6390.  @jakemorj5498  not yet, i'm sure the russian conscripts will have to spend the winter in the trenches without winter gear first 😄
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  6391.  @eddiewill5365  Alexander Novak said that US LNG would be around 40% more expensive than russian gas, back in 2019. Western sources said around 25-30%. And gas was extremely cheap back then, around 150 euro for 1000m3. A 40% increase would be 60 euro. Normal consumption for a household is around 2000m3 per year where i live, so that means 120 euro extra per year or 10 euro per month. I think most people could live with that.
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  6392. nice try Ivan 😄
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  6393. Russia is not going to attack Germany, UK or Italy any time soon. Look at a map, none of those countries are next to Russia. It is Poland, Finland and the Baltics that are under threat.
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  6394. nah, it is all on putin's hands...
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  6395. no, he said he prefer the captured T-72 over the T64...
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  6396. yeah i can live with that.
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  6397. while russia is begging north korea for shells...
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  6398. empty threats 😄
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  6399. I agree. If the poor russians promise to pay for all the destruction they have caused, i think the Ukrainians should let them leave unharmed. It is very cruel of the Ukrainians to keep humiliating the poor russians this way!
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  6400. 62,7% of russian men are closet homosexuals. Source: trust me bro.
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  6401.  @noahlee4764  no, NATO made no promises about not expanding, that is a false claim by russia. NATO is a defensive alliance, and it expanded towards russia because russia's neighbors applied for membership due to concerns about russian aggression. The only reason why putin hates NATO so much, is because it makes it harder for him to expand his empire.
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  6402. i think we should upset them even more.
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  6403. various polls says something else.
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  6404.  @silentfart5941  i am not talking about a superpower, i am talking about russia.
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  6405.  @MeetParmar-qs9ko  G7 is also just a forum where some leaders can have their photo taken. They don't actually do anything, just like brics.
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  6406.  @minhloi4536  i don't know anyone who is worried about brics. This is just media trying to sell some fear.
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  6407. more empty threats...
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  6408.  @ssenyondoibrahim5644  what part of my comment don't you agree with? Please educate me, little girl?
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  6409.  @AbsolutelyFabulous3  here are the actual numbers of weapons delivered: Tanks: Europe: 735 US: 76 IFV: Europe: 837 US: 352 Artillery: Europe: 450 US: 201 MLRS: Europe: 43 US: 39 Airdefense: Europe: 58 US: 18 F16: Europe: 6+ US: 0 Source: Kiel Institute
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  6410.  @AbsolutelyFabulous3  it is a credible source. Unless you can provide a more credible source to disprove my claims? No? Didn't think so... 😉
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  6411.  @AbsolutelyFabulous3  just admit that you lost the argument 😄
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  6412.  @AbsolutelyFabulous3  alright, give me the real numbers then? Provide a source so i can look it up?
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  6413.  @AbsolutelyFabulous3  sure...
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  6414. why would anyone want to negotiate with a wanted criminal like putin, AKA the leader of a terrorist state?
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  6415. yes, India is also prolonging the war. But let's be honest here, no one cares about India...
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  6416. ​ @dustywoood do russians work for free? If not, then putin has to pay for all of it. And the russian government is already running a budget deficit...
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  6417. yes, less investment in China is exactly what we want.
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  6418. yeah, russia has ammo shortages too.
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  6419. russia is a chinese puppet.
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  6420. and now that title has been claimed by russia...
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  6421.  @dragons_hook  the war will most likely go on for years, so there's time enough to learn.
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  6422.  @andysherris7949  don't be silly, the war is not ending any time soon...
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  6423. How would russia ever take Odessa?
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  6424. I think you're right 👍
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  6425.  @lelethugani6402  cope harder. The russians got stuck in a 40km roadblock, and had to run away 😄
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  6426.  @lelethugani6402  cope
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  6427. European unity will now be triple-teamed by the US, russia and China. Considering that far-right populists are already on the rise in Europe, it could very well be game over for the European union. And without European support, the US will lose the power struggle against China. So I for one would like to welcome our new chinese overlords...
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  6428.  @sedatedsith  tell me what you disagree with and why?
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  6429. And russia is China's lapdog.
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  6430. russia started it, russia can end it.
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  6431.  Здоровье и питание  no, russia will just be replaced by other producers. That is how the world works, if there is a market, there will always be someone willing to supply. It will just take a little time for other producers to increase production enough to meet the demand.
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  6432.  Здоровье и питание  Norway and Algeria are Europe's biggest supplier of natural gas now. Morocco and Egypt are stepping up to replace russian fertilizer.
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  6433.  Здоровье и питание  because trade was seen as a way of keeping the peace in Europe. It's also the main purpose of the EU, build economic ties and interdependence. That's why most people in Europe, myself included, didn't believe that russia would invade Ukraine. Because surely putin wouldn't be stupid enough to sacrifice all that trade and cooperation with the rest of Europe? But we were wrong, and now we have to cut those ties with russia, and russia has to go back behind the iron curtain where you belong.
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  6434. clown 🙄
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  6435.  @Obl9_2374  nope, Denmark has restarted oil and gas fields in the North Sea. We are back to exporting gas, not buying it. 😄
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  6436.  @Obl9_2374  according to Transparency International, Denmark is ranked as number 1 in the world when it comes to government transparency....
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  6437.  @Obl9_2374  how would that russian gas be transported to Denmark? There are no pipelines to russia anymore, and Denmark has no LNG terminals.
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  6438. If EU exports go down, then we have to import less. We cannot pay for imports without money coming into the EU. And China exports 3x more to the EU than they import.
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  6439. we haven't even joined the fight yet?
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  6440. why would they believe that silly report?😄
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  6441. EU is not buying anymore. The price cap is for those who want to hire a western owned tanker to transport russian oil.
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  6442. wishful thinking. Don't hold your breath 😄
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  6443.  @OAlem  fair point.
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  6444. is russia's latest genocide on the Ukrainian people not brutal enough for you? Maybe there is a good reason why most of russia's neighbors hate them so much...
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  6445.  @slavach6288  kan du lide rødgrød med fløde på? Det kan du få på øen ude i åen!
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  6446. empty threats 🙄
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  6447.  @allines6470  in that case i don't have to worry, because russia is losing the war in Ukraine 😄
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  6448. fun fact: russia controls less of Ukraine today, than they did one year ago. This is russia's first victory in almost a year 😄
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  6449. what is even the point of spreading these lies in western media? What are you trying to achieve, little troll?
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  6450. what people? There is no town left.
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  6451. aren't you forgetting that NATO has 3 nuclear powers themselves? The reason no one has used nuclear weapons since ww2 is because it's suicide.
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  6452. a peace deal wont fix all the infrastructure russia has destroyed, the Ukrainians would still freeze this winter. So what is there to negotiate about?
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  6453.  @mgronich948  the russians are already digging trenches in Crimea, so they must be taking the threat seriously.
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  6454. NATO has been at russia's border for more than 20 years. Even longer if you include the small border with Norway. Why is it suddenly such a problem?
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  6455.  @meteorknight999  NATO can only expand when a new country applies for membership. So the real question is, why do most of russia's neighbors apply for membership? Could it be because they worry about russian aggression? If russia doesn't like NATO expansion, maybe they should stop threatening their neighbors...
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  6456. putin will soon be a puppet, dancing when xi tells him to.
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  6457.  @claus-not-santa  i'm sure china will retaliate. But china is already buying less and less from Europe, so that would happen anyway. Globalization is coming to an end, and people like me are going to benefit from that while large international corporations will suffer. And i can live with that.
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  6458.  @claus-not-santa  doesn't matter what China does, the trade ties are going to break down either way. Globalization is over, now it's time for protectionism.
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  6459.  @Memovox  some of them should. Modern automated manufacturing is a high skilled job, and it takes 4,5 years to become a process operator here in Denmark. That is the biggest challenge right now, not enough skilled workers to increase production.
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  6460.  @claus-not-santa  globalization is over anyway. Doesn't matter what China does.
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  6461.  @avinashtyagi2  china is price dumping, selling their cars with a loss to bankrupt the competition. Not many Europeans will complain that this is stopped.
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  6462. wrong polar circle...
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  6463. it is very silly to keep funding a country, that keeps insisting they are at war with the combined west.
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  6464. sit down mother russia, your time is over.
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  6465. nonsense.
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  6466. putin will be safe and warm in his palace, while his poor conscripts get frostbite in the trenches...
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  6467. Bakhmut isn't important. It is just a place to keep the russians occupied while Ukraine prepares their counter offensive.
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  6468.  @TheMechas56  same thing.
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  6469.  @ВиталийКотиков-т5э  guess the Ukrainians will have to keep fighting then, and the russians will continue to retreat.
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  6470. Russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  6471.  @FightCollective  They still can't transport gas from western russia to asia. They have to build pipelines or lng facilities first. But why would any country choose to build expensive pipelines, unless russia can prove they are a reliable supplier no matter what tensions may arise in the future?
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  6472. russia is the aggressor here. Russia could end the war today, just by going home.
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  6473.  @bd8594  now you're just being childish.
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  6474. EV sales increased 35% yoy.
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  6475.  @不再犹豫-s1n  VW ID4 is the best selling electric car in Europe at the moment. BMW electric car sales have increased as well. So i don't think that is the problem.
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  6476. Gazprom did it, to get out of paying fines.
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  6477. hello mr russian troll, please take your silly russian propaganda somewhere else.
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  6478.  @neric37  fine with me. Africa is a waste of money anyway...
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  6479.  @shsh-he5qg  with what money? Russia's pathetic economy can not replace the west...
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  6480. compete with Germany in what area? Street pooping perhaps?
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  6481. @Memovox  is that a serious question?
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  6482.  @Memovox  guess we will find out 5-10 years from now...
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  6483.  @Memovox  i can't see any reason why they wouldn't.
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  6484. Threatening to invade your allies is not really funny.
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  6485.  @xbandosx1  there was no NATO doctrine in 1950, NATO had just been founded. If you look at the cold war, where NATO was preparing to fight the soviets, artillery was more of an afterthought.
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  6486.  @stephenngethe4886  only russian warships. NATO ships don't sink when ever someone is smoking onboard... 😄
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  6487. all countries are created by some kind of bloodshed. What comes after the current world order is not some utopia where we all hold hands and get along. It will be a return to the old ways, with lots of wars for conquest and less global trade and cooperation.
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  6488. can russia rebuild all the infrastructure they have destroyed overnight? If not, then what difference would a peace deal make?
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  6489.  @throughput6674  i have seen the footage from the areas that has been liberated by the Ukrainians. Doesn't look like the Ukrainians were having a good time under russian occupation. Not surprising, considering russia's long history of genocide and oppression in Ukraine.
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  6490.  @throughput6674  what's the matter Ivan, can't handle the truth?
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  6491. How is the US paying for our defence?
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  6492.  @thomaswoelfel5625  the US is paying for their own forces. At the moment, it seems pretty unlikely that the US would do much to help out in case of a war. Which means the US contribute very little to European security.
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  6493.  @alexandersich4760  civilians are already being targeted by the russians. The only way to end it is to push the russians out, and a million extra shells will help with that...
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  6494.  @ericp1139  as far as i know, Germany is no longer importing any russian gas for their own use.
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  6495.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  as far as i know, the only LNG germany is buying from russia is a small amount that is shipped on to India.
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  6496.  @gaborrajnai6213  russia wants to end it, because they don't feel they get enough in return. Try again, little troll 😄
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  6497.  @oconnor6456  ok then, explain why Bakhmut is important?
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  6498.  @oconnor6456  i'm asking you, because you claim to understand this better than me. So please explain the strategic value of Bakhmut?
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  6499. who cares about the pipeline, it was never going to be used again anyway?
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  6500. why would the Germany navy need fighter jets?
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  6501.  @calvinhoward3808  why would Ukraine import grain, when the problem is export to others?
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  6502.  @tomas6179  i can tell you exactly what will happen: A cease fire will be declared at some point in the future, most likely in 2025. That means russia will have control of the occupied areas, but it will not be recognized as part of russia and sanctions will not be lifted. I'm sure relations between russia and Europe will get better eventually, but it will not be in this decade. Russia will be the north korea of Europe for a very long time...
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  6503.  @michaelwilson9921  he also said that russia would not invade Ukraine...
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  6504.  @felipe-vibor  China is the only country that can replace some of the western products, and the only country that can buy some of that gas russia can no longer sell in Europe. Russia is pretty much a chinese vassal state now, kinda like north Korea...
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  6505. there are only 2 super powers in the world, which is the US and China. Ukraine is not close to either of them. But they are right next to the north korea of Europe, AKA russia...
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  6506.  @ladyofwinterfel8143  the US is spending it's own defence, just like everyone else. The 11 aircraft carrier strike groups have little value for Europe's defence.
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  6507. ​ @ladyofwinterfel8143 the US is spending on it's own defence, just like everyone else.
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  6508. how would russia take Odessa? They had to run away from Kherson, because russia can't supply their troops across the Dnipro...
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  6509.  @kapalik68  why, what has changed since then?
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  6510.  @kapalik68  you don't actually believe any of that BS you just wrote, do you? The offensive is still ongoing, and they just broke through the surovikin line. And Ukraine is not going to run out of soldiers any time soon, sorry to disappoint you...
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  6511.  @kapalik68  then how did the Ukrainians get into Verbove?
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  6512.  @kapalik68  it's a village just behind the line. Even pro-russian sources have confirmed there are heavy fighting in the town.
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  6513. well he has to actually do something to stop the war first...
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  6514.  @guybadmash  says who? Pics or it didn't happen.
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  6515.  @AlexanderTch  no, the numbers have been published by various institutions, and repeated in various media.
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  6516.  @AlexanderTch  links get deleted, you should know that. But you can find published reports on many European government websites. An example is Estonia's ministry of defense. The estimates vary a little, but most are around 3M shells of all calibers.
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  6517. Slava Ukraine
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  6518. and the russians deserve it...
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  6519. India doesn't have a real foreign policy. No morals or values either. Modi will do whatever benefits himself right now.
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  6520.  @southkoreausasmaster8805  i don't care what you call it. Letting China crush the last industry in Europe is bad for Europe. It is that simple...
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  6521.  @pipiqiqi4010  is it good or bad for Europe if we lose 1000s of jobs here? That is all that matters...
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  6522.  @pipiqiqi4010  so instead of working for European companies that pay tax in Europe, they would work for Chinese companies that pay tax in China?
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  6523.  @element2dd  did they spend 280 billion in Europe in 2023?
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  6524.  @element2dd  it is happening already. EU is trying to protect our own industry from unfair competition, and China is trying to use our dependency to force their subsidized cars into our market.
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  6525.  @marcelo55869  china is the second most protectionist country in the world...
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  6526.  @pipiqiqi4010  corporations pay tax in their home country.
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  6527. Ukrainians fight for their homeland, russians fight for putin's imperial ambitions.
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  6528. trump is pulling the strings to block US aid for Ukraine. And NATO is pretty pointless if we can't count on the US, It would be better with a purely European alliance in that case.
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  6529.  @theonlycureistostopcomplyi6612  yeah? And what's wrong with that? 😃
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  6530.  @yurichtube1162  brics has accomplished absolutely nothing so far. And it never will, the members have no common interests...
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  6531. You mean putin's money. It's not like the russian people would get any of it.
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  6532. russia is just a gas station pretending to be a country. They can be china's gas station now.
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  6533. no russia didn't colonize Africa, they colonized a large part of Asia instead. How do you think russians got all the way to Vladivostok? And there is no real crisis in the EU, so why would he talk about it?
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  6534. nice try Ivan, but it's clear that you have no idea about what is going on.
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  6535. so russia has destroyed all of Ukraine's equipment 3 times and all of their soldiers, but somehow the Ukrainians keep fighting and the russians are digging trenches all the way to Crimea?
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  6536. that seems very unlikely, russia is no longer a reliable supplier. Maybe some countries like Slovakia and Hungary would like to, but the pipelines through Ukraine will be closed soon. Nordstream is gone, and Yamal is already closed. Natural gas will be phased out instead.
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  6537.  @undexvedichi3167  i am clearly from Denmark. It's in my name and profile pic. If you're gonna troll, do it right. No potato today either!
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  6538.  @undexvedichi3167  that's the problem with russia, you guys are still stuck in a ww2 mindset. It's been almost 80 years Ivan, stop talking about naz*s and try to move on.
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  6539. 😴
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  6540. yes natural gas will most likely be more expensive from now on. But there are other energy sources out there, so things will even out eventually. My town is building a new biogas plant, that will provide district heating and electricity from 2024. I'm sure there are similar projects all over Europe now.
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  6541.  @thesisLAx  it's not the worst you could call him, they are usually great family dogs 🙂
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  6542.  @relaxingsounds6168  which companies are moving out of Europe?
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  6543. The total value of German exports to China is roughly the same as German exports to Poland. The only reason why the German government cares so much, is because a trade war with China would hurt the wealthy elite the most. And those people have a lot of influence in the German government.
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  6544. i think i know which company you are talking about, i met the owner many years ago. He walked into the place i was working, looking like an old bum. Then he casually placed the largest order we had ever received, and wrote a check for the down payment. We were all like "who the hell was that guy"? He was a pretty cool guy, think he is gone now.
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  6545. are you in a rush to see the russians get humiliated again?
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  6546. That is the truth though.
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  6547.  @4everzapy  all of them? As a small business owner, i am very surprised to hear that. That means all my customers and suppliers will move, and they haven't even told me? How rude of them!
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  6548.  @4everzapy  I'm sure some companies will move parts of their production to other countries, and some will close. But most won't, you're just being overly dramatic. Transportation costs have gone up as well, so if a company wants to sell their products in Europe then it's a very bad idea to move.
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  6549.  @760HorsePower  you think it is funny that russia is bombing civilians and are trying to freeze them to death?
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  6550. I have to agree with the russian trolls this time. It seems pretty unlikely that russia is behind this. It ruins the whole plan of pressuring the EU to lift the sanctions in return for gas.
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  6551.  @andia968  that's not how trade works. It is much easier to find a new supplier, than it is to find a new market for your products.
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  6552.  @andia968  i'm a small business owner myself, and i had suppliers and customers in the UK before brexit. Replacing the suppliers took a little time, but it is not really that difficult to find someone who is willing to sell you something. Replacing the customers was a lot more difficult, if it was easy to sell my product in other countries then i would have done it before brexit. It works the same way with china, imports can be replaced over time, but it is much harder to replace the chinese market for exports. However, the EU imports 2x more than we export to china, which means that china has 2x more to lose.
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  6553.  @Netlogic.  because the russians didn't live up to their part of the agreement? Have you not been paying attention kiddo?
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  6554. boooring comment 😴
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  6555. nukes are suicide, it's just empty threats.
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  6556. boooring 😴
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  6557. don't be silly, the war is just getting started.
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  6558.  @Heidenspross  putin would never do anything himself, that little goblin prefers to hide in his golden palace.
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  6559. most of the anger in Europe seems to be directed at those leaders who allowed Europe to become too dependent on russian gas. You can't really blame russia for being russia, so it makes more sense to blame those who ignored all the warnings that russia would use gas as a weapon sooner or later...
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  6560.  @rka-truthalwayswins5127  that won't be necessary, we will just have less trade and cooperation in the future. Russia can shift to the east and stay there.
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  6561.  @rka-truthalwayswins5127  cope harder Ivan
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  6562.  @lancerevo9747  what fantasy world are you living in? Russia is clearly losing the war, 300k poorly trained conscripts won't change that.
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  6563. What are you even talking about?
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  6564.  @John-hu9qg  got any more excuses 😄 The real difference is that the russian army is completely incompetent. Most of the progress they made was during the first months when Ukraine was unprepared.
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  6565.  @user1qaz2wsx3edc  nobody wants to go to russia, even the russians are leaving in large numbers 😄
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  6566. How is the ruble doing today? 😂
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  6567. nordstream was already closed. If russia wanted to supply more gas, they could just use one of the other pipelines.
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  6568.  @toniladenheim8322  russia accounted for roughly 40 %, but through several pipelines. Nordstream was closed for "maintenance" and never reopened, about a month before the pipeline was blown up. And most countries in the EU had already decided to stop buying russian gas, it just happened a little sooner than Germany would have preferred.
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  6569.  @toniladenheim8322  you must be very bad at google then. Germany halted certification on nordstream 2, that has nothing to do with the operation of nordstream 1. Oil revenue is completely unrelated to a natural gas pipeline.
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  6570.  @toniladenheim8322  you could also just use youtube, DW had a lot of videos about nordstream last year around august and september.
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  6571. cope harder 🙄
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  6572.  @bolatsabikhan8127  that's not how it works. If i took over my local city hall by force, that wouldn't make me the new mayor. A building is just a building, the administration can move and still officially be in charge.
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  6573.  @huas5350  yes the US is delivering as promised. They are selling the gas at the current market price, just like russia.
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  6574.  @Dionysus-gv9lz  name some companies? Because i don't see any data that supports your claim?
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  6575.  @Dionysus-gv9lz  Bayer's problems are mostly related to poor management. They are being sued in several countries over various issues such as corruption and environmental damage caused by round-up.
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  6576.  @Dan-Martin  pmi is not really data, it is more of an opinion poll. Unemployment and bankruptcy in Germany is still way below the 10 year average.
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  6577.  @dragons_hook  russia is already in recession, according to russia's central bank. And Urals Oil is now below 60$ a barrel, good luck funding this very expensive war 😄
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  6578.  @anubizz3  because a trade war with China will hurt the wealthy elite the most. And those people have a lot of influence in the German government.
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  6579.  @licensed_beheader  i don't think he has a choice....
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  6580. because that is a made up narrative?
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  6581.  @daydays12  i really think that more people should be talking about this. The real threat from russia is not russian tanks rolling across Europe. It is russia dividing us, and forcing their influence on all the smaller states that cannot stand up to russia on their own....
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  6582.  @petersilas4234  that is nonsense. All nations want to expand their influence. Denmark would do it too, if we had the power to do so. Don't be so naive.
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  6583.  @darkkingastos4369  It is also a brutal and corrupt dictatorship. No country under russian influence are doing well...
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  6584.  @sashakeltane4763  russia would still be sanctioned by the west. Relations between russia and Europe are going to be very bad for at least the next decade. Don't kid yourself.
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  6585.  @sashakeltane4763  sure. But it would probably take a few decades before the rest of Europe would recognize it.
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  6586. Skynet? really? 😄
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  6587. the people of Europe do not long for war. If we did, don't you think we would have joined the fight by now?
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  6588.  @nusaibahibraheem8183  what? Could you try to make sense?
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  6589.  @georgeharding7949  even wagner is running away now. Russia is a joke.
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  6590. why do you want russia to destroy Ukraine? What have the Ukrainians ever done to you?
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  6591. You don't even know what depleted uranium is, do you? 🙄
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  6592.  @comrade9374  what masters? And i don't know why anyone would be scared, china is not going to offer russia anything but words.
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  6593. NATO is spending less than 1% of gdp on support for Ukraine, while russia is spending 6,3%. Who do you think can afford this longer?
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  6594.  @fdgdfgdfgdfg3811  really? So who is producing the Leopards, the Cesar howitzer, the CV90, Eurofighter, JAS Gripen, SAMP-T systems, IRIS-T and all the rest? China maybe?
    1
  6595.  @fdgdfgdfgdfg3811  so why is russia still stuck in the Donbass after 2,5 years? Why is Kursk still occupied by Ukraine?
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  6596. NATO was created to deal with the soviet threat. EU was created to promote trade and cooperation between former enemies, starting with France and Germany.
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  6597. Good, that is just what the EU needs. Globalism is over.
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  6598. good idea, we can never have too many sanctions on russia 👍
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  6599. are you in a rush to see russia getting humiliated again?
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  6600. russian made weapon systems haven't really impressed anyone so far. S400 and S500 are probably overrated crap too.
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  6601.  @Nom_AnorVSJedi  brics has not agreed about anything in more than a decade now. But adding more members will somehow fix that? Brics will never be more than another useless forum...
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  6602.  @jrocks6969  they also have a tiny economy because all the wealth goes to putin and his buddies. And they are also completely reliant on western tech, they can't even make cars with seatbelts now.
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  6603. nope, not even close.
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  6604. russia is the pet poodle of china.
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  6605. why would anyone listen to someone who wanted to cure covid with medicine meant for deworming horses?
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  6606.  @williamgary7891  i'm sure it did, you're probably completely worm free now...
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  6607.  @navg2009  that would be suicide, and putin knows it.
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  6608. carrying what load exactly?
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  6609. so the US should steal from other countries just because you can?
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  6610. so putin is just denying the Ukrainian state and identity....
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  6611. the russians are just gonna cry and issue some empty nuke threats. And probably attack some more civilians with missiles, but they are already doing that anyway.
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  6612. the EU has taken a side in the conflict by helping Ukraine. Helping russia is the same as taking russia's side, and that makes you our enemy too.
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  6613. no that is just putin's excuse for the war. Putin wants to rebuild the russian empire, that is all this war is about.
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  6614.  @gaborrajnai6213  only with hugs and kisses...😍
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  6615.  @gaborrajnai6213  what exactly is NATO's joint operational forces?
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  6616.  @gaborrajnai6213  can't find any google results on that. There is something called joint forces commands, but none of them are in Germany. So i have no idea what you are talking about?
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  6617.  @gaborrajnai6213  you are talking about Belgium wanting to attack Germany, because some NATO forces i have never heard of is there? Did you forget to take your medicine or something?
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  6618.  @gaborrajnai6213  the vast majority of NATO's forces are in their own countries. You are still not making any sense? I know Denmark has some troops in Estonia and the US, but none in western Europe as far as I remember...
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  6619.  @gaborrajnai6213  all military bases in the 32 member countries are NATO bases, and all soldiers are NATO soldiers. Do you have a point?
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  6620. russia is still trying to take Bakhmut, they will never finish off Ukraine. Russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  6621. good riddance
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  6622. and yet russia controls less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago. Amazing what the Ukrainians can do with small amounts of NATO's older weapons... 🙂
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  6623. and what is russia gonna do with a nuclear wasteland? And how would they prevent the fallout from spreading into russia?
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  6624.  @lvjinbin28  if the German people cared, then where are the protests asking for Nordstream to be repaired?
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  6625.  @hugolizard  it was owned by russia, and it was already closed when it was blown up. It's russia's problem.
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  6626. the russians can just go home, that would end the war.
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  6627. yeah, the EU has more than enough to defend against any credible threat, at least on paper. The problem is, can we actually count on everyone to do their part? Would France, Spain and Italy really go to war to defend some border territory in Estonia? I am not so sure, and i think this is our biggest challenge. Without the US, who would actually lead? Some sort of EU force might not be a bad idea...
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  6628. i think the war will go on for at least 2 more years.
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  6629.  @eliotness4029  because i think the German perspective is relevant. Any other silly questions?
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  6630.  @eliotness4029  it's either relevant or it isn't. I don't have to compare it to anything. Judging by your comments so far, you're too boring to have dinner with...
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  6631. booooring 😴 you can do better, little troll.
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  6632. well duh, of course we want the russians to just kill each other. What a clown show russia has become...
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  6633.  @Neo-xn7vc  again? How many times have the Ukrainian army been destroyed now according to russian media? 20-25 times? And somehow they are still making progress in the south and the east? Zombies maybe 🤔
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  6634. @UCevYR8mVJ51DgjTg8ILVHbQ oh come on 😄🤡
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  6635.  @soudipsanyal  lithium is yesterdays news, sodium-ion is the future.
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  6636.  @felipe-vibor  it is very much possible to electrify chemical plants.
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  6637. i work in manufacturing, and we can compete with chinese imports. The key is automation. In fact, i am "working" right now, watching a machine with my feet up...
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  6638. yeah we should do something about that...
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  6639. bla bla, a whole lot of nonsense from a russian troll...🙄
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  6640. Ukraine had roughly 12M men of fighting age when the war started. I don't think they are going to run out any time soon...
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  6641. it's not the EU that is abandoning Ukraine, it's the US. That makes the US a useless ally.
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  6642.  @davidlee120  China "won" the solar panel market by subsidizing the industry until the competition without government money had to close, and now they're doing the same with EV's. Not that hard to "win" if you're cheating...
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  6643. russia is also dismantling the state of russia. They will collapse themselves sooner or later, no western help needed.
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  6644. and why would we continue to be puppets, if it no longer benefits us?
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  6645. the US is not reducing current supply, but they will not give new permits for LNG export at the moment. It is not really a big problem for Europe, since there is no shortage right now.
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  6646. "we will respond with all the means at our disposal". Well, you have nothing at your disposal putin, so you will respond with nothing?
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  6647. brics is just another useless forum, even more useless than the G7.
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  6648. unless they are willing to pay more than Europe, then i don't think it will make a big difference.
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  6649.  @sandycampbell447  first of all, the gas shortage in Europe is about natural gas, not fuel for cars. There is currently no shortage of oil in Europe. Europe has solved much of the gas shortage by importing a lot of LNG from many suppliers around the world. And the reason why so many suppliers want to sell their product in Europe, is because we offer the best price. So if China wants some of that LNG for themselves, they will have to offer a similar price or higher.
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  6650. oh no, more nuclear threats from the russians! I'm sure the Finns are shaking in fear. Or maybe not, since we all know putin's threats are completely empty 😄
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  6651. yeah russia turned out to be a paper bear. Missile strikes against civilians is all they can do now, while their "army" is crumbling on the battlefield.
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  6652. this is all about putin's ambitions. The little gremlin from kremlin wants to be putin the great and rebuild the old empire.
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  6653. how do you know if a russian is lying? Just look at his lips, if his lips are moving that means he's lying.
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  6654. Because everyone knows putin is lying. So what is the point.
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  6655. i agree, but i don't think russia is ready to admit defeat yet.
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  6656. or we could just increase production, which is exactly what is happening right now 🙂
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  6657. nice alternate reality you got there. Does it help you cope with russia's many failures? 😄
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  6658. and how should we stop the war without weapons? By telling putin he is a bad boy?
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  6659.  @luperamos7307  the price of natural gas 2 years ago on february 9 was 75 euro/mwh. Todays price is 27 euro/mwh.
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  6660.  @rouz0  compete against who? The world is only moving towards more protectionism and less global trade. Germany will most likely lose some global trade no matter what, but have less foreign competition in Europe.
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  6661.  @dexdressler82  my cousin in Germany told me that your cousin is lying.
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  6662.  @pixelatedsethtube1271  yes, i am right. Thank you for noticing.
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  6663.  LanaStefanovic47  what am i wrong about? Come on, let's hear it?
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  6664. @NoleFam-xz1eb so what am i wrong about?
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  6665.  @marcoarrigo4466  no, the Germans did not have some extra low price for gas. That is complete BS. And nobody cares about nordstream anymore, it is russia's problem.
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  6666.  @marcoarrigo4466  no, the Germans did not have some extra low price for gas. Try again.
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  6667.  @andysherris7949  really? And how would that happen? Russia controls less of Ukraine now than they did 12 months ago... 😄
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  6668.  @ahmadmaulana2163  they could, but then NATO would nuke them right back. That's why it's not gonna happen, it's just empty threats.
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  6669. I doubt it. Prigo just want money and power, i don't think he really care about Ukraine.
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  6670.  @lw1zfog  the spot price for lng is the same for all suppliers, including russia.
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  6671. and what will russia win?
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  6672. EU growth in 2022 was 3,5%, china's was 3%. And brics is not an alliance, it is just another useless forum where some leaders can have their photo taken...
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  6673.  @cipherphinx  yeah the "mighty" russian army is doing great, their biggest victory in 6 months is a tiny mining town.
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  6674.  @darkpolepoland9295  Oh no! So anyway...
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  6675.  @LIFESURGEON123.  What part of my comment don't you agree with?
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  6676.  @Sang700  russia is only fighting Ukraine.
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  6677.  @sandrama22  russia has been firing missiles at civilian tagets for months, trying to freeze the Ukrainians to death. Sounds very gentle to me 🙄
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  6678.  @RenjiXIII  yeah, it's almost like different people have different opinion....
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  6679.  @princeguillermo347  Why do russia need a second round of mobilization if they only sent some prisoners to begin with? And how is russia fighting 40 countries, when Ukraine hasn't received any fighter jets, warships or main battle tanks? They haven't received any of NATO's most powerful equipment yet, mostly just some artillery and armored vehicles.
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  6680.  @GordyThomas  i am still not sure what you are talking about? What EU ponzi scheme?
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  6681.  @GordyThomas  you're still not making any sense. How does US aid to Ukraine mostly benefit the EU?
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  6682.  @taiwojohnson7871  US demands are irrelevant, we are not friends or allies anymore. Go mind your own business.
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  6683. what's the point of that, russia is always lying...
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  6684. if only there was other sources of energy...oh wait, there are....
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  6685. You mean the russian war of aggression. Trying to steal land and kidnap children.
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  6686. enjoy it while it lasts. Russia is number 1 in uranium enrichment. Number 2 and 3 are in Europe. The problem for russia is that both the US and China want to do their own enrichment now, and Europe is cutting ties with russia. Russia will be number 5 in a few years...
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  6687.  @brianlowe3529  80 years ago. Todays russian soldiers aren't really experts in anything.
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  6688. Brics is useless
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  6689.  @_spooT  both tanks have been proven in combat before. And both have been lost in combat. Denmark used Leopards in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan, and they performed very well. But they can be destroyed just like any other tank.
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  6690.  @_spooT  why would a manufacturer not want to test their product in combat? It would allow them to fix any flaws, and make their product even better. But maybe we will soon find out how they perform against russia, as Germany has just given Poland permission to send their Leopards to Ukraine...
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  6691. nope, this is just the beginning of a new age of large scale wars.
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  6692. the EU council is made up of the prime ministers and presidents of member countries. And they are all voted in. The EU commission is made up of members of the EU parliament. Like in most other democracies, we don't get to vote on who will have a specific position in the government. Ministers are appointed by the ruling parties. And you seem to forget that every country has veto rights. The EU cannot force us to do anything.
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  6693. but western markets are now closing to Chinese imports. China is shooting themselves in the foot just like russia...
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  6694. hospitals and schools are putin's preferred targets. The sad and pathetic little man just enjoy causing misery.
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  6695.  @2Uahoj  No, Europe is 44 countries. 27 countries is the EU. And the US is 4-5x larger than any country in the EU. If we compare the aid to Ukraine relative to the size of each country's population or economy, then the US is not even in the top 10...
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  6696. Norway and Algeria?
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  6697. the USSR wouldn't have lost 20M people if they had just surrendered to hitler, so why didn't they? This is the same situation, we have seen how the Ukrainian people are brutalized in the occupied areas.
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  6698. bla bla bla, we heard the same bs last year during the Kherson offensive. And that ended with the russians running away with their tales between their legs...
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  6699.  @HagereyEritrea  the only super power on that list is China.
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  6700. brics is just another useless forum.
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  6701. and the russians could end the war today, just by going home.
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  6702. So is NATO. This war will go on for years. Russia will be bankrupted sooner or later.
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  6703. The Czechs are right next door, and they managed to solve that problem.
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  6704.  @EricFalch  so are Slovakia.
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  6705. same as last year, keep repairing it. What makes you think this tactic will work better for the russians this time?
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  6706.  @jeffreyconnor9769  yeah, but russia is not a super power like the US. That should be very clear to everyone by now...
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  6707.  @jeffreyconnor9769  Being able to defeat a tiny country like Denmark does not make russia a super power. And neither does nuclear bombs. There are many nuclear powers in the world now, but i don't think anyone would consider north korea or pakistan to be a super power...
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  6708.  @jamesgornall5731  i love Europe, that's why i am against russian aggression. Russia is the biggest threat to peace and stability in Europe.
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  6709.  @jamesgornall5731  so you missed the part where russia started the largest war in Europe since ww2?
    1
  6710. put on your tinfoil hat, the illuminati is coming to get you!
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  6711. Greenland has been looking for oil for 50 years now, with help from companies like Chevron, Shell and Exxonmobil. But no luck yet.
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  6712. It's like 90% russian trolls in the comment section today 😄
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  6713.  @suportbghelp4938  are you trying to say that it is all Germans who just happens to parrot kremlins talking points? Come on Ivan, we both know this is all paid russian trolls just like you 😄
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  6714. nope, russia has no rights. Russia is a terrorist state.
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  6715. russia started the war, and they could end it just by going home. Russia is now the north korea of Europe, and will be for decades...
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  6716. they already said no.
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  6717.  @johnrodgers2018  there has not been a referendum yet. And they want to be independent, becoming part of the US would give them less freedom than they have now.
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  6718.  @TheAllMightyGodofCod  oh la la, stylish :)
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  6719. russia is already doing all they can realistically manage. Sure, they could mobilize a million men and send them to war with nothing but a rifle, but that would be nothing but cannonfodder. More than 90% of russia's heavy weapons are already deployed in Ukraine.
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  6720. empty threats...
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  6721.  @dark_master_Makei  no the reserves have also been destroyed. Source: heard it from this guy i know.
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  6722.  @tlhalefobriandlamini3817  should we rather attack everyone we have issues with, like russia does?
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  6723. EU imports 3x more from China than we export. This trade hurts Europe more than it benefits us...
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  6724. have you seen the value of the rubble lately? 😄
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  6725. Germany has a very large trade surplus with the US. The US is buying almost 2x more from Germany than China.
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  6726. that is what you are.
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  6727.  @suportbghelp4938  russia is not a military threat to Germany, at least not in the near future. But russia is a threat to peace and stability in Europe. It's in the interest of everyone in the EU that russian aggression is stopped in Ukraine.
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  6728.  @Lucas-wn5wm  inflation in the EU is around 2,6 %. It's around 7,7% in russia...
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  6729.  @Lucas-wn5wm  it's not that bad, compared to the 16% interest rate in russia 😄
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  6730.  @Lucas-wn5wm  how is Zimbabwe related to this debate? Reaching for straws much 😄
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  6731.  @MSDGroup-ez6zk  yes i am sure. And I don't care about the global south.
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  6732.  @whatswhite110  Chinese goods are the next russian gas. EU is already way too dependent on China, and it will be used against us eventually. Russia started to flood the European market with gas in 2014, bringing the price down to a point where no one else could compete. Looking back, this was clearly done to create leverage. Let's not make the same mistake with China.
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  6733.  @Monkeyknowsnothing  Chinese goods are the next russian gas. EU is already way too dependent on China, and it will be used against us eventually. Russia started to flood the European market with gas in 2014, bringing the price down to a point where no one else could compete. Looking back, this was clearly done to create leverage. Let's not make the same mistake with China.
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  6734. wishful thinking. The EU is here to stay,
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  6735. that is just a return to the cold war. But the eastern bloc will be dominated by china instead of russia this time.
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  6736.  @jetli740  Brics: "we are all equal". China: "but some are more equal than others."...
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  6737. yeah, this should just be ignored by the media.
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  6738. the EU needs to protect itself from both China and the US. Both would like to plunder Europe if we let them. But China is clearly the larger threat to EU's economy right now.
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  6739. What truth? That a small number of Ukrainian men ran away, while most stayed? That is not a secret..
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  6740.  @Shirokuma15  it's a news channel, they have to talk about something.
    1
  6741. if it was all about energy, then why were German industry not booming in 2014-2019 when the price was record low?
    1
  6742. why?
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  6743.  @dakedakinson64  everyone else seems to think there are better defensive positions west of Bakhmut.
    1
  6744. oh yeah, that totally happened 🙄
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  6745. imagine if putin had spent all that money on russian schools and infrastructure, instead of a pointless war.
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  6746. so opec will keep cutting production, while countries like the US, Canada and Norway are increasing production. Even Denmark is expanding our oil and gas production, and we will be net exporters of oil and gas again in 2024. Good job opec 😄
    1
  6747. russia has been losing ground for 5 months now, and you still think russia is a superpower? 😄
    1
  6748.  @brianconnor1036  did it ever occur to you that the Ukrainians keep fighting because they don't want to be conquered and oppressed by russia again?
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  6749.  @brianconnor1036  russia started the war, don't be silly.
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  6750. @Menes D Wise russia started the war by invading Ukraine. NATO said no to Ukraine joining NATO, which clearly was a mistake.
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  6751. The US is not worth much as a defence partner anymore. That is not the leverage you think it is.
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  6752.  @dammitdan106  the US is not going to do anything if russia invaded a NATO member. So it doesn't matter if the US spending more, it has nothing to do with European security.
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  6753. but the Ukrainians no longer regard russians as their siblings. Why do you think they are fighting so hard to avoid russian occupation...🙄
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  6754. Europe has never imported much food from russia. Nobody wants to eat that russian garbage ...
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  6755. suck on that, putler 😄😄😄
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  6756. good, then we don't have to feel bad about hating the russians...
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  6757. the nukes alone were not enough to break Japan. And it will not be enough to break Ukraine either. When Japan finally gave up, the war in Europe was over. So Japan was going to face the full attention of the US, Europe and the Soviets. When Japan stated the reason for their surrender, nukes were mentioned as a sidenote.
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  6758. which law is being violated by those drone strikes? And russia has already tried shock and awe, didn't work. All russia has now is flying lawn movers (shahed drones)....
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  6759. while russia is just kidnapping children.
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  6760. another russian "precision strike". That empty apartment building was clearly a vital target for the russians 🙄
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  6761.  @static2223  sounds like you're the one who doesn't like to have your views challenged, since you want to ignore mine....
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  6762.  @MarxStevens  what is over? The war is clearly just getting started, it will go on for years.
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  6763. then why does russia's best educated go to the west?
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  6764.  @pesodascrishelfelizn.8557  they are leaving russia, because they want the better life that the west can offer. You can call russia "disciplined" if you want, but i think oppressed is a better description of life in russia...
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  6765.  @binchen  and did the Iraqies rise up against Sadam because of it?
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  6766. russia is just a paper bear 🧸
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  6767. sshhh, don't tell the russians!
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  6768. russia is still losing on the battlefield. This is all russia can do now, target defenceless civlians. At least until all the airdefence from the west is delivered.
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  6769. are you enjoying russia's latest genocide in Ukraine?
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  6770. putin is doing that all by himself...
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  6771. there is only one pipeline to China. And the Chinese pay less than Europeans.
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  6772. but hilarious for everyone else...
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  6773. if most of your neighbors are teaming up against you, it must be because you are a real *sshole.
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  6774. russia can only hit residential buildings and pedestrian bridges.
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  6775. just russia being russia. It's not their first genocide in Ukraine, probably won't be the last. There is a good reason why most of russia's neighbors don't like them.
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  6776. @MSD Group 4: USA 5: Canada 6: France EU combined is the second largest producer in the world.
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  6777. @MSD Group that doesn't change the fact that EU is the largest exporter of agricultural products in the world. We don't need food from russia. EU needs to end all trade and cooperation with russia. Back behind the iron curtain, where they belong.
    1
  6778.  @xcitemex6353  putin will run out of money long before the EU. Russia is already in recession, they will be bankrupt eventually no matter how the war ends.
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  6779.  @xcitemex6353  i can respect that 🙂 Let me hear what you dig up.
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  6780.  @francotheafrican7550  sure, any day now, right?
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  6781.  @Salmonellatyphi  there are what?
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  6782.  @dva333  i am here wondering what all these indians are doing on a European news channel, and why they are acting like something really important happened? Denmark is represented in the G20 by the EU, like most other European countries. But i don't really care to be honest, G20 is pretty useless. I don't ever remember who hosted last year. Has the G20 ever accomplished anything?
    1
  6783. the price of natural gas was 29 euro/mwh yesterday. The energy crisis is over, tell putin that you need some new talking point, you sad russian troll 😄
    1
  6784. are the Americans actually going to fight and die if a war with russia becomes hot? Or will they just run away? I think the second option is more likely.
    1
  6785. ​ @angrydad1907 yeah the war in Afghanistan was pretty pointless. But the US and allies did spend a lot of time and resources to train and equip the Afghan army, it is the Afghans own fault that they are back under taliban rule.
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  6786. ​ @psnaris i am saying that already. It is pointless for russia to keep invade Ukraine, russia will be worse of no matter how the war ends...
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  6787. ​ @angrydad1907 put on your tinfoil hat, they're coming to get you... 🙄
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  6788.  @angrydad1907  you mean the US president that died long before the war in Afghanistan? Did you forget to take your meds or something?
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  6789.  @angrydad1907  i have no idea what MiC stands for. Are they friends with the illuminati perhaps?
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  6790. Car sales in China have declined by quite a lot in the first 8 months of 2024, compared to the first 8 months of 2023...
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  6791. we're working on it, have a little patience
    1
  6792. And how could we have solved the war?
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  6793. any video that mentions India is like a magnet to Indians, 99% of the comments here seem to be from India 😄 I'm not gonna watch this one though, since i don't actually care about elections in India...
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  6794. why would he? Absolutely nothing will happen at this summit.
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  6795.  @Habib_Osman  the last time the price was around 20 euro was in April 2021. The price has been around 80 euro or higher since September 2021, so calling it prewar levels is correct.
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  6796.  @Habib_Osman  i don't need an article, i can look at a chart myself. Now what would be misleading, is a claim that the price is only high because of the sanctions on russia, and that the price would come down if the sanctions were lifted. That cannot be true since the price started to rise almost a year before the war even started.
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  6797.  @Habib_Osman  good point about the build up at the border, i forgot it started that early. I don't think we will see prices around 20 euro again in the near future, no matter what happens with the war. My best guess is around 30-40 euro when the market settles.. I think a shift away from natural gas and LNG is very likely. But we will see what happens :)
    1
  6798. hello mr russian troll 😄
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  6799.  @quinngibbons426  let's be honest here, the US would just run away if a NATO member was invaded. The US is not contributing anything but empty promises to NATO.
    1
  6800. You're talking about russia, right?
    1
  6801. there are quite a lot of climate change related protests in Germany, what are you talking about?
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  6802. No, russia is the problem.
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  6803.  @vultoktok1848  don't be silly, russians are orcs not people 🙄
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  6804. putin would if he could. But he can't... 😄
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  6805. Trump was just repeating what Obama said in 2014. And trump is still a clown.
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  6806. I think the UN is pretty much useless at this point. Would anyone even notice if it was closed?
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  6807. do you have any data to back those predictions, or are you just speculating?
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  6808. NATO hasn't even provided fighter jets or mbt's yet. I would love to see what the Ukrainians could do with some F16's, Abrams and Leopard 2's.
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  6809. and just a few months ago you were cheering every time the russians managed to capture a building in Bakhmut...
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  6810. Empty threats 😄
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  6811.  @rs1357  then let China sell their junk in the global south, just keep it out of Europe.
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  6812.  @andia968  no, but Germany is Denmark's most important export market. And if the Germans lose their jobs, then they can't afford our products. And they can't afford Chinese imports either. See the problem?
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  6813. that is not how mining works. The investments are made by companies, and it is up to the local government to grant permissions. The problem is that mining in arctic conditions is more expensive, and therefore less profitable. You can find the same kind of resources in other parts of the world, that are not covered in ice most of the year.
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  6814.  @stoneyyy19  even in the worst case scenario, it is still gonna take 1000 years before all the ice is melted. A more moderate estimate is around 10.000 years if the temperature continues to rise at the current level.
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  6815.  @mactek6033  there is nothing preventing US companies from investing in Greenland. The US and Greenland signed an agreement about it in 2019, and yet there is no mining boom today. Maybe you should learn a little about Greenland, before commenting about it?
    1
  6816. yes we know russia will be defeated. And putins boring nuke threats are completely empty 🥱
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  6817. Can i eat it? I am kinda hungry.
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  6818. I don't think the average Ukrainian consider russia as a brother nation anymore.
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  6819. That would be fine. But very unlikely.
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  6820. And what would a negotiated settlement look like? Come on, let's hear your great peace plan?
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  6821. maybe that is why more than 50% of all new cars sold in the EU are electric now...
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  6822. no we're struggling because we were stupid enough to buy gas from russia in the first place. This exact situation has been predicted by russia critics since the 1980s. At least that's over now...
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  6823. So what happens if russia manages to win the fight? Will russia be better off?
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  6824.  @ishkel  no, 75% of the world population doesn't really care about a war in Europe. That is not the same as supporting russia. Only 4 smaller countries actually supports russia. Russia is a kleptokratic sh*thole with a dictator in charge, and you know it. There is a reason why russia's population keeps shrinking, the most talented youth would rather live somewhere nice like the EU. The point about Europe not being sovereign is just silly nonsense. Europe is against russia because of russia, not because of the US. Notice how russia's neighbors are the ones who hate russia the most?
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  6825. it's a gesture of goodwill 🙄
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  6826. Go home russia.
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  6827. and how will that happen?
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  6828. why should Germany care, the pipeline is owned by Gazprom.
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  6829.  @PlaYer-sn5or  russia had already cut the flow of gas, so it makes no difference to the German economy if the pipeline works or not. Russia could just use one of the other pipelines if they wanted to supply gas to Germany. But Germany seems to be doing just fine without russian gas. Winter is almost over, and their storage is still 70% full. The price is almost back to normal again.
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  6830.  @PlaYer-sn5or  now you're just making up stories 😄 There are several land pipelines, and they work just fine.
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  6831. EU economy grew by 3,5% in 2022, and is still growing. While russia is already in recession...
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  6832. Russia is already crumbling, civil war is coming.
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  6833. Cope harder...
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  6834.  @TheKkpop1  we have just as much right to that part of the sea as China does...
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  6835. That information is not made public for obvious reason...
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  6836. nice try little troll, but you are not fooling anyone 😄
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  6837. russia's "election" was rigged. How could Ukraine have an election when 18% of the country is occupied? That means a lot of Ukrainians would be unable to vote.
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  6838.  @mgronich948  Nope, a German company owned a 15% share of Nordstream. Gazprom is the majority owner. And German carmakers started moving production to China long before the war. That is why i don't care if they get hurt in the coming trade war.
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  6839.  @ZakiHaider-y9o  doesn't matter if they can compete with China or not, China will eventually be banned from western markets for political reasons.
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  6840. Brics is all about China. Russia is just China's gas station.
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  6841.  @Secret_Moon  yeah that's a fair point. That is probably why Biden is talking about an Israel type arrangement instead, NATO membership could be very difficult for Ukraine to achieve.
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  6842.  @Percival5  nobody recognizes russia's annexation, not even china. But putin claimed that Kherson would be russia forever, and it is clearly not. And there is nothing russia can do about it 😉
    1
  6843. because they don't tell you what you want to hear?
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  6844.  @zyromx9341  russia is a sh*thole. Why do you think the well educated keep leaving the country?
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  6845. You can't compare a 3rd world country like russia to the US. 😂
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  6846.  @frenchfree  high gdp growth is not uncommon for a poor country. If you have 100 dollars and you earn 1 dollar, that is 1% growth. If you have 10 dollars and you earn 1, that is 10% growth. And 25% of russia's population doesn't even have indoor toilets... 😄
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  6847.  @kreight_  yeah i kinda agree with Macron too. But in this specific case, i think it makes sense to just adopt the F35. It takes a long time and a lot of money to develop a new fighter, and manned fighters might be obsolete by the time it is ready. The effort would be better spent in other areas...
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  6848.  @russianpowerZV  that would destroy russia too, and putin knows it. Empty threats is all you got 🤡
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  6849. yup, very dark indeed.
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  6850.  @claus-not-santa  why would i go to russia? Russia is a sh*thole that most people want to flee from.
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  6851.  @tomalmow3814  has the value of the Dollar or the Euro collapsed? Nope...😄
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  6852.  @johnadam2885  because russia is a real threat to peace and stability in Europe.
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  6853.  @johnadam2885  because russia is a real threat.
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  6854.  @account-369  in what way is the US better for the average worker?
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  6855. it is russia's pipeline, it is russia's problem.
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  6856.  @mistressfreezepeach  make sense please?
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  6857.  @imtiazakand3174  But not the city. And that is what matters.
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  6858.  @nam4880  it was russia's choice to start the war, and they could end it today just by going home. All the blame lies with putin, and his imperial ambitions. The problem with a cease fire is that no one believes it would last very long. Putin has not yet given up on his plans to rebuild the russian empire.
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  6859. there is no game. We can not allow russia to restart the bad old days, where empires expand their borders by force.
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  6860. russia was gonna attack some civilians in Ukraine anyway, it's just what a terrorist state like russia does.
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  6861. who said that? Could you give a specific example?
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  6862.  @dannym5865  yes i have seen the statistics, which are based on the value claimed, rather than actual numbers of weapons and ammo. And they seem to be giving a lot of people in the US the false impression that the US is doing more than their fair share, while Europe is just along for the ride. And i brought up my own country's contribution to show the problem with this narrative. The part about self-propelled howitzers is true, the US has donated 18 Paladins, while Denmark has donated 19 Caesars. But Europe has donated more than 200 in total. And the same is true about many other types of weapons, such as tanks, IFVs and even the famous HIMARS. Europe has donated a similar number of MLRS systems, that use the exact same rocket, and there is a pretty good chance that half of the alleged Himars strikes are actually done by MARS 2 or one of the other M270 variants. I am not trying to put the US down here, i think the US is doing a pretty good job so far. But i can see it becoming a big problem in the future, if Americans believe that they are doing more than their fair share. Especially with elections coming up next year. So i think it is important that more people start to realize that Europe is actually doing their part. Supporting Ukraine is a team effort, and we could all do more.
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  6863.  @bonnie7898  see my reply above.
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  6864.  @John-r4b1i  no no, russia is buying the gas from Denmark, reselling it to India, who is then reselling it to antarctica. The penguins are then reselling it to Europe.
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  6865. There is a big difference between buying and looting 🙄
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  6866. bring it on b*tch.
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  6867. but it didn't prevent russia from running the largest budget deficit since the fall of the ussr, or the value of the ruble from crumbling...
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  6868.  @jstasiak2262  there is no threat to russia, if we actually wanted to attack russia don't you think we would have done it by now? There will never be a better time than right now. The world order is changing into a new cold war with the west and the east on opposing sides. It means less global trade and cooperation, and more proxy wars. It's not something to be excited about...
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  6869. who cares, russia is a banana republic too, they deserve each other. But could we please stop giving money to these countries?
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  6870.  @louise_rose  supporting Ukraine is in the interest of the EU. We can't just look the other way while Russia brutalizes a country right on our doorstep.
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  6871.  @inserthere3903  not really. But russia is much worse than isis.
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  6872.  @bluntbob6723  why?
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  6873. Why would the people living there want to join the US? Or do you just not care about their opinion?
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  6874. US military aid is overvalued. Look at the numbers of equipment donated instead of the listed value, and it is clear that Europe has delivered the vast majority.
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  6875. calm yourself, little troll. The russians are barely making progress in a very limited area, that is all. Even without aid from the west, it would still take the russians years just to capture the rest of the Donbass.
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  6876.  @jakenbake9878  of course it will be bad for Canada as well. But they have to retaliate. Only the US wants a trade war.
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  6877. russia is a paper bear, missile strikes against unarmed civilians is all they can do now...
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  6878. latest forecast for Germany is 1,6% real growth in 2022.
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  6879.  @paulmatters2641  that's not really what the guy from the German Meat Industry Association said. But nice try 😄 Keep waiting for Europe to collapse, but don't hold your breath little fella
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  6880.  @paulmatters2641  "we", that means his company. It says nothing about Germany having no meat at all. Don't be silly.
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  6881.  @dexterroy  that is true. India is buying crude oil from russia with a massive discount, and they are selling the refined products such as diesel to Europe at a good price. It is a win-win deal for Europe and India, not so much for russia.
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  6882. Russia has a long history of genocide and opression in Ukraine, there is a good reason why they don't want to be under russian rule again.
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  6883.  @onlinetraining82jackhammer18  the Ukrainians clearly don't agree with that.
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  6884.  @onlinetraining82jackhammer18  yes other countries have done similar things in the past, but that is no excuse for russia to do it. Would it be ok if i murdered someone, because others have done so? Russia is going to lose the war, it is only a matter of how long it will take.
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  6885.  @andia968  the US had air superiority from day 1. Russia has to rely on S300 missiles and flying lawnmovers. And they haven't even managed to cut power completely yet, russia can't do anything right.
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  6886.  @andia968  they are clearly not doing it right, when the Ukrainians can just restore power a few ours later. And what is even the point, targeting civilians won't help them win the war.
    1
  6887. NATO hasn't even joined the fight yet...
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  6888.  @veljkoivetic1903  was that before or after the serbians surrendered? 😄
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  6889.  @alc-e6b  russia is still Ukraine's largest donor of tanks and armored vehicles 😄
    1
  6890. i don't understand why anyone cares. Both pipelines were already closed, and they were probably never going to be used again anyway?
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  6891.  @elliekwong3180  i seriously doubt that.
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  6892. China is eating russia, no doubt about that.
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  6893. how are they any worse than Assad and Putin?
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  6894.  @Tearsofsoil  russia was designated as a state sponsor of terror by the EU in 2022. And putin is still wanted by the Hague. Assad is just as bad as any terrorist. I have no sympathy with either side.
    1
  6895.  @michaelotieno6524  that was never an option. Putin wants Ukraine back under russian rule.
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  6896. negotiating the terms of his surrender perhaps?
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  6897. It's mine, you can't have it! And we haven't actually built it yet, unfortunately.
    1
  6898. yeah i would say about 90% of his predictions.
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  6899. doesn't really matter. Cold war is back on the menu, say goodbye to global trade and cooperation.
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  6900.  @bobpadok5331  so now it's Europe's fault that russia invaded Ukraine? But I thought it was the US' fault, and that Europe is just a slave? Come on Ivan, you russian trolls need to get your stories straight.
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  6901.  @Anonymous-hp1tg  thanks buddy. I think you're immeasurable too ❤
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  6902.  @marioformosa4259  russia is no longer a reliable supplier. There's no way back now.
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  6903. everyone here in Europe knows that is BS so who exactly are you trying to convince, little russian troll?
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  6904. russia is a lost cause. But there is still a very small chance for a peaceful relationship with china.
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  6905.  @univeropa3363  russia is not a reliable supplier, it doesn't matter how cheap they are. China is Germany's 4th largest customer, behind the US, France and Netherlands. Poland and Italy are just behind China, importing a similar value.
    1
  6906. put on your tinfoil hat, they are out to get you!
    1
  6907.  @Rainy-daze473  i got no problems with those kind of goods from China. If China decides to ban exports of mugs to Europe to punish us for supporting Taiwan, it's not gonna do much. But if China bans exports of something like anti-biotics, then we are in trouble.
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  6908. Russia started the largest war in Europe since ww2. Russia is the biggest threat to peace and stability in Europe.
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  6909. yeah i was actually hoping for Trump to win in 2020. He made the EU much more united, and finally start talking about a more independent foreign policy.
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  6910. So how many potatoes have you earned today? Is it still 1 potato per comment?
    1
  6911. What failing policy? Are the russian aggression not contained in Ukraine for the 3rd year in a row?
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  6912.  @univeropa3363  and you are no different from the fools back in 1938, who thought the dictator would be satisfied if they just let him take Sudetenland...
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  6913.  @univeropa3363  are you really going to pretend it's not the same? The dictator back then were spouting the same nonsense about historical borders and protecting German speakers etc...
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  6914.  @univeropa3363  if they are so different, then why do they sound so similar? it is the same, and you are just another Quisling...
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  6915.  @univeropa3363  make sense please?
    1
  6916. Just russia being a terrorist state as usual...
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  6917.  @CHMichael  Ukrainian dirt is apparently also more important than russian lives, since putin is willing to sacrifice 300.000 poorly trained conscripts to expand his empire.
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  6918. i think you are making uranium a bigger deal than it actually is. Niger may be the 7. largest producer, but it is just 4% of global production. The mines in Niger are co-owned by Niger and the french state owned company Orano. But Orano has mines in Canada and Kazakhstan too, plus the rights to start a mine in Usbekistan. The point is, any supply problems created by a conflict in Niger would be short term. Uranium is not really that rare or valuable.
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  6919. i am not a farmer, but i want some subsidies too.
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  6920.  @jessicadorion8507  it has been clear for decades that russia would use Germany's gas dependence against them sooner or later. Which is why Germany should have done more to lessen the dependence a long time ago. But at least it is over now.
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  6921.  @jessicadorion8507  russia has reduced the gasflow to put pressure on Europe. Which is exactly what all the nordstream 2 critics said would happen.
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  6922.  @santoshgoutam9380  you win a war by accomplishing your goal. Russia's goal was to demilitarize Ukraine, but Ukraine is militarized instead. Russia wanted less NATO, but got more NATO instead. Russia is nothing but fail... 😄
    1
  6923. Ukraine is not exactly a small country...
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  6924.  @nurityalieva3852  i would like to know that too. I think it was around 100-150 euro, but i'm not sure
    1
  6925. despite our differences, the US has once again proved to be a reliable ally to Europe. While russia has proved to be an unreliable supplier and a threat to peace and stability in Europe.
    1
  6926.  @ronhmclaughlin  yeah i could imagine that the shells would be great against columns of armored vehicles, like we see in Ukraine.
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  6927. Russia controls less of Ukraine now than they did 6 months ago. Russia is already in recession. Russia is sending T-62s to the frontline. Now who is pretending their ship isn't sinking?
    1
  6928. nope. we are just going back to the cold war. And anyone siding with russia is gonna fall behind, just like last time.
    1
  6929. this is all russia can do now, target unarmed civilians. How pathetic 🤮
    1
  6930. nah, russia is just capturing a few villages while they still have the advantage. 2 years from now, they will still be stuck in the Donbass.
    1
  6931.  @lilacer6841  companies go bankrupt all the time, and new companies will take their place if there is still enough demand.
    1
  6932. Empty threats 😴
    1
  6933. didn't know the russians were suicidal...
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  6934. it is not real growth. A wartime economy will increase gdp in the short term, but it brings no actual long term value to russia. If I used my retirement fund to buy firecrackers, then it would increase my economic activity. But it does not make me richer.
    1
  6935.  @alberthenriette8976  cope.
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  6936.  @ettehbfd2620  russia tried, russia failed.
    1
  6937.  @loganzamanwalker8763  putin clearly thought he could pull it off. But he was wrong, and he failed 😄
    1
  6938. that is weird, all i see is growing demand for skilled workers in Danish industry?
    1
  6939. there are no large consumer markets outside the west. If China wants to be the number 1 car seller in Somalia, go ahead....
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  6940. That was not all russia wanted. Stop lying... 🙄
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  6941. NATO hasn't even joined the fight yet, and russia is already failing 😄
    1
  6942.  @cyrusm123  nah, 90% of the gear supplied to Ukraine is old stuff that were retired or about to be. Even the F16 is about to be retired in most NATO countries. If NATO actually joined the fight, it would start with a complete naval blockade that russia can do nothing about. Next up would be the massive airforce, and long range strikes...
    1
  6943. congratulations, too bad brics is useless 😄
    1
  6944. so why is my gas bill cheaper today than in early 2022?
    1
  6945.  @MrKingsleyisaiah  on 3/7-2021, the price of natural gas in the EU was 36 euro/Mwh. Today's price is 32 euro Mwh.
    1
  6946.  @alexlazar4738  the price i quoted is from the gas trading hub TTF. That price is based on supply and demand. Europe does not need russia or China, get over it buddy...
    1
  6947.  @butterzz6913  that is just not true. Current oil price in Europe is $87 per barrel. So you think the price of russian oil is $29 per barrel?
    1
  6948.  @alexlazar4738  many of my comments get deleted as well. Stop crying. You can't just say 3-5 times more. More than what? How much was the price of russian gas before the war? And how much are we paying today? Come one now, let's see some numbers...
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  6949. the russian trolls are working hard to earn that 1 potato per day. There's a rumor that putin will sometimes give 2 potatoes to those who really make an effort.
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  6950. what a silly statement, that has nothing to do with reality 😄
    1
  6951.  @Sweet-Rat-Milk  so you consider russia to be a more credible source than the UN? Really? What a sheep you are 😄
    1
  6952. it is not a choice between russia or the US. It is a choice between sovereignty or russian occupation...
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  6953.  @Игорьсуздальский  and by the EU as well. But that is something the Ukrainians are asking for. While russia is trying to occupy the country by force.
    1
  6954.  @claus-not-santa  have russia not "annexed" the parts of Ukraine they managed to occupy?
    1
  6955. and why would Ukraine give up in the next few months?
    1
  6956. nope, the latest forecast for the Eurozone is 1% growth in 2022. Only Germany is seeing a minor 0,2% recession.
    1
  6957. Brics is just China and their client states.
    1
  6958. and Europe is the center of the world. Because we made the world map....
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  6959. 🤡
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  6960. even better solution: russia stops attacking their neighbors, and stays within their own borders.
    1
  6961. I don't think there is much to laugh about in russia. How is the ruble doing today?
    1
  6962. yeah thats why the russians are evacuating the city, because the offensive has failed 🙄
    1
  6963. yes it is better for everyone if russia is defeated as fast as possible.
    1
  6964.  @RandomAussieGuy87  what joke? It's the truth.
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  6965.  @moradelalex  they will probably continue to retreat, and claim that they meant to do it anyway.
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  6966.  @Dannyboy16434  sure buddy, whatever you need to tell yourself to cope with russia's failure to beat their much smaller neighbor 😄
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  6967.  @JayJay5244  it's not something most people pay attention to. That's why we only hear about it if it is a fairly large bank. Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank have been in trouble for years now, due to poor management and risky investments. I don't see any major risks to European banking in general.
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  6968.  @trutharrow5311  i don't know, maybe you can find some way to connect it to the sanctions as well?
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  6969.  @petitben5240  the US convinced Ukraine to give up their nukes in return for security guarantees back in 1994. It is very much a US problem.
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  6970.  @belaadorian3370  nope. All true.
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  6971. it's just bots and trolls getting paid to spread misinformation.
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  6972. i don't think most people in Africa or south America care about any of this.
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  6973.  @spacemelon3988  that is a good point.
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  6974. sure, but India and China are not paying with rubles, they are using their own currency. This is why the Rupee is now worth more than the ruble... 😄
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  6975.  @Shyhalu  latest forecast from IMF is that Ukraine's economy will grow by 2% in 2023, and 3,7% in 2024...
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  6976.  @Shyhalu  doesn't change the fact that Ukraine's economy is growing...
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  6977.  @Shyhalu  so you know more about Ukraine's economy than the nice people at IMF?
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  6978.  @andia968  china is not going to pay the same price for oil and gas as Europe, they know russia has nowhere else to go. Russia will most likely become a Chinese vasal state in the future.
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  6979. not a military expert, but I don't think a tank's main role is to fight other tanks. I would call the AMX-10 a light tank.
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  6980.  @STRYKER1467  it's not an APC, there is no room for dismounts. So it is an armored vehicle with a turret and a fairly big gun. That sounds a lot like a tank to me?
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  6981. yeah i look forward to watching it tomorrow. That guy is amazing.
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  6982. Ukraine didn't choose this war, russia did.
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  6983. russia is irrelevant as a market. And they are not a reliable supplier of resources, so irrelevant in that area too.
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  6984. i got a strong feeling that most of these "American" commenters are really just russian bots trying to sow division.
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  6985.  @marisabenson1222  how did you do it?
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  6986.  @timmy-wj2hc  yes, 2 German companies had a 12% share. But Gazprom is the majority owner with full control. It is russia's problem. EU is not buying natural gas from india or china, stop the nonsense.
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  6987.  @nsebast  i don't really care about free trade with countries outside the EU.
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  6988.  @mikewong6815  Scholz and Macron are both trying to hang on to the old ideals of a rules based world order. But they will have to come to terms with reality eventually. Globalism is coming to an end, without US hegemony there won't be anyone strong enough to enforce the rules. And that makes the rules pointless, since everyone will just ignore them. China is trying to flood Europe with subsidized goods, which will destroy our own industries. And at the same time China is reducing imports, which grows the trade deficit every year. This is unsustainable, and protectionism is the only solution. So no, it doesn't matter how cheap China can produce, since very few countries will allow China access to their markets, unless China starts to buy more in return.
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  6989. enjoy it while you can. Recession means less demand for oil. Remember how the oil price fell to negative 37 dollars in 2020, when production in EU and US was slowed due to covid lockdowns? Negative price means you have to pay the buyer to take the oil of your hands :)
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  6990.  @milotura6828  don't worry about us, we are already preparing to restart oil and gas production in the north sea. A new and improved oil rig arrived at our second largest oilfield in September. When production starts next year, it can cover 150% of Denmarks need, making us a net exporter. And more oilfields will open in 2024. So i hope the oil price will recover in a few years :)
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  6991.  @milotura6828  my country will be a net exporter of oil next year, not in 4 years. And your country will continue to be a gas station for Europe, because you need the money and you don't have much else to offer.
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  6992. Most of the Tesla sold here are produced in China. And the US is no better than China these days anyway.
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  6993. helping our enemy with the war effort makes china our enemy too. It's really that simple.
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  6994. negotiate what exactly?
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  6995.  @Jole30  so there is nothing to talk about then. We will just have to continue the support for Ukraine until putin is gone. He is 71 now, shouldn't take that long...
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  6996. sure, but if you could use drones to chase most of the occupiers away from their positions, then the infantry could move in with minimal resistance.
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  6997. how many times have wagner captured Bakhmut by now? It's really hard to keep count, when the town gets captured several times per week for the last 8 months...😄
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  6998.  @hzmt12  to many times to count. I'm sure Bakhmut will fall again next week.
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  6999.  @tommytomas-fr3sh  it's not a city anymore, it's just a pile of ruble. This is what russkiy mir looks like.
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  7000. those russians should be catapulted off the island...
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  7001. if the US is seen as a bigger threat than russia, then we will probably see a lot of countries going back to russian gas.
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  7002. good comment 👍
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  7003. yeah it's amazing people haven't learned this by now...
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  7004. and you're trying to turn it into some kind of big victory that russia might actually be able to capture a real town for the first time in 8 months. What a big bad superpower russia is 😄
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  7005.  @a.u.b1  there are no western soldiers, tanks, IFVs, fighter jets, long range missiles or war ships in the fight yet. So how exactly are russia fighting the entire west?
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  7006.  @a.u.b1  that's not really facing off against the entire west is it 😄 You're just trying to cope with the fact that russia's "mighty" army is struggling so hard with their much smaller neighbor.
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  7007.  @a.u.b1  the map looks pretty much the same as it did 3 months ago. But if i zoom in really close, i can see that russia has made some small gains. Enjoy it while it lasts, because this will probably be russia's only gains this year 😉
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  7008.  @a.u.b1  it was 27% before the first counter offensive 😉we have seen it all before, russia makes some gains for a little while but ends up with less territory a few months later...
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  7009.  @angrydad1907  Norway has 6 other pipelines to Europe, with a total capacity of 120 bcm. Plus a growing LNG capacity. We are now halfway through winter, and Germany's gas storage level is at 83%.
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  7010.  @angrydad1907  the average price over the last 10 years is around 20 euro mwh, which is very cheap. The current price is 27 euro mwh, despite the unusually cold winter weather. Moving production is only possible for large corporations, 99% of all German companies are small to medium sized.
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  7011.  @angrydad1907  of course it is cheaper in russia, they are running out of customers and they can't just stop production... 😄
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  7012. it was closed, I think it was because Poland refused to pay in rubles.
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  7013. good for them, because they have no friends left in Europe.
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  7014.  @gfys756  that would be a lot easier to believe, if this channel wasn't so full of russian trolls...😄
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  7015. you do know that russia started the war because putin wants to expand his empire, right?
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  7016. i have been hearing that for 2 years now, but somehow Ukraine is still holding. Russia will still be stuck in the Donbass 2 years from now...
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  7017.  @novak7970  kinda funny that a fascist regime like russia is accusing other countries of being fascists...
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  7018.  @claus-not-santa  wow, what a burn. Could you just stop replying to me if this is all you got?
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  7019. most of the European cars sold in China are produced in China...
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  7020. of course we can. Nobody cares about Israel.
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  7021. the really sad thing about the missile strikes, is that putin knows it won't change the situation on the battlefield. The Ukrainian army will continue to fight. Putin is killing civilians just to put on a show for his supporters, to make it look like russia is making progress while his army is in shambles. And judging by the comment from the russian trolls, it seems to be working 🙄
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  7022. it is a good thing. We need to end all trade and cooperation with russia.
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  7023.  @Arsenic71  russia started a war on our doorstep. It's a threat to peace and stability where i live. That's the difference.
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  7024. russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  7025.  @callsigndd9ls897  nice, i really like biogas. We have a biogas facility in my area, it is co-owned by local farmers. So the farmers deliver farm waste to the plant for gassification. The waste can then be used on the fields as fertilizer, without the smell. It's a pretty cool concept.
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  7026. yeah they could. But why would they want to join the US? When have the natives ever benefited from joining the US empire?
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  7027.  @worldwideweb9431  if a factory in China is closed, then it is the Chinese workers that lose their job.
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  7028.  @igoldenage  England is not part of the EU anymore. But Anglo-Saxons originate from northern Germany and Southern Denmark, that is why it is so easy for other Germanic people to learn. Do you even know what a colony is? How exactly is the US colonizing Germany?
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  7029.  @oriocoookie  if russia has to sell their oil at 60$ a barrel, then they are making less money than they would if they could sell their oil in Europe. And that is the whole point.
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  7030. Yeah that is the funny part. China's fast rise was only made possible by the world order that was set up and paid for by the US.
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  7031. The US is still the only NATO member to ever invoke article 5...
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  7032. Ukraine can still get electricity from Poland and Romania.
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  7033. how can we provide F35s? Here in Denmark, we are still waiting for the ones we ordered back in 2016.
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  7034. good one 😄
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  7035. i am seeing Ukraine breaking through the russian lines... 😀
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  7036.  @MousquetaireC  yeah, they reached it and breached it. Scott ritter is just a grifter. 🙄
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  7037. seems to be working just fine. Russia is in recession and running the largest budget deficit since the fall of the ussr 😄
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  7038. don't be so dramatic, it's just a strike.
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  7039.  @cowubl  Norway is the main supplier to the EU now, and their market share will grow in the coming years. But most of the russian gas will be replaced by other sources of energy, such as wind and solar.
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  7040.  @nuke_Godjira  OPEC is no longer able to control oil prices. Saudi Arabia even went into recession last year 😄
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  7041.  @johnadam2885  russian gas was only that cheap from 2014-2020. Russia started to flood the European market with gas in 2014, after the theft of Crimea. Looking back this was clearly done to lower the price so the competition went out of business, which would give russia leverage over the EU. Denmark got 67% of our electricity from wind and solar in 2023, so it is working just fine. The next big thing is energy storage, so overproduction can be saved for later. Russia doesn't provide much uranium, but they are number one in uranium enrichment. But the EU is number 2, 3 and 4 in the world when it comes to uranium enrichment. The largest uranium mine in Kazakhstan is majority owned by France. Russia is just the new north korea, and it is pretty much a chinese vassal state now.
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  7042.  @johnadam2885  russian gas was only that cheap from 2014-2020. Russia started to flood the European market with gas in 2014, after the theft of Crimea. Looking back this was clearly done to lower the price so the competition went out of business, which would give russia leverage over the EU. Denmark got 67% of our electricity from wind and solar in 2023, so it is working just fine. The next big thing is energy storage, so overproduction can be saved for later. Russia doesn't provide much uranium, but they are number one in uranium enrichment. But the EU is number 2, 3 and 4 in the world when it comes to uranium enrichment. The largest uranium mine in Kazakhstan is majority owned by France. Russia is just the new north korea, and it is pretty much a chinese vassal state now.
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  7043.  @johnadam2885  russian gas was only that cheap from 2014-2020. Russia started to flood the European market with gas in 2014, after the theft of Crimea. Looking back this was clearly done to lower the price so the competition went out of business, which would give russia leverage over the EU. Denmark got 67% of our electricity from wind and solar in 2023, so it is working just fine. The next big thing is energy storage, so overproduction can be saved for later. Russia doesn't provide much uranium, but they are number one in uranium enrichment. But the EU is number 2, 3 and 4 in the world when it comes to uranium enrichment. The largest uranium mine in Kazakhstan is majority owned by France. Russia is just the new north korea, and it is pretty much a chinese vassal state now.
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  7044.  @InamKhan-xx3wt  not yet. But who else would replace the US?
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  7045.  @eddastrohmayer251  and then we will all just hold hands and get along? Maybe sing a little song? That is not how the world works. The US will be on top until they are replaced by someone else. If you think China is going to share the top spot with other countries, then you are very naive.
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  7046.  @eddastrohmayer251  and what do you think happens when there are several world powers of similar strength? Be careful what you wish for.
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  7047. why don't you look up for yourself how much aid the EU has provided to Ukraine? Spoiler alert: It's more than the US.
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  7048. it's just a new cold war. And the east will lose this one too...
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  7049. why should the US care? Brics is just another useless forum where some leaders can have their photo taken...
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  7050. what a load of BS. There were a lot of tensions between the EU and the US before the war, and many in Europe thought NATO was pointless. But russia has now become our common enemy again, and NATO has suddenly become relevant once more.
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  7051. EU is the largest food exporter in the world, i don't think that would work 😄
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  7052. russia cut the supply to put pressure on Germany, just like all the nordstream critics predicted. Russia is now an unreliable supplier, there's no going back to that.
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  7053. you just can't accept that russia is getting it's arse kicked by Ukraine, can you 😄
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  7054.  @Alexander-nl5yy  then why are russia complaining about not being able to export their own grains? 64% of the Ukrainian wheat exported by sea went to developing countries.
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  7055.  @chris-hg3iv  not according to the UN. The claim about 90% going to Europe is made up by russia. And Ukrainian grains will still go to Europe over land, it is Ukraine's other customers that will go without.
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  7056.  @sempreviva4564  so russia is gonna start another war they can't win?
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  7057. cope harder Ivan, no one in Europe wants your smelly gas anymore 😄
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  7058.  @rosreaviemore727  unlike you, i don't live in a fantasy world. Saying that you want to dump the dollar is one thing, but until it actually happens, it's nothing but talk.
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  7059. the dollar is very strong at the moment, while the rubble is toilet paper.
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  7060.  @ragingmonk6080  and russia had 20.000 tanks on paper. But in reality, 80% of that is just old junk that can't even drive...
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  7061. Chinese tariffs on car imports range from 25-45%, depending on the vehicle.
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  7062. The problems in the west are tiny compared to the russian clown show 😄
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  7063.  @edfilchev5202  not exactly. It happened 1 time more than 70 years ago. Around 20 children were taken to Denmark as part of an experiment. They were returned to Greenland a few years later. It was absolutely wrong, no doubt about that.
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  7064.  @edfilchev5202  that is correct. But it ended 50 years ago. And people living in Greenland are not living in Denmark. So it is not relevant in this discussion.
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  7065.  @edfilchev5202  the Kingdom of Denmark is made up of 3 countries, which is Denmark, Greenland and Farao Islands. It's kinda like England and Scotland is part of the same kingdom, but the people of Scotland are not living in England.
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  7066. Make sense please?
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  7067. what natural resources?
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  7068. russia is an unreliable supplier. There's no going back to that now.
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  7069. and it only took 2,5 years. At this rate, russia might control all of the Donbass sometime in the next decade...
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  7070. the Ukrainian army is still advancing, killing defenceless civilians is all russia can do now
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  7071. Russian protesters go to jail, so it is not surprising that you don't see many protests in russia.
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  7072. That is a loss for the US.
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  7073.  @markojuric4954  russia can't take more. A frozen conflict like in Korea is the best russia can hope for now.
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  7074. NATO is necessary to keep russia's imperial ambitions in check...
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  7075. Considering how much better life is here compared to russia, it can't be that bad.
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  7076. sad and pathetic little putler.
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  7077. Probably not. But neither is russia, and they are the only some what credible threat, so...
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  7078.  @figgbx112  why, so China can steal the technology and produce it cheaper?
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  7079. you guys are trying so hard to come up with excuses for russia's failures 😄Russia has been losing ground for 5 months now, and you're still pretending like russia is a superpower. So what will you all tell yourself when spring comes around, and russia is still losing ground?
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  7080. yes the reason is that wagner is running out of cannon fodder.
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  7081.  @dda4966  russia has also stopped publishing economic data, so the government can just make whatever claim they want.
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  7082.  @UCantSeeemeee  their goal was to get Bin Laden, and they did. The taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves, and was only able to return when the Americans left.
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  7083. how are chinese government subsidies related to nordstream in any way? Could you make sense please?
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  7084.  @426dfv  so why did Gazprom announce a $7 billion loss in 2023?
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  7085.  @crushnevnikita8575  not enough yet. Have you earned your daily potato yet?
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  7086. Maybe putin should go to the frontline. This is his war after all...
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  7087. really? Like who exactly?
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  7088. china has its own finacial crisis to deal with.
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  7089.  @aburetik4866  chinese banks lost more than 200 billion dollars last year, due to the property crisis.
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  7090. yeah. look at all those russian trolls in the comment section.
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  7091. Just russia being a terrorist state as usual. They can't win on the battle field, so they target civilians and infrastructure instead. How pathetic...
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  7092.  @untitled2235  wishful thinking much? 😄
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  7093. Why, what has he accomplished?
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  7094. How would russia ever be able to take Odessa?
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  7095.  @Didigetitwrong  have you ever seen a map of Ukraine? Look at where Odessa is, compared to the frontlines. Then look at russia's progress in the last 12 months. It's never gonna happen...
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  7096.  @Didigetitwrong  remember how russia had to run away from Kherson, because russia was unable to supply their troops across the Dnipro? why would that change?
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  7097.  @throughput6674  it is reality kiddo. Putin will send poorly trained conscripts to die at the frontline, but not suffer in any way himself.
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  7098.  @immunetowesternlies8697  the russian conscripts are just civilians who will be sent to the frontline without training or modern equipment. And they will suffer just as badly as the Ukrainian civilians.
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  7099.  @throughput6674  unfortunately no, I'm schooling you guys for free. If only i could earn 1 potato per day like all the russian trolls ☹
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  7100. that was russia's choice.
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  7101. that plan didn't work last year, why would wagner do better with a much smaller force?
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  7102. nobody cares. Try to move on, little troll.
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  7103. the russian soldiers suck.
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  7104.  @matthewbattaglia7329  you know that the EU produce more wheat than russia and Ukraine combined, right?
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  7105. Ukraine is still advancing. It may take a few years, but the russians will be kicked out eventually.
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  7106. i don't want war, that's why i am against the country that started the war. And that is russia.
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  7107.  @charleso6316  the russians ran away from Afghanistan after just 9 years 😉
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  7108. how can there be peace talks, when russia claims to have annexed parts of Ukraine they don't actually control?
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  7109. cope harder, little troll. Russia is just fighting Ukraine, and this is russia's first win since Severodonetsk almost a year ago😄
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  7110.  @Factsagainstpropoganda  now you're just being a fool. Russia controls about 15% of Ukraine at the moment, including Crimea. And there are no NATO forces fighting in Ukraine, i have friends and family in the military and I am pretty sure i would know if they were fighting in Ukraine 🙄
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  7111.  @Factsagainstpropoganda  is russia still considered a super power in that fantasy world you live in?
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  7112. so it is ok for russia to attack Ukraine, because Ukraine wanted closer ties with the west? What's wrong with you?
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  7113.  @NzTings  look at the map yourself, but this time zoom out a bit. The lines have barely moved since last year.
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  7114.  @NzTings  Ukraine's offensive is still ongoing, and the russians are just hiding in their trenches...
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  7115. yeah it's great that so many young men are leaving the country right? Russia will soon be a nation of old women 😄
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  7116. yeah, it's not like Europe ruled most of the world just 80 years ago...
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  7117. it is russia's pipeline, it is russia's problem.
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  7118. russia has only proved that they belong behind the iron curtain. Russia will be the north korea of Europe for a very long time...
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  7119. The US has become a lot more unpredictable in the last 10 years. Which makes it impossible to rely on them for nuclear deterence.
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  7120. why shouldn't they, his report is nonsense.
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  7121. nope, India is the future battleground for a proxy war between the east and the west...
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  7122. notice how no one in Europe is talking about energy prices anymore? We don't care about russia's smelly gas.
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  7123. There were roughly 12M men of fighting age in Ukraine when the war started. I don't think they are going to run out any time soon...
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  7124.  @suryanshsagar2677  so where are the videos of all these fallen soldiers?
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  7125.  @oceanwave4502  then don't. Nobody cares about the global south.
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  7126.  @oceanwave4502  then don't. Nobody cares.
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  7127.  @Asswife  russia is a failure on all levels.
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  7128.  @vmundi  and that is why most people and companies will use much less energy compared to last year. Some companies have closed down completely. So what happens to the price when there is enough supply, but less demand?
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  7129.  @MmmM-uo6ti  you're right, russia is way more pathetic than those countries.
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  7130. Russia is already using them 🙄
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  7131.  @thtkp5  russia is just fighting Ukraine. If they were actually fighting the west, don't you think we would have closed most of russia's trade routes by now? The Danish straits leading to st petersburg can be closed by a few coastal batteries...
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  7132.  @Factsagainstpropoganda  why would we starve? You know that the EU produces more grains than russia and Ukraine combined right? Before the war, russia accounted for just 1,4% of the EU's agri-food imports, and 3,5% of the export... 😉
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  7133.  @thtkp5  you need more emojies if you want to pretend that you didn't just lose the argument...
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  7134. Put on your tinfoil hat, they're coming to get you!
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  7135. yeah, but the tariffs will be paid by US importers. So they will have to raise the price when the product is resold to the consumers.
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  7136. russia, what a sh*thole...
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  7137. we are almost half way through winter, and gas storage is still around 90% full. Sorry to disappoint you 🙂
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  7138. like they did in ww1?
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  7139. exactly! Putin knows that no one is going to attack russia, but NATO makes it harder for russia to attack their neighbors...
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  7140.  @dr.burtgummerfan439  but the pawns will start to protest sooner or later. That's how the russian empire collapsed during ww1.
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  7141. Most of russia's neighbors applied for NATO membership, because they wanted protection from Russian aggression. That is why NATO has expanded towards russia. And the only reason why putin doesn't like it, is because it makes it harder for russia to attack their neighbors.
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  7142.  @musasacolo6838  when was that agreement made? Is it a treaty, does it have a name? Who signed it? You can't answer these questions, because no such agreement has ever been made...
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  7143.  @musasacolo6838  watch russia's poorly trained conscripts get annihilated in Ukraine.
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  7144.  @syedlam9632  none of that is real, it is made up by putin.
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  7145. NATO can only expand if a new country applies for membership. So why have most of russia's neighbors applied for membership?
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  7146.  @rap3208  maybe you should inform yourself. 99% of all companies in the EU are small to medium sized, they can't just move to a different continent. If they can't compete, they will close. But the number of insolvent companies were actually slightly lower than average in 2022. And the energy prices aren't really that high anymore, much lower than they were before the war started.
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  7147.  @rap3208  yes i know what .99 means, but that is not what i wrote. You should get your eyes checked. My argument still stands.
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  7148.  @enriquelaroche5370  not just the west, most countries around the world can now afford less. And that is of course going to affect countries that rely on exports, such as china and Germany...
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  7149.  @enriquelaroche5370  russia is not a reliable partner in anything 😄
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  7150. What a silly claim. Name a field where Europe is far behind?
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  7151.  @渡海-q2w  according to who? Name your source?
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  7152.  @大国寡民-p4t  that's why the numbers i wrote are not nomimal gdp, but PPP. Even if you account for every thing you just wrote, china is still far behind the EU...
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  7153. the war is about putin's ambitions, he wants to expand his empire.
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  7154. most advanced semiconductors in the world are build with European tech.
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  7155. that is not true. Russia also likes to target schools, apartment buildings and pedestrian bridges....
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  7156. the US is the largest oil producer in the world?
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  7157.  @jamesdixon2857  don't get your hopes up, you will just be disappointed when nothing happens.
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  7158. cope harder little troll, russia is sending T55s to the frontline 😄
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  7159. and where did you hear that, russian media? 😄
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  7160. Putin is going to do nothing, except cry and moan 😄
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  7161. the war is just getting started. It will go on for at least 2 more years, probably a lot longer.
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  7162.  @Gumiho-34  the "west" makes up 60% of all gdp in the world, russia is around 1,2%. I think we will live without russian investment 😄.
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  7163. It's just another useless forum where some leaders can have their photo taken. BRICS is nothing but hot air...
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  7164.  @kingxyz906  if Brics ever becomes a real thing, then it will be dominated by China. And it will be anti-west. Pretty much like the cold war 2.0.
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  7165.  @Npc-AA  that was a long time ago. None of us were even born. Try to move on buddy.
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  7166.  @Npc-AA  i am not really a supporter of a free market, some regulation will always be necessary. And right now, the EU needs more protectionism to protect our own industries.
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  7167. must be a slow news day...
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  7168. you shouldn't believe either, both are ridiculous....
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  7169.  @kingofbeaute8980  100 of the larger nuclear warheads is enough to end life on earth. So using those 6250 bombs will kill everyone, including yourself. That's why no one is taking putin's nuclear threats seriously, starting a nuclear war is suicide.
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  7170. I call BS on that claim.
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  7171.  @sofiyagrober2180  a russian report is worthless. Putin is a proven liar.
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  7172.  @sofiyagrober2180  so now it's 20%? Can you make up your mind little girl?
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  7173. and China would end up like russia, who still believes Europe can't go on without them, while Europe is slowly but surely cutting all trade ties with russia.
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  7174.  @n.c9653  I'm not sure what you are talking about, EU has no plans to stop trading with China yet?
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  7175. could be worse, imagine living under russian occupation...
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  7176.  SolBronzed  russia cut the gas flow a month before the pipeline was damaged, so the German economy would be affected no matter what. But the Germans seem to be doing alright anyway, energy prices aren't really that high anymore.
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  7177.  @IsomerSoma  That is just wishful thinking 😄 And energy prices are pretty much back to normal where i live.
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  7178.  @thongtruong9846  inflation is already going down, we'll live.
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  7179. nice strawman argument you've got there.
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  7180. it has nothing to do with the US, standing up to russian aggression on our doorstep is in EU's best interest.
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  7181. That makes you a hypocrite. Russia is still an empire, trying to expand it's territory. Russia colonized most of northern and central Asia.
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  7182. With a capacity of 38bcm. That is comparable to less than 10% of the European gas market.
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  7183. russia is trying to rob and murder their neighbors...
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  7184.  @bruceparr1678  keep telling yourself that you're the good guys 😄
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  7185. then are why are no one doing anything to help russia? China won't even support russia in the UN or recognize the "annexed" oblasts...😄
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  7186.  @janjan55555  you know it's possible to look up historical prices right?
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  7187.  @Lipi19821  and how is that natural gas getting to India, and then to Europe? And why is the official amount of natural gas imported from India into the EU 0,0 m3?
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  7188.  @janjan55555  electricity is expensive for consumers because of taxes, the price of the electricity itself is not that high. Companies don't have to pay the tax, so it is not a big deal for them. We can buy electricity from nuclear power plants in Sweden when needed, so we don't really need our own.
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  7189.  @Lipi19821  oil and gas are 2 very different things. EU is not buying any natural gas from India. There is no gas pipeline from russia to India, so it would have to be shipped as LNG. But russia could just sell the LNG directly to Europe, so that makes no sense. The EU is however buying refined oil products from India. We used to buy it from russia, and russia would make a lot of money from that. But now russia has to sell the crude oil to India with a massive discount, and the EU is then buying the refined oil from India at normal market price. It is a win-win for India and the EU, but not for russia.
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  7190.  @Lipi19821  russia is losing revenue, since they have to sell the crude oil with a discount. India is making good money refining the oil. EU is getting diesel and other refined oil products at a good price. If diesel from India was expensive, then we would buy it somewhere else. EU is still buying Lng directly from russia. Why would we buy it from India at a higher price? This is pure fiction buddy.
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  7191.  @HulioMorjoui  sure, but it is a small amount. And it will end when the contract expires later this year...
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  7192. Both russia and china are struggling, their gdp growth is nothing but their government spending borrowed money...
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  7193.  @G-Man-half-life  yeah i doubt that. Enjoy working 60 hours per week, while i enjoy my 6 weeks paid vacation every year 😉
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  7194. you are going to cry when Ukraine liberates Tokmak, aren't you? 😄
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  7195. FDI into China is down 29% year over year. German companies are the only ones who are shortsighted enough to invest in China...
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  7196.  @TheKkpop1  what is that even supposed to mean?
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  7197. surrender and let the Ukrainian people be brutalized and have their children kidnapped? Sounds like a sh*tty plan to me....
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  7198. strawman argument...
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  7199.  @eddastrohmayer251  so what kind of diplomatic solution would you suggest? Come on Ivan, let's hear it?
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  7200.  @eddastrohmayer251  when did putin say anything about that? Are you making things up Ivan?
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  7201. democracy is majority rule. 1 country blocking everyone else is not democracy.
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  7202. higher oil prices means higher shipping prices. And that will make chinese exports uncompetitive.
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  7203. what about it? The Ukrainians have pulled out, and the town is just a pile of rubble now. So now it is on to the next fight...
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  7204.  @Dean10000  a conservative estimate is 10.000 years for all the ice to melt, if temperatures keep rising at the current rate.
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  7205. tsar putin is trying to expand his empire, and you don't seem to have a problem with that?
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  7206.  @iqbalsohel9166  russia is a chinese vasal state.
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  7207.  @sarahbrown5073  ok? Where has russia advanced more than that in the last 2,5 years? From where to where?
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  7208. @CeBePuH  that is none of your concern anymore. Now go mind your own business.
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  7209.  @CeBePuH  so? Mind your business.
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  7210. @CeBePuH  gfy
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  7211. it's a video for Europeans...
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  7212. i hope the west will put some boots on the ground, sooner rather than later.
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  7213.  @marianaibrahim5037  bla bla, russia invaded Ukraine because tsar putin wants to expand his empire. They need to be kicked out, end of story.
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  7214. 😴
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  7215. why would the ICC waste their time with something that russia's trolls have made up??
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  7216. Not likely. Russia can't even take Bakhmut, the russian army is a joke.
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  7217. I have not used any of those brands for years. Because they all suck.
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  7218.  @KP-xi4bj  do you think McD and burger King is for wealthy people? That is so sad...
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  7219.  @KP-xi4bj  what a boring argument 😴
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  7220. I don't think it can be avoided at this point. Unless russia does the smart thing and just goes home, of course...
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  7221. most of the "German" cars sold in the US and China are not made in Germany. They are produced locally, and that is why they are not as good as here in Europe...
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  7222. it's better than supporting russia's war for expansion like you are doing...
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  7223.  @ehisgeorge414  EU's economy grew by 3,6% in 2022, how will we ever survive?
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  7224. what exactly do you love about russia?
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  7225.  @faiezcader5681  the Americans captured every city in Iraq and Afghanistan in a few weeks. Russia has been fighting for almost a year now, and their biggest victory in 6 months is a small mining town 😄 At this pace, it would take the russians 90 years to flatten all of Ukraine...
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  7226. China has ignored WTO rules since they joined...
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  7227. russia has a long history of genocide and oppression in Ukraine. Maybe there is a good reason why the Ukrainians really don't want to go back under russian rule?
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  7228.  @andrewpienaar4522  good for you, now you're being colonized by china instead...
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  7229.  @Hoosier_Daddy69  russia is short on brains
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  7230. down with GasPutin 👎
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  7231.  @davidnoelfranks1124  it's always the same lines, could you russian trolls please get some new material?
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  7232.  @wealthyman3760  those tanks are mostly soviet build garbage. Of course they would like some better gear, but they have already managed to take back Kherson, Izium, Kupyansk, Lyman etc, without it.
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  7233. yes please...
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  7234. yeah it would probably be a very short fight, if any. But what happens after?
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  7235.  @clarkjackson-mv3pm  yeah you russian trolls love repeating that argument, you earned your daily potato.
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  7236. because russia started the largest war in Europe since ww2.
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  7237. so russia has invaded another country, killed thousands of civilians, destroyed entire cities, but it is somehow the west's fault?
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  7238. Most of the aid from the west have not arrived yet. Have a little patience, the war is just getting started.
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  7239. life goes on like normal here in Denmark at least. The "energy crisis" was last year.
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  7240. Some companies will close, but most will adapt. It's not the first energy crisis in Europe. Energy prices are rising in most of the world, so moving production won't help much.
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  7241.  @liang8255  so how would you like the German government to fix the problem? I'm curious.
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  7242. that's a little optimistic, i don't think the russians are ready to give up yet. At least 2 more years is more realistic.
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  7243. put the interests of your citizens first, by stealing money from them?
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  7244. @OddPotato don't worry, Hungary will still receive 27 billion euro from the other EU countries, even though they don't participate in anything.
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  7245.  @hellgates_javed6451  fine with me...
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  7246.  @JamesRockwell-co6kx  Ukraine has had that for 30 years, but it is still one of the poorest countries in Europe. And who is going to buy it from russia?
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  7247. That was the British. The Brits are not part of the EU.
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  7248. the US arms industry is being outproduced by North Korea in artillery shells, by China in warships, by Russia in missiles, armored vehicles and many other key areas. You guys got nothing to brag about... Denmark ordered 27 F35s in 2015, only 11 have been delivered so far. Talk about slow production...
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  7249.  @LCCATCX  it is going to happen either way, the world will be divided into blocks again. No reason to drag it out.
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  7250. of course not, trump would do whatever putin told him to do.
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  7251. who cares about the opinion of non-EU countries?
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  7252. Germany is already free, stop projecting.
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  7253. russia still can't take Bakhmut 😄
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  7254.  @juliaweber7941  how many times have Bakhmut fallen already? 200 times, according to wagner? It will never happen, russia is a joke...
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  7255. ​ @IxoraNera this is a European news channel, covering a war in Europe. I don't care about the rest of the world, their opinion don't matter.
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  7256. nobody cares about russia's pipelines
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  7257.  @julietbanks4899  why would the Ukrainians want to negotiate with someone who is trying to kill their wives and children?
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  7258.  @zallyzally2698  russia is a paper tiger. Their army is in tatters, they are sending T62's to the frontline now.
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  7259.  @warnpassion  no one is going to invade russia, why would anyone want to do that? Russia is a sh*thole, nobody wants to go there.
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  7260. was something preventing russia from doing that before the war?
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  7261.  @Joseph_thefather  i know, but talking about free market and capitalism is more of an American thing
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  7262. Am i the only one getting kinda bored with all these videos about Trumps latest ramblings? 🙄
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  7263. source: trust me bro...
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  7264. living in russia and being free is not possible.
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  7265.  @Realloblob  natural gas can only be transported through pipelines or as LNG. Russia has 1 incomplete pipeline to china and capacity for 40bcm of LNG per year. That is only enough to replace around 30% of the gas they could sell on the European market. And the Chinese don't want to pay full price. Losing the European market is a big loss for russia.
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  7266. Russia invaded Ukraine, this is all on russia.
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  7267. russia is targeting civilians as usual...
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  7268. why would anyone want to go to russia? It's a place you escape from, not a place you go to voluntarily...
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  7269. The russian military will continue to run away from the Ukrainian army, and lose more grund in 2023.
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  7270. this proves that most of the world is against russia's war of aggression.
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  7271. no it went up because russia started to reduce the flow in 2021.
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  7272. Ukraine is being invaded by russia. Putin is to blame for all the destruction in Ukraine.
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  7273. so why does russia have to keep attacking the same energy infrastructure week after week? Shouldn't it be destroyed by now? Those russian missiles must be really inefficient when Ukraine can just repair it in a few hours.
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  7274. The Ukrainians are trying to hold it, because it is their country.
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  7275. defending itself from civilian planes?
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  7276. It was already closed, so it doesn't matter if it got blown up.
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  7277.  @Mike-gi2oi  for now? Are you expecting germany to not exist in the near future?
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  7278.  @Mike-gi2oi  Your'e right, we'll see what happens. I hope you are wrong :) Thank you for a civilized debate, I appreciate it.
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  7279. What has russia won? A brand new iron curtain perhaps?
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  7280.  @topweddingsa4059  it's a new cold war, and every country will have to choose a side or be neutral. It means less global trade and cooperation, and more wars. Neutral countries will be potential battlegrounds for proxywars. We have seen it all before.
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  7281.  @lanreuzamere4994  russian tech is crap, because their best educated keeps leaving the country for a better life in the west.
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  7282. The only warmonger in Europe is russia.
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  7283. seems to be working just fine. But there can never be too many sanctions on russia 🙂
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  7284. could be worse, could be russia.
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  7285. there will only be more sanctions for russia 😄
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  7286. that would still make them ghost towns, nobody wants to live in russia.
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  7287.  @karthiksudhirkaimalk7825  there are 27 countries in the EU, all of them have veto rights so they have to be heard. Germany accounts for roughly 20% of the population, and 20% of the economy. That makes Germany important, but calling the other 80% appendages is just stupid.
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  7288.  @karthiksudhirkaimalk7825  that's a lot of speculation. Could you give an example of how Germany has used that "leverage"?
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  7289. Russia is making sure that no western company will ever invest in russia again.
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  7290. And that would be the end of the US lead world order. And the end of the US as a super power.
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  7291. the only aggressor here is russia. Russia could end the war today by going home.
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  7292.  @OshinAttari  i appreciate your good advice, but i live in a civilized country. We don't do that here. I am not judging you though, if you like to save your farts for later it is your right. You go girl 😘
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  7293.  @OshinAttari  it's a good thing that a civilized country like mine has its own gas and oil then 🙂
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  7294.  @victorye7150  we all know the low quality of chinese products. Warships made in china would never make it all the way to Europe... 😄
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  7295. It doesn't matter what China does. Germany and China will not be part of the same trade blocks in the future.
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  7296. the Ukrainians clearly don't agree with that.
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  7297. Russia's gdp growth is nothing but government spending on the war. The new "partners" pay less. Russia is screwed 😄
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  7298.  @icemanzw  what makes you say that?
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  7299. no oil has been found yet, and the US has a mining agreement with Greenland already.
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  7300. that's not how reality work. Countries like Germany, Poland, South Korea, Japan and Vietnam was completely destroyed within the 100 years, and they are still here...
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  7301.  @cleasberg3461  then why are russia not making any progress? Ukraine is only getting stronger, while russia sending T55s to the frontline...
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  7302.  @gfys756  Russia doesn't control the Donbass. They still need Kramatorsk and Slovjansk. And don't forget the "annexed" regions, remember how Kherson would be russian forever? 😄
    1
  7303. russia started the war, and they could end it today by going home.
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  7304.  @yusefbrooks8584  no, that was done by russia, obviously.
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  7305. that is just not true. The US and UK got a head start by rushing, but were overtaken by the EU a few weeks later. And the EU got the lowest price per dose...
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  7306. judging by the US handling of the war in Ukraine, the US is not a very reliable ally anyway. So i am not sure it makes a big difference to European security if the US leaves NATO.
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  7307.  @johnc1014  so you think the only reason why Ukraine didn't fall in 10 days was because the US supplied some javelins and stingers? Dude...
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  7308.  @GlennRA3  I think the $156 billion from the EU played a role in that as well. But you are right, the US was a great ally the first year. And then the US got bored with it, just as russia had predicted. Something all US allies should take note of...
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  7309.  @GlennRA3  bored or not, the aid has been blocked since last October because the US is busy playing political games. That doesn't sound very reliable to me. At this point, i would prefer some kind of EU army instead of NATO, i think it is better if we just assume that help from the US is going to be very limited.
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  7310. i do.
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  7311. ​ @TEXASB0SSMAN oh yes, appeasing the dictator is always a great way to secure peace in our time 🙄
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  7312. Why should Germany care about russia's pipeline? It is russia's problem.
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  7313. this is all on russia. They started the war, and they could end it today just by going home.
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  7314. Shifting power to China maybe. Russia is just China's gas station.
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  7315. surrendering to russia would be even worse, we have seen how the Ukrainian people are treated in the occupied areas.
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  7316.  @rickystewart2839  The Ukrainians have decided to defend themselves, it's their choice. So we should supply the weapons they need.
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  7317.  @kings2147  the international criminal court has been investigating russian war crimes since march. And the results so far are pretty damning for russia.
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  7318.  @kings2147  yes, they investigate Ukraine too.
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  7319. negotiating the terms of russia's surrender maybe?
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  7320. you know the EU parliament is on summer recess at the moment, right?
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  7321.  @sunseaker1  But the EU parliament does. Don't worry, they will be back in a few weeks.
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  7322.  @kishwarlal8299  and they controlled even more a few months ago, but the Ukrainians took it back. The occupied territory is shrinking every day :)
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  7323. i think you mean: Never trust russia to keep their part of a signed agreement...
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  7324. Only because protesters get sent to the gulags...
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  7325.  @pinxtownington4645  the coming recession will be global, and it will hurt poorer countries harder as usual.
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  7326.  @pinxtownington4645  companies go bankrupt all the time, and new ones are started everyday. Is the current number of insolvent companies in Germany much higher than normal? If your answer is yes, please state your source so i can fact check.
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  7327.  @vlhc4642  then why don't they?
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  7328. i think you mean "the soft patetic paper bear🧸"
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  7329.  @corvus4135  thinking is always good for you, maybe you should try it some day...
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  7330. why should they care, it is russia's pipeline?
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  7331.  @babblo1389  why should we help russia's ally? But at least Armenia is looking for better allies now. Russia's peace keepers are kinda useless when everyone can see what a paper bear russia is... 😄
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  7332. How did you know? This was a complete surprise to me, i wonder who is going to win this election...🤔
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  7333. what American security? What is the US really gonna do if a Baltic country invokes article 5? Probably not much....
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  7334. they are still training and getting ready? Bakhmut is just one small part of the frontline.
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  7335. they are still not mobilizing men under 25. Can't be that bad...
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  7336. it doesn't matter what russia calls it, they can do nothing but cry and moan at this point...
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  7337.  @xcitemex6353  protect myself from what? Life goes on like normal here in Denmark, not much has changed?
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  7338.  @markharcourt2214  Bakhmut was russia's only victory since Severodonetsk 1 year ago. Russia spent 9 months to capture the town, and they are already losing ground much faster. What can russia actually do at this point, except defend and hope for the best?
    1
  7339.  @xcitemex6353  do they? Or did you just make up a nice little strawman argument? 😄
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  7340.  @markharcourt2214  that's a nice alternate reality you got there. Does it help you cope with russia's failures? So what is your excuse for russia running away from Kherson, a city putin said would be part of russia forever? 😄
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  7341.  @markharcourt2214  so you avoided my question about Kherson, and started a new fantasy instead? A few leopards have been disabled in the real world, but in your fantasy world it is all of them? You are a special kind of delusional...😄
    1
  7342. Europe is not a state. Try again Ivan...
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  7343.  @760HorsePower  the fight is still ongoing, are you not paying attention buddy?
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  7344. Make sense please?
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  7345. EU's economy: 3,6% growth in 2022. russia's economy: 2,2% decline in 2022
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  7346.  @duncansmith7562  yes i am sure thousands of Ukrainian civilians will die this winter. But that won't win the war for russia. And we will all know who to blame. Russia will be a pariah in Europe for decades.
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  7347. that is just not true, the EU is buying 80% less natural gas this year compared to 2021. But it is true that Europe is buying more liquified natural gas, if that is what you mean?
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  7348. and russia offers closet gays like you and putin.
    1
  7349. russia invaded Ukraine. Any sane person can see that russia is bad, and Ukraine is "good" compared to russia
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  7350. yeah, probably. Just like the European market will be closed for China. We are going back to the cold war blocks.
    1
  7351.  @fingerprint8479  bla bla Boris Johnson bla bla random quote bla bla more kremlin talking points bla bla... 🙄
    1
  7352. we all know the cause already. Putin wants to expand his empire, that is all this war is about.
    1
  7353. it is not lies just because it's not the news you want to hear...
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  7354.  @PaulChristianJenkinsJD  what oil rigs? Major oil companies, including American, have been looking for oil up there for 50 years. All drilling has come up dry so far. You really don't know anything about Greenland...
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  7355.  @PaulChristianJenkinsJD  timber? on Greenland? Dude...😄
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  7356. the US has a mining agreement with Greenland already, and there is some mining up there. The problem is the cost of extraction. AND THERE IS NO OIL, GET IT?
    1
  7357. Trump folded like a piece of wet cardboard...
    1
  7358. why should he visit a privately owned corporation?
    1
  7359.  @Memovox  does he have a reason to?
    1
  7360. And what exactly do you expect Scholz to do?
    1
  7361.  @Memovox  the VW group is majority owned by a single family. Come on dude, you can troll better than this...
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  7362.  @Memovox  how are they in a crisis? The company is still making a profit. Global sales have dropped from 9,2M cars in 2023, to an expected 9,0M in 2024. The company will obviously have to downsize, but they are not exactly fighting for survival overall.
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  7363.  @Memovox  i don't think VW will recover to the same size, the downsizing will most likely be permanent. I believe that we are at the beginning of a new global conflict, and if we are really lucky then it will "only" be a new cold war. So we will return to the old ways of mostly trading with neighbors and allies.
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  7364.  @Memovox  multipolar means more wars, and less global trade. Everyone will be poorer. VW won't get a choice.
    1
  7365. that is not exactly what he said. He said that it was a mistake to close the nuclear powerplants and rely on russian gas instead. Funny how you left out that part 😉
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  7366.  @Memovox  probably not. But that is not where Germany gets most of its natural gas. Norway supplies half of Germany's gas through pipelines, remember?
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  7367.  @Memovox  "German industry will not fully recover". Small but significant difference. But this prediction is kinda pointless. Globalism is coming to an end, and that will hurt exporters like Germany and china no matter what they do. The upside for Germany is that more protectionism will also bring opportunities for local production.
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  7368.  @Memovox  i don't really care about china, as long as they are not allowed to flood the EU with goods and destroy local businesses. And that seems very unlikely, as i expect more tariffs and protectionism in the future. It doesn't really matter who can produce it cheaper if all major markets are becoming more protectionist.
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  7369.  @Jihademiks  notice how Russia is not making progress on the battlefield, despite their claimed artillery superiority? It's almost like russia is just making up numbers to make themselves look stronger 😄
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  7370.  @Silver_Prussian  not for a russian troll like i guess. But it is great news for Ukraine and their supporters.
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  7371. more empty nuke threats. That's all russia has left now, and no one is taking them seriously. 😄
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  7372.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  French company Orano is nr 2 in the world when it comes to uranimum enrichment. Edit: I forgot about Urenco, Orano is nr 3.
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  7373.  @felipe-vibor  Enrichment capacity 2020: Rosatom: 27.000 SWU Urenco: 18.600 SWU (UK, Germany, Netherlands) Orano: 7.500 SWU (France)
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  7374. russia will lose no matter how the war ends. Let's say that russia manages to capture and hold on to the Donbass, then what? Russia expands their territory and population by 1-2%, but how will that benefit the average russian? And russia will still be permanently sanctioned, which means less foreign investment and less trade with their European neighbors. So russia's best educated will most likely continue to leave russia in search of better opportunities abroad. And russia is also getting more NATO on their borders, as previously neutral Sweden and Finland are now openly against russia. The point is, russia will be worse off even if they actually win the fight.
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  7375. the Ukrainians do clearly not agree.
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  7376.  @QwertAsdfg-ih1ow  turned off the gas flow to Germany, to put pressure on Germany.
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  7377.  @QwertAsdfg-ih1ow  doesn't matter. Russia turned the energy supply into a tool for leverage. Who would want to be dependent on russian energy after that?
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  7378. that depends on the type of vehicle. For larger vehicles such as pickup trucks, the US import duty is 25%.
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  7379. even the numbers published by russia confirms russia's massive budget deficit and falling oil revenue. But feel free to keep living in denial buddy 😄
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  7380.  @alexandrep4913  good for you :) Because those sanctions are there to stay. I'm sure you won't mind since they have no effect.
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  7381.  @КузнецовАлексей-щ6з  "we"? Are putin sharing any of those rubles with you Ivan?
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  7382.  @ericp1139  sorry Ivan, putin doesn't like to share :( But if you keep writing comments on youtube, you may get a potato!
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  7383.  @ericp1139  no rubles for you comrade! Only potato! Now keep writing or go to the gulag.
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  7384. at least they won't be funding putin's genocide in Ukraine.
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  7385.  @AB-pb8oo  that is only partly true. Some fortifications were not build, but most were. The strongest defensive line were build 4-5km from the border for the reason mentioned above.
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  7386.  @mr.z3664  yes they can attack russia with drones and weapons produced in Ukraine. But not with western weapons, until now. Some fortifications were not built. Keyword here is "some".
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  7387. tanks delivered: Europe: 500+, US 31 promised but not delivered yet. IFVs delivered: Europe 400+, US 105 Self propelled howitzers: Europe 200+, US 18 Long range air defense systems: Europe 2, US 1. Maybe the US should step up?
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  7388.  @shannonbrown5913  the US claims to have provided the vast majority in terms of value. But when you look at the actual number of weapons delivered to Ukraine, the vast majority comes from Europe. There are several lists of equipment delivered available online, feel free to fact check me...😉
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  7389.  @shannonbrown5913  The US has provided 1 Patriot system. Europe has provided 1 Patriot system and 1 SAMP-T system. So your argument makes no sense. And Europe has a larger capacity for production of artillery shells than the US, you really don't know what you are talking about 🙄
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  7390.  @wolfpaw2715  The US has provided aid worth roughly 70 billion. It's a drop in the bucket compared to the trillions spent in Afghanistan. The EU has provided around 140 billion, and many member states have pledged multi year aid recently. My country has set money aside for Ukraine until 2027. Russia has advanced less than 2 km around Avdiivka, and that is russia's biggest win in 5 months. Neither side is going to run out of men, money, shells or missiles in the next 2-3 years, i don't get why people keep believing this nonsense...
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  7391.  @gaborrajnai6213  they can only criticize the russian army if they generally support the war. If any of them tried to argue that the russian army shouldn't be in Ukraine in the first place, they would go to jail. That's not freedom of speech...
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  7392. If Germany's exports decline, then their imports will have to go down as well. And Germany's trade with China is pretty one-sided. So unless China starts to import a lot more from Germany, then i don't see how the cooperation can continue for long.
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  7393. and the poor russian conscripts won't be warm and safe, like putin in his palace.
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  7394.  @jamessephar9458  feel free to fact check me. But it is true, if you count military, financial and humanitarian aid, then the EU has spent more on Ukraine than the US in 2022. We have also sacrificed a lot more than the US, hurting our own economy to reduce russia's ability to fund the war. So no, the US is not funding 90% of the war effort, it's more like 40%.
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  7395. Nah, the russians will run away and abandon Assad, just like they did in Armenia 😄
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  7396. that is very unlikely.
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  7397. guess the saudi's will be next in line for a little "democacy". I'm sure the cia will find some "weapons of massdestruction" there soon...😄
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  7398. that's a little optimistic in my opinion, i think the war will go on for at least another year.
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  7399.  @Memovox  so why were you complaining that the west was blocking russian grain exports? Come on Ivan, you need to get your narrative straight... 😄
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  7400.  @КомментаторЮтуба-л1т  Ivan, obviously?
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  7401. russia is going back behind the iron curtain, there will be little trade with russia in the future anyway.
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  7402. why don't you follow your own advice and go join the russian forces on the frontline?
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  7403.  @mathisyahu7945  so what do you support? Do you have an opinion?
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  7404. The russians can't really transport much of the gas to asia, so they have to flare it.
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  7405. i sometimes wonder if the US actually wants Ukraine to win. I think some in the US might be worried that a defeat of russia could lead to a civil war in russia.
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  7406. most wars do eventually. But neither side is ready to give up yet. It will probably take a few more years.
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  7407.  @springbloom5940  can you point me to anywhere on the map besides Avdiivka, where russia has advanced more than a few 100 meters? Because i sure can't find it...
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  7408. England could just go back to being a part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Then they could have the same rights as Greenland 😉
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  7409. russia uses russian speakers as an excuse for attacking. Does China have that problem?
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  7410.  @Wolfvain-qs5su  that has not stopped russia from exploiting natural resources?
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  7411. you got that backwards, we are trying to distance ourselves from the russian fascists.
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  7412. Russia could end the war today, just by going home.
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  7413.  @OniksR  nope, they are still in Ukraine. So the war will go on...
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  7414. is there actually anyone running against him, other than Girkin?
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  7415. and Ukraine has been low on ammo since last summer, but somehow russia still controls less territory in Ukraine that they did 12 months ago...
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  7416. that is just in your head, the war is real.
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  7417. so the US wants us to go broke, and somehow still be able to buy their LNG? Does that make any sense to you?
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  7418.  @vladimirkorobkin510  russia supplied around 38% of the EU's gas consumption. Around 30% of EU's gas consumption is used for industry. Without industry, we don't really need much LNG. Your theory is still not making any sense.
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  7419.  @vladimirkorobkin510  standing up to russian aggression on our doorstep is in EU's interest. All this talk about the US is delusional. The US didn't make us sanction russia, russia did that.
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  7420.  @totoshaebosha7983  nobody cares about the pipeline, it was already closed anyway. Good job to whoever blew it up.
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  7421. well it is probably a lot easier to get a deal if you just surrender and give the other side everything they ask for, and ask for nothing in return. What a brilliant negotiation strategy... 🙄
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  7422. why would we be unhappy about India's progress? India is not a threat.
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  7423.  @dr.pradeeppawar9588  it's their job to question everything. And most news media have a tendency to focus on negatives, because bad news sells better than good news. It's not an attack on India. Judging by the comments on this channel, Indians seem to have some kind of victim mentality or inferiority complex....
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  7424. there won't be much traffic going to russia either, when Ukraine starts to target ships going to russia. This is a lose-lose situation for everyone.
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  7425. china and india are not partners, they are rivals.
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  7426. in a couple of years, russia will still be stuck in the Donbass.
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  7427. Don't worry, the negotiations will fail. Let's see how the russians feel about it 2-3 years from now.
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  7428. there's not much town left, it's just a pile of rubble now.
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  7429.  @connectingthedots5987  this is what russkiy mir looks like.
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  7430. how are sanctions hitting the EU? Inflation here is around 2% and interest rates around 3%. The Euro is stable. Seems pretty normal to me?
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  7431. brics is just another useless forum where some leaders can have their photo taken. Who cares...
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  7432. who cares? It is russia's problem.
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  7433.  @tresphore3185  Poland has their own reasons to hate russia, it has nothing to do with the US. There is a reason why most of russia's neighbors have applied for NATO membership, no one likes russia.
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  7434. a brics currency doesn't exist, and it never will. Brics is just a forum, kinda like G20.
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  7435. Nonsense... 🙄
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  7436. yeah russia is back behind the iron curtain where they belong. And this time they can stay there...
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  7437. yeah, but the russian army is even worse... 😄
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  7438. It has nothing to do with russia or Ukraine 🙄
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  7439. you're gonna cry your little eyes out if the russians are pushed back, aren't you 😄
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  7440. stop whining
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  7441. and russia is a paper bear, just like Iraq...
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  7442. because they wanted a better relationship with the rest of Europe?
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  7443. Ukraine's biggest buyer of grains was china...
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  7444.  @FischerNilsA  so why did Gazprom recently announce a $6,8 billion loss in 2023? Reality does not agree with your narrative...
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  7445.  @robertatkins9419  so why did Gazprom recently announce a $6,8 billion loss in 2023?
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  7446.  @FischerNilsA  so why did Gazprom recently announce a $6,8 billion loss in 2023?
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  7447. nice alternate reality you got there, does it help you cope with russia's many failures?
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  7448.  @urbansenicar81  but it was not an armed attack against a NATO member. It happened in Danish territory, but Denmark lost nothing and had no reason to invoke any articles.
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  7449.  @claus-not-santa  nice try Ivan, but i still don't care what happened 80 years ago...
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  7450.  @claus-not-santa  what a lame reply. Don't reply to me again if this is the best you can do 🙄
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  7451. Those markets are the ones that matter, since people can afford the products China wants to export.
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  7452.  @capastianluna8896  we can never give in to nuclear blackmail. That would only lead to more nuclear blackmail, and make nuclear war much more likely.
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  7453. @Julian Kazmier if that happens then we all die, including china, russia etc. And that is why it is not going to happen, so it is just empty threats.
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  7454. vladolf putler shooting himself in the foot once again. He just can't stop making things worse for russia...😄
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  7455. but the US have no problem supporting the regime in saudi arabia...
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  7456.  @hezorex9822  the total value of German exports to China is roughly the same as German exports to Poland. The only reason why Germany cares so much, is because a trade war with China would hurt the wealthy elite the most. And those people have a lot of influence in the German government.
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  7457.  @georgesibley7152  yeah, that is why "German" car makers are against the tariffs. They have been moving production to China for a long time, so this will hurt them as well. They don't care if jobs and industry are lost in Europe, as long as they can make short term profit in China...
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  7458. they would be perfect for russia's tampon army then.
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  7459. I have never experienced a power outage lasting more than a few hours.
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  7460.  @marilynlucas5128  using those nukes is suicide, putin knows that.
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  7461. why would they want to make friends with a sh*thole country like russia? Much easier to just find another gas station...
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  7462. Agreed 👍
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  7463. conscription makes a lot of sense. It means that a country can have a relatively small core of professional soldiers, and a large pool of reserves with basic training in case your country is attacked. And yes, i did it myself 20 years ago.
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  7464.  @subhankarbaral9236  russia doesn't fully control any of those areas. So they are already under attack, and i don't think the Ukrainians will retreat just because of a phony referendum. Not a great plan.
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  7465. ​ @XxLIVRAxX  sodium-ion batteries are the best option in my opinion. Sodium is one the worlds most abundant elements.
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  7466.  @araara4746  of course you can. Most industries can be electrified. And if you absolutely need methane in your production, then you can produce it through electrolysis or as biogas.
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  7467.  @araara4746  that is what the batteries are for. It's not exactly new technology, you can order a solar panel with battery storage on Amazon if you want. But the excess electricity can also be used to produce hydrogen or methane (natural gas) through electrolysis. This is also tech that exists already, we have several small scale commercial facilities in Denmark who do exactly that. The first large-scale facility is now under construction.
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  7468.  @araara4746  there are always uv rays during the day, solar panels will still charge on a cloudy day. And days without any wind at all is pretty rare, at least where i live. But a nice storage of hydrogen or methane can help fill the gap when needed, just like our natural gas storage does today.
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  7469.  @flubadubdubthegreat1272  any long term solution for Germany will cost hundreds of billions and take years to build. But it could also be a boost if Germany can produce their own sodium-ion batteries, solar panels, windturbines, and hydrogen facilities. Wind and solar is the cheapest source of energy by far, so once built it could actually make Germany more competitive than before.
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  7470. because Mauritania would like to make some money?
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  7471. that is exactly what he is.
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  7472.  @greywolf2622  make sense please?
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  7473. empty threats...
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  7474. Russia will be the north Korea of Europe for a very long time. It's back behind the iron curtain where they belong.
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  7475. so Trump wants to leave NATO, start a trade war with the EU, and still have European support against China? Somehow i don't think that is going to work out...
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  7476. not even the russians want to live in russia, there is a reason why russia's population keeps declining.
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  7477.  @andreyknyazev9179  and when will that be, by 2093?
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  7478. Nobody cares... 😴
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  7479. Civilized countries change leaders when they are not doing a good job. Unlike russia where putler is dictator for life, no matter how much he is ruining russia's future...
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  7480. No one except russia is trying to steal territory from their neighbors.
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  7481. how long would the middle east survive without any income? They can't all just sell to china and india...
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  7482. how about russia just stop invading their neighbors? Several of russia's neighbors have been NATO members for decades, without it leading to a conflict with russia.
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  7483. nobody cares.
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  7484.  @sergeykvit1126  kan du lide rødgrød med fløde på?
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  7485. And yet russia controls less of Ukraine now than they did 12 months ago. Russia can drag it out, but they will keep losing ground. 😉
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  7486. there is more than just far-right or far-left. There is a large spectrum in the middle of the two extremes...
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  7487. We pay less than we did before the war...
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  7488.  @TheStefanRadovanovic  you don't think at all, you just repeat what the kremlin tells you.
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  7489. pretty sure it is russia that has invaded Ukraine.
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  7490. yeah and Kyiv is going to fall in 3 days right? The war will most likely go on for years and years, and the russian people will grow tired of watching their sons and husbands die for putin's ambitions.
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  7491.  @ScoobieDoo-zy1rh  nobody was messing with the paper bear, it was russia who decided to mess with their neighbor because putins wants to expand his empire.
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  7492.  @ScoobieDoo-zy1rh  yes, a paper bear. Russia has managed to make some small gains, by overwhelming the defenders with human waves of cannon fodder. But that won't last long. The Ukrainians can't afford to surrender, or they will lose their country and be under russian rule and oppression again. We have all seen what happens to the Ukrainian people in the occupied areas.
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  7493.  @ScoobieDoo-zy1rh  russia will lose this war the same way the US lost the war in Vietnam. The russian people will grow tired of sending their sons and husbands to die for putin's ambitions sooner or later. Russia can end this war any time they want just by going home, there is no threat to russia.
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  7494. what are they winning?
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  7495. so russia is going to blow the world up if we don't allow them to expand their empire? That seems pretty unlikely...
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  7496.  @leonardoorellano6652  but upgraded and maintained by wealthy nations. And it was a better fighter than anything the soviets had to begin with...
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  7497. sure, why not?
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  7498. Brics is all about China. The members will just replace US hegemony with chinese hegemony.
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  7499. there will never be a win-win relationship between China and the EU. China is going to be the next russia, a failed investment that we will come to regret sooner or later.
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  7500. putin is just a sad old fool, who got himself into a war he will lose.
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  7501. no it is quite clear that russia did it.
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  7502. russia deserves the hate.
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  7503. russia can't even handle Ukraine, how would they get all the way to Germany?
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  7504. russia is an unreliable supplier, there's no going back to that.
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  7505.  @leonardoorellano6652  the compressor was repaired, but russia refused delivery. And Gazprom even stated on tvitter that Nordstream 1 would be closed until sanctions were lifted.
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  7506.  @koiguidenishikigoi4972  so you don't actually have a counter argument? Maybe you should just be quiet then.
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  7507. @siphofunnykhosa9871  no, they asked for payment in rubles, and Germany agreed. Stop lying.
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  7508. russia is already in recession, EU is not.
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  7509. the russian conscripts will suffer at the frontline while putin and his family continue their life in luxury 😄
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  7510. this is putin's war, the US has little to do with it.
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  7511. because we no longer want to keep funding our main enemy.
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  7512. Nobody cares about russia's pipeline.
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  7513. Setting the thermostat to 19 degrees this year is not exactly freezing to death...
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  7514.  @duncansmith7562  it is already winter, and there is no panic. Putin's energy war has failed, and it will keep on failing...
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  7515.  @duncansmith7562  it's more like Europe choosing to stop funding the enemy. And Europe will be just fine. Most energy companies buy 2 months in advance, they are currently securing supply for February.
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  7516.  @duncansmith7562  yes i am sure Europe will continue to buy up much of the world's LNG supply next year. I don't care about Bangladesh, and neither do you.
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  7517.  @duncansmith7562  are you really going to pretend to care about the poor in Bangladesh, while you support russia's attacks on civilians in Ukraine? That's just pathetic.
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  7518. putin also said he was not going to invade Ukraine. Not the most credible person...
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  7519. good luck with that
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  7520. none of that is true, you silly russian troll.
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  7521. but we are still not going to care about you...
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  7522. @Rob-iz6nm i do like Japan, and i do agree that Asian people are equal to Europeans. In my opinion, we are all the same race. I am just trolling here, don't take it too seriously.
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  7523. @Rob-iz6nm メリークリスマス ( I hope that means "merry christmas" 🎅 )
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  7524. Nice 👍
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  7525. stop crying cupcake.
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  7526. russia's first progress in 6 months, a tiny little town. At this pace, russia may take over Ukraine in 2093 😄
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  7527.  @fromika  can't yet, next bill is in january. But i can see what the current prices are, and they are very similar to last year. Electricity in Germany is actually cheaper today than it was same time last year.
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  7528. @SSS energy prices peaked in august, and they were still pretty high in most of september. But your friend should start to notice the power price next time they receive a bill.
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  7529. yeah, they could. But the fight would not be in their countries, so they would have to convince their people to go fight and die to defend a small Baltic country. This is why i support some kind of EU army, because such an army can't just choose to look the other way.
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  7530. attacking a military hospital is a war crime too. Got anymore of those weak excuses?
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  7531. opec can keep cutting, it's not gonna work when the US, Canada and Norway are increasing production to record highs. The crude oil price is back to $70 despite the current cuts, opec is just losing market shares...
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  7532.  @Matias_L  learn to read buddy...
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  7533. good, then i am sure the russians won't mind that we keep sending the Ukrainians some more weapons...😉
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  7534.  @timothyemery8289  if the russians are doing so well, then why are they on the defence? Russia's only "victory" in 14 months was Bakhmut...
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  7535.  @timothyemery8289  how could russia carpet bomb Kyiv without air superiority? Russia's "air force" has to stay behind russia's lines.
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  7536. not the first russian genocide in Ukraine, probably won't be the last. Stalin killed 4 million Ukrainians, you think putin can top that?
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  7537. Abrams? Really? 🙄
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  7538.  @costanalexandru5120  we don't have to destroy russia, they will take care of that themselves. Just wait till all those poorly trained conscripts starts coming home in bodybags...
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  7539.  @shahzebk7899  we can't afford to let putin get away with nuclear blackmail. If it works in Ukraine, he will try the same with the Baltic countries. And China will use the same tactic with Taiwan, they have nukes too. Trying to appease putin to avoid a nuclear war will only make a nuclear war more likely.
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  7540. sure, you can just deny reality if it makes you feel better 😄
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  7541. this doesn't change the situation on the battlefield, the Ukrainian army can still fight. Putin is killing civilians just to put on a show for his supporters, to make it look like russia is making progress while his army is in shambles. And judging by the comment from the russian trolls, it seems to be working 🙄
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  7542.  @АртемАртем-л4э  voting with armed soldiers breathing down your neck isn't really voting. It was nothing but a sham.
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  7543.  @ebb_  it's the truth. Russia's soldiers keep running away from the fight, so now they decided to target unarmed civilians instead.
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  7544.  @denisgorjunov  they ran away from Kyiv, Snake Island, Kharkiv and then from Kherson. The occupied territory is shrinking, not growing.
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  7545. nobody wants to go to russia, even the russians are leaving in large numbers.
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  7546.  @nyalekambombo4893  is that why? It has nothing to do with the fact that most countries in Africa are run by incompetent a**holes?
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  7547. Empty threats 🙄
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  7548. nah, we're just going back to the cold war. The west made china wealthy after they joined wto, and it's time to take it away again...
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  7549.  @irvinmcb  there is nothing impossible about it. The Ukrainians are taking their land back bit by bit 🙂
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  7550. yeah leaving EU's internal energy market didn't turn out well for the UK...
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  7551. but will it help russia to win the war? Nope...
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  7552.  @kkkoooii  😴
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  7553. that's what the russian trolls were telling me last summer, when Severodontsk was about to fall. And yet russia controls less of Ukraine today than they did last summer.
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  7554.  @greentea8852  why would Germany talk about it? The pipeline belongs to russia, it is russia's problem. And i really don't get your "logic". The fact that both pipelines were built proves that the US doesn't actually control the German government.
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  7555.  @mujur9101  dude, you should look up some trade statistics and see how imports from Europe into China have decreased since Xi came to power. Most of those western brands sold in china are also produced there, since it is hard for western companies to sell products made in Europe in China.
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  7556. that means russia too then...
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  7557. hello mr russian troll 🙄
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  7558. russia accounted for 16% of EU's uranium imports in 2023. But that will soon be 0%, as European companies like Orano and Urenco have invested billions to increase capacity.
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  7559. if anyone wants to know if the sanctions have an effect on russia, you just have to look at all the paid russian trolls in this comment section. Why would they care so much if the sanctions were useless?
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  7560. They have already stepped up, providing 2x more than the US. It is the US that seems to be a very unreliable ally to Ukraine, something other European countries should take note of.
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  7561.  @slapkit51  yes, the US has donated more than any other single country. But the US is also 5x larger than Germany, the biggest country in the EU. That's why it makes more sense to compare the US to the EU. If the US wants to abandon Europe, that is their choice. But it will be the end of the US as a super power.
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  7562. the price is down compared to yesterday.
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  7563.  @natelove187  so Ukraine is kinda like russia outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg?
    1
  7564. Nd what did India do about it?
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  7565. Russia is just using up their reserves, but they won't last forever. The russians will grow tired of dying for putin's imperial ambitions eventually.
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  7566.  @gibidygubidy  putin, obviously. And maybe you as well?
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  7567. So why is russia still stuck in the Donbass? It's been 2,5 years, and russia has to go to north Korea and beg for weapons...
    1
  7568.  @ponuzs  how was EU different 20 years ago?
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  7569. Russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  7570. subsidizing your industry is not capitalism...
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  7571.  @vonelle9122  maybe, but that doesn't make it capitalism. And most countries in the EU aren't really capitalist countries...
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  7572.  @vonelle9122  maybe you should look up the definition of a capitalist country, i don't think you actually know what it is.
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  7573. russia has proven once again that they are the true enemy of peace and stability in Europe.
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  7574. it's not racism, russian is not a race. We don't like russia, because of russia...
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  7575.  @lijackson-x6r  nope, the chinese company is not involved. And why would they be, the only thing China has to offer is lower wages.
    1
  7576.  @lijackson-x6r  let's be honest, China can't be ahead of anyone since they can only copy western tech...
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  7577.  @hanfucolorful9656  doesn't really matter, trade ties between China and Germany will be cut in the coming years anyway.
    1
  7578.  @aaaazhang342  and why should i care?
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  7579. The US have military bases on Greenland already. I still don't get what the orangutang hope to gain by taking over Greenland.
    1
  7580.  @eralfion5316  looking the other way while russia attacks their neighbors is much more likely to lead to ww3. Appeasing the dictator didn't prevent ww2, and it won't work this time either.
    1
  7581.  @glintongordon6811  i heard putin got down on his knees to kiss Kim's feet. Just like putin did with president Xi... 😄
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  7582. @@Dnpe-zr5rp there was nothing wrong with the argument. But Trump was just repeating what every US president since Ronald Reagan has said. A lot of European countries were also concerned about Germany's reliance on russian gas. We were not laughing at the message, we were laughing at trump himself, because he is a clown...
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  7583. russia? Are you talking about china's gas station?
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  7584. so why is the war still ongoing?
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  7585. Germany have a trade surplus with the US , and a massive trade deficit with China. Germany's exports to the US is worth almost 2x more than the exports to China. Russia is irrelevant.
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  7586.  @seneca983  yeah i don't agree with that description either. Must be a part of the country I haven't visited yet.
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  7587. russia started out with a massive advantage in firepower in 2022. They had the advantage in artillery, airforce, navy, long range missiles, armored vehicles etc. But Ukraine has slowly been closing the gap with the help of allies, to the point where russia can't do much except sit in a trench and try to hold the line. But the armed forces of Ukraine will continue to grow in strength over the next few years, while russia gets weaker. We could very well see the balance of power shift in Ukraine's favor already next year...
    1
  7588.  @sylviam6535  when you don't have any counter arguments, so you resort to insults instead. That's just pathetic dude...
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  7589.  @sylviam6535  Ukraine has more armored vehicles and artillery now, than they did when the war started. And they will continue to receive more of everything over the next few years. While russia is sending T55s to the frontline. Fact is that russia controls much less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago...
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  7590.  @sylviam6535  you don't know how many have been killed, anymore than i do. What matters is public support and the will to keep fighting. And that is putin's biggest problem, the russians will soon grow tired of fighting and dying for putin's imperial ambitions...
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  7591.  @SuanLuang  and yet you have no counter argument. Seems to me that you are the coping one here... 😉
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  7592.  @arsenkonon  sorry, i don't speak orc 🤷‍♂
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  7593.  @tonylaverick7865  well i can't respond with a serious answer, when i don't know what the orc is saying?
    1
  7594. I am gonna make a wild prediction: world wide internet will not exist 10 years from now. You will only be connected to your own country, and maybe some allies.
    1
  7595.  @anuragpatil4073  you can play all the games you want. India will still feel the effects of the coming breakdown of the old world order, just like everyone else.
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  7596.  @anuragpatil4073  there will most likely be a US-led block vs a China-led block. And there will be little trade or cooperation between the 2. The rise of protectionism will also affect Indian exports. India might benefit from sitting in the middle, but it could also become a battleground for a proxy war. One side might try to destabilize India by funding separatists , if India starts to lean towards the other side.
    1
  7597.  @DamnAllTyrants  nah, the garden will continue to be a beautiful garden, and the jungle will continue being uncivilized.
    1
  7598. people with low intelligence often do, for some reason...🤷‍♂
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  7599. oh no, not a rainbow? How will children survive seeing something so terrible?
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  7600. and how would that happen? How will russia cross the Dnipro?
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  7601. doesn't matter. If a company is not making money in a country, then they will go invest somewhere else. And that is why foreign investment into China is going down.
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  7602. Why do you support putin's imperial ambitions?
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  7603. the US didn't have to convince anyone, most Europeans understand that it is in our own best interest to stop russia's imperial ambitions.
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  7604. russia's air defence can't even stop a drone from entering their airbase and landing on top of a very expensive plane 😄
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  7605. who cares, most of the world can't afford western products anyway. China is the only non-western market that has some value...
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  7606.  @JeikuAnimeReview  75% of Denmark's electricity is from renewables, the rest is mostly coal and some natural gas. Oil is just 0,8%.
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  7607. the war was started by russia. Putin is the only war monger here.
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  7608. nordstream was a natural gas pipeline, it had nothing to do with oil.
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  7609.  @pranavgandhar4604  natural gas and oil are used for different purposes.Maybe you shouldn't comment about something you clearly don't understand...🙄
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  7610. so?
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  7611. 4-5 years is probably right, but i seriously doubt that russia will take more territory. The question is if russia will hold on to some of the territory they control now.
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  7612. hydrogen is a way to store the energy from wind and solar. And the solar panels should be produced right here in Europe.
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  7613. russia's biggest victory in 6 months is a tiny mining town. The Ukrainians are doing great.
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  7614.  @robvannNS  am i wrong? Did russia not lose Kherson, Izium, Kupyansk, Lyman etc?
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  7615. how can they thrive if they allow China to destroy all industry and development in their country?
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  7616.  @AkasHYadaV-tw3zu  i feel the same about india
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  7617.  @Monkeyknowsnothing  then why does china care about EU tariffs?
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  7618.  @Monkeyknowsnothing  how can there be free trade when large markets like china and india are very protectionist? And now you are complaining because the EU wants to do the same?
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  7619.  @engelgirl7360  IMF, Statista, russia's own statements through Reuters etc. Gdp is not the most reliable way to measure how a country is doing, Ukraine's gdp grew 9,1% in September this year, with overall growth for 2023 expected to be around 4-5%
    1
  7620.  @joesaba386  what is it i don't get? Do you have any actual arguments?
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  7621. trying to deflect from the russian clown show?
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  7622. Because russia is an enemy. Every European know that now.
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  7623. it's hard to build a workable relationship with a neighbor who is bombing you.
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  7624. Nobody cares about nord stream, but we care about russian aggression in Europe. .
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  7625. russia is pretty much the definition of a fascist state. Try to compare putin's rhetoric to a certain mr A.H., I'm sure you will notice the similarities...
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  7626.  @rhea7756  fool
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  7627.  @rhea7756  🙄
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  7628. good. That means no more outsourcing to china.
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  7629. The EU has a massive trade deficit with China. The current trade relationship hurts the average European more than it benefits us. This is just the beginning of decoupling.
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  7630. 0,2% is not a collapse. Don't be so overdramatic...
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  7631. yeah i hope the Ukrainian people will be liberated from russia occupation too.
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  7632. Denmark ordered 27 F35s in 2015. Almost 10 years later, and only 11 have been delivered so far. It's not like the US arms industry is performing very well either. The US is getting outproduced by North Korea in artillery shells, by China in shipbuilding, by Russia in missiles and armored vehicles etc....
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  7633.  @Blitzkers99  the rubble is down against yuan and rupee too. This new currency is just talk and wishful thinking.
    1
  7634.  @Bushings.78  NATO is not fighting in the war. NATO has a combined force of 3,5M active personnel and 4600 combat aircraft, it would be a very different war.
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  7635.  @fingerprint8479  and what is the end result? Russia may or may not gain a little extra territory, but the price is that russia is becoming the north korea of Europe...
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  7636.  @JohnJones-k9d  russia's airdefence can't even handle cheap drones. And half of Ukraine's air fleet is still flying after 18 months, even though they only had 120 outdated fighters to begin with. Turkey has 425.000 active personnel, The EU has around 1,4M, the rest is US, UK, Canada etc.
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  7637. who cares about nordstream, the pipeline was never going to be used again anyway.
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  7638. They can only veto EU aid. Member states can just aid Ukraine directly, as we are already doing.
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  7639.  @alexanderlazarev3570  the German economy shrank 0,3% in the first quarter of 2023, the russian economy shrank 2,2%. That makes the russian recession 7x worse 😉
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  7640.  @charmingperson5280  yes some sources predict a little growth in the second quarter. But 0,3% growth after a 2,2% decline is still negative growth 😉
    1
  7641.  @charmingperson5280  let's say you have $100. You lose $2,2, so now you have $97,8$. Then you earn $0,3, which is technically growth, but it is still less than the $100 you had to begin with. For Germany, it's the other way around. Their economy grew 1,9% in 2022, so a 0,3% decline is not really a big deal.
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  7642. nah, i think russia can last another year or two before they have to give up.
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  7643.  @claus-not-santa  😴
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  7644.  @mkodyglobalsouthsoldier  brics is just another useless forum where some leaders can have their photos taken. You can cope as hard as you like, but the jungle will still be the jungle 50 years from now...
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  7645.  @PutinIsKing  nope, one country can make the decision to invade another country, simply because putin want to expand his empire.
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  7646. they mentioned that it was around 1800 people in the video. Not exactly an uprising.
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  7647.  @Memovox  how exactly did NATO steal gold reserves without boots on the ground? Did they sneak in and move tons of gold without anyone noticing? You know that gold is kinda heavy right? Come on dude... If russia is so worried about NATO aggression, isn't kind of weird that countries like Norway, Finland and the Baltics have reported that russia have been moving troops and equipment away from the border since the war started? It's almost like russia knows very well that we are not going to attack....
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  7648. not anytime soon...
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  7649. Greenland is not a member of EU.
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  7650.  @agustintarzian9450  Greenland left the EU in 1985. They are not EU citizens. But they are connected to the EU through Denmark. So yeah, it's complicated.
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  7651. He can care all he want, Ukraine has no reason to allow transit through their territory.
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  7652. this is not a game of chess. A stalemate happens when neither side can make significant progress, which is what we are seeing in Ukraine now.
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  7653. it doesn't really matter who can produce it cheaper when all major markets are becoming more protectionist.
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  7654. cold war is back on the menu. Say goodbye to global trade and cooperation...
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  7655. it's nothing but government spending on the war.
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  7656.  @gaborrajnai6213  feel free to leave the union as soon as possible. Hungary would not be missed.
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  7657. The EU has already donated 2x more than the US. We are not the ones cheaping out here...
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  7658. Because russia is the biggest threat to peace and stability in Europe.
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  7659.  @soreeyez  sometimes they do, the russians are well known for friendly fire... 😄
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  7660. ​ @NothingUdo  russia is reminding everyone why russia has been considered Europe's worst enemy for so long.
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  7661.  @theonlycureistostopcomplyi6612  i give silly replies to silly comments, and serious replies to serious comments. But it is always the truth..
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  7662.  @gamepunk7650  i agree, it is totally ok to kill civilians, because others have done it too! Great justification buddy
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  7663. Why would anyone apologize to putin, he is a wanted criminal?
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  7664.  @bazarkin-pubg  there was no genocide. According to UN observers, civilian casualties in the Donbass were around 20-25 people per year in 2019-2021...
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  7665.  @PeaceWithYourNeighbour  nope, it's the truth.
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  7666. all of this is happening because of putin's imperial ambitions.
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  7667. negotiate what exactly?
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  7668. 3x the price of what? Energy prices in Germany are lower than before the war.
    1
  7669. did you forget to take your medicine again?
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  7670. Ukraine's biggest buyer of agricultural products this year is china 😉
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  7671.  @eclecticeccentrickamikaze6526  nobody wants to live in russia, thats why the population keeps declining.
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  7672.  @nathanyahoo-x5n  russia never admitted to having troops in the Donbass, but that was a very obvious lie.
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  7673.  @Nvk95729  this is all about tzar putin wanting to expand his empire. But you can keep trying to justify it if it makes you feel better.
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  7674.  @mexesrexes4495  if you want to know if a russian is lying, you just have to look at his lips. If they are moving, that means he is lying...
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  7675. for the first time in 8 months 😄
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  7676.  @operator9858  yeah at this pace russia might capture all of the Donbass by 2083...
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  7677. those systems are all designed by russians, which is why they don't work right.
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  7678. Russia uses gas supply as leverage, the same way the US uses sanctions.
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  7679. Was Avdiivka, now just a ruin.
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  7680.  @Nuklear_Godzilla  the town has been under attack for almost 10 years. It's just a ruin.
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  7681.  @plvggpanashe  tell me why i am wrong then?
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  7682.  @jjjws8  it was just a town, and russia has been trying to take it since 2014.
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  7683.  @ArcticKnight98  Lol, good one 😄 Everyone knows there has been russian troops in the Donbass since 2014.
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  7684. ​ @ABanRocks  and russia has lost a similar number of soldiers. The big difference is that the Ukrainians are dying to protect their country, while the russians are dying for putins ambitions.
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  7685. why would it be our responsibility to make a better world? Do it yourselves.
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  7686.  @warukraine9650  you are still not making any sense. Are you drunk again Ivan?
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  7687.  @warukraine9650  you just liked your own comment, didn't you? That's pathetic Ivan... 😄
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  7688.  @druttamkumar1088  the EU produces more wheat than russia and Ukraine combined. EU is a net exporter of wheat, and we are not dependent on imports. Ukraine's main export of grains to Europe is maize and oilseeds.
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  7689. And you think that is going to benefit you? Be careful what you wish for...
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  7690. guess russia managed to steal some more washing machines in Ukraine, so they could build some new missiles...
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  7691.  @YusufHaddad  none of those guys were active service members. Do your homework.
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  7692. oh no, more empty nuke threats! Anyway...
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  7693. well spoken (or written i guess..) 👍
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  7694. so we should just let China destroy another industry in Europe?
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  7695. 99% of German companies are small to medium sized, they can't just move.
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  7696. appeasing the dictator never works. Putin will just come back for more territory a few years later. Ukraine can defeat russia the same way the US was defeated in Vietneam. By keeping the war going until the price becomes too high for the russian people.
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  7697. all of this is happening because russia wants Ukraine to be their puppet, while the Ukrainians wants a better future with the west.
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  7698.  Rico Thampaty  the most corrupt regime in Europe is russia.
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  7699.  @ImperialMJG  i heard the same bullsh*t last year, the russian trolls were telling me that the russians would advance all the way to the Dnipro shortly after taking Severodonetsk. But in reality, the frontline just moved a few kilometers. The same will happen this time, the russians will have to fight and die for every km2 in Ukraine.
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  7700. so we have to do something about that. And the first step is to stop chinese imports and move production back home...
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  7701. 40% more expensive is a russian claim, made by former energy minister Alexander Novak. It is probably over exaggerated.
    1
  7702. this is not winning the war, this is just russia targeting civilians because it is all they can do now. It is sad and pathetic.
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  7703. i'm sure they will find something new to laugh about soon. The Ukrainians are pretty good at humiliating the russians 🙂
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  7704.  @skyethehusky2583  we are not. They have the right to leave.
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  7705. it kinda does already, since the US and Canada are members.
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  7706. putin is assembling his very own squad of loser countries. North Korea, Iran, Cuba, Belarus.... how pathetic 😄
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  7707. Why, how is that going to improve your life?
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  7708.  @skyethehusky2583  and how are they going to benefit?
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  7709. i agree about increased spending. But working with trump is impossible. We don't have to be enemies, but i can pretty much guarantee that we won't be friends either.
    1
  7710.  @pwn5047  BS, russia is targeting unarmed civilians because that is all they can do now. Their so-called "army" keeps running away from the fight.
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  7711. ​ @wom_Bat  i know, but trolling is more fun when i turn the rhetoric up a bit.
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  7712. don't worry, patriot is just one of the systems provided to Ukraine. There is also samp-t, nasams, iris-t and others 😀
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  7713.  @TonyL-gw4qx  that is just wishful thinking. A system like nasams can use both amraam and sidewinders missiles, NATO has many 1000s of those in stock. And seriously, do you really believe that russia with their pathetic economy can outproduce the combined production of Europe and North America?
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  7714. brics is just another useless forum
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  7715. dear russian troll, you are not fooling anyone 😄
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  7716.  @randomguy4116  i'm a great dane. Woof Woof muthafucka.
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  7717.  @kenkalyango  what a weird thing to say, considering Denmark is home to some of the longest bridges in Europe. Russia was fairly advanced in tech before the fall of the soviet union. But that is more than 30 years ago, todays russia can't even build a car with seatbelts...
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  7718.  @Lolonilola  they can, remember who won the space race? I agree on the russian women though, so many of them choose to come here and marry someone better than a russian man 😄
    1
  7719.  @jeffjones6607  like russia would take Kyiv in 3 days? 😄 My country doesn't need a big army, unlike russia we have friends. All that money russia has spent on their incompetent army could have been used on something that would actually make russia a good place to live. Russia's best educated keep leaving the country to live somewhere nicer, maybe that is why russia is such a backwards country.
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  7720.  @Viclip24  what are russia winning? A new iron curtain perhaps?
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  7721.  @jeffjones6607  we don't need a big army, unlike russia we have friends.
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  7722.  @jean6030  what part am i wrong about?
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  7723.  @jeffjones6607  as a member of EU and NATO, Denmark has veto rights in both. And we can focus on making it the best country in the world to live in, instead of wasting too much in the military. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me.
    1
  7724.  @bazinga7274  Jeg aner ikke hvad du prøver at sige.
    1
  7725.  @Adcabrer  russia sent their best units in the early phase of the invasion, and they failed. The poorly trained conscripts russia is sending now won't do much better.
    1
  7726.  @L.deleeuw0846  russia also said they were not going to invade Ukraine. Not the most credible source...
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  7727.  @Truffle_Young_Jr  and how would he know that? He is not part of the current government or the General staff.
    1
  7728.  @Truffle_Young_Jr  so? None of that gives him access to classified information. Just because it supports your narrative does not make it true.
    1
  7729. russia's seaborne oil export has dropped by 54% since the price cap, according to Bloomberg.
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  7730.  @kongthai..  good, it is helping EU to transform as well. The russians can stay behind the iron curtain this time.
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  7731.  @kongthai..  brics is just another forum where some leaders can meet and have their photo taken. There is no unity.
    1
  7732. that's what the russians get for letting this war continue...
    1
  7733. @JonySmith-bb4gx  did you just like your own comment? That is pathetic dude 😄
    1
  7734.  @mydad156  russia could end the war today, just by going home.
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  7735.  @darksideyoutubechannel5266  Ukraine would be under the boot of russia, getting brutalized, oppressed and deported. That is still happening in the occupied areas, but at least it is not all of Ukraine...
    1
  7736.  @rwaburungajonathan7137  NATO going back to Germany? What are you even talking about?
    1
  7737.  @mydad156  still trying to blame someone else for russia's war of aggression? Russia invaded Ukraine, and they could end it by leaving. End of story.
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  7738.  @noone6896  i am 100% pro-Ukraine, i have never claimed otherwise. And i do hate russia very much, why would i not?
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  7739.  @riversidegardenradio9070  don't know what you mean?
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  7740. could be worse, at least we don't have to spend the winter in the trenches like the poor russian conscripts :)
    1
  7741. the current gas price is lower than before the war. It is still high compared to 2020, but things are improving not getting worse. Global demand for energy will most likely be lower this year, so i don't see that changing.
    1
  7742.  @scaryblackrifle1481  it is winter now buddy.
    1
  7743.  @ShenronRage  russian gas is not cheap anymore. They get the same price as everyone else, unless there is a long term contract with a fixed price. 40% more expensive than 20 euro is still cheap, the gas price was around 30-40 euro before Nordstream 1 was completed in 2012.
    1
  7744.  @ronsmyth2005  is also doing better.
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  7745.  @ShenronRage  EU was doing just fine before 2012, when the gas price was over 30 euro. And russia can't just sell the gas somewhere else, they would have to build the pipelines first.
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  7746.  @ShenronRage  only one new pipeline is planned so far, power of siberia 2 should begin construction in 2025. Power of siberia 1 began construction in 2012, and is not yet completed. Building pipelines takes a very long time, and it won't help russia in this decade.
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  7747. which lie are you talking about, the one about russia having a competent army?
    1
  7748. What is ASEP supposed to mean? 😄
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  7749. yes, but it is 3x higher than dirt cheap. The majority of European companies are small to medium sized, they can't just be moved to a different continent.
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  7750. Seems that way.
    1
  7751. I'm pretty sure the war will go on for at least 2 more years. It will end when russia gives up and go home, but that is gonna take some time before they are ready.
    1
  7752. ​ @MSDGroup-ez6zk good luck with that. China has more money and power than the rest of the global south combined. You are just replacing the US with China.
    1
  7753. why are you acting like russia has won anything? Russia's biggest "victory" in 6 months is a flag on top of a waste heap 😄
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  7754. that's the dumbest claim i have seen today.
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  7755. nobody cares...
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  7756. I don't think Ukraine agrees about being sister countries...
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  7757. The russian mod claim that 9431 Ukrainian tanks have been destroyed so far. Russia has zero credibility left at this point...
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  7758. and still ongoing...
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  7759. becoming too dependent on russian gas was always a bad idea. But at least that is over now...
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  7760.  @foge3465  what will they win? Russia will be worse off, no matter how the war ends...
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  7761. the goal is to phase out all use of natural gas by 2040. Some EU members have more ambitious plans, like Denmark where the goal is 2030.
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  7762. LNG is about 30-40 more expensive than russian gas, according to russia's former energy minister Alexander Novak. 1,4 x dirt cheap isn't really that expensive.
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  7763. so why won't they support russia in the UN?
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  7764. would the combined forces of the EU be enough to defend against russia? In my opinion, the answer is yes. There are currently more than 1,4M active service members in the EU and 2,3M reserves. And a total of roughly 3400 combat aircrafts, around half of those are fighters. This doesn't include the UK. Judging by how much russia is struggling in Ukraine, i can't see russia having more success with this much larger force. But in reality, we don't have a combined force. I think the biggest value of having the US in NATO, is a leader we can all agree on. Without the US, who would lead the combined effort to defend a Baltic country from russia? I could easily see such a scenario ending with endless arguments on how it should be handled. Some countries would probably refuse to help, or only provide the bare minimum. And i don't think we can solve this issue without some kind of EU army.
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  7765. brics is useless.
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  7766.  @xman1533  what currency exactly?
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  7767.  @leet3207  BS, you are making up excuses to justify putin's war of conquest.
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  7768.  @seanlander9321  Australia is too far away for a long term solution. Canada doesn't want to build the necessary infrastructure. The US will definitely play a big rol though. And US companies have already signed deals for more than 47mn annual tonnes with EU countries this year, i'm not sure what you are talking about?
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  7769. russia reminding everyone why they were considered Europe's worst enemy for so long.
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  7770. Washington and Brussels are not the ones attacking Ukraine and murdering their people.
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  7771. when we look at how Ukraine has been able to fight Russia for 3 years, i feel quite confident that the EU combined could handle Russia, if we actually had the will. The real problem is, how many countries are actually willing to send their own troops to fight and die for some border territory in Lithuania? I am not sure how we can fix that, but we better start figuring it out soon...
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  7772. how would more mining in Europe be bad for the European economy?
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  7773.  @stoli4no_bor4e  dude... mom jokes? Really...?
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  7774.  @KazimierzSurma  🖕
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  7775. russia has never been an important market for German goods, russia is a poor country.
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  7776. Because russia use the profit to fund their war in Ukraine. And natural gas is not much better than coal.
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  7777.  @saidmohammed7597  coal works just fine. It's better than to keep funding russia.
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  7778. russia is just a gas station, but not the only one. Norway is supplying 50% of Germany's gas now.
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  7779. WTO is no longer relevant. The world will be divided into blocks again, and China is on the other side. So they can no longer be allowed to have a major share of any industry in Europe.
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  7780. the pipelines through Ukraine are supplying something 5% of EU gas imports. The main supplier to Europe is now Norway. Most of the uranium doesn't come from russia, russia ais just enriching it. And the EU has roughly the same capacity for uranium enrichment as russia. Fun fact: the largest uranium mine in Kazakhstan is majority owned by France...
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  7781. Yeah it couldn't possibly be because putin's serfs are unhappy with their overlords, right?
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  7782.  @gfys756  russian copebot spotted ☝☝
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  7783. it's probably more about showing their disgust for the "russian world".
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  7784. that is not even remotely true 😄
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  7785. yeah, if we give in to nuclear blackmail once, then it will never stop.
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  7786. ​ @uralprospector then why are russia barely making progress on the battle field? Russia has captured less territory in the last 6 months, than Ukraine did during their offensive last year
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  7787.  @qoterwae9462  what channel?
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  7788. yeah i agree, the war will not be decided this year. At least 2 more years before either side is ready to give up.
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  7789. better than the T55s russia is sending to the frontline...
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  7790.  @alexlaroque5108  the turret on the leopard will not go flying. That alone is a major advantage over any russian tank....
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  7791.  @alexlaroque5108  the Danish leopard 1s performed very well in Bosnia. They were attacked by Serbs 3 times, but no tanks were lost. They even destroyed a T55. Leopard 1s can be destroyed by anti tank weapons just like any other tank, but they are not as fragile as you seem to think.
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  7792.  @chriscalderin6677  the current government was elected in 2019, and has nothing to do with the coup in 2014. 25 civilians were killed in the donbass conflict in 2021, 26 in 2020, according to the UN. At least 10.000 civilians have been killed since russia's full scale invasion. The referendum in Crimea was obviously rigged, and not even China will recognize it.
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  7793. but you don't seem to have a problem with russia's imperialism?
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  7794.  @greatgalaxy2118  but there are support, and it will keep coming. So you can keep crying... 😄
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  7795. nah, Ukraine just has to drag it out until putin runs out of public support. Judging by the mutiny a week ago, that day may soon come...
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  7796.  @Spitfire_Cowboy  those russians sure like to collapse their own country on a regular basis.
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  7797. EU needs to do the same. There is no way around it, we can't allow China to flood Europe with subsidized goods and destroy our own industries.
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  7798. i'm pretty sure putin would wear a dress to their next meeting if xi asked him to.
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  7799.  @olafweyer859  so you're saying that we should look the other way while russia invades a country on our doorstep, so russia will continue to provide us with gas? Sounds to me like you just proved my point, that we should never have bought gas from russia to begin with.
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  7800.  @ndifrekeotu9086  I'm sure russia will continue to "defend itself" by invading their neighbours. Funny thing is, I didn't actually believe what all the critics were saying about putin and russia. I used to think Germany was doing the right thing with their "change through trade" policy. But putin decided to prove me wrong.
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  7801.  @ndifrekeotu9086  what bio lab are you talking about? And what were they researching?
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  7802.  @Nooneapparently  storm shadow, scalp and harm missiles are air launched. The same with the French hammer glidebombs. So the Ukrainians are clearly still flying.
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  7803. @usernh24 and yet, the Ukrainians are still flying...
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  7804.  @Nooneapparently  if the Ukrainian air force made no dfference, then why do the russian MOD make a big deal out of every downed plane?
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  7805. @usernh24 according to russian claims, Ukraine has lost more planes than they have received plus everything they had before the invasion. Don't you find that just a little bit strange?
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  7806.  @Nooneapparently  this is a video about 2 SU-27s that russia claims to have shot down. Why is that a big deal if they didn't do anything anyway?
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  7807. @usernh24 that is not even close to the numbers claimed by Ukraine. If 95% of russia's forces were intact, then why are they still stuck in the Donbas after 2,5 years? Are they drawing it out just for fun? That is a very strange thing to do, considering that russia claims to have annexed those regions...
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  7808. Why are you blaming Germany for russia's aggression?
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  7809. then why is russia a poor country, despite all that cheap energy?
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  7810. The only thing we need russia to do, is to get back behind the iron curtain and stay there.
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  7811. so many people want to see Europe give up on the sanctions and beg putin for gas. But it's not going to happen, just let it go 😄
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  7812.  @fix-and-drive-diy-repairs  prices are going down. Storage is almost full and heating season hasn't started yet, so demand is lower now.
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  7813. putin said russia would not invade Ukraine the day before they did so. That makes putin a proven liar.
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  7814. They call it a russian war, because russia invaded Ukraine. It's not that difficult to understand...
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  7815. Europe has cut back on defence spending for decades. And russia is now taking advantage of that. Guess the lesson here is that you need to be prepared for war if you want peace.
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  7816.  @samhull8382  Germany should never have agreed to Nordstream to begin with.
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  7817. wishful thinking 😄
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  7818. a 0,4% recession, it's not like Germany is running out of money...
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  7819. what are the russians fighting for? They are just fighting for putin's imperial ambitions...
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  7820.  @arcticfox3347  operational, but not complete. It can't deliver gas to Beijing yet.
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  7821.  @gaborrajnai6213  yes the reason is that putin wants Ukraine back under russian rule.
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  7822. the French are always protesting, it's just what they do.
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  7823. Hello bot. How are you botting today?
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  7824.  @Arnsteel634  there was never any agreement about NATO expansion. Russia never implemented their part of the Minsk accord.
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  7825.  @Arnsteel634  so what is the name of that agreement? And who signed it?
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  7826.  @Meeko2689  and here we have a russian bot, using the same old line as all the other russian bots. You guys need a new script...
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  7827.  @amunra5330  yes, Europeans are always right, so be quiet and pay attention when i write something. You might learn something.
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  7828.  @IamHandsome4u  a Danish bot, obviously.
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  7829.  @cinpeace353  was i not correct? Is this comment section not full of chinese wumao?
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  7830. ​ @gaborrajnai6213 but Ukraine's biggest supplier of weapons is russia... 😄
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  7831.  @ericp1139  good, seems like russia could use some help, considering they have to send T55s to the frontline now...😄
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  7832. it should just be ignored. The media is helping russia by reporting on this.
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  7833.  @dkrawk8309  russia loves invading their neighbors, why do you think they all want to be members of NATO
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  7834. wishful thinking is not going to win the war, Ivan...
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  7835. what strategy, russia is trying to overwhelm the defenders with human waves of cannon fodder.
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  7836. we don't want russia's smelly gas, they can keep it. And if there is a shortage of grain in the world, it won't be Europe that has to starve...
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  7837. @Y94R it's a good thing the west stepped in then. We have seen how the Ukrainian people are brutalized in the russian controlled areas. That is what all the Ukrainians can expect if they lose the war.
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  7838. Doesn't really matter, there will not be much trade between the east and the west in the future.
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  7839.  @sapere7  what difference does it make if labor and energy is cheaper in China, if China can't sell their products in the west?
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  7840. Something tells me that the demand for artilleri shells will only increase in the coming years...
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  7841. Nobody seems to care about all the western assets russia has stolen, why should this be any different?
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  7842. there are no EU sanctions on russian grain or fertilizer. Stop lying.
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  7843. You russian trolls really want russia to be important, don't you? Russia has nothing we can't buy somewhere else.
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  7844. nordstream belongs to Gazprom. Why should Germany care about that?
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  7845. the pipeline is owned by Gazprom, it is russia's business.
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  7846. Vw sales are up in Europe. But sales have dropped in China, something that has little to do with russia.
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  7847. the current world order is breaking down anyway. So it doesn't really matter.
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  7848. didn't work with russia, won't work with china.
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  7849. russia is responsible for the war.
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  7850. putin had to make a deal to save his own skin...
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  7851. I don't think the Greenlanders can get a better deal than the current on with Denmark. They have all the rights and benefits of a Danish citizen and the EU, without the obligations.
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  7852. what a pathetic excuse for russia's war crimes.
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  7853. russia is trying to bluff their way to a victory.
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  7854.  @chench1lla  they should ban your account instead, you sad russian troll...
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  7855.  @xcitemex6353  terrorbombing civilians doesn't change the fact that russia is losing on the ground.
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  7856. the US is nowhere near 225 billion. I think it is around 71-80 billion now.
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  7857. i don't really care about the free market, i care more about not being dependent on authoritarian states like China.
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  7858. maybe that is why russia is not making progress?
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  7859.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  that is some nice copium you got there 😄
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  7860. of course they are, russia is the enemy.
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  7861. There is no city anymore, it doesn't matter what the russians call that pile of rubble .
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  7862. Not much of a shield when it is the US itself that is threatening to invade my country...
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  7863. negotiate what exactly?
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  7864. russia is draining themselves, that's why the Ukrainians have decided to stay.
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  7865. don't get your hopes up. I think the war will go on for at least 2 more years.
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  7866.  @prateekkumar1617  that is not an option either. If we give in to nuclear blackmail once, then it will never stop.
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  7867. russia has lost at least 109 military vehicles at Avdivka in the last 2 weeks. And that is just the ones that have been visually confirmed.
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  7868. here's my prediction: the frontline will move a few kilometers, and Bakhmut will be forgotten in 2 weeks.
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  7869.  @siralexis6590  yeah lots of windturbines here. And lots of taxes on everything, so i wouldn't be surprised if we have the highest price in Europe.
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  7870.  @CHMichael  a wood stove is a good old nordic tradition. It's nice to have a little extra on a really cold and windy night. Yeah low income households will always suffer the most in any crisis, the world is pretty unfair like that.
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  7871.  @orionbetelgeuse1937  please stop this ridiculous claim about all European companies moving to China. 99% of all EU companies are small to medium sized, with less than 250 employees. They can't just be moved to a different continent.
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  7872.  @orionbetelgeuse1937  BASF has facilities all over the world, including 31 production sites in China. Doesn't mean they're closing in Europe.
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  7873.  @SAGAWISIW30  trees are renewable, you can grow more trees. You can't grow more oil, see the difference?
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  7874.  @norwegianzound  boo hoo cry me a river.
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  7875. neither side is winning yet, the war will probably go on for at least 2-3 more years. And both sides will be worse off by the end.
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  7876. and what exactly are those American goals?
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  7877. yes, many European leaders have tried talking to putin, but it leads nowhere. Putin wants to expand his empire.
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  7878.  @brentlangford  the reason why NATO has expanded is because russia's neighbors applied for membership. And they applied because they worry about russian aggression. And NATO never promised not to expand, that is a made up narrative.
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  7879. And how is russia moving that gas to Europe, when half of the pipelines have been closed for years now?
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  7880.  @ayrton1020  Qatar is supplying something like 3-4% of EU's gas consumption.
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  7881.  @ayrton1020  now tell me how russia is moving all that gas?
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  7882.  @georgiivanov2833  Turkey has a pipeline to russia, with a capacity of 16bcm. And another pipeline to Azerbaijan, with another 16bcm. 50% of EU's annual gas consumption would be something like 170-200bcm. So that is just not possible, even if we ignore that Turkey would need some of that gas from russia themselves.
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  7883.  @georgiivanov2833  bcm means billion cubic meters. So 896,3 million cubic meters is less than 1 bcm. So you pretty much just proved my point there...
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  7884. @georgiivanov2833  most of that is coming through the pipelines in Ukraine. That is what will end a few days from now.
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  7885. Look up the word rebel in a dictionary...🙄
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  7886. ​ @nariandez of course they have a choice. Countries have to apply to join, and all member countries have to agree.
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  7887. Who is Victoria? Is it one of the children russia has kidnapped ?
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  7888. russia was not trying to do Europe any favors, they were selling the gas cheap to gain leverage.
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  7889.  @Dan-Martin  good, i don't want to buy it.
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  7890.  @Dan-Martin  i'm fine with that, as long as russia makes less money than they would by selling their oil in Europe.
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  7891.  @Dan-Martin  maybe, but next year will be a record low for russia. Russia will be bankrupt and weakened by the end of the war, no matter how it ends.
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  7892.  @truthisdifferent5965  so why will none of them support russia's claim in Ukraine? Not even China recognizes Crimea as russian...
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  7893. Several of russia's neighbors have been NATO members for almost 20 years. It's no threat to russia. So yes, this war was started by russia.
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  7894. yeah, German corporations seem to be very shortsighted. They will lose most of those investments eventually, just like they did in russia.
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  7895. @Oliver Jacobsen what about it?
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  7896.  @alexrz4196  yeah and the sun was in their eyes, right? Got some more of those sad excuses, or are you done coping for now?
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  7897.  @Alex-gu8hx  why would i be conscripted, my country is not at war? At least not yet, wouldn't be surprised if we join the fight eventually. ..
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  7898.  @gofatherroy9736  dry your eyes, cupcake...
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  7899.  @Alex-gu8hx  i don't have to, you're fooling yourself just fine.
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  7900.  天月🌚  have the US ever had to spend more than 6 months to take a single town? 😄
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  7901.  天月🌚  the taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves, until the US got bored and Left. Just 2000 casualties in 20 Years, compared with the 15.000 russian casualties when the USSR tried their luck in Afghanistan...
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  7902.  @Sweet-Rat-Milk  and that is why most of russia's neighbors apply for NATO membership. And it is also why peace and coorporation with russia is not possible.
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  7903.  @rampage241  no country is really neutral. When russia says neutral, they really mean under russian influence.
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  7904. You think putin is suicidal?
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  7905.  @dark_master_Makei  oh you're back with some more fairytales from putin-land? Keep up the good work Ivan, maybe putin will give you an extra potato today 😄
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  7906.  @lisadsouza5061  Google is your friend.
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  7907.  @nunuabiznus  why don't you look it up, you have access to the internet where all this information is available... 🙄
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  7908.  @nunuabiznus  so the US is paying 40%. Can you please tell me who is paying the remaining 60%? State your source please.
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  7909.  @nunuabiznus  dodging the question huh? Ok, you say the US donated 72B, and the EU 50B. What is your source for those numbers?
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  7910. @nunuabiznus  that was a lot of bla bla bla. I made a claim: The EU provides more development aid than the US. You say i am wrong, so i ask you provide any data to support that. If the numbers i stated earlier are wrong, then please tell me the real numbers?
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  7911. @nunuabiznus  yes, and I told you that the EU Commission number was "over 50B euro". Which is not a specific number. It is irrelevant if US aid is 65B or 72B, as it is lower than the combined EU aid either way. If you don't agree with that, then tell me how much the EU actually donated? I
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  7912.  @nunuabiznus  so you are guessing, based on a number from the EU Commission website. Even though you don't know what is included in that figure. That is a pretty weak argument. The official numbers from the OECD website are calculated in the same way, which makes it a better source for comparison. Just give up buddy, it's clear that you don't have a leg to stand on...
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  7913. do they really? Would the US actually do anything if russia invaded Estonia? I seriously doubt it.
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  7914. I have been hearing that for 2 years now, but somehow Ukraine is still gearing up for round 3...
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  7915. and yet most of us in Europe are doing just fine. It's almost like the rest of the world doesn't really matter that much...😄
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  7916.  @EventH  it is quite easy to fall below the poverty line in a country where the median income is very high. I used to live below the poverty line when i was a student. But I still had enough money to rent a small apartment, eat 3 meals a day and go party in the weekend...
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  7917.  @sofiyagrober2180  Denmark has existed for more than 1000 years so far, while russia has collapsed many times. 2 times last century, and i'm sure the next collapse is just around the corner... :)
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  7918. They're not closing all of the factories in Germany. VW sales are up in Europe, the problem is sales in China.
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  7919.  @redstar8226  what do I have to cry about?
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  7920. would you like to be a fascist dictator like putin?
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  7921. Germany was banned from the Olympics 3 times because of the wars.
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  7922.  @lkklMakOffKa  the Olympic is absolutely about countries. What are you smoking?
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  7923.  @yurichtube1162  yes 35% was way too much, and it hurt local farmers a lot. The EU produces more wheat than russia and Ukraine combined, and is a net exporter of wheat. We can always restrict exports if necessary. As usual, it will be the poorest countries that will suffer. The sanctions are not going anywhere, better get used to it...
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  7924. Russian trolls pretending to be African 😄
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  7925. russia could end the war today, just by going home.
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  7926. congratulations, russia's first progres in 6 months: a tiny little town 😄
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  7927.  @skyhighnightlight  language didn't prevent the russians from colonizing central and northern Asia, plus parts of China and Japan.
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  7928. i wouldn't be surprised if this war turns in to a ww1 situation, where the frontline barely moves the next 4 years...
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  7929. sure, just like russia has destroyed 36 out of the 18 Himars in Ukraine 😄
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  7930.  @MotoRide.  Yeah and Biden is the least worst in that regard. But they both kinda suck.
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  7931. what we are seeing right now is all russia can manage. And it is not enough to win the war.
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  7932. that is good news 👍
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  7933. Yeah trump is a very experienced conman.
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  7934. again?
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  7935. the russians have been defeated many times, but no one does it better than the russians themselves. They like to collapse their own country on a regular basis.
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  7936.  @rewnz6632  not really. The russian people will grow tired of watching their sons and husbonds come home in bodybags sooner or later. The Ukrainians are dying to defend their country, while the russians are dying to expand putin's empire.
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  7937. they have been trying for almost a year, and Russia controls less territory now than they did 6 months ago...
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  7938. @michaelkopischke2255 they control the western part of the coastline, from Kherson to the border with Romania. That includes Ukraine's most important coastal city, Odessa.
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  7939.  @SurefireMa156  the war will most likely end in a frozen conflict. That means russia has control of the occupied territory, but it will not be recognized as part of russia. So sanctions will not be lifted, and russia will be the north korea of Europe. Enjoy your future Ivan...
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  7940.  @donzell1945  russia didn't live up to their part of the minsk agreement either.
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  7941. yeah, let's call it what it is. Putin's genocide.
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  7942.  @johnthomas9992  yes russia has already destroyed all of Ukraine's equipment 25 times, according to russian media 🙄
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  7943.  @giannidimarco3805  i don't see that strategy working out for russia. Russia is already running a very large budget deficit, it will only get harder for russia to keep funding the war. War is expensive...
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  7944.  @alrent2992  no russia 1 region, and parts of 3 others. Ukraine is funded by the west, they are not running out of funds anytime soon.
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  7945.  @alrent2992  russia lost in Afghanistan after just 9 years...
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  7946.  @jayspik6498  support for Ukraine is not going away. A stalemate is the best russia can hope for now.
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  7947.  @giannidimarco3805  the russian economy is growing because of increased defence spending. Real economic activity is down. Oil revenue is down 45%, natural gas revenue is down 70%, russia's share of global arms export has dropped to just 16% in 2022, oil refinement is down 50%. Uranium enrichment and aluminium is next. No amount of coping can prevent russia from going bankrupt by the end of the war...
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  7948.  @jayspik6498  russia's only victory in 14 months is Bakhmut. Russia has lost Kherson, Izium, Lyman, and Kupyansk in the same period. You really think russia is doing good?
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  7949.  @dhoyongjeong5006  you seem to forget that russia claims to have annexed 4 oblasts, but they only control 1. So from a russian point of view, Ukraine is occupying russian territory. And it seems that russia has given up on taking the rest, since all those minefields will prevent russia from advancing too....
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  7950.  @dhoyongjeong5006  russia does not control the Donbass, Kramatorsk, Sloviansk and a number of smaller strongholds is still firmly under Ukrainian control. You can keep telling yourself that Ukraine doesn't have a chance if you like, but fact is that Ukraine has reclaimed 50% of the territory that russia gained in 2022. And Ukraine is still growing in strength...
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  7951.  @dhoyongjeong5006  i think you need to look at the map again. Russia controlled Crimea and a large part of the Donbass before the invasion started in 2022. Russia gained a lot of new territory in the first 2 months of the invasion, but more than 50% of that has been lost again. And Ukraine is growing in strength, that's why russia had to retreat and dig all those defensive lines. And there is much more coming, more tanks, more long range missiles, more air defence, F16s, glidebombs, kamikaze drones, and a lot more self-propelled artillery. Both the EU and the US are ramping up production of artillery shells, Ukraine is never gonna run out.
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  7952. i'm surprised the russians are still fighting, it should be clear by now that they can't win the war?
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  7953.  @polkudr4828  it was putin's idiotic choice to invade Ukraine. This is all on putin.
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  7954.  @polkudr4828  putin is a tiny little midget, it is only fitting to write his name with a small p. And russia was also warned that the west would support Ukraine. This pointless war will go on for years, and those stocks of soviet era equipment will run out sooner or later. Russia will be bankrupt eventually.
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  7955.  @polkudr4828  the russian government is spending more than they earn now, war is expensive. Putin had a very large war chest before the war, but half was seized by the west. The rest can keep the russian economy afloat for a while, but it will run out eventually.
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  7956. Nobody cares about russia's pipeline.
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  7957. what a load of nonsense 🙄
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  7958. russia is an unreliable supplier now, reducing the flow of gas to put pressure on Germany.
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  7959.  @jimmytimmy3680  today's natural gas price is 24,7% lower than it was Dec 27 last year.
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  7960. it is russia's pipeline, it is russia's problem.
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  7961. Did you actually watch the video?
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  7962.  @yolisurich4025  i agree that putin wants to expand his empire. But you got the message of this video wrong. It's about russia trying to break up NATO first, and then target European countries one by one.
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  7963. is all of russia a warzone already? I thought it would take a few more years for the civil war to break out....
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  7964. the sanctions are there to stay, just get used to it Ivan.
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  7965.  @gregcraig6163  if that is what it takes to get rid of putin's gas forever, it's worth it :)
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  7966. if that means we can stop wasting money on Africa, then it is fine with me. Even better if we could make all those immigrants go to russia too, but no one wants to live in russia...
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  7967.  @gfys756  kinda funny that no one is going to russia, if they love russia so much? Don't you think?
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  7968.  @Memovox  you can call it whatever you want, but wagner is no longer relevant in the war. Wagner is just exploiting African resources, just like so many others before them. The Africans will soon grow tired of it.
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  7969.  @Dan-Martin  nah, russia is just a paper bear 🧸
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  7970.  @rons5319  oh is that russia's goal today? It's hard to keep up, their goals keep changing. First it was Kyiv in 3 days, now it's just any victory please 😄
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  7971.  SmithJ0nh  that is complete fiction...
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  7972.  SmithJ0nh  you should put on your tinfoil hat, they will soon come and get you for sharing these secrets!!! 😄
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  7973. Nobody wants to live in russia.
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  7974. so China gave their vassal state russia permission?
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  7975.  @ЯБезымянный-о5ф  how do you know if a russian is lying? If his lips are moving, he's lying...
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  7976.  @ЯБезымянный-о5ф  kan du lide rødgrød med fløde på?
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  7977. but the land will still be empty, nobody wants to live in a sh*thole like russia...
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  7978. globalization is over, we will only get more wars in the next decades.
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  7979. Empty threats... 🙄
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  7980.  @袁大陸  there is nothing philosophical about your statement, it is just wrong.
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  7981. bla bla, keep making up excuses for russia's many crimes in Ukraine...
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  7982.  @Dan-Martin  they have not even agreed on a route yet, they are not even close to starting construction.
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  7983. i suspect a lot of them are really just russian trolls pretending to be Africans...
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  7984. it's already over, russia is running out of steam again.
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  7985. who loses? Russia of course...
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  7986. It is russia's pipeline, it is russia's problem.
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  7987. and it is a really good investment.
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  7988. So how is russia's special moon operation going? 😄
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  7989.  @SvetlanaVladimirova8590  so why is russia trying to attack the moon now, did you spot some hospitals or pedestrian bridges up there?
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  7990.  nigel6584  my country doesn't claim to be a super power. Russia does, that's why it is funny...
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  7991. what exactly is russia winning? A vodka drinking competition maybe?
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  7992.  @Cicero415  it took you 17 hours to come up with such a weak reply? 😴
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  7993.  @markharcourt2214  i can tell you what is going to happen to putin's poorly trained conscripts: they are going to get frostbite in the trenches without proper winter gear. The survivors will then be slaughtered by the Ukrainians.
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  7994.  @silverianjannvs5315  at least we're good at something then. Russia just sucks at everything.
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  7995.  @gonsmashyourboy1138  nothing but empty threats, putin doesn't have the balls 😄
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  7996.  @markharcourt2214  so russia managed to make a little progress for the first time in 5 months 😄 Ukraine will still be Ukraine next year, but russia will be renamed to "china's gas station".
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  7997.  @markharcourt2214  china's gas station is expanding 😄
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  7998.  @williamtell6750  what part of the deal was not honored'?
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  7999.  @angrydad1907  the EU never agreed to any of that. EU was not a part of the negotiations.
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  8000.  @angrydad1907  the UN never agreed to that either, except the part about ammonia. The UN has a website with all the relevant data about the grain deal, if you are curious.
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  8001.  @williamtell6750  yes, one deal was between UN, Turkey and Ukraine. the other deal was between the UN, Turkey and russia. There are no sanctions on russian agricultural products. There is a ban on russian fertilizer to the EU, but nothing prevents russia from selling to other countries. There were some talks about reconnecting russia's agri bank to swift a few months ago, but no deal was made.
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  8002.  @williamtell6750  my only problem is the claim that the EU is not living up their part, when EU is not part of the agreement. It is no doubt more difficult for russia to export, when they no longer have access to swift, EU ports, insurance or the EU market. But that is a consequence of russia's actions. My personal opinion is that it is pointless to talk about the grain deal anymore, when russia has destroyed much of the infrastructure Ukraine needs to export their grains. I can see no reason to give russia any concessions now...
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  8003. Russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  8004. ​ @soreeyez so how is russia's 3 day special military operation going? 😂
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  8005.  @soreeyez  you don't think it is hilarious that putin thought he could take Kyiv in 3 days? And here we are, almost 2 years later...😄
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  8006.  @soreeyez  then why did putin claim he could take Kyiv in 3 days? What a clown...😄
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  8007.  @soreeyez  you know he did, stop lying Ivan 🙄
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  8008.  @soreeyez  maybe putin should try harder. His 3 day special military operation is still ongoing?
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  8009. i still don't get what russia is trying to achieve. The best russia can hope for now is a cease fire, leading to a frozen conflict. That means that russia has control of the occupied territory, but it will not be recognized as part of russia. So the sanctions will not be lifted, making russia the north korea of Europe. And that is the best case scenario for russia. All of this, just so putin can expand his empire by 0,4%...
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  8010.  @pezoscity  nonsense, 🙄
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  8011. it's almost comical how confident you russian trolls are, despite russia's many, many failures so far 😄
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  8012.  @chuapg1518  and it will be fine too.
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  8013. nice 😄
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  8014. Nah, this is just the beginning of a new age of conflict. Business with russia will not resume for decades.
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  8015. yeah, but china and india are not the ones starting a war in Europe. So russia is the biggest threat to peace and security in Europe now.
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  8016. put on your tinfoil hat, they are coming to get you!!!
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  8017. Many European countries have increased their budget for Ukraine next year, Germany has doubled the amount. My country has set money side for aid until 2027. Ukraine will not run out of funds any time soon...
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  8018. russia is an Asian country as far as i am concerned...
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  8019. Have Fun driving a swasticar.
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  8020.  @EvropaAeternvm  relevant to who?
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  8021.  @EvropaAeternvm  i live in Denmark. 99,9% of Americans cannot find my country on a map. And somehow it is still one of the happiest countries in the world..
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  8022. Brics is just another useless forum where some leaders can have their photo taken.
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  8023.  @TrajannValoris  Ukraine gets most of their funding from the west, and the combined west can easily afford it. This is probably the cheapest war the west never fought....
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  8024.  @ericp1139 russia is already in recession, and it is only getting worse. We have already seen one mutiny in russia, it is only a matter of time before the next... 😄
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  8025.  @ericp1139  only IMF is predicting growth. Everyone else is predicting a further decline. There is a reason why russia has stopped publishing most data. It may take a few years, but russia is absolutely screwed... The situation is very simple: russia can't defeat Ukraine on the battlefield, and Ukraine can't defeat russia. So the winner will be the one who can hold out the longest, and with the aid from the west, that will be Ukraine.
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  8026. putin's ambitions is the main reason.
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  8027.  @throughput6674  what are you doing here Ivan, get back behind the iron curtain where you belong .
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  8028.  @71Stasia  dry your eyes cupcake.
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  8029. nah, it's just a return to the cold war era. East vs west again, with lots of proxy wars and less global trade.
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  8030. still nicer than any where else in the world 🙂
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  8031. But anyone with a full brain know it was russia.
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  8032.  @DougGunt  NATO blew up a pipeline that russia had already shut off? Completely illogical...
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  8033. You know that we are not actually paying the US, right?
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  8034.  @EliDahi  that just not true. Most countries in the EU produce at least some of their own equipment. The larger countries like France and Germany produce pretty much all of their own gear.
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  8035. why would anyone want to be part of russia? Not even the russians want to live in russia, that's why the population keeps declining every year.
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  8036. that sounds like wishful thinking...
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  8037.  @Ridethebomb777  I read lots of things. Wanna hear some fun facts? - Ukraine is still exporting grain, and there is nothing russia can do about it. - Ukraine's economy is expected to grow 4,5% in 2023, according to IMF - Ukraine will receive the first batch of F16s in a few months. They are being trained here in Denmark right now. - Ukraine has just received the first launcher to GLSDB. The glidebombs will be raining down soon. - There are still 1000s of Ukrainian soldiers in training here in Europe. This program will be expanded in 2024. - A new 20 nation coalition has just been formed to boost Ukraine's air defence. 60 more Gepards, 4 more IRIS-T systems and 1 more Patriot system has already been purchased.
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  8038.  @wxyang3535  There is only one incomplete pipeline between russia and china, and no pipelines to India. So discount or not, most of the gas would have to be transported as LNG. Russia's current capacity for LNG is around 40 bcm per year. China's gas imports alone are around 140bcm per year. The 4 largest importers of LNG are Japan, China, India and South Korea. All countries with a lot of manufacturing.
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  8039. i could easily see this tactic backfire for russia. If thousands of Ukrainians freeze to death this winter, it will only increase support from the west and give the Ukrainians even more incentive to not surrender and be occupied by russians.
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  8040. well, russia controlled 27% of Ukraine last spring, today it's more like 15%.
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  8041. Demand for natural gas in the EU has already dropped 25% since the war started, and it will continue to fall as the share of renewables go up.
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  8042. if russia was fighting the whole west, don't you think you would have noticed the 4 million active service members on the battlefield? Or the 4600 combat planes in the sky?
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  8043. Natural gas is cheaper today than was before the war started...
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  8044. putin wants to expand his empire, that is all this war is about. If russia wins, there won't be a Ukraine anymore, and the Ukrainian people will be brutalized.
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  8045. it is 69 here in Denmark, if you are born in 1967 or later.
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  8046. if anyone is nazi terrorists, it is the russians.
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  8047. what is a US vassal?
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  8048. Ukraine is at war with russia, because russia invaded Ukraine and are trying to steal their land.
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  8049.  Red Stripes  is that what they tell you in the russian media? How many Himars have the russians destroyed today, according to russian media? About 589 i gues?
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  8050. current price is the lowest in more than 2 years...
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  8051.  @krishnakatikitala  current price is ok for a middle class guy like me. No one i have met here in Denmark is talking about energy prices anymore.
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  8052. time to increase the support.Russia must fail.
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  8053. nobody wants to live in russia. It's one of the few countries in the world with a shrinking population, because so many leave for a better life in the west.
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  8054.  @cezarstefanseghjucan  that is nice of you to say that 🙂 I think we Europeans are better off if we stick together. Just wish more people would realize it.
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  8055.  @benjaminnarok353  oh i am sure the russians will capture some more villages, might even take Bakhmut. The russians will keep pushing until they run out of steam again, and then the Ukrainians will launch a new counter offensive and take even more territory back. We have seen it all before 😉
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  8056.  @temetnosce7482  which part of what i've said is not true?
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  8057.  @temetnosce7482  just looked at it again, and everything i wrote is true. Sorry if it hurts your feelings :)
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  8058.  @benjaminnarok353  you can cope as hard as you like, fact is that russia controls less territory today than they did 6 months ago. And i feel pretty sure that they will control even less in 6 months from now 😉
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  8059. Empty threats...
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  8060. looks like we're going back to the cold war, east vs west.
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  8061. what resources?
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  8062. No, because putin wants to expand his empire.
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  8063. Why hasn't the russian army made any progress in 15 months then? You are a 🐑
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  8064.  @DreamyCheshire-up9rf  putin doesn't fully mobilize, because he is afraid of the public backlash. And russia doesn't really have the gear to equip a million more men. What we are seeing on the battlefield is pretty much all putin can manage. And it is clearly not enough...
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  8065.  @easternsun167  the Ukrainian army is still advancing in the south and the east. And support from the west is only growing. Russia has already lost the war, it is only a question of time now.
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  8066.  @JustAPersonWatchingYT  using nukes is suicide for russia, and putin knows it.
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  8067. Ukraine's economy is growing in 2023...
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  8068. The problem is that China doesn't import very much compared to how much they export. Both EU and US have a massive trade deficit with China.
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  8069.  @hullopillow4853  a trade relationship is just like any other relationship: It has to benefit both sides. If we allow china to dump large quantities of goods into our markets, but don't get to sell anything in return, then it only benefits china. And that means we have to protect our own industries by raising tariffs on chinese goods.
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  8070. who described them as a minor inconvenience? Not any of the more serious analysts I was watching..
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  8071. that is the really stupid part of this war, no one really knows for sure what it is all about 😄
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  8072. what a silly statement. Some European banks are vulnerable, usually due to poor management and risky investments. But the vast majority is doing just fine.
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  8073. sure Ivan, sure...
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  8074. putin is a little goblin, who spends most of his time hiding in his golden palace.
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  8075. are you talking about the sad russian trolls? They are getting paid to post that BS...
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  8076.  @distantraveller9876  brics will never accomplish anything. It is just another forum where some leaders can have their photo taken.
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  8077. i agree with most of what is being said here. Macron seems to be doing a pretty mediocre job of running France, but his view on European politics is pretty solid.
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  8078. The orcs to the east is the real threat to peace and stability in Europe.
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  8079. good job youtube 👍
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  8080. those countries won't even support russia in the UN, or recognize the "annexed" parts of Ukraine. They are not going to fight for russia either.
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  8081.  @χσχσ-ν3χ  i hope we do. Shouldn't take more than a few weeks to kick russia out of Ukraine.
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  8082.  @univeropa3363  that's funny, i have heard the exact same story about russian recruitment...😄
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  8083.  @univeropa3363  sure, we can call them "volunteers" if you like...
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  8084.  @univeropa3363  isn't that what you have been doing the whole time?
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  8085. they are buying more from north korea and iran. That's what russia's "mighty" army have been reduced to, relying on second rate manufacturers and old soviet equipment from the 60's 😄
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  8086. well they have been stealing a lot of washing machines in Ukraine, guess they got the parts to build some more of their " high precision" missiles.
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  8087. yeah, russians are dying because putin wants to expand his empire. And the russian serfs must obey their tzar.
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  8088. These guys are backed by Turkey.
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  8089.  @baroneleve1196  yeah russian missiles are a great danger to playgrounds and pedestrian bridges. How long has Russia been trying to take out Ukraine's energy infrastructure now? And yet the power is still on in most of the country 😄
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  8090.  @lesterquintrell4844  yes, and you are clearly a russian troll too 🙂
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  8091. Why should they care about russia's pipeline?
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  8092. sure, but Europe will lose 1000s of jobs, and another industry will disappear from Europe. And then we are even more dependent on China.
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  8093.  @complex3297  while trump banned AP from the white house, for not using his made up term Gulf of America...😄
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  8094. Yeah putin have managed to put russia back behind the iron curtain where they belong. Well done...
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  8095. Don't worry, i am sure putin will get 110% of the votes as usual...
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  8096. Nobody cares.
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  8097. and the Ukrainian army will continue to advance, while putin is busy killing civilians.
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  8098. russia the paper bear 🧸
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  8099.  @MrThartofwar  you know that russia controls less territory in Ukraine today than they did one year ago right? 😉
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  8100. A rather large part of Asia's economy is based on exports to the west. We are going to drag everyone else down with us 😉
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  8101. Bakhmut is just one contact point on a very long frontline. Ukraine has made minor gains in other areas.
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  8102. Nice straw man argument 😄
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  8103.  @Frank-dv3st  don't worry, the russians will still have access to your mother...
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  8104. Total aid to Ukraine so far : US 67B euro, EU 144B euro.
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  8105. the taliban was defeated in a few weeks, and spent the next 20 years hiding in caves. They were only able to return after the US left the country. Russia was kicked out of Afghanistan after just 9 years, with 6x more casualties...
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  8106. Putin is an old man, he will soon be gone one way or another...
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  8107. i don't remember reading anything about that. Most western media thought China would overtake the US at some point.
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  8108. Hello mr russian troll 😄
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  8109. sounds like the moskva, that was totally fine until the russians eventually had to admit it sunk....
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  8110.  @gdiwolverinemale4th  there is no way to intercept all, that's why it is called mutually assured destruction. But feel free to explain why russia doesn't seem very worried about the possibility of US weapons in the Baltics or Finland?
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  8111.  @gdiwolverinemale4th  kinda funny that russia has never said anything about in the 20 years the Baltic states have been NATO members... But let's be honest here, the war was never about that. Putin wants to restore russia's historical borders, this war is all about conquest.
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  8112. the pipeline belongs to russia, and russia cut the gasflow a month before the pipeline was damaged. So why should the Germans care?
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  8113. Russia can barely handle Ukraine. They are no match for the US.
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  8114. the Americans weren't exactly invited....
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  8115. they are not equal, china is clearly the boss.
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  8116. who cares? The pipeline was already closed anyway...
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  8117. you're not fooling anyone with that pathetic bullsh*t
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  8118. @Atomic_heartMS what is the point of writing replies in orc, when you know that most people here don't speak orc?
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  8119. @Atomic_heartMS jeg forstår stadig ikke hvad det er du skriver? Så nu kan vi skrive til hinanden på hvert sit sprog, er det ikke sjovt?
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  8120. @Atomic_heartMS jeg håber at du bliver betalt godt for at skrive alt det volapyk 😄
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  8121. @Atomic_heartMS jeg er totalt uenig!
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  8122. @Atomic_heartMS jeg kan godt lide ostemadder med syltetøj på.
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  8123. @Atomic_heartMS this was actually pretty good fun, i apologize for calling you an orc 😄
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  8124. With what army? Russia is barely hanging on in Ukraine, they have no troops for another front 😄
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  8125.  @craigsmith6512  there are roughly 1,4M active service members in the EU alone. Russia can't do much while the are stuck in Ukraine.
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  8126. so how is the weather over there in the colonies?
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  8127.  @waynegore5291  grateful for what exactly? 12.000 of my country men served in your ridiculous war in Afghanistan, my younger brother got ptsd in Iraq. And wtf has the US ever done for Denmark?
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  8128.  @waynegore5291  how are you paying for our security? Please explain?
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  8129. none of that is even remotely true...
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  8130.  @johnadam2885  would you like to test if russia can intercept NATO's ICBMs? If we are gonna have such a duel, then it will go both ways.
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  8131.  @johnadam2885  oreshnik is just a new version of an old missile. These kinds of missiles have been unstoppable for decades. NATO have similar missiles, and neither side has any way to shoot them all down. That is why the term "mutually assured destruction" is used to describe such a duel. Get over yourself Ivan.
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  8132. @jacksonuche7428  pretty sure i would dislike both trump and vance, no matter how much my country spends on defence.
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  8133.  @mikeluc9916  that might have been true in the past, but US security is no longer credible. Which is why the EU is now preparing for a conflict with russia as soon as the war in Ukraine is over.
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  8134. Russia and the US get the same price on the spot market.
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  8135.  @vervetech9395  2 reasons: 1: get Gazprom out of paying very large penalties for not delivering. 2: Hybrid warfare. That's why russian trolls like you spend so much time trying to make us blame the US.
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  8136.  @aldebaranv53  of course, russia wants to sow division in NATO, so they would rather try to blame the US.
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  8137.  @Hammerbreit  storage is only enough for roughly 10 weeks. And it is still around 70% full in Germany.
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  8138. where exactly is the workforce going to come from? How will the US both deport 11 million migrants, and staff all these new factories?
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  8139. @ come from where exactly?
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  8140.  @geetee2694  yeah but what about that time when the whatabout said what about that unrelated thing? What about that????
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  8141.  @geetee2694  no it's a Danish flag. Does look very similar to the Swiss :)
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  8142. you know that nuclear winter would be global, right?
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  8143.  @Bird_McBride  yes, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were part of the ussr, although they didn't join by choice...
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  8144. russia will be a nation of babushkas 😄
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  8145. nah, it's just empty threats.
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  8146. the former president was ousted because he was working for the russians instead of the Ukrainian people.
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  8147. russia will be weakened and bankrupt no matter how the war ends. They won't be a threat to anyone for a long time.
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  8148.  @knowledge3563  reality
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  8149. ​ @terranowa2080 too late for that, the baltic countries joined NATO 20 years ago. Putin wants to expand his empire, that's all this war is about.
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  8150.  @univeropa3363  looks like a victory for russia. The old world order is done. It will only get worse from here.
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  8151. You don't even know what socialism is 🙄
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  8152. Ukraine didn't choose to be invaded, that is all on russia.
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  8153. Guess the world is not multipolar when it comes to paying the bill...
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  8154. what does "multipolar" actually mean, in your opinion?
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  8155.  @TheGoldenEagle03  there was no agreement about NATO expansion. Can you tell me what this agreement is called, or can you tell me who signed it? It's made up by putin... And NATO expands because countries apply for membership. And the reason why so many of russia's neighbors apply, is because they worry about russian aggression.
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  8156. There is no city left, just a pile of rubble.
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  8157. the russians could end the war today, just by going home.
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  8158. this is exactly what terrorists do. They target defenseless civilians, because they can't stand up to the Ukrainian army on the ground.
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  8159. they have been begging iran and north korea for more, guess they got some.
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  8160. What bill?
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  8161.  @BrandyHeng007  and why would anyone agree to that?
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  8162.  @BrandyHeng007  10% of EU gdp would be almost 3x more money than the US is spending on defence. If we spent that much on defence, then what would we need the US for?
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  8163. advancing yes, but at the pace of a snail. Russia might reach the Dnipro around 80-90 years from now...
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  8164. russia is literally trying to colonize Ukraine...
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  8165. So what happens if russia manages to win the fight? Will russia be better off?
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  8166. Chinese goods are the next russian gas. EU is already way too dependent on China, and it will be used against us eventually. Russia started to flood the European market with gas in 2014, bringing the price down to a point where no one else could compete. Looking back, this was clearly done to create leverage. Let's not make the same mistake with China.
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  8167. Ukraine have been pushing the russians back without heavy weapons from the west, imagine what they could do with better equipment.
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  8168. we should give the Ukrainians heavier weapons, and help them kick russia out faster.
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  8169.  @bid9086  no one has ever won a war by targeting civilians. It only makes the population more determined to resist. Russia has been losing ground for 5 months now, and they will lose more during the winter.
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  8170. don't give trump any credit for that, he was just repeating what Obama said in 2014.
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  8171. dude, this is russia's first victory in almost a year 😄
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  8172.  @СергейМонин-д7с  russia is losing on the battlefield, terrorizing civilians won't change that.
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  8173.  @RuskiVanka  i know, thousands of Ukrainian civilians will die this winter. It is pretty much genocide, and russia will be a pariah for decades because of it. But no one has ever won a war by targeting civilians, while their own forces are losing the fight on the ground. And russia is still losing the fight.
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  8174.  @babblo1389  not a big problem when money and weapons from the west keeps pouring in. Too bad that none of russia's "allies"will do the same for them.
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  8175. as a European, i support decoupling from china. No more moving production to china.
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  8176. remember to protect your toilets too, the russian horde likes to steal those too for some reason...
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  8177. that makes no sense. If we spend more money in the past, then we would have more money to give now? Are you drunk?
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  8178. those other countries don't matter much...
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  8179. russia's gdp decreased by 4% in 2022, according to russia's central bank. But if they are willing to admit -4%, the actual number is most likely much worse.
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  8180.  @Isildurd  jeg forstår ikke hvad du siger?
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  8181. And so is russia.
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  8182. i am sure russia would be happy to exploit some poor African countries...
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  8183. Nice try, mr russian troll...
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  8184.  @geopolitichaosa8522  most countries aren't really looking for uranium. It's not exactly rare, and the price is low. Mining uranium is not very profitable, that's why it is mostly done by poorer countries.
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  8185.  @trnogger  russia accounted for 31% of EU's uranium imports in 2021. In 2023 it was down to 16%. And it will soon be 0%, since Orano and Urenco have invested billions to increase enrichment capacity. Russia is done as an energy supplier to Europe 😄
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  8186.  @PatrickWilliamsI  the new power plants will obviously not be build or fueled by russia. What part of this is confusing you?
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  8187. what russian victory? The russians are just hiding in trenches now, a frozen conflict is the best russia can hope for.
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  8188.  @Os_man8903  natural gas will be phased out in Europe long before russia manages to build enough pipelines to replace those going to Europe.
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  8189.  @northernlights9637  Who cares about russia's silly nukes? They can't use them without getting destroyed themselves anyway. And russia's master china has already said no nukes...
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  8190. so the frontlines in the new cold war are becoming clearer. All those European companies that have invested in China should probably start to relocate before it is too late.
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  8191. Unless the plan include nuclear deterence, then it doesn't really matter how much Germany spends. As long as we all have to rely on the US nuclear umbrella, then we can't actually do anything without the US.
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  8192. I am still trying to figure out why i should care about brics? It's just another useless forum...
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  8193.  @RAHULGANDHI-pr9op  because the comment section on this channel has been full of fools talking about brics for years now. And after watching the video i still don't get why this channel even bothers talking about such a useless forum...
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  8194. russia knows they can't defeat Ukraine, that's why all you russian trolls are here to beg for negotiations.
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  8195.  @tylerdurden4006  russian oil accounted for roughly 2% of EU's crude oil imports in the first quarter of 2024. In 2021, it was around 30%. So yeah, import of russian oil has gone down. Way down...
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  8196.  @tylerdurden4006  this video is about natural gas imports, the liquefied kind. You are the one talking about oil.
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  8197.  @tylerdurden4006  oil is easier to transport, and therefore easier for the EU to replace. It will take a little more time to replace the last imports of russian gas. Russia's market share of natural gas in Europe has dropped from almost 50% to somewhere around 10% in just 2 years. Give it another year or two, and russian gas will be gone from Europe forever...
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  8198. the difference is that a war in Europe is actually Europe's problem.
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  8199. this is all created by putin's ambitions...
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  8200.  @jalend9974  don't worry, russia and chyna are more than willing to take over in Europe.
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  8201.  @jalend9974  don't worry, russia and chyna are more than willing to take over...
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  8202. you can cope all you want, but fact is that russia controls much less territory in Ukraine today compared to 12 months ago...
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  8203.  @danielculpepper9258  dude, Bakhmut is russia's first "victory" since severodonetsk almost a year ago. Russia is not going to take the Donbass in this decade.
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  8204. guess we will find out eventually. Because the war is not going to end any time soon.
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  8205. Because nobody wants to sanction them i guess?
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  8206.  @55marana  so you are saying that russia and China didn't sanction the US, because they are too scared?
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  8207.  @calistusfrancis1340  we don't have to do much, we just have to wait for the military coup and civil war in russia. 😉
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  8208.  @χσχσ-ν3χ  we have already seen the first mutiny. Probably won't have to wait that long...
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  8209. what is russia gonna do, invade Ukraine?
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  8210. Then why do you care?
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  8211. And how would that happen, when russia is on the defensive and slowly losing ground? The russian federation will not survive this war, civil war is coming.
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  8212.  @isaacKofiNortey  how would Ukraine fall to russia? Bakhmut is russia's only victory in a full year, and now russia is back on the defensive...
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  8213. Russia is the biggest threat to peace and stability in Europe. Trade and coorporation with russia is over.
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  8214. he is a former ambassador, not the current one.
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  8215.  @avex3903  Because it is the truth. If russia stopped attacking, the war would be over. Russia is the only aggressor here.
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  8216. The agreed goal is 2% by 2030.
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  8217. Russia's war has consequences in Europe. Israels war has not. Nobody cares about the middle east.
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  8218. no ,russia attacked because putin wants to expand his empire. That's all this war is about. And the pipeline was destroyed by russia. If russia actually wanted to supply more gas, they could just use one of the other pipelines.
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  8219. when you say people in the Donbass, you really mean russian forces pretending not to be russian forces don't you?
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  8220. At least we have toilets, unlike India.
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  8221. russia will soon be a chinese puppet state 😄
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  8222. what else could russia do if it was a war? Deploy some more T55s to the frontline?
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  8223. putin just wants to help the Americans gain a larger market share in Europe. How nice of putin to step aside and let the americans make some money. I'm sure they could use a little extra money, so they can keep sending weapons to Ukraine :)
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  8224. well said 🙂
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  8225. who was supposed to sanction the countries helping the US? Are we supposed to sanction ourselves? 😄
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  8226. that's a bad idea, we have seen how the Ukrainians are treated in the occupied areas.
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  8227. Who cares about russia's pipeline, it was never going to be used again anyway.
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  8228.  @margelatu79  do you have any sources for that claim about 5x more expensive gas? I have been trying to find out what the normal price for LNG is, but i can't find any numbers? I found a claim from russia's former energy minister, Alexander Novak, that LNG would be 40% more expensive for Europe. That means 1,4x the price. And another claim from a Polish gas company in 2019, that their LNG contracts with the US and Qatar was cheaper than their former contract with Rosneft. But no actual numbers.
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  8229. EV sales increased 35% in january compared to last year.
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  8230. good luck getting all those countries to work together.
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  8231.  @EmmaNguyen-mg5xq  ignorant.
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  8232.  @OptLab  that is true, but energy is not really that scarce in Europe anymore, as you can see by the current prices. 46% of Germany's electricity was produced by renewables in 2022, and that number is going to spike in the coming years as Germany is part of the plan to increase wind power in the north sea 10x. And the number of new solarpanels installed will also break new records in 2023.
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  8233.  @OptLab  yes energy prices were crazy last year, when the price of natural gas went from the normal 20 to 345 euro/mwh. But todays price 26 euro/mwh. The increased use of coal is a temporary solution, and it is not that much worse than using natural gas for power generation.
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  8234. Winnie the pooh and putin the piglet 😄
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  8235. Nobody cares about India
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  8236.  @ska5568  brics is just another pointless forum where some leaders can meet and have their picture taken.
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  8237. You know nothing, little girl...
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  8238. the Ukrainians have breached the surovikin line, that seems pretty significant to me...
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  8239.  @CyrilSneer123  Verbove is behind the line. And both sides have reported fighting in Verbove. So we are not just talking about a few guys. The breach is real buddy 😉
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  8240.  @ibrahimtouman2279  i did listen to the cope, but cope is all that it is. This video will not age well...
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  8241.  @ibrahimtouman2279  The Ukrainians are fighting to liberate their country from russian occupation. And you seem to support this russian aggression for some reason? What's wrong with you?
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  8242. Russia could end the war today, just by going home.
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  8243.  @claus-not-santa  why would he want to capitulate after all the russian warcrimes in the occupied areas? Anything is better than living under russian rule.
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  8244.  @maryzmijski6087  nuclear would benefit from energy storage as well. Nuclear plants has to run 24/7, so a lot of energy is wasted during the night.
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  8245. this is what happens when putin wants to expand his empire.
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  8246.  @johncruz2961  there is no puzzle, russia is just spending everything they have. But their reserves will run out eventually...
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  8247.  @modisaneunity4534  we are talking about natural gas here, not oil. Sit down and be quiet now.
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  8248.  @johnnykey00  yeah that is the point of the price cap. Russia is still our gas station, but they earn less than they would in Europe.
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  8249.  @johnnykey00  i don't really care why it works, as long as russia has to sell their oil for less than they would in Europe. And the funniest part is that russia is now undercutting the other OPEC countries in Asia, while The US, Canada and Norway keep increasing production. I can't imagine the Saudis are very happy with russia these days...😄
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  8250.  @doryndeanda2681  then why does russia's best educated keep leaving for a better life in the west?
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  8251. VW is still making a profit. Why should they get help from the state?
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  8252. good, that will keep the oil price down for everyone else. The important part is that russia is making less money from oil sales.
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  8253.  @piotrm9616  russia needs the price to around $70 to balance their budget. But urals oil is trading at just $40-50. That's why russia is currently running a budget deficit.
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  8254. BRICS is just another useless forum where some leaders can have their photo taken. How would membership help?
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  8255.  @ds-kj8fq  see what exactly? Brics is just another forum where nation leaders can meet and shake hands.
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  8256.  @ds-kj8fq  and when is that gonna happen? Not anytime soon...
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  8257.  @uditpradhan9044  and when is that going to happen? What decision has been made in the Brics forum, that had any effect on Europe?
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  8258. if that was true, then how come that most of russia's neighbors want to be members of NATO to get protection from russia?
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  8259.  @swapnilp5774  the west and partners account for 2/3 of the gdp in the world. Who cares about the rest?
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  8260. And how is that gas transported to Europe?
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  8261. because tsar putin wants to expand his empire. That's all. Everything else is just excuses trying to justify it.
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  8262.  @nuclearpyjama  i think the US accounted for roughly 15% of EU's gas consumption in 2022. Norway is the biggest supplier now. And the price is about 2x higher now, and still going down...
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  8263.  @cooljo5881  the Ukrainian army has been fighting since 2014, i suspect they know more about warfare than most western armies...
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  8264.  @theepashmani6474  sure, the main killer of russian tanks were also Ukrainian artillery. But hitting every single tank with a direct strike in 2 weeks is not really realistic...
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  8265. I think russia might have an image problem. Maybe a fresh new name could help with that. Instead of russia, we could call it "North Ukraine". Or how about "China's Gas Station"?
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  8266. russia, what a sh*thole.
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  8267.  Azuri e  enjoy it while it lasts. EU will find a way to block funds for Hungary sooner or later 🖕
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  8268. ​ @wintersolider6415  so when are you guys going to start spamming "winter is coming" again? How about a new catch phrase: "ok so you didn't freeze to death last winter, but you will this time!"?
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  8269.  @wintersolider6415  so what are you gonna do when none of that happens? Tell us that we will freeze in 2024? 😄
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  8270.  @wintersolider6415  i don't care if the US benefits or not. This is about russia being a threat to peace and stability in Europe.
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  8271.  @wintersolider6415  the recession will be global. And global recession means less global demand for energy, which makes it unlikely that we will see shortages in Europe.
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  8272.  @alfonsdepalfons  the russians are attacking fortified positions with human waves, russia has lost far more than the Ukrainians. That's why they haven't pulled out yet.
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  8273. russia going home is the only option.
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  8274.  @marktsvetanov6038  then we have to continue supplying weapons and ammo until Russia gets the message.
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  8275.  @ragingmonk6080  kinda funny that you mostly post comments when it is daytime in st petersburg, but night time in the US....
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  8276.  @ragingmonk6080  that is a pretty cool back story, Ivan. Did your handlers write it for you, or did you have to do it yourself?
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  8277.  @ragingmonk6080  that's right Ivan, it's a Danish flag. You are such a good boy. Trying to brag about russia's military power is pretty cringe though, considering russia's pathetic performance so far...
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  8278.  @ragingmonk6080  funny thing is that Denmark beats both the US and russia in all areas that actually matters to the average person living there. Happiness, healthcare, minimum wages, education, low corruption, less crime, infrastructure, business opportunities etc... And all you have to brag about is that your country has a higher gdp and more powerful military, because your population is larger....
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  8279.  @ragingmonk6080  so what does it say about your country that Denmark's standard of living is higher than yours, if we are so poor?
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  8280.  @ragingmonk6080  don't worry, it was probably not a very interesting comment anyway...
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  8281. russia is sending T62's to the frontline, and they still talk like they are a superpower 😄
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  8282.  @simplicius11  and yet it is enough to push russia out of Kherson 😄
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  8283. Trump wants to both leave NATO and start a trade war with the EU. So why support the US?
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  8284. so russia is going to commit suicide if they can't take Ukraine? Don't think so...
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  8285. what are you doing here Ivan, get back behind the iron curtain where you belong!
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  8286. Sweden never joined the war, how can they be knocked out of it? Are you drunk or something?
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  8287. Only in your dreams 😄
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  8288. nope, russia supplies less than 10% now.
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  8289.  @randomguy7175  many in Europe still care about "international law". Which is silly in my opinion, those days are over.
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  8290.  @sxe1nuar  yes, and they have decided to not renew the contract.
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  8291. russia can't even stop a small group of mercenaries from taking over a large russian city...
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  8292. not gonna happen. Those sanctions are there to stay
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  8293. competitive against who?
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  8294. silly russian lies. A patriot system is made up of 6-8 launchers, spread out over a very large area. At best, russia managed to destroy 1 launcher.
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  8295. why would the Americans back down? This is probably the cheapest war they never fought, and it is bleeding russia dry.
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  8296.  @eugenefirebird8938  cope harder, little girl.
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  8297. good job by Ukraine. Can't help feeling just a little bit sorry for the poor bastards, what a crappy way to die for putin's ambitions....
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  8298.  @crushnevnikita8575  of course i am. The future belongs to the dictators now.
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  8299.  @linwang4440  trump will destroy the last bit of European unity. Which means that china will gain a lot of influence in Europe.
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  8300.  @avex3903  am i wrong though?
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  8301. @et2709  when has trump ever said anything about win-win?
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  8302. if you're talking about the war against vodka, then yes. The russian army has defeated many vodka bottles.
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  8303.  @stevewake6614  pathetic excuse for russia's failure...
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  8304.  @Kayasvadji  yes a light tank will usually have a smaller gun and less armor than a main battle tank? Which is why it is called a light tank.
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  8305.  @jonathanjacob5453  they need putin to face reality, and bring his troops back home where they belong.
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  8306.  @davidnoelfranks1124  sure, it's not like Denmark is the standard other countries like to compare themselves against... 🙄
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  8307. hello mr russian troll. How many potatoes have you earned today?
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  8308.  @maksimpanteleev5104  so no potatoes yet? Guess you have to write some more comments then, Ivan...
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  8309. is that your excuse for russia's failures in Ukraine? 😄
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  8310. You don't know anything about Greenland 🙄
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  8311. even the numbers published by russia is showing that revenue is down, and the budget deficit is growing 😄
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  8312. because we all love watching the russian clown show. And the German economy will most likely grow in q2 of 2023, according to the Bundes Bank. Which means the recession is over.
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  8313. not really...
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  8314.  @SMT_THAKUR  fair enough, if we need some slave labour then we know who to call 👍
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  8315. it's just a pile of ruble, you can call it whatever you like.
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  8316. if you are looking for disinfo, just look at all the russian trolls in the comments here....
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  8317.  @fagreed3938  the cause is putin's ambitions. Putin wants to conquer Ukraine, that is all this war is about.
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  8318.  @fagreed3938  i don't care what putin says, he is a proven liar. I care about what he does, which is trying to steal as much land in Ukraine as possible.
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  8319.  @fagreed3938  putin said he wouldn't invade Ukraine. So he is a proven liar.
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  8320. russia is not even close to being in the same league as China and the US
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  8321. NATO hasn't even joined the fight yet...
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  8322. putin is a sad and pathetic little man.
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  8323. you do realize that NATO members are not paying the US, right? Why would we do that?
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  8324.  @thelonegerman2314  just give it up, no one is scared of putins silly nukes. He can't use them without getting destroyed himself.
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  8325.  @yuvingoonewardene7920  pretty sure that is not true. Who is your source for that claim?
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  8326. How is the ruble doing today?
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  8327. @tomas6179  yes russians are used to suffer in silence, because they are to cowardly to speak up against the dictator. Russia will be the north Korea of Europe for a very long time.
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  8328. Yeah russia can not hide the truth forever.
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  8329. there is nothing to achieve. Globalization is coming to an end, whether Germany wants it or not.
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  8330. nope, russia is a terrorist state, they have no rights.
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  8331. russia will be bankrupt long before that.
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  8332. we're going back to the cold war, that is what's happening.
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  8333. they should put putin on the next rocket...
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  8334. the gas flow was turned off a month before the pipeline was damaged.
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  8335. you are confusing natural gas with petrol. EU is not buying natural gas from India.
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  8336.  @keiraannunaki4329  yes, russia used to sell a lot of refined oil to Europe. But now they have to sell the crude oil to India with a discount. The crude oil is then refined in India and sold to Europe at normal market price. It's a win-win for Europe and India, not so much for russia...
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  8337.  @keiraannunaki4329  russia is running a very large budget deficit, but they are using the wealth fund to cover the deficit. That fund will not last forever. Rising oil prices are a short term problem, as always.
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  8338.  @keiraannunaki4329  that sounds like a US problem. I don't care...
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  8339. while the toilet (india) is drowning.
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  8340. Don't worry, russia and chyna are more than willing to take over.
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  8341.  @YouReadMyName  to be fair, russia is probably more like a gas station to china than a sattelite state...
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  8342.  @neptune1525  hey buddy 🙂
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  8343. did Germany destroy their economy for the russian government? I haven't had that one before...
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  8344. If wages are increasing to EU levels, how can prices remain 3-4 times lower? Is russia made of magic? Or just made of BS?
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  8345.  @Princip666  don't worry, russia is not really important. It's just a gas station pretending to be a country.
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  8346.  @Princip666  it's just a gas station pretending to be a country.
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  8347. russia cut off the gas supply to blackmail Germany.
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  8348. if they could, they would have done it by now. Russia is just sending poorly trained conscripts and T62s to the frontline now 😄
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  8349. You don't actually believe that russian economy is doing good, right?
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  8350. Finland has just joined NATO, russia is running out of non-NATO neighbors 😄
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  8351. no these strikes won't win the war, but it is a nice moral boost for the Ukrainians. The same could be said about russia's strikes on civilian targets, it won't win the war, but it makes putin's supporters feel better.
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  8352. Urals Oil has now dropped to 54$ a barrel, good luck funding putin's very expensive war 😄
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  8353.  VLAD-08090  and so would russia. It goes both ways buddy.
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  8354.  @joexavier4070  empty threats...
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  8355.  VLAD-08090  OSCE observers reported both russian troops and russian equipment in the Donbass. Stop the BS
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  8356.  VLAD-08090  the Baltic states have a much higher gdp per capita than russia and belarus.
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  8357.  VLAD-08090  yeah that didn't happen. Russia is a poor country, why do you think russia's best educated people are working here in the west? 😄
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  8358.  @joexavier4070  so bring it on then...
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  8359. putin wants to expand his empire, the only way this could have been avoided is by a much stronger response from the west in 2014.
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  8360.  @corvus4135  i don't care what the US does, as long as they don't do it in Europe. Russia is not defending themselves, they are trying to annex their neighbor.
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  8361. EU is against russia because of russia, not because of the US. Russia's unprovoked war is a threat to peace and stability in Europe.
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  8362. because it is made up...
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  8363.  @aduduodudu7893  no, it's more like threatening me with a hand grenade, while his own family is in the room with us. Sure, he could pull the pin and kill me, but that would also kill himself and his own family. And that is why it is an empty threat.
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  8364. Does Slovakia have any electricity to spare? If yes, then why are they complaining? If no, then what difference does it make?
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  8365. here in Denmark, i am seeing an increasing amount of wind turbines on privately owned farmland. They are usually placed in the area between farm fields. There are also solar parks combined with sheep or cattle, where the panels provide shelter for the animals.
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  8366.  @spiraboy  what a wonderful world that would be...
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  8367.  @cannibalronny7314  oh look, another bot spamming the same old lines...🙄
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  8368.  @cannibalronny7314  i could think of less nice things to call you, if you like?
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  8369. Urals oil has been below $60 since the price cap was implemented, so it seems to work just fine :)
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  8370.  @hkfoo3333  Urals oil was around $100 a barrel last summer, now it's around $55. Russia has even admitted that they will make less money in 2023.
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  8371.  @hkfoo3333  you can cope as hard as you want, fact is that Urals oil has been below the price cap level since it was implemented.
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  8372.  @hkfoo3333  the price was over $60 through all of 2022, until December 5. And it has been below $60 since then.
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  8373.  @hkfoo3333  russia gdp 2022: -3,5%, according to russia's central bank. EU gdp 2022: 2,2% growth, according to ECB.
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  8374.  @hkfoo3333  there's more than enough gas, why do you think the price keeps falling? Today's price is 47% lower than it was a year ago, which is before the war even started. And the EU is a net exporter of wheat by the way, EU is the largest food exporter in the world.
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  8375.  @hkfoo3333  the amount of LNG imported from India so far is 0. Net exporter means that you export more than you import. If Europe was running out of food, we could just stop selling to other countries. My country produce enough food to feed 15M, even though the population is only 5,5M
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  8376.  @hkfoo3333  it's not a bluff. If there is a shortage of something in the world, it's not going to be in Europe. It will be the poorer countries who will have to go without, because we can pay more. That's why we have enough gas in Europe, while there is a shortage in some of the poorer countries in Asia.
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  8377. How sad and pathetic. Russia can't defeat the Ukrainian soldiers, so now they are going after the civilians instead.
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  8378. no, but preventing other countries from doing it is just sh*tty behaviour.
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  8379.  @cinpeace353  no one likes the current inflation problems. But the gas shortage is only a small part of it. Why would a major LNG producer like Australia have 7% inflation if it was all about russian gas?
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  8380. you are talking bollocks. Russia is fighting Ukraine, NATO is not in the fight. At least not yet.
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  8381. neither side is going to win anything, it's not a game.
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  8382.  @claus-not-santa  doesn't change the fact that both sides will be worse off, no matter how the war ends.
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  8383. banks and other companies go bankrupt every year. Is the current number actually higher than average?
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  8384.  @baroneleve1196  you tell me, you're the one making claims. How many big banks have gone bankrupt in the EU recently?
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  8385. Russia could end the war today, just by going home to their own country...
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  8386. there are no EU sanctions on russian food exports. They can even export to the EU. Stop lying.
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  8387. Dry your eyes little girl.
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  8388. So russia got their annual "victory". Let's see if they can take another town next year...
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  8389. Good one 👍
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  8390. yes please do that. It would force the last buyers in Europe to find new suppliers...
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  8391.  @Dontbelieve.in_lies  a colony is a place that is a formal part of your country. And the people living there are citizens in your empire. As a European, i don't have a US passport. And there are no Americans in my countrys government. So your statement makes no sense.
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  8392. India is more of a regional power in my opinion.
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  8393.  @rahulmamgain2799  India can't really compare to countries like the US or even China, neither when it comes to economy or military.
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  8394.  @rahulmamgain2799  what power?
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  8395.  @prasoonmishra8698  which part don't you agree with?
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  8396. those numbers are coming from the russian MOD, the same guys who claim that russia has destroyed 9431 Ukrainian tanks...
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  8397.  @duncansmith7562  dude, take a second to look at the number. The US has the second largest number of tanks in the world, and they have around 5500. But russia has somehow managed to destroy 9431 tanks in Ukraine? Come on Ivan, even you have to admit this is ridiculous...😄
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  8398.  @duncansmith7562  you can look at the latest briefing from the russian mod?
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  8399.  @duncansmith7562  i've been trying to give you an answer, but my answer keeps getting deleted? This is very strange. I will try again next time i see you on DW 🤷‍♂
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  8400. the gremlin of kremlin
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  8401. this is russia's first win in almost a year. The last city Ukraine lost was Severodonetsk. And they have liberated several cities since then, such as Kherson, Lyman, Kupyansk etc.
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  8402. this is all thanks to putin. It was his decision to invade Ukraine.
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  8403. @militant_pacifist but a self-proppeled mortar like AMOS or CV90 Mjlølner might be better for the role of short-range artillery. The Swedes even have an anti-armor mortar round called Strix, which is heat seeking so it can land on top of a tank. The idea of a drone tank is cool, but i think jamming might be a problem.
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  8404. let's see how many will be signing up to join the Ukrainian army and take revenge on the russians who killed their family members.
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  8405. tell that to the russians. They could end the war today just by going home.
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  8406. does russia control more or less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago? I will give you a hint, it is much less 😄
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  8407.  @bobenrajan3690  no it is a russian invasion of Ukraine. Western countries are providing weapons to help Ukraine defend themselves from russian aggression.
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  8408. Russia's biggest victory in 6 months is a small mining town. At this rate it will take russia 150 years to conquer Ukraine 😄
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  8409. russia controls less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago. Maybe you need some glasses?
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  8410. I don't really see the problem, most Europeans see russia as an enemy as well.
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  8411.  @sawfishv6565  80% of Ukraine's thermal power plants have been damaged. But their main source of electricity is nuclear and hydro. Ukraine will be fine.
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  8412.  @sawfishv6565  yeah, they can also import electricity. Which makes their situation even better. Russia is just pure failure...
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  8413. it had to happen. We can't keep trading with the enemy...
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  8414. russia will still need money to pay for it all, not even russians work for free.
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  8415.  @sahilsingh6782  western "analysts" and media are always trying to hype up the next big threat. Fear sells.
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  8416.  @fromika  because russia keeps invading their neighbors. Why do you think most of russia's neighbors want to be NATO members?
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  8417.  @fromika  no not really. NATO is a defensive alliance, NATO has nothing to do with sanctions. NATO members have been involved in wars, like the invasion of Iraq, but that doesn't make it a NATO mission.
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  8418. Cope harder Ivan. Russia has lost the European gas market forever.
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  8419.  @vladimircuchta7427  i can afford to pay 10 euro, so i don't really care.
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  8420. there was not much trade between China and the west 25 years ago. And the west was actually doing better back then, globalism has mostly benefited China....
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  8421. Nobody seems to care about all the western assets russia has stolen, why would this be any different?
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  8422. doom and gloom, we're all going to freeze and starve! And in a few months from now we will be talking about something else, because nothing really happened...
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  8423.  @claudiopereira9900  there was never any threats towards russia. Russia doesn't want to be a partner to Europe, they want to dominate.
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  8424. the US has no allies anymore. The US is now a bigger threat to peace and stability in Europe than Russia and China.
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  8425. never gonna happen.
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  8426.  @suportbghelp4938  the US has several tv channels like fox news, who criticize the government constantly. Does russia have anything like that? Of course not. Putin has even blocked access to Telegram now. I could legally organize a pro-russia protest in Copenhagen if i wanted to. I would even be entitled to police protection, as long as it is a peaceful protest. Could you organize a pro-west protest in Moscow and not go to jail?
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  8427.  @trqster  oh come on, you know it's not a real election. Putin is dictator for life, the "election" is just for show...😄
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  8428. Oil, gas and nuclear are some of the most expensive sources of energy.
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  8429. You guys have been saying that for 2 years, yet here we are 😄
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  8430. The point is that you have been wrong for 2 years, and you will continue to be wrong about the fight being over for the next many years...
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  8431.  @joelfisk  it will be even worse for Ukraine under the russian boot. And that is why Ukraine will continue to resist.
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  8432.  @joelfisk  judging by the russian progress so far, they will still be fighting over the Donbass in 5 years...
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  8433. ​ @joelfisk and that is why Ukraine is mobilizing more men. Don't worry, Ukraine could sustain the current rate of casualties for the next 20 years.
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  8434.  @82boulou  nordstream was completed in 2012. Germany was wealthy before that.
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  8435.  @haydotherapper5401  i will take that bet. I look forward to owning your house when spring comes, and the frontline has barely moved 😄
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  8436.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  Severodonetsk was almost 1,5 years ago, the rest happened before that.
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  8437.  @danielbb8570  what peace agreement? What is russia offering?
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  8438.  @glintongordon6811  and why would putin agree to only take one, if he believed russia could take both? Appeasing the dictator never works, have you learned nothing from history?
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  8439.  @glintongordon6811 russia ran away from Kyiv because they were losing the fight there. Remember the 40km roadblock, where farmers were stealing russian tanks?
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  8440.  @Memovox  no please explain the current situation to me? This should be good...
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  8441.  @Memovox  that is nonsense, and you know it. Come on Ivan, you are usually one of the better trolls. Give me something good?
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  8442.  @glintongordon6811  so why is russia barely making any progress?
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  8443.  @johnadam2885  russia is the biggest threat to peace and stability in Europe. Kinda hard to be allied to a country that keeps attacking their neighbors...
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  8444. russia is only fighting Ukraine. NATO provides intel and some older weapon systems, that's it.
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  8445. the US made a promise to Ukraine. You think it won't have long term consequences for US economic interests around the world if the US is seen as an unreliable ally?
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  8446. Sanctions will just be replaced by military action instead. Just like in the bad old days.
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  8447. i don't think the war will end in this decade, but there might be a chance for a cease fire around 2025. It means that russia has control of the territory they occupy at the time, but it will not be recognized as part of russia. And the sanctions will not be lifted.
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  8448. putin just wants to help the Americans gain a larger market share in Europe. LNG has become the fastest growing US export this year. How nice of putin to step aside and let the americans make some money :)
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  8449. China's economy, influence and power is larger than the rest of Brics combined. It's really just a way for china to expand their influence.
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  8450. Military targets like appartment and office buildings?
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  8451. Russia is the biggest threat to peace and stability in Europe.
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  8452. he has been doing a pretty good job so far. He is not perfect, and he has made mistakes, but overall a pretty good job. Not sure if anyone could have done it better under the circumstances...
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  8453.  @springbloom5940  hello again Ivan. How many potatoes have you earned today?
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  8454.  @springbloom5940  you support russia, what do you know about dignity? 🙄
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  8455.  @springbloom5940  are you drunk again? Go to sleep Ivan.
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  8456.  @springbloom5940  Ok? what exactly am i lying about?
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  8457.  @allydea  a mom joke? Dude, that is just pathetic...
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  8458.  @springbloom5940  ok weirdo...
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  8459. that is not going to end well for"the rest"...
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  8460.  @claus-not-santa  am i supposed to care about what happened 80 years ago?
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  8461. "if"...
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  8462. i think you mean: Zelensky or putin's body double?
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  8463.  @ClementGreen  to be honest, i don't really know for sure 🤷‍♂
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  8464. Germany was doing better before china joined WTO. Globalization has only benefited large corporations, not the average person in Germany.
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  8465. Nobody cares...
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  8466. the "German" cars being sold in the US are manufactured in the US, that's why they suck.
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  8467. Germanys economy began to stagnate long before the pipeline was damaged. And russia is an unreliable supplier anyway.
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  8468. yeah, i would rather hear about the russian clown show 🤡
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  8469.  @duncansmith7562  it's been pretty much what i expected so far, slow but steady. Those of us who were paying attention knew that the russians were well prepared. As far as i can tell, the Ukrainians are using the same strategy they used at Kherson. Blowing up ammo depots and going after the russian supply lines. Moving troops up to make the Russians use up the shells they have. If the russians run out of shells, they will run away again. Time will tell...
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  8470. cry harder, little girl...
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  8471. what does multipolar world actually mean?
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  8472.  @ingrid4587  it was almost 50 % before the war started. The 12% is in 2024.
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  8473. those sanctions are there to stay. better get used to it Ivan.
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  8474. It's not like tucker is going to ask real questions. The only thing we might learn from the interview is things like putin's favorite color or how he likes his eggs...
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  8475.  @rambotito7573  keep living in putin's fantasy world, those silly russians can't even defend the city from the Ukrainian army.
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  8476.  @stephenwhite345  40% of the gas is used for heating, the rest is used for power generation and industry. But i feel pretty confident that very few people will turn the thermostat up to 22 degrees this winter. We can't have prices that few can afford, and still have the same demand. And as you mentioned, a lot of companies have reduced production or shut down completely. Which means less demand for energy.
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  8477.  @stephenwhite345  a heatwave means more aircondition. And don't forget that France had problems with their nuclear plants due to the drought. Not to mention all the hydroelectric plants. And yet we still used less gas for power generation...
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  8478.  @stealph51  russia will never supply 40% of EU's gas again. Maybe 10% if the war ends soon. And there won't be a big demand for natural gas in a few decades anyway.
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  8479. because the rest of Europe would like to live in peace. Only russia wants war.
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  8480. the pipeline was most likely destroyed by russia. And they did it so German energy companies couldn't sue Gazprom for breaking contracts and not delivering.
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  8481.  @freddiethompson58  you can cope as hard as you like, but the war will still go on for years and years. Saying that Ukraine is running out of men is just as silly as those who claimed that russia was running out of missiles....
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  8482.  @freddiethompson58  sure, just 3 more days to Kyiv, right? 😄 It's been more than 2 years now, and russia is still trying to take the Donbass. In 2 years from now, russia will still be trying...
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  8483. and what is your country going to gain from this multipolar world?
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  8484. good luck funding an expensive war without oil and gas sales...
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  8485. brics means china and their vassal states such as russia.
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  8486. cope...
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  8487. brics is just a forum where leaders can have their photo taken, kinda like the G20. Brics has no real purpose, and has never accomplished anything useful.
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  8488. what a silly statement. Any country can be beaten, even the US has lost several wars. This war will most likely drag on for years, and russia will have to fund the war by themselves while Ukraine is funded by the west.
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  8489.  @nikog2282  you're the one claiming that russia is already fighting us? Get your story straight, you pathetic russian troll 😉
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  8490.  @realtissaye  what free market? China is a protectionist country.
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  8491.  @gugulethuzangwa8358  doesn't change the fact that China exports far more than they import from the world.
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  8492.  @sittingduck02  that is just the problem. The EU no longer feels that we benefit from trade with China. They are trying to flood Europe with subsidized gods, while the Chinese market remains very protectionist. It has become a pretty onesided relationship.
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  8493.  @sittingduck02  EU trade stats are published on EU's website. EU's exports to China in 2023 was worth $223B, while imports from China was $514B. That means a $291B trade deficit in China's favor. Such a trade relationship is simply not sustainable.
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  8494. Nobody cares about russia's pipeline.
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  8495.  @nate_reatcz  that is complete nonsense. The US doesn't have that kind of influence. We are against russia because they are trying to expand their borders by force. Russia is the biggest threat to peace and stability in Europe.
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  8496.  @Officialbillion  sure, but the EU is not just following when it comes to supporting Ukraine. EU is leading the effort.
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  8497. But that would be lying?
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  8498. tsar putin wants to expand his empire, that is why he invaded Ukraine. That is all this war is about.
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  8499. wishful thinking 😄
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  8500. The goal of the sanctions is to make it harder for russia to fund the war and produce advanced weapons. And that seems to be working just fine.
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  8501. none of that is true, you have been fooled by russian propaganda...
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  8502.  @nyarkofelix7922  if it was all about energy prices, then why were the German economy not booming from 2014-2019 where natural gas prices were record low?
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  8503. keep drinking that copium...
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  8504. russians should be ashamed.
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  8505. they don't have to, Ukraine will take care of that. Run russki run 😄
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  8506.  @untouchboy  yeah but russia is not fighting 30 nations are they 😄 It's just Ukraine, armed with some of NATO's older weapons. Ukraine hasn't yet received any western troops, tanks, fighter jets, ships or long range missiles.
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  8507.  @untouchboy  no NATO has barely even started. Many European leaders are hesitant, because they don't really want russia to collapse again. They would rather give putin an "off ramp", and avoid a large neighbor like russia in complete chaos like after the fall of the Russian empire and the Soviet Union. But it seems to me that most are starting to realize that putin will not give up, and a military defeat is the only option.
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  8508.  @untouchboy  the west could do a lot more, if they really wanted. The US alone could provide 2000 tanks and 2000 Bradleys from their storage. Even Denmark has 100 tanks in storage, that we might send at some point. This is just getting started.
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  8509. the US took Iraq in a few weeks, the russians can't do anything right...
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  8510. the russian defense has failed, and now you're just in denial...
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  8511. Wishful thinking...
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  8512. The russian bots are working overtime these days. They are really earning those extra potatoes 😄
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  8513. no one is bankrupting themselves, don't be such a drama queen.
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  8514.  @КонстантинБухаров-б7ж  i have no idea what that means?
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  8515.  @buoyohbuoy790  ever heard of C-RAM?
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  8516.  @buoyohbuoy790  good thing NATO has a lot then. And of course the russian version didn't work, it's russian 😄
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  8517.  @КонстантинБухаров-б7ж  i am just going to assume it's more empty threats, that's all i'm hearing from you russians now.
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  8518.  @zenith7024  when has such a tactic ever worked? Don't get your hopes up, the war will most likely go on for years. And russia will most likely be bankrupt at the end of it, even if the war ends with Ukraine ceding territory to russia.
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  8519.  @emmanuelcharlesbonney6963  energy prices in Germany are actually lower today than before the war. There are several reasons for the slowdown in Germany, such as brexit, covid, supply chain issues due to lockdowns in China, the energy crisis in 2022 etc. But it is still just 0,3%...
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  8520. putin has achieved nothing. The Ukrainians are taking their land back, inch by inch. And there was nothing preventing russia from selling oil and gas to asia before the war, the reason why they didn't is because the European market is more profitable.
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  8521. and how will we afford those electric cars if we allow China to destroy all Industry in Europe?
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  8522. sure, why not, it's not like anyone actually wants to attack either country.
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  8523. the trolls are getting desperate. They really want us to remove those sanctions they claim has no effect at all.
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  8524.  @gfys756  brics is just another useless forum where some leaders can have their picture taken.
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  8525. losing foreign investment is never a good thing for a country.
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  8526. you know that most countries in Europe have banned russian oil, right?
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  8527.  @Taara51  some countries are still buying russian oil, mostly through pipelines. But the volume has decreased by roughly 90% compared to before the war. We will get rid of the last 10% eventually... 🙂
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  8528.  @ffffuchs  that is a very good point.
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  8529.  @MarioLopez-qp1bg  competitive against who, and in what market? The vast majority of Germany's exports are to other countries in Europe. And we will most likely see a lot more protectionism in Europe in the future, as globalism is coming to an end.
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  8530.  @JohnJones-k9d  china accounted for 6,7% of German exports in 2022. The EU was around 68%, if we include non-EU countries like the UK, Norway and Switzerland, then Europe accounts for almost 80%. The data is available if you care to look it up. Source: Santander Trading
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  8531.  @denisgorjunov  heavy industry is around 23% of the German economy. So 10% would be 2,3% of gdp. But the forecast for 2023 is -0,3%, so that has clearly not happened.
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  8532.  @johanbee8757  i know what decline means dumbo. Does a 0.4% decline sound like a total collapse to you?
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  8533. i think a lot of leaders in the west are worried about a russian collapse. And a civil war in a nuclear armed country does sound kinda scary. I think NATO's goal is to slowly squeeze Russia until they are forced to withdraw.
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  8534. it's good to plan ahead. The shift away from russian gas is permanent after all.
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  8535.  @bulzome664  i wouldn't call the current government left-wing, it's a coalition between centre-left and centre-right. It's probably the first danish government in a very long time that i find somewhat acceptable. I think the main reason for the populist party's failure is that they had to compromise as a part of a coalition government. After all the tough rhetoric and big promises, it was seen as a sellout by their voters.
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  8536. that's how i would describe india as well. They claim to be against imperialism, but seems to have no problem with russia's imperialism in Ukraine...
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  8537. the EU is already pulling our part. It's the US that is the unreliable ally here.
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  8538. Maybe because his home is being invaded by orcs?
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  8539. so the price of protection is that you get invaded by the one protecting you? What kind of logic is that?
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  8540. russia failed to win against Ukraine. Can russia win against NATO which is 10 times stronger than Ukraine?
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  8541. he didn't say anything about it being the first, he said the largest. They even showed another smaller battery in this video, that the same company made a few years ago.
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  8542. the current crude oil price is 30-35% lower than it was a year ago.
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  8543. Brics is just China and the rest. China's economy and power is larger than the rest of Brics combined.
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  8544.  @ericp1139  russia has decimated and demilitarized themselves. NATO hasn't lost a single soldier yet, and has mostly donated older weapons. We have a short term ammo problem, but that is all. While russia has to deploy T62's to the frontlinje...
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  8545.  @hiddenleaf2  laugh about the fact that putin is a tiny little clown, who is failing on all fronts.
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  8546. Russia will be a pariah in Europe for decades.
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  8547.  @darrenpowell7225  but they are not any closer to a victory than they were 12 months ago. In fact, russia controls less of Ukraine now than they did 12 months ago.
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  8548. Ukraine belongs to the Ukrainians. It should not be. that hard to understand....
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  8549. good, your silly comments should be deleted.
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  8550. yeah russia is really good at killing civilians. It is a terrorist state...
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  8551. India is irrelevant.
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  8552. It's not a choice between russia or the US, it's a matter of defending Europe from russian expansionism.
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  8553.  @ssuwandi3240  could be a lot worse, china's budget deficit was over $600 billion in 2023...
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  8554.  @Jason-io9zg  what is your source for that number? Last i heard it was around 5%, which was in line with the government goals for power saving.
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  8555. i'm sure they will eventually, have a little patience. It's such a nice way to commemorate all of russia's failures 😄
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  8556.  @ilhamconte5408  i'm doing great, thank you for caring ❤
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  8557.  @DIGITALGAMER25  doesn't affect Germany more than anyone else.
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  8558.  @wolfliu8525  no, unfortunately not. But if it happens, then it is Denmark's problem. OP was complaining about Germany not doing anything.
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  8559.  @ethno8443  i said the environmental impact doesn't affect Germany more than others, learn to read little troll...
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  8560. ever heard of Orano and Urenco?
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  8561. what's the price difference between russian and US gas?
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  8562.  @narancauk  cheap or expensive is a relative term. So what is the price difference for 1000m3? is it 5%? Or maybe 500%?
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  8563.  @neverknowsbest2879  are you talking about long term contracts with an agreed price, or the EU market price? Because the market price is based on supply and demand, and it has little to do with the origin of the gas.
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  8564.  @neverknowsbest2879  thanks, good answer. Now we just need an average price for US LNG on long term contracts, for comparison. That seems to be the hard part.
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  8565. have you already forgotten Kherson, Izium, Kupyansk, Lyman etc?
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  8566.  @ronanrogers4127  that's a lot of coping 😄Fact is that russia controls less of Ukraine now than they did 6 months ago, and their biggest victory in 6 months is a small mining town...
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  8567. what are you smoking? The war is not even close to being over?
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  8568. this is why Denmark is a safe country, most people can't even locate the country on a map 😄
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  8569. russia has lost even more territory in Kursk...😄
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  8570.  @nemokenash  it was 161.000 km2 in 2022... 😄
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  8571. and then what? How is that going to benefit the US?
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  8572.  @kwalelalipimile3894  and even more single russian women. But the prettiest russians are already going to the west, to marry someone better than a russian man...
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  8573.  @kwalelalipimile3894  then why do the russian men keep drinking themselves to death? There are lots of russian women here in Denmark, i know several guys who are married to russian girls. But i have never heard of anyone going to russia, it's a country you escape from...
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  8574. They were all too weak on russia, that's the problem.
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  8575.  @cte4dota  if Europe is history, then why does China even care about the European market?
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  8576.  @Media-009  i agree, let's just cut the trade ties between China and Europe.
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  8577. it's not russia we are talking about here.
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  8578.  ВОВОЧКА  !##&%&&¤%#¤##"?
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  8579.  @tinaforbes1059  i'm not sure what you are talking about sweetie, maybe you should leave these complicated issues to the men?
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  8580.  @springbloom5940  of course i do. Was i not supposed to?
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  8581.  @pumalee1997  the prices are not rising, they are falling? Natural gas is 24,7% cheaper than same time last year, electricity is 70,3% cheaper than same time last year.
    1
  8582. Russia can do nothing except cry and moan.
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  8583. are you really pretending to care about Ukrainian children? You're such a hypocrite Ivan....
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  8584. russia attacked Ukraine, not the west.
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  8585. only one country decided to fight.
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  8586.  @haskalah  that's the biggest pile of bullsh*t i've heard today 😄
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  8587. glory to the Belgorod Peoples Republic!
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  8588. but it is the part of the world that matters...
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  8589.  @milindogugu5327  wishful thinking...
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  8590.  @denisgorjunov  are you related to the famous knight, sir cope-a-lot?
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  8591.  @tommytomas-fr3sh  most of the russians have lost their brains ...
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  8592. The current natural gas prices are the lowest in 2 years.
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  8593. I don't think many Ukrainians consider russia as their brothers anymore...
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  8594.  @sofiyagrober2180  i am sure russia will continue to trade with other loser countries like Iran and North Korea. But no more trade with Europe, russia is going back behind the iron curtain where they belong...
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  8595. this protest has nothing to do with the war. Most Europeans support aid for Ukraine.
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  8596. there will still be interference, you will just be colonized by China and russia this time. Good luck...
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  8597. what makes you think he even has a plan?
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  8598. sounds great to me, protectionism is the only way forward.
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  8599.  @nukestrom5719  russia said they would not attack Ukraine, remember?
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  8600. russia did that all by themselves.
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  8601. so what happens if russia "wins" the war? How will russia be better off?
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  8602.  @Dan-Martin  that is some high grade cope you got there. This war is nothing like ww2, it's more like ww1. Remember how ww1 ended for russia? 😉
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  8603.  @Dan-Martin  we saw a large mutiny just a few months ago, and quite a lot of people showed up to greet the wagner troops. The IMF forecast is based on the limited data from russia. And the data shows that oil and gas revenue is down, but non oil and gas revenue has gone up by a lot. What is this non oil and gas revenue? We don't know, because russia doesn't publish that data. So russia is clearly lying...
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  8604.  @Dan-Martin  the point is not the mutiny itself, but the reaction of the russian people. Even much of the military just stepped aside. Give a few more years, and we will get a russian revolution 2.0. And yes, oil and gas revenue is down, according to data from russia. You can look it up if you want. Crude oil exports are doing ok, the problem for russia is natural gas and refined oil products.
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  8605. it wouldn't have happened if russia didn't invade Ukraine, and try to steal some land.
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  8606.  @Blastsniper  what agreement would that be? The non existing one that putin has invented?
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  8607. Russia could end the war today, just by going home.
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  8608. most of those cars sold in china are also produced there. German exports to china have been declining for years as china has become even more protectionist.
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  8609.  @ChiTang-x8i  what new trade agreement? Germany doesn't negotiate trade agreements, that is the EU's job.
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  8610.  @jvjd  so you want Ukraine to surrender, and just let the russians brutalize the Ukrainian people?
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  8611.  @dunravin  putin said that he wouldn't invade Ukraine, and he has also said that he could take Kyiv in 2 weeks. That makes putin a proven liar. How would NATO withdraw, when NATO is not in Ukraine? Try to make sense little troll.
    1
  8612. how would that happen, they can't even defeat Ukraine 😄
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  8613.  @Crashed131963  Germany is not siding with russia, don't be silly 😄 And the tanks will get there, with or without Germany's approval.
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  8614.  @michaeldelisieux  Germany was wealthy before Nordstream was completed in 2012.
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  8615.  @rhyceise9000  what about them? Nordstream was used to deliver natural gas, not oil.
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  8616.  @rhyceise9000  wtf are you even talking about?
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  8617. Avdiivka will not change much, just move the frontline a few km...
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  8618. they had it coming
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  8619. i think it is ok to jok, as long as you jok safely...
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  8620. Chinese goods are the next russian gas. EU is already way too dependent on China, and it will be used against us eventually. Russia started to flood the European market with gas in 2014, bringing the price down to a point where no one else could compete. Looking back, this was clearly done to create leverage. Let's not make the same mistake with China.
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  8621. if russia attacks Ukraine from russian soil, then Ukraine has to strike back. If russia doesn't want strikes on russian territory, then stop attacking from there...
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  8622. most people in Europe are anti russia now.
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  8623.  @minhvo8009  the US relies on air power to clear the way. The russians can't do that. That's why they are using convicts as cannon fodder.
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  8624.  天月🌚  reality is that russia hasn't had a major victory in 8 months...
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  8625. good idea, Orban can go and bother putin instead.
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  8626.  @chami-w1p  and the people in Ukraine are suffering even more because they were invaded by russia.
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  8627.  @stateservant  you mean a pro-russia foreign policy. This all started when Ukraine wanted to sign a trade and cooperation agreement with the EU.
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  8628. why would anyone want to buy russia's smelly gas, russia is an unreliable supplier now.
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  8629. but Ukraine has been independent for more than 30 years, recognized as a country by most of the world including russia. So your comment makes no sense.
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  8630.  @user-g5xnx7gjqb  what a load of nonsense. All Oblasts of Ukraine voted to leave the USSR. So they can't have been that happy. Nobody liked being part of the USSR or the russian empire. Why do you think the former warsaw pact countries are the most anti-russian countries in Europe?
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  8631. find out that putin's silly threats are empty as always?
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  8632.  @ssembatyajohn8926  that putin is not letting his little nukes out to play? We know that already...
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  8633. the line has been breached, there is already fighting in Verbove now.
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  8634. NATO is not even in the fight yet?
    1
  8635. Nice copium you got there, does it make you feel better?
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  8636.  @ricbace  we still need to continue with the plan about cutting consumption by 15%, but we should be ok even if nordstream 1 isn't turned back on.
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  8637.  @mynamejeb8743  sorry, meant 5 days. And the price fell to 239 today, so now it's been falling for 6 days :)
    1
  8638.  wetdreams ***  don't worry about the Germans, they're almost ready for winter :)
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  8639.  @she825  yes poor little russia, always making things worse for themselves.
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  8640. guess we have to change that then...
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  8641. nice try Ivan 🙄
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  8642.  @petelcek  russia is a chinese vasal state. Don't forget that.
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  8643.  @giftedgift9418  critics have been saying that for almost 30 years now. Any day now, right?
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  8644.  @elimlinrr6898  this new currency doesn't exist, and I seriously doubt that it ever will. It's nothing but talk.
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  8645. paper bear 🧸
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  8646.  @jonathanjacob5453  the reason why they can't hold elections right now is russia. 18% of the country is occupied, and russia are bombing large gatherings.
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  8647. what did they win? A vodka drinking competition again?
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  8648. don't be silly, the war will go on for years. The Ukrainians have been running out of ammo since last summer, but they somehow manage to fire 5000 shells every day anyway.
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  8649. there's nothing russia can do, russia is a paper bear 😄
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  8650.  @ja123gar  how are we being defeated, my country hasn't lost a single soldier yet?
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  8651. the US was a European colony a long time ago, why would anyone not believe that? What is the point of this comment?
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  8652.  @menya00045  russia has lost 5 million troops already, and they are now using flying saucers to kidnap new recruits! Yeah, i can make up numbers and random BS to fit my narrative too....
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  8653.  @Trump-jo8vk  it's the only way russia can end the war quickly.
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  8654. russia had already cut the flow of gas a month before, it makes no difference if the pipeline works or not.
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  8655. better than being colonized by the kremlin...
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  8656.  @duncansmith7562  we all know what drives you. You are a paid troll, you want that one potato every day.
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  8657. why should Germany care, it is russia's pipeline?
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  8658. we'll never know for sure, because russia will never use it. Even putler knows it's suicide.
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  8659. What is the point of NATO then? Why not just disband it, since we wouldn't need the US anymore?
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  8660. many of russia's neighbors have applied for NATO membership, because they want protection from russian aggression. The west didn't put NATO on russia's border, russia's behaviour did that.
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  8661.  @icuric4077  sad story and all, but it doesn't change the fact that russia started the war and they could end it today by going home. And they are murdering civilians, calling them orcs is very apropriate.
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  8662. GDP is a measure of economic activity. But it is just one indicator, if you want to compare how well different nations are doing then you have to look at more than one measure. Taking on debt, producing artillery shells and printing more dollars is all counted as economic activity. These things can grow a nation's gdp, but it won't actually make the nation richer.
    1
  8663. russia has advanced 7km in the area around Avdiivka in 2 years. Not very impressive...
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  8664.  @baskybaston8149  Avdiivka was just a town with some good positions. It was not fortified by Americans, stop coping.
    1
  8665. Isolated from who exactly? You think we care about the opinion of some random country in Africa?
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  8666.  @marx3483  get real buddy, the only non-western country with real power is China. It doesn't matter what the rest of the world thinks about "the west". They can't really do anything about it.
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  8667.  @gtaraya  it's not about race, it's about money, military power and influence. I live in a tiny country myself, and I know very well that few countries really care about Denmark's opinion. It's just how the world works.
    1
  8668. Russia can probably keep it going for a very long time, if they are willing to sacrifice enough. But the war will only get more expensive from now on.
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  8669.  @ГалинаФетисова-ю4м  russia has to increase spending, just to keep up the current pressure. I seriously doubt they can push harder next year.
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  8670.  @dasgerbil5189  Nigeria, Norway, Algeria, US...
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  8671.  @don5590  it's the same where i come from, i have already said so earlier in this thread.
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  8672. it was russia's own choice to make themselves the enemy of Europe.
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  8673. Who cares about Nordstream, it is russia's problem.
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  8674.  @carlos8040ca  is Mexico asking for that? Because most of russia's neighbors are actually asking for help to defend them from russian aggression.
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  8675.  @blackbrute2504  why would a country with a population of just 5M want our own space program? It's not exactly profitable. And the ESA launched a mission to Jupiter a few months ago.
    1
  8676.  @nidheeshkm8471  you are just coping so hard right now. I hope the Indian rocket crashes too, i would be laughing my a$$ off...😄
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  8677.  @Yalla_Habibi_Cat1  ESA sent a probe to the moon back in 2003.
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  8678. bla bla, no one in Europe really cares about India...
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  8679. nah, russia can have them. Time to end the whole foreign aid thing anyway...
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  8680.  @bojanm986  EU donates around 20 billion euro to Africa every year. What resources have been stolen by European countries in recent times?
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  8681.  @joshuapaul2022  i don't know if the Ukrainians will succeed or not. But i do know that the russians will continue to make hilarious claims about destroying everything the Ukrainians got, without explaining why the Ukrainians are still able to fight back 😂
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  8682.  @joshuapaul2022  russia: all himars have been destroyed! The west: so why do your ammo depots keep blowing up? russia: ...eh...someone dropped a cigarete! We are not being attacked, we're just incompetent!!!
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  8683.  @joshuapaul2022  so when will russia use these great weapons and win the war? Will it be this decade, or is it more of a 30-year plan?
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  8684. the shift away from russian gas is permanent. I don't think you realize how much new energy infrastructure is under construction in Europe right now. The war will most likely drag on for at least 2 more years, by that time there won't be a market for russia in Europe anymore. And if the war ends with russia keeping some of the occupied territory, the sanctions are gonna stay, probably for decades.
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  8685. so you use the western invented internet to go on a western website and comment in a western language that the west has nothing to offer...🤨
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  8686. putin want to expand his empire, that is all this war is about.
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  8687. russia is still stuck in the Donbass, they have nothing to offer Iran. And china will do nothing, as they don't want to lose their export markets.
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  8688. why are the russians not going back home where they belong?
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  8689. yeah, and G20 is still useless...
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  8690. that is just silly. Europe will be much better off when russia is back behind the iron curtain where they belong.
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  8691. guess we need some sanctions on India next then...
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  8692.  @ziyamozafari4404  what warriors? All i see from russia is poorly trained conscripts?
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  8693.  @alexiosnektarios5429  yes it is a war, and Ukraine is fighting for its existence. If Ukraine loses the war, they will go back under russian rule. And russia has a long history of genocide and oppression in Ukraine. That's why they are willing to sacrifice so much to make sure that doesn't happen again.
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  8694. good luck with that 😄
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  8695.  @premprasun1516  the war will not end if russia is allowed to keep the occupied territory. Russia will be back for more a few years later. This is why Ukraine will not negotiate, peace would be temporary. Russia has to gain nothing from this war.
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  8696. that won't happen in this century. Guess it's gonna be a very long war then...
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  8697. empty threats...
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  8698. if russia is so powerful, then why do they control less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago? 😉
    1
  8699.  @иванлекарев-е6т  kan du lide rødgrød med fløde på, din hjernedøde ruski trold 😄
    1
  8700.  @felixf.3392  the war is still ongoing, and will not end any time soon. You cannot win a race that is ongoing, you can only be ahead.
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  8701.  @felixf.3392  you cannot win a race that is ongoing, you can only be ahead. And the war is not going to end any time soon.
    1
  8702.  @felixf.3392  there is no doubt that the current world order is coming to an end. The era of relative peace is over. But the new arms race is just getting started...
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  8703.  @Plentymuch12  so we should spend just to reach a spending goal? The whole point of NATO is collective defence. So the only thing that matters is if each member can contribute to our collective defence in a meaningful way. France is a nuclear power with a very capable military despite spending less than 2%, while Germany is not very capable despite having a similar budget to France. Finland is another country with a very powerful army, despite spending less than 2%. This can mostly be explained by conscription, not having to pay your soldiers very much will help a lot.
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  8704.  @mhunt03  you know the rules right: Bringing up hitler in an argument is an instant loss. The same applies to bringing up ww2. You did not make a single valid counter argument in that entire comment... 🙄
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  8705.  @danielpope6498  Military budgets in 2023: Russia $110 B, China $225 B, EU $295 B. The problem in Europe is not so much how much is spent, it is more about how the money is spent. Just spending more is not going to help much if the money is spent the wrong way. That is why i would prefer an agreement about what each country is expected to field, to encourage the right kind of spending.
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  8706.  @mhunt03  and the US wouldn't exist as an independent country without the aid of France. But that is also completely irrelevant in this discussion...
    1
  8707. yeah i still think the G20 is just as useless as brics, G7 and the UN...
    1
  8708. so why are they still stuck in the Donbass?
    1
  8709. russia has invaded Ukraine, because they don't want Ukraine talking to anyone else. And India has no problem with this. Wild...
    1
  8710. wishful thinking.
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  8711. negotiate russia's kapitulation, when the time comes...
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  8712.  @JonySmith-bb4gx  it is. VW sold almost 3x more ID4 in january compared to january last year.
    1
  8713. this war will end with putin blowing his brains out in a bunker anyway, he should save us all some time and get it over with.
    1
  8714.  @NzTings  i agree, a russian troll complaining about illegal sanctions is pretty ironic...😄
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  8715.  @TheFirstTheLast-g4t  and the attacks on Georgia, Moldova and Crimea...
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  8716. i hope god cares about the russian soldiers, because putin sure doesn't....
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  8717. well said.
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  8718. EU has already replaced most of the oil and gas from russia. Russia will never be a major supplier of anything to the EU again.
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  8719. so you are saying that these attacks will have little effect on the war, since the people in the donbass was able to live with it for 8 years and still keep fighting?
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  8720. nah, he is just telling the gullible fools what they want to hear...
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  8721. you can keep crying, but the sanctions will not be lifted any time soon...😄
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  8722.  @ayushkumar-bg1xf  what am i lying about? Everything i wrote in this thread is true.
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  8723.  @NaSaSh1087  -3% is what the russians claim. But they are no longer publishing a lot of data, so it is impossible to verify. The truth is most likely worse. Germany's economy is expected to contract by 0,5% in 2023.
    1
  8724.  @NaSaSh1087  nobody here cares about your opinion...
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  8725. what is illegal about the sanctions?
    1
  8726.  @fvalemus5377  so you don't know? Come on now, which law is being broken by the sanctions against russia?
    1
  8727. so is the east.
    1
  8728.  @SriShukra1008  nobody wants russia's smelly gas anymore 🤮
    1
  8729.  @Diana1000Smiles  make me a sandwich, woman!
    1
  8730. what will change?
    1
  8731.  @masakitonguba8919  considering how poorly the russian army has performed so far, i'm sure the troops can find a way to attack themselves...
    1
  8732.  @WiseOwl_1408  this is russia's war. They could end it today by going home.
    1
  8733. russia doesn't want Ukraine to be neutral, they want Ukraine to be a russian puppet like Belarus...
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  8734. yeah, russia has managed to capture 80% of a medium sized city. It only took them 9 months to get this far 😄 But russia controls less of Ukraine today, than they did 1 year ago....
    1
  8735. russia is bombing Ukraine, not the west.
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  8736. Russia has been trying to capture the town for almost 10 years. At this rate they will reach Kyiv by 2224...
    1
  8737. the Germans were invited, the russians were not.
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  8738. I seriously doubt that tucker will be asking any hard questions. Don't think I am gonna waste my time watching this, it will probably just be questions about putin's favorite color or how he likes his eggs... 🙄
    1
  8739. are you really gonna use that same excuse every time this happens? You're not fooling anyone, little troll.
    1
  8740.  @vervetech9395  the russian clown show is the most entertaining thing to watch right now 🤡
    1
  8741.  @yaten_sharma.007  why would i be in russia? Nobody wants to be in russia...
    1
  8742.  @mereassassinates550  but they didn't want to move to russia, did they? They wanted independence, until they were forced to join russia in a sham referendum...
    1
  8743.  @mereassassinates550  voting at gun point is not actually voting. There is a reason why not even china will recognize russia's "annexation" of Ukrainian oblasts...
    1
  8744. The referendum was not legal in any way, and not even China recognizes russia's claim to crimea.
    1
  8745.  @cordellmohawk8408  was 18% of the US occupied by a foreign power?
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  8746. they are surprised, because russia is attacking with so few men. They assumed russia would build up more forces in the area first. That is why russia managed to capture some villages, but they are unlikely to advance much further. Russia has zero chance of taking Kharkiv with the current force in that area.
    1
  8747. the cope is strong with you...😄
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  8748. so when will that be, around 2053 perhaps?
    1
  8749. dear russian trolls, please watch the video before commenting. It's pretty obvious that most of you just assumed it was related to the energy crisis, and now you look like fools. The guy who was interviewed even said that the number of energy intensive companies going bankrupt is pretty low at the moment.
    1
  8750.  @imgood6535  so you didn't watch the video either did you?
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  8751. russia is an unreliable supplier, they will never be a major energy supplier to Europe again.
    1
  8752. who?
    1
  8753. That is complete nonsense. You have been watching too much russian propaganda 🙄
    1
  8754. Russia will be stuck in Ukraine for decades, if they don't collapse first. I am not gonna lose any sleep worrying about a russian invasion 😄
    1
  8755. EU needs increased protectionism, against both China and the US.
    1
  8756. what are the advantages for staying with the US at this point? US security guarantees are pretty much worthless, the Americans are just going to run away if a war with russia ever becomes hot. And Trump's tariffs will hurt European companies either way. So what does the US under Trump actually have to offer?
    1
  8757. should we rather believe the russian lies?
    1
  8758.  @dy6682  what is really insane is all the russians killing themselves because putin wants to expand his empire.
    1
  8759.  @tatendawilson3057  learn to read, please.
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  8760.  @Unknown-te6dz  running out of munitions to give away. There is a big difference. You really think any country would announce to the world that they don't have any ammo?
    1
  8761. what has this got to do with the US?
    1
  8762. it would take less than 100 average sized nuclear warheads to create a nuclear winter. The whole world would lose in a nuclear war.
    1
  8763.  @rogermeacock  scott ritter is a clown
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  8764. nah, we need to get russia back behind the iron curtain where they belong.
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  8765. russia is fighting to expand putin's empire. That is all.
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  8766. yes the Ukrainian tanks. The russians are busy digging trenches in Crimea, as they know the Ukrainians will keep pushing them back.
    1
  8767. who cares about india? What are they gonna do, supply russia with curry?
    1
  8768. @Abhishek Das how would an airdefence system stop a mob? And the mob stormed the congress, not the white house. You are not among the brightest are you?
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  8769. they already do...
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  8770. Hello mr russian troll. How is the weather in st petersburg?
    1
  8771.  @josephshields2922  No. Only in russian propaganda.
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  8772.  @IK_MK  can i at least get a little training first? It's been more than 20 years since i left the army.
    1
  8773. Negotiations will fail, i don't think the war is going to end any time soon.
    1
  8774. don't worry, most of the heavy weapons are coming from Europe anyway...
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  8775. Russia is not coming anywhere, they are just trying to defend now. Russia can't take anymore territory.
    1
  8776. the EU is not a part of the deal, it was brokered by the UN and Turkey.
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  8777. sure you would, mr internet tough guy, sure....
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  8778.  @redstar8226  does your mom know that you're acting tough on the internet again? I'm gonna tell on you if you don't go back to bed right now, young man!!!
    1
  8779. really? I haven't met any of them...
    1
  8780. Finland joined NATO because of russia's actions. Putin have only himself to blame.
    1
  8781.  @throughput6674  another pathetic attempt at trolling. If you're trying to get a rise out of me, you're gonna have to troll harder...😴
    1
  8782.  @abdouj7116  no, i am using a laptop right now. And now i'm gonna use it to call you a clown too, you little clown...
    1
  8783. that little goblin prefers to hide in his golden palace.
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  8784. nah, we should just find more reliable suppliers.
    1
  8785. a few weeks later: the frontline has moved 2km, and very little has changed in the big picture.
    1
  8786. multi-polar is just a return to the cold war era. Less global trade, and more proxy wars...
    1
  8787. what are they winning?
    1
  8788.  @hemanshuambani9572  the ruble is crashing against the Yuan as well. Same with the Rupee. 😄
    1
  8789. it's gonna take a lot more than wagners forces to invade Poland or the Baltic states, don't be silly...
    1
  8790. of course we don't want to hear about russia's silly claims. The russians claim to have destroyed 3x more Ukrainian equipment than they ever had, so they have zero credibility at this point.
    1
  8791. most of the "German" cars sold in China or the US, are also produced there. But nice try....
    1
  8792. I don't even have to watch this video, the answer is obviously Denmark 😎
    1
  8793. yes 3x more expensive than dirt cheap.
    1
  8794. silly nonsense.
    1
  8795.  @eddastrohmayer251  yes! Russia started the largest war in Europe since ww2, that is why we are against russia. It has nothing to do with the US.
    1
  8796.  @yurichtube1162  why would the war end just because russia has a fake referendum that no one outside russia will recognize? You better start preparing for life at the front line Yurich. By the time you get there, Ukraine will most likely have Abrams tanks from the US, and maybe even Leopard 2's from Germany. Let's see how many of you russian trolls will still support the war when it starts to affect yourself or people you know :)
    1
  8797. yeah it's going to suck for those poor russian conscripts, who has to spend the winter in the trenches without proper winter gear.
    1
  8798.  @laloelsalamanca  who are "we"? Russia perhaps?
    1
  8799. Yeah i didn't see this coming
    1
  8800. And if Trump has his way, the US will eat Europe for breakfast. Not Much better.
    1
  8801. no solution could have been negotiated. Putin wants to expand his empire, that is all the war is about.
    1
  8802.  @vervetech9395  so the russians are willing to commit suicide if they are not allowed to conquer more territory? That seems pretty unlikely, i don't think putin's generals will go along with that.
    1
  8803. well done Ukraine 👍
    1
  8804. It has been known for years that Ukraine would not extend the transit agreement.
    1
  8805. who cares, the pipeline was closed anyway.
    1
  8806.  @joexavier4070  better than being putin's slave, like all the russians are 😄
    1
  8807. never heard of a city with that name. So it can't be that important.
    1
  8808. the russian offensive has stalled, and russia has moved the best units from that front to reinforce Verbove.
    1
  8809. nah, don't think the russians are ready to give up yet. It will probably take another year or 2.
    1
  8810.  @pacomekafe  that is probably never gonna happen.
    1
  8811. nope
    1
  8812.  @5150TJT  there was a climate change protest in Copenhagen with more than 50.000 people 5-6 weeks ago. DW didn't report on that either, because no one cares. I only know about it because i saw it.
    1
  8813. good luck, we all know putin is somehow going to get 150% of the votes...😄
    1
  8814. nobody cares...
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  8815. Nope, i don't really care what you call that sh*thole of a country.
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  8816.  @WarzoneOfficial22789  the solution is very simple, the EU should just remove the sustainability demands from the trade deal. Why should we care if Indonesia ruins their own country?
    1
  8817.  @ornachia2489  Indonesia has banned export of nickel to the EU, because the EU demands that Indonesia stops destroying their own country. But why is the EU making such demands, it is not our problem...
    1
  8818. if you showed a map of Asia with all names removed, 99% of Europeans would not be able to locate Indonesia. Nobody cares...
    1
  8819.  @larasatipaulana5279  you know that most of the mines are owned by China, right?
    1
  8820.  @larasatipaulana5279  who cares? Trade between Indonesia and the EU is worth roughly $30B in total. Compare that to China worth more than $800B, or the US worth more than $1 trillion! Indonesia is small potatoes...
    1
  8821.  @larasatipaulana5279  the amount of trade is still so small that it really doesn't matter. Germany exports way more to Denmark, a tiny country with just 5M people.
    1
  8822.  @larasatipaulana5279  nobody cares about Indonesia, get over it.
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  8823.  @BandungJuara-tc9qz  i don't get why the EU is complaining in the WTO. Most of the nickel mines belong to China anyway, the export ban is more of a problem for China.
    1
  8824.  @BandungJuara-tc9qz  and in a few years you will be crying just like russia, who thought Europe would freeze without russian gas... 😄
    1
  8825.  @BandungJuara-tc9qz  that is what russia said. And now they are begging China to build a new gas pipeline, but China doesn't even want it 😄
    1
  8826. Ukraine has the right to not allow transit through their territory.
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  8827.  @margelatu79  putin's ambitions are the root of the war.
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  8828. russia started the largest war in Europe since ww2, and china is stealing IP.
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  8829. putin just wants to help the Americans gain a larger market share in Europe. LNG has become the fastest growing US export this year. How nice of putin to step aside and let the americans make some money :)
    1
  8830. Why, is whataboutism going to help china?
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  8831. this comment makes no sense at all. Natural gas and crude oil are 2 different things. One is a gas, while the other is liquid.
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  8832.  @damarisquarz6262  yeah that makes a lot of sense.
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  8833.  @Isaac-muntz  russia gets paid less for the oil than they did in Europe.
    1
  8834. could be worse, could be russia.
    1
  8835. arming our enemy makes you our enemy too. It's really that simple.
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  8836. Germany didn't sanction natural gas, it was russia that cut the gas flow. So why would anyone want to rely on such an unreliable supplier again?
    1
  8837. no, the war will be won by the side who can hold out the longest. If the west keeps supplying Ukraine, there is no chance for russia...
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  8838. ​ @echoeversky the average temperature in Europe was 1,4 degrees above average. The winter was mild, but not that much...
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  8839. Russia could end the war today, just by going home...
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  8840.  @seadoglonelyseal  so imagine i throw a rock at your friend, but your friend moves so the rock hits you instead. Would you blame your friend for moving, or would you blame me for throwing the rock in the first place?
    1
  8841. what EU economic crisis? The forecast for EU's economy in 2024 is around 1% growth. Which is not great, but not recession or a crisis either.
    1
  8842.  @palavpalavets5911  sure, but russia's growth is nothing but government spending on the war. That can only be sustained for a limited time. Things will only get worse from here.
    1
  8843. russia did it, obviously 🙄
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  8844.  @Paulin-pw5jx  it is probably not that bad in the larger cities like Moscow. But the rest of russia is a 3rd world sh*thole...
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  8845.  @jerrynaga5917  russia is trying to conquer Ukraine. So the only way for Ukraine to keep existing as a country, is to Kick the russians out.
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  8846.  @dleechristy  russia was never a nation, just a gas station pretending to be a country.
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  8847. Countries like the US, Canada and Norway have increased production, while global demand is going down.
    1
  8848.  @Meowchen123  yeah i am sure it's just a coincidence that the comment section got flooded with pro russian comments in less than 20 minuttes... 🙄
    1
  8849. oh no, not another nuclear threat from russia? So anyway...🙄
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  8850. it's a good thing russia is wasting those missiles instead of using them against the Ukrainian army.
    1
  8851. i don't see putin or any of his family members anywhere near the frontline. Putin is safe and warm in his palace, while his conscript has to spend the winter in the trenches without proper winter gear. Regime change in russia now!
    1
  8852. we are making decisions based on our own interests. That's why we are against russia, and russian aggression right on our doorstep.
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  8853. bring it on. Russia the paper bear 🧸
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  8854.  @valvlad3176  yes an example of how pathetic the russian army is. They can't even take Bakhmut, a town just 30km from the starting point...
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  8855.  @valvlad3176  Germany lost roughly 4 million while fighting the soviets, the brits and the americans at the same time. 20 million soviets were killed, fighting just the Germans, and not even the whole army.
    1
  8856. Congratulations, russia has now occupied a pile of ruble 😄
    1
  8857. Germany is already doing their part. So why don't the US live up to the promise they have give Ukraine?
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  8858. if russia is gonna have to sacrifice 25.000-50.000 men for every small town in Ukraine, there will be no russian men left by the time they reach Moldova...
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  8859.  @roccocarlino067  they wanted the whole country, but that plan failed. So now putin is just trying to steal as much land as possible.
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  8860. in your dreams maybe.
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  8861. Ukraine is mostly getting older weapon systems, so that won't help russia much.
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  8862. Fine with me. Africa is a waste of money anyway...
    1
  8863.  @mrraam2151  what subsidies? That was last year.
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  8864. why not? Are you gonna cry now?
    1
  8865. When was russia ever a happy country?
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  8866. if the russians had minded their own business, then they wouldn't have all these problems right now. Their economy is already in recession, even the russian government is admitting that their gdp will decrease this year.
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  8867.  @pinxtownington4645  both EU and US gdp is expected to grow in 2022 , just not very much. Russia is much worse off, no matter how much putin tries to hide it.
    1
  8868. Sure, but Assad and Putin is worse.
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  8869.  @user-qr6eb4jg9n  it is not occupation if the foreign forces are invited to stay there. Even Denmark has had a small number of soldiers in Estonia for years, i don't think anyone would accuse Denmark of occupying Estonia.
    1
  8870.  @josephblackton5375  and russia spent even more cannonfodder.
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  8871. and how is the ruble doing? 😄
    1
  8872. which companies are moving? Give us some examples please?
    1
  8873. @Coma White yeah the UK was even resorting to cannibalism, according to russian media 😄
    1
  8874. it is so weird that russians seem to think that Europeans are only against them because of the US.
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  8875. Yeah, it is actually all lies and bending the truth.
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  8876. The largest importers of LNG in the world are: Japan, China, India and South Korea. So it is funny that the russian trolls like to claim that LNG would make Europe unable to compete with Asia...
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  8877. russia has their own version of NATO already, but they abandoned member state Armenia last year. Shows what a sh*tty ally russia is... 😄
    1
  8878. why don't you cry some more about putin's poor little bridge?
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  8879. Russia is not a super power 🙄
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  8880. Russia controls less of Ukraine now than they did 12 months ago...
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  8881.  @jenniferkruse7269  the guy writing this script seems to be very American. The idea that the US needs to teach Europe to make weapons is absolutely ridiculous. There is a large defense industry here already, France is actually set to overtake russia as the second largest exporter of arms in the world. And much of the stuff being produced here is actually superior to the American equivalent, such as the CV90, Archer selfpropelled howitzer, Meteor air-to-air missile or the Akeron atgm.
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  8882. it's totally worth it.
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  8883. @Craig Steddy why would they rename a pile of rubble? Seems kind of pointless when Ukraine is gonna take the area back eventually anyway...
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  8884.  @tinaforbes1059  yes i know about the countries i mentioned earlier. Am i missing some?
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  8885. russia is borrowing more money and has increased military spending by 40%. That is why their gdp is growing. It's really that simple.
    1
  8886. how is Europe run by Americans? Please give some examples?
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  8887. a 275 euro pricecap is pretty pointless anyway.
    1
  8888. the US can't even vote on aid for Ukraine now. You have a pro-russian speaker of the house now.
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  8889.  @kearnsmorris4752  dude, russia can't even handle Ukraine. Russia is no match for the US, don't kid yourself...
    1
  8890. what exactly have russia won?
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  8891.  @KretaBull  our army has not even joined the fight yet? Are you drunk or something?
    1
  8892. what a sad little man you are.
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  8893. Is russia's war of aggression not brutal enough for you, you want a little genocide too?
    1
  8894. russia is even more unreliable.
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  8895. it is shaping up to become another russian genocide on the Ukrainian people, like Holodomor 90 years ago. Russia will be a pariah in Europe for decades because of it.
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  8896. we could start talking about the terms for russia's surrender if you like?
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  8897. They can't even take Kyiv, how would they reach Berlin?
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  8898.  @effexon  but there are also a lot of untapped resources. Brics could probably cause some short term problems for the west, but it would backfire in the long run.
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  8899.  @victotvictorov8710  it has just been recognised by the EU, so it must be true 😉Russia is now officially a terrorist state, guilty of genocide.
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  8900.  @daniel24689  europe's history books will call it a sovet genocide from now on.
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  8901. it is a war between russia and Ukraine, started by russia.
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  8902. russia will keep retreating until they reach the chinese border 😄
    1
  8903. it is clearly not over, and will not be over any time soon.
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  8904.  @nielskorpel8860  i am not saying it is anybodys problem. Just trying to explain why European leaders are worried. NATO is already dead in my opinion, and there is no way to unify the armies of the EU. So we will need something new, like a nordic alliance.
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  8905.  MC  is that why russia is digging trenches all the way to Crimea? You guys are just so sad and pathetic in your delusions now 😄
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  8906. depends on what you mean by winning the war?
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  8907. hard to tell the difference these days...
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  8908. 😴
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  8909.  Kamle Harris  my favorite breed of dog 😊
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  8910. this is the dumbest thing yet, who wants to go to russia? It's a country you flee from, not a country you go to voluntarily...😄
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  8911. That would be pointless, since russians are natural born liers.
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  8912. Bakhmut is just one point of contact on a very long frontline. Making progress in one very limited area is not the same as winning a war. Both Germany and Japan were able to win small battles towards the end of WW2.
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  8913. it is russia's war of aggression, against a country that has applied to become an EU member.
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  8914.  @Andrew-rc3vh  no, that is just putin's excuse. NATO has been at russia's border for 20 years in the baltic countries.
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  8915. The US is Germany's largest export market, and Germany has a trade surplus with the US. China is the 4th largest buyer, only slightly ahead of Poland. And Germany has a massive trade deficit with China.
    1
  8916.  @MetaView7  what a nice little story that has nothing to do with the topic of this thread...
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  8917.  @MetaView7  China has become even more protectionist since Xi took control. European companies can't just sell their products there, it's not an open market.
    1
  8918. sorry, but we are already full. Try asia.
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  8919. yes advancing 3km in 2 months, by throwing everything they have at 1 town. At this rate, it would take russia 20 years just to capture the Donbass...
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  8920. russia could end the war today, by going home.
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  8921. Ukraine is nowhere near the arctic, Ukrainian winter is more about rain and mud than snow and ice...
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  8922. Russia is a fascist country now, and they are trying to expand putin's empire by annexing Ukraine. But don't let that get in the way of your silly narrative...
    1
  8923. cope harder 🙄
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  8924. Nonsense, putin wins clown of the year every year.
    1
  8925. bla bla...😴
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  8926.  @Meeko2689  great counter argument...🙄
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  8927.  @y4ip2288  You guys aren't the brightest, so i'm sure we can find something else to lecture you about..
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  8928.  @alien9744  keep talking Ivan, it won't change anything. The sanctions are there to stay.
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  8929.  @cfwin1776  bla bla, could you guys please come up with something new? This is getting boring...😴
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  8930.  @cfwin1776  fair enough, a little trolling is good fun sometimes. But writing the same arguments all the time is getting boring, so i'm not gonna bite today :)
    1
  8931.  @y4ip2288  weird flex but ok
    1
  8932. the russians could end the war today, just by going home.
    1
  8933. it's nothing but a pile of rubble now. And the frontline will just move a few kilometers. Not much to celebrate.
    1
  8934.  @klub7justin  it's the truth buddy. Some russians realise that killing Ukrainians because putin wants to expand his empire is wrong.
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  8935. then it is a good thing that we are talking about it, so we can put a stop to that dependence...
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  8936. ... Said the brainwashed russian troll...
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  8937. Ukraine is still hanging on, after almost 2 years of attacks by the so-called second strongest army in the world. I think that is very impressive.
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  8938. they are not fighting for US interests, they are fighting the survival of an independent Ukrainian state.
    1
  8939. @univeropa3363  i can't find a single article from that date where Habeck claims that sanctions on russia would not hurt Germany. It's almost like you're just making it up...
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  8940. It's been 3 years, and russia is still stuck in the Donbass...
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  8941.  @az88238  yes there was a coup in 2014, but Ukraine's current government was elected. So that can not be the cause of the war. And the only countries supporting russia are loser countries such as cuba and iran. Not even China will support russia in any way 😆
    1
  8942.  @IamHandsome4u  when did we follow the US like puppet? Did it ever occur to you that the EU and US has similar interests?
    1
  8943. Germany's gdp per capita is still 20x larger though...
    1
  8944.  @DevYadav-ju3cl  good for you. Maybe you can get some toilets now, and stop sh*tting on the streets?
    1
  8945.  @Drganguli  it has to be cheaper, average wages in India are 20x lower...
    1
  8946. so russia will occupy another village that has already been turned into rubble?
    1
  8947. and yet russia controls less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago. And russia will control even less by the end of this year 😄
    1
  8948. why would putin care about the sanctions, putin is doing just fine in his bunker. And it is not like anyone in russia would actually tell him bad news, so putin probably believes that everything is going as planned... 😄
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  8949.  @moondaughter1004  it's a little funny, because i assume the Swedish busses use the display to show what route the bus is driving? So that must mean that the bus driver put the "happy new year" sign on after the bus got stranded 😄
    1
  8950.  @southerncyber6547  well someone has to help those poor people in Belgorod, being oppressed by russia. Did you know that russia has signed a law that will make it illegal for the people in Belgorod to speak their own language?
    1
  8951. 2 fellow russian trolls coming to barf out some more scripted lines from the kremlin. Or did you just change to one of you other accounts, mr russian troll 😄
    1
  8952.  @seanlander9321  and I wonder why the US offered to do that...🤔
    1
  8953. most wars in Europe's history are Europeans fighting other Europeans. And the US is really just a European colony that became independent...
    1
  8954. putin doesn't have the balls anyway. He knows that NATO has to get involved in he starts to use nukes.
    1
  8955.  @Alex-pj8nz  the current price is fine with me, as long as the money is not going to putin. 5x dirt cheap isn't really that expensive.
    1
  8956. Moscow must fall to Wagner...😄
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  8957. yeah we heard much of the same last year, and here we are with more than enough supply and falling prices.
    1
  8958. Competitiveness won't mean that much in the coming years of global protectionism. Diversification is absolutely necessary.
    1
  8959.  @lwty  who cares? Most "European" cars sold in Asia are not produced in Europe anyway, they are produced locally. So it is not a big loss to the average European. The rare earth minerals are necessary to produce goods to our own market, that's where the money is.
    1
  8960.  @lwty  who cares about the opinion of non-Europeans? They don't matter anyway...
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  8961. you don't live in the EU, stop lying little troll 😄
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  8962. yeah i still don't like them, but i am very happy they decided to fight russia instead...
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  8963. russia's biggest victory in 6 months is a small mining town 😄
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  8964. that claim was made up by putin.
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  8965. You do know that the US is a lot bigger than any country in Europe right? The EU has donated more than the US, if you include financial aid.
    1
  8966. it's kinda sad that this is even necessary, after almost 80 years of relative peace in Europe. Can't we just skip to the ending, where putin blows his brain out in a bunker?
    1
  8967. don't worry, more will be coming soon :)
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  8968. the sanctions on russia will not be lifted, keep dreaming Ivan.
    1
  8969. ​ @shafsteryellow you think russia expanded their empire all the way from Europe to Manchuria by asking nicely?
    1
  8970. the current price of natural gas in the EU is at the lowest point since May 2021. No need for russian gas...
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  8971.  @duncansmith7562  the russian economy is doing so great that russia is running the largest budget deficit since the fall of the ussr, and the value of the ruble has crashed...😄
    1
  8972.  @duncansmith7562  so last year when the ruble was high, that was a big talking point for little trolls like you. But now when the value is low, it's actually a good thing? This is why you are my favorite russian troll, you are always entertaining 😉 So how long do you think russia can cover up the truth about their crumbling economy? Another year maybe?
    1
  8973.  @duncansmith7562  the russians can probably keep funding the war for at least 2-3 more years, if the russians are willing to make sacrifices. Maybe more if they start borrowing, assuming anyone is still willing to lend money to russia. This is why the war is a really good investment for Europe, russia will use up their large stockpiles of weapons and ammo, and russia will be bankrupt by the end of it. And then russia won't be a threat to anyone for a very long time...😀
    1
  8974.  @gfys756  and what has brics ever accomplished? It's just another useless forum where some leaders can have their photo taken...
    1
  8975.  @gfys756  that's a strawman argument. Who said that, can you name a single person? 🙄
    1
  8976. putin just wants to help the Americans gain a larger market share in Europe. LNG has become the fastest growing US export this year. How nice of putin to step aside and let the americans make some money :)
    1
  8977. Putin is just an old fool.
    1
  8978. Which regulation should be removed?
    1
  8979.  @holdmybeer123  no i am just curious about which specific EU rules you are unhappy with? Most people that complain about EU regulations will often mention a lot of rules that are not actually EU rules when you ask them. So let's hear it?
    1
  8980.  @holdmybeer123  i remember how brexiteers would talk about all the EU regulation they would scrap after brexit. But after leaving, Jacob Rees-Mogg had to ask the public for any rules they wanted gone, since no one in the government could actually come up with anything...😄
    1
  8981. and you still haven't mentioned any specific EU rules you don't like. Just a lot of broader areas that you want de-regulated. But all of the member states have regulations in these areas that are not EU rules. Which means that leaving the EU will not do what you seem to want.
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  8982.  @holdmybeer123  i am not really arguing against deregulation, i am arguing against the myth of EU over regulation. That is what your original comment was about. I am a small business owner myself, and i am a big fan of EU's internal market. We can buy and sell to all member states with very little paperwork. So the EU is actually removing a lot of the usual red tape, at least between member states. Notice how Denmark usually ranks as one of the most business friendly countries in the world, despite being a member of the EU? Most of the so-called EU over regulation are actually rules that are decided by the individual member state.
    1
  8983. are you still waiting for Europe to collapse without russian gas, like the russian media promised you? Keep waiting Ivan 😄
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  8984. stop lying you silly little russian troll.
    1
  8985.  @dheerajthapliyal9533  there is nothing impossible about it. It has only been 21 years since China joined the WTO. When i was a child, goods from China were rare, it was something exotic. And homes should not be heated with natural gas. I live in the cold north, and it is pretty rare here. The rest of Europe just needs to catch up.
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  8986.  @grigol101  it is the cold north compared to most of the EU. And natural gas for heating is not just rare in Denmark, but also in Norway and Sweden.
    1
  8987. if we assume that each tanker could make 1 delivery per month, then 30 tankers would be needed. But Germany doesn't have to replace all of the russian gas with LNG, so they would need less than that.
    1
  8988. what are you babling about?
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  8989. you have been watching too much russian propaganda. The poorest are struggling, but the average European is just fine.
    1
  8990. nice twisting of the truth there. The Polish refinery has a long term contract, and they have no legal right to cancel it since pipeline oil is not sanctioned. And the amount of oil is pretty small anyway. The part about Germany seems to be fake news, notice how they didn't name a buyer?
    1
  8991. Trump is a clown
    1
  8992. and how would russia fund their war without oil and gas revenue?
    1
  8993. he will still be recognized by all countries that matter. And that makes him legitimate...
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  8994.  @claus-not-santa  yes all those countries matter. Russia doesn't.
    1
  8995. Dumbest comment of the day...
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  8996.  @wololocute  there was no rule against buying russian oil before today.
    1
  8997. what kind of deal could be negotiated, that would put Ukraine in a better position than they are today?
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  8998.  @markheithaus  but putin has already said that he wants cities like Kharkiv and Odessa. So how would it be possible to stop the war where it is?
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  8999.  @she825  say what?
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  9000.  @eddastrohmayer251  you forgot to mention that russia demanded "de-militarization" of Ukraine. Neutrality and no army would leave Ukaine completely defenseless if russia decided to attack again. I wonder why Ukraine didn't agree to that...
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  9001.  @randomguy4116  you know that the economy of the EU as a whole is still growing, right? 😉
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  9002.  @АзсъмАлександр  kan du lide rødgrød med fløde på, din hjernedøde ruski trold? 😄
    1
  9003. Yeah the tank will most likely be repaired.
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  9004. @Wolfcamp555  sure buddy, sure. Because everyone knows that Americans hate making money... 😄
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  9005.  @Wolfcamp555  sure buddy, sure. Because everyone knows that Americans hate making money... 😄
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  9006. Cry more 😂
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  9007.  @Caranthirn  i would gladly trade turkey for Sweden. Turkey is a sh*tty ally anyway.
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  9008. nuclear and energy storage would complement each other quite well, in my opinion.
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  9009. don't be silly. The loss of 1 city doesn't change much, the frontline will just move a few kilometers to the west.
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  9010. I do. Instant acceleration and no noise, what's not to like.
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  9011.  @Der_Kleine_Mann  guess you haven't tried some of the newer models then.
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  9012. what are you even talking about? The pipeline is owned by Gazprom, it is russia's business. And the EU's economy grew by 3,6% last year.
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  9013. Israel hasn't existed for a century yet...
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  9014.  @kelvinlucas1845  Ukraine belongs the Ukrainians. It was just occupied by russia for a period.
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  9015. what makes you trump is going to win?
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  9016.  @marinblaze  that is not really an option for the many russians living in appartment buildings.
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  9017. bla bla bla...😴
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  9018. Chinese labour aren't really that cheap anymore. Even chinese companies have started moving production to countries like Mexico.
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  9019.  @Hyper584k  pretty sure that 99,99% of the people in the EU want peace. I know I do. But not on putin's terms...
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  9020. you go Estonia, screw those russian speaking a-holes
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  9021. The EU produces more wheat than russia and Ukraine combined. Why would we want russia's low quality grain?
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  9022. the US wouldn't even exist if that was the case. The separatists were supplied by France during the war of independence.
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  9023.  @Gjoa1906  no it is far from over. The war will probably go on for at least 3 more years.
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  9024.  @Gjoa1906  we will see about that. But I can guarantee that russia will be bankrupt by the end of the war, no matter how it ends.
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  9025.  @denisgorjunov  what a ridiculous pile of nonsense 🤡
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  9026.  @nikolalepen5451  all reports suggest that the russians are firing less and less artillery shells and missiles every month...
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  9027.  @nikolalepen5451  well i am actually Rambo, so... I'm also a famous rock star, but don't tell anyone. And an astronaut too, because why not...
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  9028.  @thephoenix756  Kramatorsk and Slavjansk are even better fortified. And the russians will have to take a lot of smaller towns on the way. It will take years, or more likely it will never happen at all.
    1
  9029. russian "election"... 😄
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  9030. and how will we afford those cars without a job?
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  9031. @-Nobody-1  no, apparently the US wants to be an expansionist empire now.
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  9032.  @francoislechanceux5818  it doesn't matter how the population feels about it. It is those in power that benefits from all that development aid. You really don't get it, do you? Why do you think the US is the largest economy in the world, if everyone is taking advantage of the US?
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  9033. it's called subsidies. None of china's ev makers are actually profitable.
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  9034.  @johnm7267  they can't join the EU and then sign a free trade agreement with the EU. Only the EU can sign trade agreements on behalf of member countries.
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  9035. they have already tried that, what we see now is all russia can manage 😄
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  9036.  @chriscarrol9373  and there are nastier things the west could deliver to Ukraine. It works both ways...
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  9037. They are defending themselves against a country that wants to subjugate Ukraine.
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  9038. who cares, it is russia's problem.
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  9039. But only if the other side believe that France would retaliate on behalf of another country. I don't think a nuclear umbrella is going to be credible, unless all members has control of some nukes themselves.
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  9040. yeah that will never happen 😄
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  9041. Brics is just another useless forum where some leaders can have their photo taken. It is not an alliance or anything useful.
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  9042.  @rajithakelum6964  so your argument is that it's ok for russia to kill civilians, because Israel is doing it too?
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  9043.  @orlandor7825  that depends on your definition of "winning the war". So what does victory for russia look like?
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  9044.  @orlandor7825  ok, so that is your definition of a russia victory. 1: Russia controlled crimea before the invasion started. So that is a win, but it is kinda cheating. 2: Russia lost control of Kherson, so that is a loss for russia. 3: Ukraine has mostly used soviet gear, and a small amount of outdated western equipment. The western supplied artillery and air defence has proven superior to anything russia has. Russia arms exports have already plummeted, and with the amount of new contracts signed in 2023, russia will soon be overtaken by France as the second largest arms exporter in the world. 4: Russia's oil and gas revenue has dropped 40% year over year, and the ruble is on life support. We will see how well russia can manage in a few years, it's not like the sanctions will be lifted in this decade. 5: Not sure how to measure that one. 6: That is just stupid. 7: Let's say that happens. then what? How will russia be better off, than before the war?
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  9045. ​ @EvilGNU thank you, very interesting hearing from a German.
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  9046. well, i have been living under your bed for 5 years, so i know you're full of BS...
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  9047. nobody cares...
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  9048. wishful thinking
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  9049.  @Shamansdurx  empty threats as usual.. 😴
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  9050. France is probably the country with most military victories in the world.
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  9051. don't worry, Norway is taking over as Germany's main supplier. They have supplied half of Germany's gas in 2023, and it will only grow as Norway has approved 19 new oil and gas fields.
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  9052. Orban is putin's puppet.
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  9053. calm yourself little girl, there was another video about that earlier today...🙄
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  9054.  @maxcc2501  whataboutism is not going to solve china's problems.
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  9055.  @vlhc4642  pmi is just one indicator. China also has deflation, collapsing housing market, falling fdi and rising youth unemployment to worry about. But it is not something i am happy about. China's problems don't help Europe, and Europe's problems will only hurt china's exports. And falling global activity will hurt oil producers. It's a lose-lose situation.
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  9056.  @vlhc4642  factory gate prices in china have declined every month for a full year. Chinese manufacturers are paid less for their products now. A 7% increase yoy is pretty bad when you consider that china still had covid lockdowns 1 year ago...
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  9057.  @vlhc4642  domestic consumption is less than half of china's economy, so cpi is not that relevant. China's ppi is down 2,5%, which means that chinese producers are paid less for their products, as i have already stated several times. That is good for chinese consumers, but most of those products are meant for export, so it is pretty bad for chinese companies. You can cope as hard as you like, but denial will not fix anything...
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  9058.  @ZakiHaider-y9o  what am i lying about?
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  9059.  @ZakiHaider-y9o  i didn't write anything about Germany in this thread. Are you drunk again, Ivan?
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  9060. So why is Gazprom losing billions of dollars, if they can sell the gas to other countries?
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  9061.  @Saffsa  what genocide? The one russian media made up to justify putin's war?
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  9062.  @mattyboy59  i don't think the Indians will agree with you on that 😄 What are we gonna do about it? Give the Ukrainians what they need to kick the orcs out of their country. And that is why russia controls much less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago...
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  9063. what's the point, there are almost no people left. And nobody wants to live in russia.
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  9064. russian's find it hard to accept that they are losing to Ukraine, so they have to make up excuses. "We're actually fighting the combined forces of NATO, that's why we are losing". It's pathetic 😄
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  9065. you're just so excited because russia finally managed to capture a city for the first time in almost a year, aren't you? Who knows, maybe russia will capture another town next year 😄
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  9066. don't get too excited, the title is a little misleading 😉
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  9067. the US buys our stuff, while China wants to sell us stuff. Which means that we benefit far more from the US.
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  9068. yeah it is pretty pathetic 😄
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  9069. it's not about starving the russians, it's about ending all western investment in russia.
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  9070. if we try really hard, we might be able to become hypocritical as the East...
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  9071. China will do nothing. Russia is just a gas station for china.
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  9072. How will trump end the war?
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  9073.  @Clarence2024  and russia was part of the soviet union. And even with help from the rest of the soviets, russia still failed in Afghanistan...
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  9074.  @TheDukens90  is that the best cope you can do? Come on Ivan, i am sure you can cope harder than that...
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  9075. China is just the next in line to underestimate the EU, thinking they have the upper hand. Didn't work out for Trump, the Brits or putin, and China will end up with the short end of the stick as well...
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  9076. then why does russia control less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago?
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  9077.  @SeattlePioneer  BASF is working on the world's largest heatpump so they can electrify their chemical plant.
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  9078. what is russia gonna do about it? Complain in the media? Write an angry letter to someone?
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  9079.  @zeljkoc8878  with what? Does russia even have any ships left in seaworthy condition? 😄
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  9080.  @leyvithanTech  something putin made up.
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  9081. it is russia's pipeline, and russia doesn't have the balls to do anything about it.
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  9082.  @Vladviking  that's right, the majority owner is Gazprom. So it is mostly russia's problem.
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  9083. Because none of those countries matter.
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  9084.  Alexander Macedonian  the Russians have tried that too, but that didn't work either. Russia is just pure fail 😄
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  9085. These polls are not real. The result is whatever putin wants it to be...
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  9086. i think it is gonna work the other way. The rise in protectionism and tariffs will force companies to move production back to Europe. Global supply lines require global stability.
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  9087.  @ChuckUstaad  there is only one NATO. Are you drunk or something?
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  9088. why do you care so much about Greenland?
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  9089. Better than to keep funding russia's war against us.
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  9090. The EU has already spent much more than the US.
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  9091. I agree, russia should just accept that they can't win and sue for peace. I'm sure the Ukrainians will let the russians leave unharmed, if they promise to pay for all the destruction they have caused.
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  9092. blame russia, they started this. And they could end it today by going home.
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  9093. Klingon, obviously...
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  9094.  @joshcyz  no, the term was first used by Ursula von der Leyen.
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  9095.  @cowubl  yes, of course. What a silly question.
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  9096. Russia's only victory in a full year is Bakhmut, and they are already losing ground in that area again. Russia is clearly failing...
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  9097.  @aaronburge3680  but we can create more gas. It's called biogas, around 27% of Denmark's gas supply is made that way :) And we should never give in to a man like putin, appeasement has never worked.
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  9098.  @Tititateo63  if more than 1 great power exists, there will be conflict between them. Everyone else can either choose a side or be neutral. But neutral countries are potential battlegrounds for proxywars. That is how the world works...
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  9099.  @protagonist9716  and you think your country will benefit from less trade with the west?
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  9100.  @protagonist9716  growth can be misleading. If you have $10, and you earn $1, then your economy grows 10%. If I have $100 and i earn $2, then my economy grows 2%. So you have higher growth, but i am clearly doing better. This is why developed countries tend to have lower growth than developing countries.
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  9101.  @protagonist9716  that is not how it works. The developing countries will become developed and have lower growth themselves. China's growth dropped from a high of 15% to 5-6% as the country developed.
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  9102.  @protagonist9716  only because China's population is larger than all those countries combined. Germany's gdp per capita is still 4x larger than China's. And another thing to remember is that much of China's growth is built on exports to the west. In this "multipolar" world, that is probably gonna end....
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  9103. nah, russia is going back behind the iron curtain. Iran is already there.
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  9104. i blame putin for all of it, he started this.
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  9105.  @polkudr4828  the combined west is running out of resources? Don't be silly kiddo 😄
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  9106. So why are they still stuck in Donbass after more than 2 years?
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  9107.  @maykolee  yes doing business with russia was incredibly stupid of Germany. But that doesn't change the fact that trump is an idiot..
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  9108. Ruble is toilet paper 😄
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  9109.  @SpruceWood-NEG  fine by me. It's not like we would lose any jobs in Europe... 😄
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  9110.  @SpruceWood-NEG  and China exported goods to the EU worth 3 times more than they imported. The trade deficit grows every year. These car companies are moving 1000s of jobs to China, and they are investing way more money in China than in Europe. Am i supposed to feel sorry that these tax-dodging international corporations are going to lose money on the Chinese market? China is going to crush the last industry in Europe if we let them. How will we keep paying for these Chinese imports if we don't make any money?
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  9111.  @FemboyLegendGD  They are going to lose much more than 19 billion in the European market if the Chinese are allowed to flood the market with subsidized cars. And European car sales in China have already dropped 12% this year.
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  9112.  @SpruceWood-NEG  Europe is going to lose much more than 23,6 billion if China is allowed to flood Europe with subsidized cars. German car makers are already cutting jobs in Europe and moving them to China, the only way to stop that is to prevent them from exporting cars back to Europe.
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  9113.  @SpruceWood-NEG  German car makers are going to lose much more than 23,6 billion if China is allowed to flood Europe with subsidized cars...
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  9114.  @kaboonali5466  i don't care about the rest of the world, and i don't really care about China either. I only care about Europe, And Europe's dependency on an unreliable supplier like China has to be stopped.
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  9115.  @Psychoterratic  what a great argument 🙄 tell me what i am wrong about?
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  9116. And russia is now Europe's north Korea...
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  9117.  @maxbounce  if that was true, then why are they still fighting? You can keep claiming that Ukraine is done, but I am pretty sure that the war will continue for at least 2 more years. In reality, we are most likely just at the beginning of a new global conflict.
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  9118. @maxbounce  it is obviously not true, as they are still fighting. Your opinion is not going to change reality.
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  9119.  @wolfswinkel8906  if you think the war is going to end any time soon, then you better prepare yourself for disappointment...
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  9120.  @robgrey6183  the US convinced Ukraine to give up their nukes in return for security guarantees. So it is very much a US problem.
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  9121. yes the russian elite will be just fine. But the average russian will be much worse of.
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  9122. It's not NATO that is shelling civilians in Ukraine...
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  9123. yeah, those poor russian conscripts 😢
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  9124.  @dfwerwolf  space research is not a waste, that's why the EU is sending probes to other planets. But sending another manned mission to the moon is pointless, it has already been done. Most countries in Europe has cut their defence spending for decades. The only country in Europe that wants war is russia.
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  9125. you guys are hilarious 😄 The surovikin line is breached, Verbove is behind the line and there is fighting in Verbove. Just deal with it. And there is no russian offensive coming, the russians have just moved troops from the Kupyansk front to reinforce Verbove. That means russia is running out of reserves...
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  9126.  @SebastianLarsen  but would they be willing to retaliate if a country in the baltic were hit? It will only work as a deterrent if russia believes they would.
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  9127.  @anssiluomaranta34  i think France has everything needed to build more warheads. So that part would probably not take that long. But it would probably take a long time to negotiate a solution all member countries can agree to. Like who would actually own the warheads, and who would be able to push the button.
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  9128. the loser squad 😄
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  9129.  @JenHope118  the loser squad, hiding behind technology invented in the west...
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  9130.  @southpole4776  i thought russia was not affected by sanctions? So why is putin crying like a girl?
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  9131.  @LyubomirIko  around 39% of the population in the Donbass was ethnic russian before 2014, in Crimea it was 60%. According to the UN, 3400 civilians were killed on both sides in the Donbass conflict from 2014 to 2021, that's not exactly ethnic cleansing. There were 21 civilian casualties in 2021. A solution like the one in Kosovo is no longer possible, as russia claims to have annexed the Donbass.
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  9132. great news, it is another step towards cutting all trade ties with the russians. I like that...
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  9133. they have been pushing russia back for more than 6 months, without heavy weapons from the west. Imagine what they can do with some modern equipment.
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  9134. you don't actually believe that bullshit, do you? The russians are obviously reducing flows to put pressure on Germany.
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  9135.  @Thedrunkenswede1337  who is not what?
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  9136.  @Thedrunkenswede1337  it's kinda hard to have a debate when you are being so vague. You must be a teenage girl, am i right?
    1
  9137. then why does russia control less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago?
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  9138.  @nukiolbartes6279  The Germans thought that trade and interdependence with russia would help secure peace in Europe. The same reason EU exists. But that policy just gave putin leverage, since he apparently doesn't care about crashing russia's economy.
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  9139. The EU is a net exporter of wheat. It will not be Europe that has to starve...
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  9140.  @DreamyCheshire-up9rf  there is more than enough wheat in the EU for ourselves. If the harvest is bad, we may export less. But latest forcast for wheat production is 4% higher than the 5 year average.
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  9141. Sure, but it is a very small part of overall gas consumption. Something like 5 %.
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  9142. have a little patience. Russia used to supply almost half of all natural in the EU, now it's less than 15% including lng. That's not bad in such a short time.
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  9143. russia started the war, russia is 100% responsible.
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  9144. and who are those willing customers?
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  9145. it's a good thing russia is wasting those missiles on infrastructure that will be repaired later today, instead of using them against the Ukrainian army.
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  9146.  @zoranvelickovic8814  maybe that's why russia seems to like the idea of a nuclear war so much, it would bring everyone else down to russia's level.
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  9147.  @zoranvelickovic8814  it's never gonna happen, so we don't have to do anything. See how easy that was?
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  9148. I think it was Iceland. The Icelandic army is always doing shady stuff.... 🤔
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  9149. and who would want to live there, russia's population is shrinking every year, because not even the russians want to live in such a sh*thole.
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  9150. china has 3 options: choose the west, choose Russia or be neutral. Being neutral means that you don't help either side with the war effort. Arming russia makes china an enemy of the EU.
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  9151. nope, not even close. They are more like 10% cheaper, before the new tariffs...
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  9152. and why exactly do you want Greenland?
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  9153. winter is coming, but this time for real?
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  9154. i think Poland is going for the F35, same goes for Denmark.
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  9155. the current world order is already breaking down. In a few years we will be back to the old east vs west blocks. It makes little difference if China retaliates now, European exporters are going to lose the Chinese market anyway. So there is no reason to let China flood Europe with subsidized goods and destroy the last industry in Europe.
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  9156.  @nestrokingz6382  russia is going to lose no matter what, but it would be nice if we could prevent him from killing a lot of civilians before the inevitable defeat.
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  9157.  @katalinnemeth5871  russia can do nothing, except cry and moan 😄
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  9158. the real loser here is China and OPEC. This is just another proof that relying on imports from Asia and the middle east is no longer viable. The biggest winners will probably be western oil producers such as the US, Canada and Norway.
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  9159. the russians should re-name their country to "China's Gas Station"... 😄
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  9160.  @vineetpatil3501  was that supposed to make sense? Or are you just writing random words?
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  9161. the EU alone has around 1,4M active personnel...
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  9162. as i see it, time is on Ukraine's side. They will never run out of funds, while russia is sending T55s to the frontline...
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  9163. well, russia is a terrorist state, terrorizing civilians is what russia does best. But i don't think they are hitting these residential buildings on purpose, the russian army is just incompetent.
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  9164.  @reload.8056  the WEF? Really? 😄
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  9165. No
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  9166. The US is buying far more German goods than China and russia combined.
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  9167. I've got a feeling the "energy crisis" will turn out to be similar to the "toilet paper crisis" in 2020. A lot of panic buying because everyone thinks there will be a shortage, but then nothing happens. - Russia used to provide around 40% of Eu's gas, now it's 10%. - At least 15% have been replaced by imports from other countries. - EU's gas consumption so far is 15% lower than same time last year. If this trend continues, then there's no actual shortage. - coal imports are up 35%. That could replace a good portion of the gas used for power generation. This looks like media induced hysteria to me. At worst, we'll be facing a minor shortage.
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  9168. The only current threat to peace and stability in Europe is russia. But that won't last long, russia will soon be broken and bankrupt.
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  9169. the latest forecast predicts that Germany's gdp might decline by 0.4% in 2023. Most people in Germany wouldn't notice the difference.
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  9170. Russia has been supplying less than 10% of EU's gas consumption for the past 4 months.
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  9171. so russia has captured another pile of rubble that will never be a town again. What exactly does russia gain from this?
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  9172. you can't do that, i annexed russia yesterday! 115% of the voters were in favor, so i have more right than you!
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  9173. If putin is willing to turn off the tap to get his way once, he is going to do it again next time he has a temper tantrum. Going back to relying on russian gas is not really an option anymore.
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  9174. putin is probably asking for advice on how to oppress the russian people more efficiently...
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  9175. The US could probably conquer Greenland quite easy. But is the people of the US actually going to support that?
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  9176.  @MetaView7  i am a realist. Remember the ban on Australian coal? Or that time when they threatened to ban German auto imports?
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  9177.  @niburu3406  outsourcing has always been a bad idea. It will bring short term profit to the wealthy elite, but it will hurt your country in the long term. It means that your country will lose expertise and slowly fall behind on research and development. And it doesn't reduce pollution, it just moves it somewhere else. And shipping goods halfway around the world is not exactly climate friendly.
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  9178.  @Percival5  so all it takes to stop this so called super power is a few of NATO's older weapons?
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  9179.  @junjungrijaldo3706  the US had full control of Afghanistan for 20 years, with a total of just 2000 casualties. While the taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves, until the US got bored and left.
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  9180.  @logicalthinker8696  russia claims to have annexed 4 oblasts. But they only control 1. So from russia's point of view, Ukraine is now occupying parts of russia. But russia doesn't seem to be able to do much about it 😉
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  9181. russians can't do anything effectively.
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  9182. Ukraine has still not started mobilizing those under 27...
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  9183. How much did putin pay to save his life 😄
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  9184.  @qinby1182  Russia supplied 155bcm, or 38% of EU's gas consumption in 2021. Imports from other countries have increased by 50bcm in 2022, and russia has delivered at least 40bcm so far. So the actual gas shortage is around 65bcm, or roughly 15% compared to 2021. Natural gas accounted for 32% of EU's primary energy consumption in 2021. That means the energy used for heating, electricity and industry. So the actual energy shortage is 4.8% compared to 2021. But the higher prices means that most will cut back on their energy consumption. So it seems very likely to me that demand for energy will fall by more than 4.8%. I think things will start to even out around jan- feb 2023, with prices being higher than normal to encourage energy saving, but lower than what we are seeing at the moment.
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  9185. ​ @Qinby 1 3 things the doomsayers tend to overlook: 1: A lot of people have noted that there are not enough available LNG tankers in the world to replace gas from russia, which is true. But there were already a lot of new ships and facilities under construction when the war broke out. 36 new tankers are set for delivery in 2023, 71 new tankers in 2024 and 72 in 2025. It won't take that long before there is enough capacity available. Just 1 shipyard in South Korea has received 33 new orders so far this year. " But LNG costs 10x more, Europe's industry won't survive", i hear you say? The 4 largest importers of LNG in the world are Japan, China, India and South Korea. 4 countries with lots of manufacturing. Pretty much all natural gas in Japan is imported as LNG, with Australia as the largest supplier. And if you look at the 10 year average, you will notice that the market price in Japan is pretty close to the market price in Europe most years. 2: We don't have to replace all the gas from russia with LNG. Around 35% of EU's gas consumption, or 144bcm, is used for power generation. That is pretty close to the amount imported from russia in 2021, which is 38% or 155bcm. Much of that could be replaced by other fossil fuels, such as oil or coal. But wind and solar can help too. Solar and windpower is expected to grow by 50GW in 2022. That can replace around 5,5bcm natural gas, or roughly 3,5% of the gas from russia. When you consider that solar and windpower will most likely grow even more in 2023 and 2024, it's going to make a difference. 3: Industry leaders in Europe are not just going to sit around and wait for the government to fix their problems. Many companies have already invested in rooftop solar panels, energy storage and even biogas facilities to produce their own methane. BASF has decided to take it a step further, and they are now working on the world's largest heatpump, which will electrify their chemical plant in Ludwigshafen.
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  9186. fighting back against the west, by attacking a non-Nato country? Try to make sense...
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  9187. but russia is not actually winning anything. They are still stuck in the Donbass after 3 years, with no end in sight.
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  9188.  @showwars4508  EU is already much more powerful than russia. The russian navy and air force is a complete joke. The russian army is only making progress because Ukraine doesn't have air support.
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  9189. putin: I HAVE NUKES!!!! Ukrainian army: whatever putler, we'll beat your silly army anyway 😄
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  9190. why should they do anything, it is russia's pipeline?
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  9191. empty threats. We both know that is not going to happen...🙄
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  9192. I do.
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  9193. i wonder why Ukraine and most of russia's other neighbors want to join NATO? It's almost like russia has this long history of attacking their neighbors and enslaving the population...
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  9194. Those numbers are hilarious. Ukraine has somehow lost more vehicles, airplanes and artillery than they ever had. Seriously russia, if you're gonna lie it has to be somewhat plausible...😄
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  9195.  @Dr-Ahmad-FM  so why is russia not advancing?
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  9196.  @Dr-Ahmad-FM  that is a lie, russia is trying to advance, they just can't.
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  9197. what knock out blow? Is russia going to deploy some more T55s to the frontline?
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  9198.  @DM_Laf  get what, you 🤡
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  9199.  @account-369  what is there to talk about? Russia did it, but we were never gonna use it again anyway so why bother...
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  9200. nope
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  9201. so the same way russia is a chinese vassal state?
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  9202.  @Adam_Malcher  😄👍
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  9203. it is russia's pipe line, and russia is not doing anything about it. If anyone doesn't have a back bone, it is russia.
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  9204. nope, this is all caused by russia.
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  9205.  @maatwarrior340  "Latvia will follow Ukraine's fate"? So russia plans to get stuck in Latvia too, until they go bankrupt and have to go home?
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  9206. russia's energy blackmail has failed, just like the invasion in Ukraine.
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  9207.  @suportbghelp4938  i don't care about russian elections, they are rigged anyway. Spoiler alert: putin is going to "win" the next election. And the next one if he is still alive by then.
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  9208.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  why would they need to declare war, when the country is obviously being invaded? No one declares war anymore btw. What a pointless comment, do better Ivan...
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  9209. nah, Orban is just in putin's pocket.
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  9210. They are dying because russia is attacking them..
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  9211.  @univeropa3363  might those sanctions have something to do with russia's unprovoked war of aggression?
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  9212.  @sxe1nuar  it was mostly Wagner and later the russian army fighting in the Donbass.
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  9213. why not ask that of russia?
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  9214. around 39% of the population in the Donbass were ethnic russian before the war. Don't know if that is still true.
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  9215.  @gkbbkg64  the Abrams faced off against soviet build tanks in Desert Storm. The Iraqi tanks were completely crushed, even though they outnumbered the Abrams.
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  9216. russia lost in Afghanistan too....
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  9217.  @historybuff07  cold war armies were much better funded than today's armies. Even Denmark had more than 500 main battle tanks back then...
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  9218. Make sense please?
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  9219. Thanks 👍
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  9220.  @yurichtube1162  no 25% is correct. Have you noticed that Germany's gas storage is still over 90% full, 5 months after nordstream was closed?
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  9221. so you think the world would be better with China in charge? Really?
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  9222. It's just a strike to get higher wages.
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  9223. ​ @wren1718 do you have an actual counter argument, or do you just like spamming emojies like a 12 year old girl?
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  9224.  @davidnoelfranks1124  russia's gdp will fall by 4% in 2022, according to russia's central bank. The reality is most likely much worse though.
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  9225. but putin will be warm and safe in his palace, of course.
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  9226. no, it is more about wanting to spend more on our own defence, without raising taxes or moving funds from other areas. I don't think that will be possible, but we'll see.
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  9227.  @rogerwilco2  the current gas price is inflated due to panic buying. Alexander Novak, russia's former energy minister, stated in 2019 that LNG would be 30-40% more expensive for Europe than russian gas. The average gas price back then was around 150 euro/1000m3. For an average Danish family with an annual consumption of 2000m3, a 40% increase would be 10 euro extra per month. I think most of us could live with that.
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  9228. well you are probably a bot. But i agree with what you're saying. The war will most likely go on for at least 2 more years.
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  9229. a war in Europe is not a world war. It's only a world war if it spreads to other parts of the world. But russia has no actual allies so i don't see that happening...
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  9230. russia has no rights
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  9231.  @jirachi-wishmaker9242  no gas was leaking for a few days. The methane that was released into the atmosphere is pretty bad, but i wouldn't call it a disaster. Local marine life wasn't affected much.
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  9232. sure, just like they have destroyed 3x more Himars than Ukraine ever had...
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  9233.  @Infopirates  i can believe that nobody in russia cares about the rural population. Must be so depressing living in such a country. At least you can still come to a western website, and chat with civilized people... 😉
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  9234.  @slot666bastard4  i am sure thousands of Ukrainian civilians will die this winter, and russia will be to blame for it. Russia will be a pariah in Europe for decades.
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  9235.  @slot666bastard4  putin's actions have shown why NATO is necessary, that is why more countries want to join now.
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  9236. that may be true, but it doesn't change the fact that China will destroy all industries and developments in Europe if we allow it.
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  9237. just disgusting russians doing what disgusting russians do...
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  9238. The west and close partners account for something like 2/3 of the worlds gdp...
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  9239. as a European, i would say that the US is just as bad as China now. I would prefer if the EU doesn't pick a side, and tries to maintain good relations with both countries.
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  9240.  @lancasterpenn  how does the EU benefit from siding with the US against China? Please explain, because i don't see it. Both countries suck, there is no reason to pick a side in that conflict.
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  9241.  @lancasterpenn  do you really think the relationship between the US and EU is going to survive another 3 years and 10 months of this nonsense? Because i seriously doubt it.
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  9242.  @azariahzahar8929  yes it is russia
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  9243. seems to be working just fine.
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  9244. ???
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  9245. denial won't save you Ivan.
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  9246. this is all russia's choice. Germany's mistake was to do any business with russia at all.
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  9247. Why should NATO surrender, we haven't lost a single soldier yet?
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  9248.  @skillsphere9245  i know more than you apparently.
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  9249. nope, this war is about putin's ambitions. He wants to expand his empire.
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  9250. So what happens if russia manages to capture the Donbass? Russia expands their territory by 1% and then what? Russia will still be sanctioned, and NATO is still expanding on russia's border...
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  9251. pure fiction 😄
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  9252.  @rosemarin4750  you can keep blaming the US if it makes you feel better. But it was russia's choice to invade Ukraine. This is all on russia.
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  9253. yeah we need to get them back behind the iron curtain where they belong...
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  9254.  @joexavier4070  yeah russia is really just a gas station pretending to be a country...
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  9255.  @alexanderlazarev3570  what makes you think there will be another victory for russia? The russians are just hiding in trenches, while Ukraine has already liberated more than 50% of the territory russia gained after february 2022...
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  9256. they will get over it, russia is a poor country anyway. And western trade with russia is going to end either way, russia is going back behind the iron curtain.
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  9257. This is all because of putin's imperial ambitions. It's russia that has invaded Ukraine, it is russia that is killing Ukrainians...
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  9258.  @John-hu9qg  it doesn't matter if russia is the cheapest supplier. Russia can no longer be considered a reliable supplier. The war will most likely end with a stalemate. That means that russia has control of the territory they occupy at the time, but it is not recognized by Ukraine or the west. And that means sanctions will not be lifted any time soon, probably not in this decade. It may soften over time, but there won't be much demand for natural gas by then.
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  9259. because life under russian occupation would be even worse?
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  9260.  @BT-zw2ix  why do you think Ukraine wanted to move away from russian influence and join the European community instead?
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  9261. stop crying, little girl 🙄
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  9262. There is no way back to relying on russian gas. If putin gets his way by using gas as leverage, he will keep using it everytime he has a temper tantrum. Russia is no longer a reliable supllier.
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  9263.  @aeye9772  russia decided to bring war back to Europe, russia is absolutely at fault.
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  9264.  @aeye9772  the war in yugoslavia was a civil war. And none of the NATO countries involved tried to annex any territory. Very different from what russia is trying to do in Ukraine.
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  9265.  @aeye9772  Yanukovych was ousted because he chose to cancel a trade and cooperation deal with the EU, after pressure from russia. He chose closer ties with russia instead, which is not what the majority of the people in Ukraine wanted.
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  9266.  @aeye9772  the number of people willing to fight for Ukraine, and the much smaller number of Ukrainians willing to fight on the russian side, indicates to me that most people in Ukraine are not pro russian. And russia is just using the situation to annex territory they believe belongs to russia.
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  9267.  @StrongRespect  those numbers are obviously bullsh*t. Both sides have lost more than 100.000 at this point.
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  9268.  @StrongRespect  alright then, name your source?
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  9269. china is not doing that great either.
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  9270. nuclear war is suicide for both sides. Not even the russians are that crazy.
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  9271. bla bla, now get back behind the iron curtain where you belong.
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  9272. the russian economy is tiny compared to the German 😄
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  9273. And then we won't really need the US anymore, which is good.
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  9274. Russia controls less of Ukraine now than they did 6 months ago.
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  9275. China accounts for 6% of Germany's exports. For most other EU members, that figure is lower.
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  9276.  @alexlazar4738  sure, if we assume that German companies do nothing to shift to other markets. Things are never that simple. And it is not enough to just look at GDP to judge how well a country is doing. GDP is a measure of economic activity, but economic activity can be many things. The US can grow their GDP by increasing the national debt and printing more money. Russia can grow their GDP by military spending. Ukraine's GDP grew around 5% in 2023, but i don't think anyone would argue the Ukrainian economy is booming. As far as i can tell, the chinese GDP growth is mostly public spending on infrastructure.
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  9277.  @alexlazar4738  i am not in favor of a trade war, to be honest i don't really care that much about China. But I am in favor of more protectionism in the EU, globalism is only good for large corporations. It's not about hurting China, it's about what's best for the average European.
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  9278. Why would they want to? The US is only good for the wealthy elite.
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  9279. not really, russians are retarded.
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  9280. next spring of course. It's not like Ukraine is going to stop fighting any time soon...
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  9281.  @baroneleve1196  nope, never heard of a city with that name. But if it is russian, it is probably a sh*thole...
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  9282. nazi government is a pretty good description of russia.
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  9283. notice that China has not actually signed up to any more pipelines yet. And China won't even support russia in the UN. So much for this "partnership"... 😄
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  9284.  @НевсемСвой  russia has started a war of conquest in Europe, after so many years of relative peace. As someone who lives in a small country, i don't want to see Europe going back to the time where larger countries subjugate smaller countries. That's why russia is the biggest threat to peace and stability in Europe.
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  9285. but the consequences will be long term either way. It will make the US look unstable and unpredictable, and other countries will take measures to de-risk. The biggest problem for the US is probably that it makes China look like a much more reliable economic partner.
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  9286. we are just going back to the cold war era. Less global trade and cooperation, and more proxy wars. Enjoy...
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  9287. clearly led by china. Russia is just china's gas station.
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  9288. Russia finally managed to capture a village?
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  9289. I still don't get why the orange one wants Greenland so bad? Does he know the Island is covered in ice most of the year?
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  9290.  @BlaszkowskiCarruscaArnaud  it doesn't really matter either way. The real problem with China is their partnership with russia. The frontlines in the new global conflict are being drawn up, and China is on the other side.
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  9291. russia has damaged Ukraine. This is all on putin...
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  9292. 3:38 could it have been air burst munition? Maybe some 35mm ahead from a gepard?
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  9293. yeah, that is one of the great things about being a member of the EU.
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  9294. It was russia's choice to start a war in Europe. So they can no longer be a major supplier of anything to the EU. Russia will now have to sell most of their oil and gas in Asia, at a much lower price.
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  9295.  @dattruong5439  russia was making good money last year, because they could still sell their oil in Europe where the price was high. But now they have to sell it in Asia, at a much lower price.
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  9296.  @dattruong5439  i don't really care if it benefits countries in Asia or not. I don't think the sanctions on russia will be lifted in this decade.
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  9297.  @danielhutchinson6604  brics is just a forum, like G20. It doesn't actually do anything. The so called bank is just another chinese debt trap like belt and road...
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  9298. I don't think it can be mixed in the pipes. But the rest is possible.
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  9299. ​ @quanohong572 of course we can. Don't be silly.
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  9300.  @JohnJacob33  and why would other countries stop selling those resources to Europe? They don't want to make money anymore for some reason?
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  9301. @Vincet-amor-patriae  and those security guarantees are worthless anyway, the Americans are not actually going to fight.
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  9302.  @lonesomealeks4206  i am looking at the map, and the frontline has barely moved all year.
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  9303. kinda hard to compete with subsidized companies that don't have to make a profit to survive.
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  9304.  @hamzasyed  if China is allowed to flood the European market, then Europe will lose another industry and all the jobs related to it. And that would be very bad for Europe, so it has to be stopped. Doesn't really matter if it is fair or not.
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  9305.  @hamzasyed  that is how geopolitics work. No one ever says the actual reason for their actions. So they make up silly arguments instead. The German car makers won't say that the reason why they are against the tariffs, is because they have been moving jobs to China for years. So they will be affected by the tariffs as well. And they don't care if jobs or industry in Europe is lost, as long as they can make short term profit. And the German government won't say that the reason why they care so much, is because a trade war with China will hurt these large corporations the most. And these corporations have a lot of influence in the German government, even if their actions are actually hurting the average German in the long run.
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  9306. there are always protests and strikes somewhere in Europe. 99,9% of them have nothing to do with the war.
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  9307.  @artkutyuska9842  sorry, i don't speak orc.
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  9308. Putin will just cry and moan as usual 😂
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  9309.  @fromika  probably mostly for processing or to be loaded on larger ships. EU is a net exporter of wheat.
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  9310.  @saktiperdana5936  EU is a net exporter of goods like grains, meat, dairy and vegetables, but net importer of goods like seafood, food oil, coffee and soybeans.
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  9311. ​ @spade1974  i know you want to believe that russia can't be replaced, but it is just not true. Finding new suppliers is a short term problem, it takes time for other suppliers to increase production but it will happen. It is much harder to find a new market for your products.
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  9312.  @oddvardmyrnes9040  why?
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  9313.  @csat1078  it was never going to be used again, so i don't really care. But I assume it was done by russia
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  9314. russia has become a net importer of refined oil products. That is hilarious...
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  9315.  @klausschwab9507  hyper sonic missiles are very expensive, and russia don't have that many. They can't afford to produce them in large numbers.
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  9316.  @menantol429  yes the entire Ukrainian army has been destroyed 25 times according to russian media. I wonder why they still feel the need to evacuate Kherson, zombies maybe 🤔
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  9317.  @MWENDA-vv5im  the Ukrainian economy is ruined, but the US alone has already funded their entire state budget. And russia is depending on putins 300 billion war chest, and the massive stocks on weapons and ammo from the soviet era. But both will run out sooner or later.
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  9318.  @xcitemex6353 9000 poorly trained conscripts is not enough to open a new front 😄
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  9319. notice how Germany's gas storage is still 90% full, despite Nordstream being closed for 4 months?
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  9320.  @nenadmilosevic5162  russia has only been supplying around 8% of EU's gas consumption for the past 4 months. Russia is being replaced, it cannot be reversed now.
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  9321. yeah i think this is really good news. No way back to relying on russian gas now :)
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  9322. i have had the same thought when i heard about Trump's tariff plans. Some European countries will probably start shifting towards the east instead, maybe even join Brics.
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  9323.  @ArawnOfAnnwn  the EU is made up of 27 individual countries. Some might leave and make their own deals if they think it will benefit them more.
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  9324.  @petersouthernboy6327  the UK wanted a trade deal before leaving, plus the issue with the Good Friday agreement in Ireland. Leaving the EU is quite easy if you don't care about that.
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  9325.  @petersouthernboy6327  i have no desire to join Brics, and i seriously doubt that my country would do that. But there are some in southern and eastern Europe that might go for it.
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  9326.  @francisquebachmann7375  guess you failed geography in school then...
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  9327. russians are attacking fortified positions head on, i can pretty much guarantee that russia is losing at least 3x more troops, but 5-7x more sounds more realistic.
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  9328. NATO didn't sign an agreement with russia, because russia's demands were completely ridiculous. And their demands for peace are still ridiculous. Russia wants Ukraine to recognize the 4 "annexed" oblasts before peace talks can even begin. That means Ukraine has to hand over several large cities in their control, such as Kherson, Zaporizjzja, Kramatorsk and Slavjansk. That's why no one in the west is pushing for peace talks, it is pointless until Russia changes their tune.
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  9329. don't hold your breath 😄
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  9330. russia is still losing on the battlefield. These actions will kill a lot of civilians, but the Ukrainian army will continue to reclaim territory.
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  9331.  @annaannan6840  it was first reduced, but later cut completely. It was just 1 year ago, you can look it up if you really don't remember...
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  9332. well, a russian is worth less than a Ukrainian, so...
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  9333. and why would china want to get involved in putin's silly war? The chinese like to make money.
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  9334. i agree, the russian troops should go home.
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  9335. he's just a sad little goblin, hiding in his golden palace.
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  9336. make sense please?
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  9337. seems to work just fine here in Denmark. 60% of our electricity came from wind and solar in 2022, in the first half of 2023 it was 67%.
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  9338.  @ValMartinIreland  how can you have seen that claim several years ago, when 2022 was the first time we got more than 50% from wind and solar? Are you drunk again Ivan?
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  9339. when russia has been defeated in Ukraine, i don't think they want to start new wars for a very long time...
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  9340. Boring russian troll is boring... 😴
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  9341.  @univeropa3363  did you like your own comments? Bruh...🤨
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  9342. it will change absolutely nothing, G20 has always been useless...
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  9343.  @DreamyCheshire-up9rf  we are still laughing at putin. He is a funny little clown after all...
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  9344.  @MKultraInstinct  they did. It's the same agreement Mexico made with Biden in 2021, Trump is just trying to take credit for it now. The 10.000 troops are there already 😄
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  9345.  @JD-yk3wb  congratulations i guess?
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  9346. sure, that's what the russian trolls told me after Severodonetsk, now it's straight to Kyiv 😄
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  9347. russia started the war, by invading Ukraine.
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  9348.  @joexavier4070  that is very cute. But that is not how the world works.
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  9349.  @joexavier4070  now you're just being very naive. We will only get more wars in the coming years. It's no coincidence that tensions are rising all over the world as US power fades.
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  9350. the really sad thing about this, is that putin knows it won't change the situation on the battlefield. The Ukrainian army will continue to fight. Putin is killing civilians just to put on a show for his supporters, to make it look like russia is making progress while his army is in shambles. And judging by the comment from the russian trolls, it seems to be working 🙄
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  9351. Russia is not a reliable supplier.
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  9352. so the west will not be able to make payments in yuan or rubles? How is that gonna make the west fall apart?
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  9353. Trump wants Europe to pay for it's own defence, and put tariffs on European exports. So what do we gain from a partner ship with the US then?
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  9354. the russian clown show continues 😄
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  9355. Biden is not providing any F16s, he is just allowing other countries to do it.
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  9356. yes, putin should nuke russia 😄
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  9357. that is very unlikely
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  9358.  @notarmchairhistorian7779  no such deal was made, that claim is made up by putin.
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  9359.  @Yurius-lh8rz  russia is the only one not respecting Ukraine's borders.
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  9360.  @No_borders_means_no_welfare  that's not true, no such deal was made.
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  9361. Russia is an unreliable supplier, nobody wants that anymore.
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  9362. of course Ukraine will win, russia is just a paper bear 🧸
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  9363. Watch and learn. Trump will back down very soon, just like he did in his first term.
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  9364. If russian gas is all it takes, then why is russia and belarus not manufacturing power houses?
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  9365. @DavidJohnson-dc8lu belarus is one of the poorest countries in Europe, despite having full access to russian gas. Russia is also behind most EU members in gdp per capita, even in PPP terms. While the saudies are very rich.
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  9366. @ stop dodging, and answer my question?
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  9367. @ you are still dodging the question. How is nordstream going to fix Germany, if russian gas dosesn't help russia or belarus to become major exporters of goods?
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  9368.  @gaborrajnai6213  Greenland was fine last time i looked. And russia had access to both the European and US market before the war.
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  9369.  @MarkA-ql3gc  it is not just about energy, it is not like Germany's economy was booming before the war. It was already stagnating before covid, despite record low natural gas prices. So going back to relying on russian gas is clearly not going to fix anything.
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  9370.  @d.athegreat3947  war is all about logistics, and russia sucks at it. Russia won at Bakhmut because they have good supply lines in the east, but that is not the case in the south. When the russian lines start to run low, they will crack...
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  9371.  @orrrlllyy3473  and what is stupid about it? Please explain why i am wrong?
    1
  9372. russia sure is a world leader when it comes to vodka drinking, corruption and internet trolls...
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  9373. russia is just china's gas station. China is clearly the boss of brics.
    1
  9374. why should they cover some delusional conspiracy theory?
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  9375. there is a queue of 35 LNG tankers of the coast of Spain at the moment. EU is running out of capacity to receive all that LNG, so the tankers have to wait. So it would be pointless if china continued to send LNG here.
    1
  9376. If it was all about energy prices, then why did Europe not see high growth in the period from 2014 to 2019 where the price was very low?
    1
  9377. increased military spending will do that. It's great until you have to pay for it...
    1
  9378. Ukraine's application to join NATO back in 2008 was denied. And it is still being denied. It is just an excuse for putin's imperial ambitions...
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  9379.  @duncansmith7562  come on Ivan, even you know that russia's poorly trained conscripts are nothing but drunken cannonfodder 😄
    1
  9380. no one was attacking russia. Are you high or something?
    1
  9381. so what has brics actually accomplished so far?
    1
  9382. i would not be surprised if NATO ends up putting boots on the ground in Ukraine.
    1
  9383. i think you're a little confused here, the russians are the fascists now...
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  9384.  @CharlesNauck  The British empire was the world's leading super power before ww2, while the US was stuck in the great depression. The British pound was the world reserve currency before the dollar.
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  9385.  @CharlesNauck  yes, but that is just the UK. The British empire included territories that are independent countries today, such as Canada, Australia, India, South America etc. Around 25% of the world's population was ruled by the British crown before ww2. The US took over when all the European powers were decimated in ww2.
    1
  9386. Are you drunk or something?
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  9387.  @crazyenough5539  Ukraine has always belonged to the Ukrainians. If russians don't like it there, they should move back to russia.
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  9388.  @robertaurens5665  there is always room for some more sanctions on russia :)
    1
  9389. oh please, russia the paper bear can''t even take Bakhmut 🧸
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  9390.  @piotrm9616  that's what we have been hearing for more that 6 months now...
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  9391. i didn't even know that was possible? Could i sue nuclear weapons? Or maybe biological weapons?
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  9392. that is very unlikely, unless russia lose the war in Ukraine. Russia is still the largest threat to peace and stability in Europe. The real question is if China would dump russia for a partnership with the EU, if that option was available.
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  9393. wishful thinking 😄
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  9394. Trump is putin's lapdog.
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  9395.  @cordellmohawk8408  or we will see history repeat itself when the russian federation crumbles like the russian empire and the ussr. 🥳
    1
  9396.  @cordellmohawk8408  what's unrealistic about it, the russians like to collapse their own country on a regular basis.
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  9397. the only thing emanating from russia is more death and destruction.
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  9398. These are rebel terrorist, fighting against a terrorist regime, that is supported by russia and iran, who are also terrorist regimes. But let's just call them rebels for short...
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  9399. Ukraine will get more airdefence from NATO in the coming months. Missiles are expensive, russia would just bankrupt themselves.
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  9400. i can see russia slowly destroying themselves...
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  9401.  @vaishali.1801  after covid, supply chains issues and an energy crisis, i think that is to be expected. But it won't last long, so enjoy it while it lasts...😉
    1
  9402.  @vaishali.1801  what downfall? The overall EU economy is still expected to grow this year, only a few countries like Germany are seeing a minor 0,3% recession. It's a temporary problem, while new supply chains are being established.
    1
  9403. russia the paper bear 😄
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  9404. that would be easy, the russians just have to go home and then Ukraine would be liberated...
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  9405.  @mountainfrost7095  so the russians are targeting playgrounds, pedestrian bridges, apartment buildings, schools and hospitals on purpose?
    1
  9406.  @MrEvansjethro  happy to hear that 🙂
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  9407.  @jonathanjacob5453  russia is not delivering, so it doesn't matter if their gas is cheaper. If russia wanted to supply gas to Germany, they could just use one of the other pipelines.
    1
  9408. the gas flow has been reduced as retaliation for the sanctions. So what's the point of opening another pipeline?
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  9409. they are going to lose the chinese market anyway, so we should focus on protecting the European market.
    1
  9410.  @vervetech9395  in case you haven't noticed yet, cold war is back on the menu. Say goodbye to global trade and cooperation, say hello to "national security"...
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  9411. and how is that whataboutism going to help China?
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  9412. No russia is trying to steal what belongs to the Ukrainians.
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  9413. I don't think a fight between russia and Europe can be avoided at this point. So let's do it in Ukraine instead of waiting for russia to come to us...
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  9414.  @lol-kc1sr  that makes no sense, try harder little troll...
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  9415.  @simplicius11  they had a hard year, but they are still going. Could be a lot worse, could be like russia's economy...
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  9416. good advice for russia 👍
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  9417. cry more...
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  9418.  @avex3903  that is up to russia. Remember that they chose to start the war, and they could end it today by going home.
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  9419.  @wolfswinkel8906  Ukraine was not even close to joining NATO. Their application to join in 2008 was denied, remember? That is just an excuse for russian aggression. And i don't care about putin's empty threats.
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  9420.  @iqbalsohel9166  the US is not going to annex Ukraine, that is only russia's goal.
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  9421.  @iqbalsohel9166  ...what???
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  9422.  @wolfswinkel8906  explain this to me: Poland, the Baltics, Sweden and Finland joining NATO did not harm russia. But Ukraine joining NATO is somehow an existential threat to russia?
    1
  9423. Europe is already free. We are allied with the US and the UK because we want to be.
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  9424. the EU has already committed a very large amount of money for multi year support. Ukraine is not going to be dropped any time soon...🙂
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  9425. he wanted to, but couldn't. So now putin is just trying to steal as much land in Ukraine as possible.
    1
  9426. i hate to admit it, but it is starting to look like putin might actually succeed in ending the US led world order? Guess we can all look forward to a new age of proxy wars and imperial expansion....
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  9427.  @PlaYer-sn5or  will russia be able to survive? Sure. Will russia ever be a world power again? No.
    1
  9428.  @PlaYer-sn5or  who cares about nukes? No one can use them without getting destroyed themselves. Russia will just be the European version of North Korea.
    1
  9429.  @briant5685  Denmark produces 3x more food than we need. Who needs a sh*thole like russia...
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  9430. it will change absolutely nothing. G20 has always been useless...
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  9431.  @xx_Joker_xx  would we really? What would the US actually do if russia invaded a NATO member? Would they be willing to sacrifice 1000s of US soldiers? I seriously doubt it, the US would probably just run away.
    1
  9432.  @bigspidey  prove what, little guy?
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  9433. he is still recognized as the legitimate leader of Ukraine by all countries that matter.
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  9434.  @claus-not-santa  yes
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  9435. go Sweden
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  9436.  @IEye-SR-  does russia control more or less territory in Ukraine today than they did 12 months ago? 😉 Seems to me that those tutti frutti weapons are working just fine...
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  9437. why would there be famine in Europe? Ukraine's main export to the EU is maize, which is mostly used to feed animals, and sunflower oil. And Ukraine can still export to Europe over land. No big deal for Europe...
    1
  9438. and how exactly is russia going to win anything?
    1
  9439.  @PerceivedREALITY999  155mm shells are a problem, because artillery is not meant to play a big role in NATO doctrine. But it is also a temporary problem ,since all producers are increasing production. Rheinmetall alone expects to produce around 700.000 shells in 2024. When all producers are added up, it should be several millions by the end of 2024. Russia is running a very large budget deficit, using up the wealth fund and increasing national debt to fund the war. Russia can probably keep doing that for a long time, but they can't really afford to escalate. Even if the war ends with russia keeping some of the occupied territory, it's unlikely that the sanctions will be lifted. Russia will be struggling for a very long time, which means that russia's best educated will continue to leave for a better life in the west.
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  9440.  @PerceivedREALITY999  that was a lot of replies. I think your bot is broken 😄
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  9441. the russian conscript will bravely advance away from the frontline 😄
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  9442. putin wants to expand his empire, that is all this war is about.
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  9443. it's about pension reform, it has nothing to do with the price of energy.
    1
  9444. around half of new cars sold in the EU in 2022 were electric or hybrid. Combustion engine is already on the way out.
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  9445.  @Andrew-zv4fm  my next car is still going to be electric, tax credit or not. No more OPEC bs for me, thank you.
    1
  9446. the russians will be back for more, and they will fail again 😄
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  9447. they tried that last year, didn't work.
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  9448. so what should we do? Allow china to destroy all industries in the west? Without jobs, how will we afford china's products?
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  9449. and what have they done to help russia?
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  9450. How can a fascist country like russia denazify Ukraine? By leaving Ukraine, that's how...
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  9451. Chinese goods are the next russian gas. This dependency will be used against us sooner or later...
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  9452. Nice try Ivan, but the sanctions are there to stay...😄
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  9453. OSCE is just another outdated organization. It should just be disbanded.
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  9454.  @SchlafComandante  you do, apparently 🙄
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  9455. well, russia is a terrorist state, so no surprises there....
    1
  9456. @UC1o07Pi1c5edpjlChgeHgLA gone forever like the area around Chernihiv that russia occupied earlier this year? Remember that russia is running on their reserves of money and military equipment. Those reserves will run out eventually :)
    1
  9457.  @MetallicReg  if they apologized for being invaded? You russian trolls seem to have a logic problem.
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  9458.  @yellowtunes2756  what's even the point of capturing a city, if you turn it into rubble first?
    1
  9459. It's more like russia and China biting the hand that feeds them...
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  9460. indians claim to be against imperialism, but seems to have no problem with russia's imperialism in Ukraine. That seems pretty hypocritical to me...
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  9461. of course, why would anyone have sympathy for the russians?
    1
  9462. EV sales increased 35% in january compared to last year.
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  9463.  @Percival5  yeah i intend to keep talking about the russian clown show for months. It was that funny 😄
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  9464.  @claudiopereira9900  it's just another protest in France, it will be forgotten in a few weeks. No one will forget about the russian clown show 😉
    1
  9465. then why have russian grain exports increased 36% in the last 12 months? Stop lying.
    1
  9466.  @pierrefraisse8610  yes exactly like the russian missiles. The safest place to be in Ukraine, is the place russia is trying to hit.
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  9467. Nato hasn't lost a single soldier yet, exactly how are we defeated?
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  9468.  @shsh-he5qg  even if it is true, what difference does it make? The combined force of Nato is around 3,5 million active soldiers.
    1
  9469. yeah it will probably take a few years to replace china. But it will happen...
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  9470. DW is really pushing the defeatist narrative at the moment. It's a little premature in my opinion, considering russia's biggest win in 8 months is a flag on top of a waste heap...
    1
  9471. Who cares. We are headed towards the end of globalism anyway.
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  9472.  @nvmtt  pay your fair share.
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  9473.  @anderslunde861  inform me then? Why should only the west pay?
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  9474.  @Glede-hk1vx  boohoo, cry me a river... 😭
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  9475. dude, russia can't even take Bakhmut. And russia's economy declined 2,2% last year, while the EU's grew by 3,6%.
    1
  9476.  @gevorgvanarmenie9788  there will rpobably be some trade, but it will never be the same again. The war will go on for years, by the time the war is over there won't be a market for russia in Europe anymore.
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  9477. ​ @God-ub8fn wrong, russia is the biggest threat to peace and stability in Europe.
    1
  9478. and what would a negotiated solution look like?
    1
  9479. So trump folded like a piece of wet cardboard, while trying to sell it as a win. Mexico had already agreed to more troops at the border before the tariffs, trump accomplished nothing 😄😄😄
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  9480.  @SSMasseus  rødgrød med fløde?
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  9481.  @harmless6813  there is no such treaty, it's made up by putin.
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  9482. so how is an anti-EU pro-putin party going to fix that?
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  9483. it does every year. Why would this one be special?
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  9484.  @pierrefraisse8610  yeah, i don't really care about Biden or the US. But i do care about Europe.
    1
  9485. yeah latest forecast is a 0,5% decline in 2023. Could be much worse, could be like russia.
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  9486. That would fail, just like last time...
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  9487. tsar putin wants to expand his empire, so he invaded Ukraine. That is all this war is about.
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  9488.  @savesi1  i have just as much combat experience as you have. Now be quiet and let the grown ups have a debate ...
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  9489.  @ankpms830  how is time on russia's side?
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  9490.  @riversidegardenradio9070  it was always about stealing as much land as possible. Putin wants to expand his empire.
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  9491.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  that's what i heard about Bakhmut earlier this year. And what happened after the fall? The frontline just moved a few kilometers...
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  9492.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  i will offer you the same bet as i did the other guy: 1 year from now the frontline will look almost the same, +/- a few kilometers. It's a stalemate for now, russia just hasn't realized yet.
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  9493.  @univeropa3363  define "win"? I don't think either side is going to win anything from this war. Both will be worse off no matter how the war ends. But Ukraine would lose more by agreeing to russia's terms. Now explain to me how russia is going to "win" the war? Let's say that russia gets to keep all the occupied territory and Ukraine is neutral etc. Then what?
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  9494. russia, what a sh*thole...
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  9495. has the economy of the EU collapsed?
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  9496. russia is trying to do the same, but Ukraine has air defences unlike Gaza. That is the only difference.
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  9497. and how exactly is it EU's fault? Reducing flow through nordstream 1 was russia's choice.
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  9498.  @jdjdiiididjsjskks3723  emojies? Are you a 12 year old girl?
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  9499. there is zero chance of that ever happening 😄
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  9500. they're just russian trolls, they're getting paid the push that narrative.
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  9501.  @corvus4135  you seem a little bitter today, are you not getting your daily potato? Oh poor Ivan... 😄
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  9502. as long as they don't invade countries in Europe, we don't care.
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  9503.  @noobman7400  🙄
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  9504. Natural gas is becoming outdated anyway. There are other sources of energy.
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  9505. everyone knows that russia will just be back for more in a few years. Giving in to putin's demands is not a solution, it is just a pause.
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  9506. Russia has captured less territory in the last 6 months than Ukraine did during their offensive last year...
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  9507. Russia has captured 0,04% of Ukraine in the last 6 months. Ukraine liberated 0,08% during their offensive. Feel free to fact check me on that 😉
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  9508.  @claus-not-santa  nice coping, the russians pulled back as a "goodwill gesture", right? You are hilarious dude... Remember how Kherson would be russia forever? Let's see how long "forever" is going to last for the rest of Ukraine...
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  9509.  @theshadowman1398 you can cope as hard as you like, numbers don't lie...
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  9510. have they not?
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  9511.  @kkkoooii  yes russia has increased their territory by something like 0,1%. But how much did it cost?
    1
  9512. the russian trolls have been working overtime lately. You can almost feel the desperation 😄
    1
  9513.  @yomama8848  why, do you have any? How much do you want for it?
    1
  9514.  @skozzi2845  that's not fair :( You guys give us so much entertainment, and you work so hard just to earn that single potato...😢
    1
  9515. The biggest producer in the world is china. And the EU produces more than russia and Ukraine combined...
    1
  9516. and how exactly will russia's poorly equipped conscripts accomplish that?
    1
  9517. so why does russia have to keep attacking the same energy infrastructure week after week? Shouldn't it be destroyed by now? Russian missiles must be really inefficient if the Ukrainians can just keep repairing it.
    1
  9518.  @someperson1829  nobody wants to live in russia. The population is shrinking every year, because people keep leaving for a better life in the west...
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  9519. no
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  9520. Ukraine has the right to not allow transit through their territory.
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  9521. Don't be silly
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  9522.  @Kkaffeine  more than you, apparently.
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  9523.  @Kkaffeine  oh no, is the "mighty" russian army gonna capture another tiny village?
    1
  9524. putin the bunkerboy is hiding in his bunker. He is also known as "the gremlin from kremlin",,,
    1
  9525. what atrocities have Ukraine done to the world?
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  9526. most normal people in the west never agreed to move all manufacturing. Only large corporations benefited from that.
    1
  9527. but i thought all the Germans were freezing to death and rioting in the streets?
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  9528. Russia controls less of Ukraine now than they did 6 months ago.
    1
  9529.  @DunDeeoZ  no, russian leaders said they were not going to invade Ukraine, remember?
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  9530. it is the only part of the world that matters...
    1
  9531. should representatives from Europe not try to bring attention to European issues?
    1
  9532.  @wolvarine4051  Europe is 1/3 of the G20, so the most important issue for Europe should take up some of the time...
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  9533.  @wolvarine4051  and what is the point of a forum like G20 if we ignore one of the main causes for the current slowdown in global trade?
    1
  9534.  @wolvarine4051  and the reason for the sanctions is russia's war of aggression...
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  9535.  @wolvarine4051  NATO has been at russia's borders for more than 20 years, in the Baltic states. And the reason why so many of russia's neighbors want to join NATO, is because they worry about russian aggression.
    1
  9536.  @wolvarine4051  it's not about geo politic games, russia is literally trying to conquer Ukraine and annex their territory. I would prefer if we could have peaceful relations with russia, but that is kinda hard when russia keeps threatening their neighbors. The fact that the former warsaw pact countries like Poland and the Baltic states are the most anti russian countries in Europe should tell what kind of country russia is...
    1
  9537. for once, i actually hope you're right.
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  9538. i am in the west, and i am only hearing people laughing at this pathetic partnership...😄
    1
  9539. but the production rate is still lower than the number of tanks destroyed every month. Why do you think russia is still stuck in the Donbass after more than 2 years?
    1
  9540. yes the russian economy is doing so great that their currency is worth less than toilet paper...😄
    1
  9541.  @peterlaing6661  mostly Norway and the US.
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  9542.  @kylonjones5678  they defend every town they can, because it is their country. What a silly question 🙄
    1
  9543.  @franciscody9622  time will tell. But russia's firepower advantage has only gotten smaller since the war began.
    1
  9544. *occupied by orcs
    1
  9545. 🤡
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  9546. no it is because tsar putin wants to expand his empire.
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  9547. russia is just a gas station. It's a bit inconvenient that they're closing, but we'll find another :)
    1
  9548.  @sabin97  oh no, guess we better resume oil and gas production in the north sea then. The oil rig was shipped last week, and it should be ready for production by the end of 2023. That will make my country a net exporter of oil and gas again :)
    1
  9549. Europe was fine before China joined WTO in 2001. And we will be fine without trade with China.
    1
  9550. why should they take action, the pipeline is mostly owned by russia and the russians had already cut the gas flow a month before?
    1
  9551.  @free-world-mb4ix  Germany doesn't own a part, but 2 privately owned German companies have a 15% share in the pipeline. And russia could still supply gas through one of the other pipelines if they wanted, like they did before nord stream was completed in 2011.
    1
  9552.  @white69cracker  russia is not fighting 40 countries, that is just pure copium 😄 If russia was actually fighting the west, you would probably have noticed the 4600 combat aircrafts flying over Ukraine. Or the 3,4M active personnel on the ground. And all of russia's trade routes over sea would be blockaded very fast, the Danish straits can be closed with just a few missiles...
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  9553. russia will lose the war the same way the US lost in Vietnam. The russian people will eventually grow tired of seeing their sons and husbands die for putin's ambitions.
    1
  9554. russia started the war.
    1
  9555.  @bubuneowoo6161  i work in manufacturing myself. Modern manufacturing is automated and it is a high skilled job. Cheap labour is not that important anymore.
    1
  9556. Did you forget to take your medicine again?
    1
  9557. 1:40 " they'll be freezing, but then they will realize what they did, will come back to us and we'll get back together". That is probably the most delusional part of this video. Things can never go back to how it was before the invasion, it is very clear now that relying too much on russian resources is a security risk to Europe. We would still have to diversify even if the war ended today.
    1
  9558.  @ВолковВладимир-ц2и  russia still exists, because no one else want that sh*thole. Russia's population keeps declining, because not even the Russians want to live there.
    1
  9559. nice alternate reality you got there. In the real world, it was russia who invaded Ukraine because tsar putin wants to expand his empire.
    1
  9560. Nope, EU is not in recession.
    1
  9561. i don't think the trans-atlantic alliance can survive another 4 years of trump...
    1
  9562. and why should Nato agree to that? Even if russia somehow manages to win the war, it doesn't really hurt Nato.
    1
  9563. protecting their borders by invading another country? The west is helping Ukraine to protect themselves against russian aggression.
    1
  9564. russia turned off the gasflow a month before the pipeline was damaged. Russia will never be a major energy supplier to Europe again.
    1
  9565. Nobody seems to care about all the western assets russia has stolen, why would this be any different?
    1
  9566. careful what you wish for, Ivan 😄
    1
  9567. EU is already buying all the LNG and coal they can produce. Those lazy Australians need to work harder :)
    1
  9568. No, the banks take 21% interest on loans. Which is ridiculously high.
    1
  9569. How is this strike related to russia in any way?
    1
  9570. Because Brics is just another useless forum where some leaders can have their photo taken?
    1
  9571. well, the russians have advanced 3km in 2 months, in the area around Bakhmut. At that rate, it should take russia 100 months, or 8,3 years, to push the Ukrainians out of range...
    1
  9572. and then China decided to become russia's unlimited partner. Which makes good relations with the EU impossible.
    1
  9573. why should Scholz care about who blew up Gazproms pipeline?
    1
  9574. not really.
    1
  9575. pretty good. Russia is in recession, and running the largest budget deficit since the fall of ussr.
    1
  9576.  @OlegUshyarov  that looks like something a closet gay guy would write....
    1
  9577.  @answerthequestionplease5073  don't know, but Finland is a civilized country. I'm sure you can find a safe place there when you come out of the closet...
    1
  9578.  @greatcircleroute9446  ww2 ended almost 80 years ago. Please try to move on, the civilized part of Europe already has.
    1
  9579.  @answerthequestionplease5073  i am not from Finland, try again. And i do have a friend that came out of the closet a few years ago. He was just like you, full of hate towards gay people until he finally admitted to being gay himself.
    1
  9580.  @greatcircleroute9446  do you see me blaming anyone for the actions of their country back in ww1? Try again, this is very entertaining...😄
    1
  9581.  @southafrica8140  oh no, what am i gonna do? Oh wait, i don't care....
    1
  9582.  @greatcircleroute9446  yes i know. But you were trying to blame me for something that happened in ww2, as if i should be ashamed of something that happened before i was born.
    1
  9583.  @answerthequestionplease5073  my friend is myself? Are you trying to be all philosophical now or what?
    1
  9584.  @southafrica8140  yes i had lunch today. Thank you for caring.
    1
  9585. Russian gas refined by the US? What is that even supposed to mean? Refined into what exactly?
    1
  9586. russia will never be a major energy supplier to Europe again. I seriously doubt the sanctions will be lifted in this decade...
    1
  9587.  @polkad6983  lol about what?
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  9588.  @robo__cop8154  ok, so i looked at it, and i learned that the EU spent 550M-650M euro per day on russian fossil fuels in february 2022, and that has dropped to 45M-50M per day in August 2023. I think that is pretty good in just 18 months, we will get rid of the rest soon enough... 😀
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  9589. russia is just a gas station. But not the only one...
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  9590. so? Oil is mostly used for transport.
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  9591. The US has a mining agreement with Greenland already. The reason why exploration is limited is due to the cost of extracting those minerals.
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  9592.  @lilacer6841  i don't know why anyone cares 🤷‍♂
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  9593. the US has not sanctioned russian gas, it is russia that cut the gas flow. And the biggest supplier of natural gas to the EU is now Norway, not the US. And the price of natural gas today is cheaper than it was before the war began.
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  9594. The only threat right now is the US.
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  9595. that wouldn't save their life, that would just mean that more Ukrainian people are torturred, murdered and have their children kidnapped.
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  9596. he talked smack about my momma! He won't be doing that again!
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  9597. don't think many want to come back to a city occupied by russia. There is a reason why russia's population keeps declining, not even russians want to live in russia.
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  9598.  @zallyzally2698  russia just shined up a few buildings for propaganda purposes. Most of Mariupol is still in ruins...
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  9599. So you don't like that EU officials are behaving like adults?
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  9600. most of that is due to covid. Why do you think countries such as the US and Australia has the same problems despite being major natural gas producers themselves?
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  9601. Bla bla bla...
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  9602. what a silly comment, you have no data to support that claim.
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  9603. that's your worst comment yet. Do better little troll, or you won't get your daily potato!
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  9604. today's spot price for electricity in Germany is 15,6% lower than it was same time last year. Natural gas is around 5-10% higher.
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  9605. We are against russia because of russia.
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  9606. brics is just another useless forum where some leaders can have their photos taken. Brics have never accomplished anything, and never will.
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  9607.  @JWRame  and how is brics trying to fix that? Brics has not accomplished anything in the last decade, why should that change in the future?
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  9608.  @JWRame  china's rise was only possible because they joined the western world order. China became a developed country by stealing from the west.
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  9609. what will they win, a new iron curtain perhaps 🤔
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  9610. why would they? It will be even worse for Ukraine under russian rule...
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  9611. this "new world order" is not really new, we're just going back in time to the cold war. And those who side with russia will fall behind just like last time we did this.
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  9612. That is probably not gonna happen though...
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  9613.  @fingerprint8479  russia's neighbors have applied for NATO membership, because they feel threatened by russia. If russia could stop invading their neighbors, there would be no need for NATO.
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  9614.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  russia used to supply around 40%, that is the same amount that was used for power generation. So russian gas can be replaced by any energy source, such as solar, wind, nuclear, hydro-electric, coal, biogas or even wood pellets. And we can increase imports from other countries, such as Norway who are supplying half of Germany's gas imports in 2023. It's not that hard, it just takes time to build up new supply chains.
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  9615.  @Gerrard_Pike2008  true, it will take years to complete. But the reliance on natural gas will decrease every year, the market share russia has lost will never come back.
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  9616. ​ @СергейМонин-д7с  you mean the russian tourists who are now fleeing from crimea? guess they didn't like all the explotions 😄
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  9617. why would anyone want to depend on russian energy ever again? Not even china wants more russian gas, they still haven't approved power of siberia 2...
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  9618. sounds like your the one fooling yourself 😄
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  9619.  @elbibwen3019  why are pretending like russia could take over Ukraine, when russia's biggest victory in 6 months is a flag on top of a waste heap...😄
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  9620. how can they seek peace when russia is invading their country?
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  9621. Yeah Greenland has the right to leave the kingdom of Denmark. And if they choose to join the US, then there is nothing Denmark can do about it. But it seems very unlikely that they would do that.
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  9622.  @peterpumpkineater7531  have you not been paying attention Ivan? Russa is losing on the battlefield 😄
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  9623.  @peterpumpkineater7531  so you have been listening to the russian media, who likes to claim that the russian army has destroyed more equipment than the Ukrainian army ever had 🤣
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  9624.  @elbertm4161  you really want it to be about NATO, don't you? Because you don't want to face the fact that the Ukrainians can beat the russian army without much help from us...😄
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  9625. EU had higher growth in 2022 than both the US and china.. 🙂
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  9626. yeah i don't think this will make any difference, seems pretty unlikely that the price will reach that level again.
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  9627. That's not even remotely true. The EU spent more money on Ukraine than the US in 2022.
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  9628.  @NHLblkgurl  look it up for yourself, numbnuts.
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  9629. too late for that now. Kinda hard to do that when russia keeps attacking their neighbors...
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  9630. negotiate what exactly?
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  9631. Yeah, only - 0,2% is actually kinda impressive, when you consider how crazy the last 4 years have been.
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  9632. which European institutions are not independent?
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  9633.  @calion7643  The US and EU countries coordinate their foreign policy on many issues. That is not the same as doing the US' bidding. When Trump was in office, he tried to dictate foreign policy to the EU. And the result was that the EU no longer supported the US. The best example was the proposed UN ban on arms sales to Iran, which the European countries no longer supported, so it was voted down in the security council. You are also ignoring the looming trade war between the US and EU.
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  9634. Standing up to russian aggression in Europe is in Europe's interest. So it's more like the US following European policy.
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  9635. Total aid to Ukraine: US 69,5 B euro, EU 131,9 B euro. Source Kiel institute
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  9636. The UK was not included in the numbers above. They are not part of the EU anymore.
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  9637.  @JustThe_One  Germany alone has donated 17,1 B euro in military aid, my country Denmark has provided 3,5 B. Norway is Europe's main supplier of natural gas now, supplying almost half of Germany's gas imports in 2023.
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  9638.  @tony16991  and how would that happen? China is on the other side of the world, and russia is a paper bear. Just look at how much russia is struggling with Ukraine, how would russia take on the 1,4M active personnel in the EU?
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  9639.  @tony16991  so you got nothing but "ifs" and speculation? No one can predict what would have happened. If France had not supported the US during the war of independence, would the US still be a British colony? We don't know, because that is not what happened...
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  9640.  @tony16991  and the US played a big part in forcing the UK to give up their colonies, something the US wouldn't be able to do if they were a colony themselves. NATO wouldn't exist without the US, and Europe would probably not have underfunded our military for so long without NATO. The armies of Europe were pretty large back in the cold war, even tiny Denmark had something like 500 main battle tanks back in the 1970s...
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  9641. The Ukrainian army keep beating the russian army on the battlefield, and the only thing russia can do about it is to attack civilians. How sad and pathetic...🙄
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  9642.  @geranong9547  it's the truth. Missile strikes on civilians is all russia has left. At least until all the new air defence from the west arrives...
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  9643.  @geranong9547  yes russia is hurting the civilians, but lack of electricity won't stop the Ukrainian army.
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  9644. well they have to defeat the Ukrainians first, so when will that be? Around 2072, assuming they don't bankrupt themselves first?
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  9645. not very likely. Attackers will usually lose more than defenders, especially if they attack fortified positions.
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  9646. put on your tinfoil hat, they are coming to get you!!!
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  9647.  @Pange3  and i am sure your "research" is nothing but looking at youtube videos from whoever tells you what you want to hear. Most information is available to the public here in the EU, if you are willing to spend 2 minutes to look it up.
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  9648.  @Pange3  i prefer to read tea leaves. Or use my magic 8 ball.
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  9649. who cares about the opinions of non-western people?
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  9650. in the last 3 months of heavy russian attacks, russia has gained some treelines and empty farm fields. And the last few houses in Marinka, the small town russia has been trying to capture for almost 2 years...
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  9651. *pile of ruble
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  9652.  @relaxingsounds6168  good one, you're pretty funny for a sad russian troll.
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  9653.  @relaxingsounds6168  that's exactly what a sad russian troll would say.
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  9654.  @mistressfreezepeach  who are they? Is it the lizard people again?
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  9655. who cares, it was already closed anyway.
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  9656. so you never heard about OPEC?
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  9657. still trying to blame someone else for russia's war of aggression?
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  9658.  @warukraine9650 Mexico clearly doesn't feel threatened by the US. It's the US that wants to build a wall at the border, not mexico. If russia doesn't like their neighbors joining a defensive alliance, then maybe they should stop attacking their neighbors?
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  9659.  @Memovox  why would they, brics is just a forum? It's kinda like the G20, but even more useless...
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  9660.  @Memovox  why would they? Brics is just a forum where leaders can have their photo taken...
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  9661.  @Memovox  no i mean, why would the US feel threatened by Mexico joining brics? Brics is useless.
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  9662. no country is innocent. But this claim by russia is pure fiction.
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  9663. It's all because of russia.
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  9664. Sweden has been annoying for more than 1000 years... 😉
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  9665. Ukraine's gdp grew by 9,1% in september this year, overall growth is expected to be around 4-5% in 2023. The point is, gdp is not the most reliable way to judge how a country is doing. Increasing national debt and military spending will increase the gdp, and that is why russia's gdp is growing...
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  9666.  @Yesai-cj2mt  the offensive is just getting started, there is not that much to talk about yet. It is much more fun to talk about how mercenaries and militias can just take over parts of russia without much resistance...😄
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  9667.  @easee28  are you sure you're using enough emojies, little girl?
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  9668. yes that is true. Whats your point?
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  9669. you can keep running your mouth, but we both know this will end with russian soldiers running away again. And then you will spend your time trying to convince us that russia totally meant to abandon their positions anyway...🙄
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  9670.  @淮阳子  those companies have facilities all over the world. Many asian and american companies have factories in Europe as well. Companies like Toyota, Nissan and Ford produce their cars for the European market in Europe.
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  9671.  @jokervivek  an army of street sh*tters 😄
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  9672. and russia is going back behind the iron curtain where they belong :)
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  9673.  @markharcourt2214  you can cope as hard as you like, fact is that the Ukrainians achieved their stated goal, unlike the russians...
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  9674.  @markharcourt2214  it seems to be going just fine. No budget deficit here in Denmark, can't say that for russia. Have Bakhmut fallen again today? How many times has Bakhmut fallen now, according to the russians, 200 times maybe?
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  9675.  @markharcourt2214  sure buddy, we're all going bankrupt soon. Just like we're all freezing to death now. And i am sure Bakhmut will fall tomorrow, if you just believe in it hard enough 😄
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  9676. explain something to me, how does any of this actually benefit russia? Even if russia manages to capture and hold on to the Donbass, then what? Russia will still be sanctioned, and NATO is actually growing.
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  9677.  @markharcourt2214  war production is counted as economic activity. So russia can "grow" their economy by producing missiles and artillery shells, even though it provides no long term value for the country.
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  9678. sorry, i don't speak orc and i can't be bothered to translate.
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  9679.  @rouz0  so please inform me then? What part do you think is made up or wishful thinking?
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  9680.  @rouz0  so you can't actually point out anything wrong in my comment, but you still claim that i am out of touch with reality? Come on Ivan, this is just pathetic...😄
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  9681.  @avex3903  ...said the coping rusbot.
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  9682.  @babahanuman83  most of the "new" weapons russia is producing now is just old soviet gear with some new parts...
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  9683.  @rouz0  i am just telling the truth, and you don't like that, do you Ivan? Why would i flag your comment when i can just disprove any silly claim you make?
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  9684.  @rouz0  the 3M figure is all calibers, including the much smaller 100mm and 122mm. They don't have the same effect on the battlefield as the big boys. There is still overwhelming support for aid to Ukraine in most EU countries. And the price for russia is 6% of gdp in 2024, while it is less than 1% for the EU. This is a losing battle for russia.
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  9685.  @rouz0  the smaller calibers have shorter range and much less effect. There is a reason why no one in russia the west is talking about 115mm shells. The glide bombs is a problem for Ukraine, but it is a matter of time before Ukraine figures out how to counter them. Just like russia learned to counter Himars. It's a constant arms race. Don't expect this war to end any time soon. It will be at least 2 more years, but probably much longer. And russia will be bankrupt by the end of it, no matter how the war ends.
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  9686.  @rouz0  and how would any of that happen? The frontline has barely moved in more than a year now. It might look dramatic when you zoom in on the map, but not in the big picture. And people like you like to ignore that life is going to be even worse for the Ukrainians under russian rule. They have no choice but to keep fighting if they want to have a chance for a better future.
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  9687.  @rouz0  Ukraine has no choice but to keep fighting, it they want any chance for a better future. It might be bad for the Ukrainians now, but it will be even worse under russian rule.
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  9688. where exactly are those 5% coming from? Imports and exports are down, housing is down, Yuan is down, unemployment is up. What gives?
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  9689. and what currency will brics use instead?
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  9690. defend ourselves against who? There is no credible threat to Europe at the moment, after russia turned out to be a paper bear...
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  9691. The trans atlantic partnership work both ways. The US has little chance of countering china without European backing. US sanctions without Europe is really just a american boykot.
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  9692. have you seen the value of the rubble? 😄
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  9693. he's gonna have an "accident" sooner or later.
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  9694.  @JoshMessiCR7  would be great, but it seems pretty unlikely.
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  9695. The most corrupt country in Europe is russia.
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  9696. There would be peace if the russians stay in their own country.
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  9697. = crying russians?
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  9698.  @vv6533  russia must have earned a lot then, because they sure fail a lot...
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  9699. was it a double game? NO! It blows my mind that some people still think that putin is not hust an old fool...🙄
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  9700. Were the US not much more powerful than countries like Vietnam and Afghanistan? How did that end?
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  9701.  @Perplexer1  Ukraine was never a security risk for russia. It russia was scared of NATO, then why are their borders with NATO barely defended? Russia will lose the war the same way the US did, the russians will grow tired of dying for putin's imperial ambitions eventually.
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  9702.  @Alex-pj8nz  putin "allows" it, because he can't afford not to. Russia can't just sell all that oil and gas to asia, there's not enough ships in the world for that. We are all going down together :)
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  9703. russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  9704.  @gfys756  have you seen the value of the rubble? 😄
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  9705.  @gfys756  and yet the best educated from all those countries continue to go to the west. Because who wants to live in those sh*tholes when you have the skills to get a better life in the civilized parts of the world...😉
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  9706. or we could give Ukraine some heavier weapons, and help them kick russia out faster. Sounds like a better plan to me.
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  9707. so how is the special military operation going? Has Ukraine been demilitarized yet? Has NATO expansion been prevented?
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  9708.  @yurichtube1162  really, i thought NATO gained 2 new members recently? So how will russia win the war? Holding the line is one thing, but a stalemate is not winning...
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  9709.  @Kayze4  and 4.000.000 russian soldiers. Yeah, i can make up some numbers too...
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  9710.  @Kayze4  because a stalemate is all russia can realistically hope for at this point.
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  9711. russia is sending T55s to the frontline 😄
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  9712. so russia can easily afford to spend 7% of gdp on the war, while the entire west is collapsing from spending less than 1% on Ukraine? Is the russian economy made of magic?
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  9713. ​ @adastra3591 russia is attacking their neighbors right now, trying to steal their land. While China is trying claim both land and sea in Asia...
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  9714. who cares, none of those countries matter anyway.
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  9715. russian grain sucks, just like everything else from russia.
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  9716. Russia is once again the enemy of peace and stability in Europe. Sounds to me like things are back to normal already...
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  9717.  @veronicagallo2624  it's just a pile of ruble now, you can call it whatever you want.
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  9718. what exactly have the Ukrainian people done to you to deserve such hate?
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  9719. they have achieved nothing, just like brics. It's just a forum with some nice photo-ops for leaders...
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  9720.  @jesusaguilar4585  don't worry, the war is not ending any time soon. Your career is safe for at least a few more years...
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  9721. russia's neighbors are worried about russian aggression, and for good reason. Russia is now the enemy of Europe.
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  9722. russia is not a reliable supplier of anything. Doesn't matter if it is cheap or not.
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  9723. good idea, but i don't think putin is willing to leave the bunker he is hiding in...
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  9724.  @lvjinbin28  good for you, please do that.
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  9725.  @andia968  china's population is 3,5x larger than the entire EU's, so that doesn't mean much.
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  9726.  @andia968  sure buddy 😄
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  9727. Stop drinking and commenting 🙄
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  9728. so why does russia control less territory in Ukraine than they did 12 months ago?
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  9729. when did putin become a nado commander?
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  9730. Why would they want to talk about your delusional fantasiens?
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  9731. They would if they could, but they can't. Russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  9732. And russia will continue to lose the war anyway...
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  9733. they have to take it first...
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  9734.  @Pahadi_Paradise  so what happens if Russia manages to hold on to the eastern part of Ukraine? Will russia be better off?
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  9735.  @ellismilton3075  so?
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  9736. where will suppliers find someone willing to pay more than 180 euro?
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  9737. they don't have to compete with china, as china will soon be cut off from western markets anyway....
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  9738. because it is made up bullsh*t perhaps?
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  9739. this is russia's first win in almost a year....
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  9740. Russia can just leave when they have had enough.
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  9741.  @svetlanak7766  that's a big load of BS. The Ukrainians were fighting russian backed separatists and russian soldiers pretending not to be russian soldiers in the Donbass. The UK has never used much gas from russia, their problems have other reasons. Europe's reliance on russian gas is a relatively new thing, Nordstream 1 was completed in 2012, the Yamal pipeline in 2006. So your claim about Europe's prosperity being based on russia makes no sense.
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  9742.  @nevilledsouza9467  ?
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  9743.  @Alex-pj8nz  that's because denmark is a very small country. However, denmarks export of goods per capita is actually higher than germany's.
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  9744. EU's largest market for exports is the US. China is Germany's 4th largest market, behind the US, France and the Netherlands....
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  9745.  @Memovox  Macron likes to play world leader. And Germany seems to be doing just fine, as the German central bank recently announced that the German economy is expected to grow in Q2 of 2023 which means the recession is over...
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  9746. @michaelkopischke2255 our prime minister has not resigned? Are you confusing us with the Netherlands? 😄
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  9747. So what exactly is the US hoping to achieve?
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  9748. That seems a little unfair, considering Germany is the second largest donor to Ukraine..
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  9749. there's no reason to compete or join, china has been losing a lot of money on these projects anyway.
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  9750. EU's economy grew by 3,6% in 2022, how will we ever survive 😄 And Europe is against Russia because of russia, not because of the US
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  9751.  @Adam-zc9qk  how is the US bankrolling EU's defence? Please explain?
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  9752. russia's biggest win in 5 months is a flag on top of a pile of garbage...😄
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  9753. Energy prices in the EU are lower today than they were in 2021.
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  9754.  @alvitransport8982  you can look up a chart of electricity and gas prices for yourself. It's not that hard.
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  9755.  @ekaterinalokshina2043  no, why would i care about something that belongs to the enemy?
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  9756.  @ekaterinalokshina2043  don't worry, the area was quickly closed off by the Danish and Swedish navy. The methane going into the atmosphere is pretty bad for global warming, but it had little effect on the local marine life. Some European companies had shares in the pipeline, but the majority shareholder is Gazprom. Too bad those European companies lost their money, but that is what you get for doing business with the enemy...
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  9757.  @ekaterinalokshina2043  putin is trying to bring back the bad old days in Europe, where larger nations subjugate smaller countries by military force. That makes russia the enemy of peace and stability in Europe, and an enemy of the rules based society the rest of Europe has been trying to build since the end of ww2.
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  9758.  @Sa_hil.  empty threats 🙄
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  9759.  @Sa_hil.  russia can't even take Bakhmut, the russia army is a joke.
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  9760. that argument makes no sense. Russia is not supporting anything, they are trying to steal land from Ukraine
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  9761. yeah keep blaming the US for russia's aggression.
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  9762.  @mryan4452  yes, and the price of natural gas has gone down compared to late 2022. Did you have a point with that information, or just sharing?
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  9763.  @mryan4452  what exactly are Shell and the rest buying in the US?
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  9764.  @mryan4452  no OP claimed that India was refining natural gas from russian oil, and selling it to the US. And that the US was then reselling that natural gas to Europe. And none of that makes any sense.
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  9765.  @mryan4452  yeah OP's comment is pretty confusing. But I have noticed that a lot of people, especially Indians, thinks russian gas is about the fuel you put in a car, because the Americans call it gas. I assume that is what OP is talking about.
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  9766.  @kamaruzamanahmadnor7653  but it is a conflict with the EU. Should we just look the other way while russia invades another country right on our doorstep? Ukraine should do what's best for Ukraine, it's not up to russia.
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  9767. There are far more wars in Africa.
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  9768. That was last years talking point. Tell your handlers that you need a new script, Ivan...
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  9769.  @DM_Laf  was that supposed to make sense? You need a better script, comrad botski...
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  9770. nobody likes russia
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  9771. those places are prime targets for random russian missile strikes. They should go to military facilities instead, the safest place to be in Ukraine is the place the russians are trying to hit
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  9772.  @araara4746  who said "collapsed"? Maybe you should learn to read?
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  9773.  @ivo-n1v  take a look at the world around you. The collapse of the liberal world order is not our choice, but it will happen anyway. And yes, it will make us all poorer, but there is not much we can do to stop it now. The coming years will be full of conflicts and growing tensions, as the major powers decide who gets to be on top in the future. But the good news is that Europe is a fairly large market in itself, and our "block" will most likely include countries such as the US, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Australia. These countries are large consumer markets, and they have all the natural resources we might need.
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  9774.  @ivo-n1v  what a cute little story. But you haven't told me how the EU will benefit from letting China flood the European market? Will it somehow increase Chinese import of European goods? How is that gonna work?
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  9775.  @ivo-n1v  what a cute little story. But you still haven't told me how the EU will benefit from letting China flood the European market? Will it somehow increase Chinese imports from the EU?
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  9776.  @ivo-n1v  if China is allowed to flood Europe with subsidized goods, jobs will be lost. So what do we get in return?
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  9777.  @ivo-n1v  that is a very cute story. So China gets to sell their subsidized cars in the EU, which will decimate local industry. And what do we get in return, will that somehow increase EU exports to China?
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  9778. no one in the west said that, stop being boring.
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  9779. don't be silly.
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  9780.  @HaveanOreshnik  😄
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  9781.  @HaveanOreshnik  much better 👍 There's no doubt that both Russia and Europe are worse off in the short term. But i am pretty sure that neither side is actually going to collapse any time soon.
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  9782.  @HaveanOreshnik  no problem, the stupid war brings out the worst in all of us i guess...
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  9783. Yeah i don't get why russia is doing it either...
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  9784.  @greentea8852  brics is much more diverse than any of those organisations. There is no common goal or vision, and there never will be. Brics is more like the G20, just another useless forum.
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  9785. The Danish straits are so narrow that even cannons from the 1700s could fire on passing ships from the shore.
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  9786.  @felipe-vibor  nope
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  9787. cope and seethe, little troll 😄
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  9788. nope, that is over.
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  9789. It has nothing to do with the war 🙄
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  9790. it's already winter buddy.
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  9791.  @MrVayolence  yes i am sure you are very disappointed 😄 There is now zero chance of Europe running out of gas this winter.
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  9792.  @MrVayolence  and what am i waiting for?
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  9793. it is russia's fault no matter who did it. It would not happen if russia didn't invade Ukraine.
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  9794. what is the alternative? Just let russia annex whatever they want because they have nukes?
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  9795.  @urbansenicar81  so what do you think should be done about it? I got a feeling i already know what your solution is, but let's hear it?
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  9796.  @urbansenicar81  no, biogas is made from farm waste. Now stop dodging the question, what is your solution?
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  9797. @urbansenicar81  russia is a unreliable supplier, and the others are too far away. But natural gas is becoming outdated anyway.
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  9798. @ no, going back to relying on natural gas is not a solution. Natural gas is just as outdated as coal.
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  9799. yeah we are going to be talking about this for a very long time, the russian clown show is the best kind of entertainment 😄
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  9800. keep dreaming 😄
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  9801.  @harryjeff2039  when has such a tactic ever worked? You can't win a war by targeting civilians, it will only make them fight harder.
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  9802.  @delmanpronto9374  many of russia's neighbors applied for NATO membership because they want protection from russian aggression. That's why NATO expanded towards russia.
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  9803.  @brianlowe3529  Budapest memorandum?
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  9804.  @marcellogenesi6390  russia is just a gas station pretending to be a country. And we Europeans don't like russia because of russia, not because of the US.
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  9805.  @J.M.254  no it was created by putin's ambitions.
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  9806.  @alexanderlazarev3570  make sense please? I don't know what you mean.
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  9807. seems to me that you are in denial....
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  9808. Putin wanted less NATO, but got more NATO Putin wanted to demilitarize Ukraine, but militarized them instead. Putin wanted to blackmail Europe with energy, and lost 40% of russia's oil and gas revenue. Putin wanted to annex 4 oblasts forever, but lost Kherson soon after. Putin is nothing but fail... 😄
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  9809. what a silly claim 🙄
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  9810. Germany's gas storage was around 70% full when nordstream was shut off 4 months ago. It is now 91% full and rising.
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  9811. the renewables are working just fine, it is the fossil fuels that are the problem right now. Denmark got 75% of our electricity from renewables in 2022, and we were much less affected by the energy crisis last year than countries that mostly rely on coal and gas...
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  9812. China's economy is larger than the rest of Brics combined. It's pretty clear who the leader is...
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  9813. because we support Ukraine's fight against russia aggression...
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  9814. It is just 1 order, from 1 fund. There are also orders from the EU, and individual member countries.
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  9815.  @Damlqv  i agree that we should do a lot more. But this is about a NATO order, not the EU. The 2 companies mentioned in the video are not major producers of artillery shells, Rheinmetall alone expects to produce 700.000 shells this year. Latest estimation i have heard is a total of roughly 1,5 million shells from European companies in 2024. That figure includes Norway and the UK.
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  9816. i have a feeling it will be a land slide victory for the pro russian side. At least 115% will vote yes to annexation.
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  9817. that is just wishful thinking 😄
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  9818.  @yurichtube1162  it's a good thing that is not happening then...🙂
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  9819.  @СергейМонин-д7с  enjoy it while it lasts...😉
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  9820. Russophobia is just another word for common sense.
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  9821. producers like to make money, and Europe offers the best price. So that is never going to happen.
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  9822. They have had the option to leave Denmark for a long time. But they can't afford it yet. Joining the US instead would be a step down.
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  9823.  @robhappe2705  since when is the US taking care of poor people?
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  9824.  @robhappe2705  poor compared to the median income of a country. That is how poverty is measured. Why would the US treat the natives of Greenland any better than the natives of America?
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  9825.  @robhappe2705  what are the benefits of joining the US? The US is not going to give any money to the people living there.
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  9826.  @robhappe2705  Greenland has tried to become financially independent with income from resources since the 1970s. But they are still dependent on money from Denmark. There is nothing preventing US companies from investing in Greenland now, so why have they not done so if Greenland is so profitable? Maybe you should learn a little about Greenland before supporting an annexation?
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  9827. keep crying. Trade has to benefit both sides. If it doesn't, then it has to be regulated.
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  9828. the Ukrainian soldiers that have been killed, died to protect their country from an invader. The dead russians died for nothing, except putin's ambitions...
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  9829. you live in a fantasy world.
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  9830. The goal is to replace russian gas with other sources of energy, not replace it with gas from someone else.
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  9831.  @rickybobby7276  the new reality is already here buddy. 83% of Denmark's electricity came from renewables this year. And a heatpump will keep my warm just fine. And I don't need natural gas to power my car.
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  9832. what's even the point of russia's silly missiles, they have fired thousands already and it has accomplished very little. They're mostly a danger to playgrounds and pedestrian bridges...
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  9833. or maybe the missiles did hit their targets, but the russians forgot to put warheads on them? Or maybe russian missiles are just very weak?  @nikhilniki9333 
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  9834. russia is losing, but it will probably still take a few more years before the russians are ready to give up.
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  9835. russia is losing the war. They can only delay Ukraine's offensive, they can't actually accomplish any of their own objectives.
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  9836.  @sharknado623  You might be onto something there. It would be funny if the west started to call the area Koenigsberg again.
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  9837.  @Fatalitix3  of course there is a cost, but it is significantly lower than the cost of paying for a purely professional army. Most western armies today are way too small for a real war, even has the US has less than 400.000 infantry men in total, it's probably closer to 300.000. Finland has a very small population, but they can muster 280.000 troops on a short notice, with roughly 800.000 reserves.
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  9838. do you ever wonder why most of russia's neighbors applied for NATO membership?
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  9839. yeah, looks like we're going back to the cold war. Time for china to lose their status as the factory of the world...
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  9840.  @freeforester1717  dude, the UK has the house of lords. And the tories have been in power for a very long time, despite being as crooked as it gets...
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  9841. nope, it is because China doesn't import much from Germany anymore. China is becoming more protectionist while complaining that others are doing the same...
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  9842. sure Ivan, keep beleiving 😄
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  9843.  @AleksAvramJeff  then why is russia on the defensive again? And why does russia control less territory in Ukraine today than they did 12 months ago?
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  9844.  @AleksAvramJeff  nope. Why is russia now being invaded by Wagner? 😄
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  9845. nope, NATO has massive support in the European population.
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  9846. why should they do that, the pipeline is owned by Gazprom. It is russia's problem.
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  9847.  @silafaupaulmeredith7251  russia doesn't have the balls to do that 😄
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  9848.  @silafaupaulmeredith7251  2 German companies have a combined share of 15%. Gazprom is the majority shareholder. So why should the German people care, russia had already cut the gas flow anyway.
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  9849.  @shitit8096  russia started the war, not the other way around. Russia has a long history of genocide and oppression in Ukraine, there is a good reason why they don't want to be ruled by russia.
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  9850.  @ОльгаБоголепова-щ2л  i can't read that
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  9851. maybe in some far away future, but probably not in our lifetime...
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  9852.  @agorbogytr13  did they have Leopards or Bradleys when they took back those cities?
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  9853. what is russia winning? Are they gonna get a price?
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  9854. Double of what?
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  9855.  @Loreless  it's pointless to worry about that. It would kill us all, there would be no one left to care.
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  9856. ...on russia 😆
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  9857. why, that is russia's problem?
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  9858. i doubt that this will actually be the last aid package from the US. But if it is, then we could actually be witnessing the beginning of the end of the US as a world power.
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  9859. this doesn't change the situation on the battlefield, the Ukrainian army can still fight. Putin is killing civilians just to put on a show for his supporters, to make it look like russia is making progress while his army is in shambles. And judging by the comment from the russian trolls, it seems to be working 🙄
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  9860. just russia being russia. They like to destroy their own country at least 2 times every century.
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  9861.  @bezbthatdude4558  so you are willing to pay more just to spite the west? Pretty stupid when you consider that we can better afford it than most other parts of the world.
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  9862.  @lemagnifikyves9533  nope, looked it up on a map. That building is just across the river, in the eastern part of the city. My guess is that wagner snuck across the river in the middle of the night to take a picture.
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  9863. and they don't support russia either...
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  9864. ok Einstein, so what would a lasting peace deal look like? Should Ukraine just give russia what ever territory they want, and let the Ukrainians living there be brutalized?
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  9865. isn't there an African Union? Remember hearing about it a few years ago...
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  9866. @Leo A keep waiting then, but you will be disappointed when nothing really happens 😄
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  9867.  @polysporin8332  oh come on, try not to be so dramatic 😄
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  9868.  @KB-nt7eg  yes, that is the purpose of emoticons?
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  9869.  @josephhall1049  you don't think it is a bit over dramatic to claim that Germany is going to become a 3rd world country? You guys are hoping for something that will never happen 😄
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  9870.  @araara4746  I have been using firewood in my woodstove for many years, it is perfectly normal here in Denmark? It is not the primary source of heating, but it is nice to have a little extra on the really cold nights 🙂 You guys are absolutely hilarious btw, i will enjoy watching your frustrations grow in the comment sections when winter comes around and nothing happens. This has become my favorite source of entertainment 😄
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  9871.  @araara4746  you're the one claiming that using firewood is something dramatic, which is just silly.
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  9872. @Leo A actually yes, biomass heat/power plants are quite common here in Denmark. They use wood pellets, among other things. Can't use wood in my car though. That's why Denmark will resume oil and gas production in the north sea next year. Denmark will soon be a net exporter of oil and gas again 🙂
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  9873. Hi Pyotr, i had a thought recently, and i would love to hear your opinion about this, maybe in a future video: It is really all about nukes! Russia has them, but most of Europe does not. So Europe has to rely on the US nuclear umbrella, which makes it very hard to do anything without the US. Why can't Europe defend itself without the US? Nukes. Why won't Germany send tanks to Ukraine unless the US does it first:? Nukes. Why are most European countries against sending troops to Ukraine, unless the US does it as well? Nukes. The fact that we do not have our own way to retaliate, means that Russia can deter us from getting too involved, unless the US goes first.
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  9874. the russian mod claims that the total number of Ukrainian tanks destroyed so far is 9431. Even a russian troll like you has to admit that this claim is ridiculous... 😄
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  9875. who cares, the pipeline is owned by Gazprom, it is russia's problem.
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  9876. keep dreaming little troll 😄
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  9877. russia keeps moving the goal post when necessary. Putin's objective is to grab as much land as possible, nothing else.
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  9878. Russia can do nothing except cry and moan.
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  9879. America is the west. Europe is the center of the world...
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  9880. Have you forgotten about russia's long history of genocide, deportation and opression in Ukraine? Russia is the most hated country in Europe for a good reason.
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  9881. Nice try, mr russian troll...
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  9882.  @A.B.5KRVw  not really, 6M Ukrainians have left, according to the UN. And most of those people are women and children.
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  9883. oh you've learned how to use a calendar now, your mommy must be so proud.
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  9884. Ukraine is not in the EU yet. But Ukraine is the second most corrupt country in Europe, only behind russia. But at least Ukraine is trying to do something about it...
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  9885. why should the Germans care about russia's pipeline? Russia was not sending any gas anyway.
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  9886. It makes sense that a news channel reports about the main enemy of Europe.
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  9887. Keep begging Ivan, those sanctions are there to stay..
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  9888. yeah wow, the russians can do something the US did in 1969...🙄
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  9889. keep begging for peace Ivan.
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  9890. russia is not the only nuclear power. Using nukes is suicide, and putin knows it.
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  9891. wishful thinking
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  9892. you can keep crying about it, but nobody wants to rely on an unreliable supplier like russia anymore.
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  9893. Could the US? The US has already surrendered to putin, so my guess is no.
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  9894.  @congorocks  no i am telling you the truth. I know russian media is telling you fools that Europeans will demand that the sanctions are lifted, but it is just not going to happen. A few protests are normal, and it won't change much. I haven't heard about anyone who wants to go back to relying on russian gas anyway, russia is clearly not a reliable supplier anymore.
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  9895. The EU is already leading the funding. It's the US that is the unreliable ally here.
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  9896. russia can't even handle a much smaller country right next door. Russia is a paper bear 😄
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  9897.  @warukraine9650  remember how russia lost to the same shepherds, with far more casualties? Remember how the soviets were so broke afterwards that their pathetic union collapsed? 😄
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  9898.  @Trompicavalas  giving up land for peace won't work. It will only encourage putin to come back for more. Supporting Ukraine now is the only way to stop putin's ambitions.
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  9899. gas is cheaper now than it was before the pipeline was damaged.
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  9900. it will end when the russians go home.
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  9901. there's always room for more sanctions on russia :)
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  9902. like we were gonna freeze to death without russian gas? 😄
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  9903. russia controls less territory in Ukraine today than they did 12 months ago. And russia is still losing ground. It may take a few years, but the russians will be kicked out.
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  9904.  @babblo1389  pic or it didn't happen. I could claim that I destroyed 200 russian tanks today with the power of my mind, but that doesn't make it true.
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  9905. nothing compared to the sheer stupidity of putin for starting this silly war.
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  9906. great, maybe you can buy yourself a nice toilet and stop sh*tting on the street 👍
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  9907. that's very impressive, the russians have managed to destroy more equipment than Ukraine ever had. So why is the front line still not moving?
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  9908. russia is clearly the aggressor, they have invaded another country and is now trying to annex as much territory as possible.
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  9909. Doesn't really matter, russia cut the gas flow before the pipeline was damaged.
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  9910. russia has an advantage in production of artillery shells, because artillery has a limited role in NATO doctrine. But that is it. But even that will be short lived, production of shells are increasing all over the west. Ukraine has mostly received NATO's older weapons that were either obsolete or about to be. We could do a lot more if the political will was there...
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  9911. Has the US annexed parts of Iraq? Have the US kidnapped 1000s of children in Iraq?
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  9912. There is no collapse. Don't be so overdramatic.
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  9913. They outnumber the Ukrainians at Bakhmut. Russia has focused most of their forces at this part of the frontline.
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  9914.  @gaborrajnai6213  my guess is that Bakhmut is used to keep the russians busy, while the main force will attack somewhere less defended. But it is just a guess, we will find out what Ukraine is planning soon enough.
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  9915.  @gaborrajnai6213  yeah that is probably why the Ukrainians haven't pulled out of Bakhmut yet, they have to keep the russians busy until the ground is ready for an offensive. If Ukraine retreated from Bakhmut, then russia could deploy all those troops somewhere else.
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  9916.  @gaborrajnai6213  i don't think Ukraine is gonna run out of western supplies any time soon. At the moment, i am only seeing an increase in western aid. I am pretty confident that both sides can keep the war going for at least 2 more years. Too soon to tell how it is going to end. There is still a pretty decent chance that the west will join the fighting at some point.
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  9917.  @BillSW  that's why they wanted to move closer to the EU, and be part of the European community.
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  9918. so we should look the other way while russia attacks their neighbors, because that will increase security? Make sense please?
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  9919. so if Europe stops buying African resources, then Africa will somehow be better off?
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  9920. too late for that, russia claims to have annexed parts of Ukraine now.
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  9921. i'm not sure if this is good or bad for the west in the long run, but for now i'm just going to enjoy the show 😄
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  9922. you just had to find a way to bring up Ukraine huh? Do you get paid per comment or what?
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  9923. wagner can't recruit from prisons anymore, i doubt wagner can do much without a constant stream of cannon fodder...
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  9924. Chinese goods are the next russian gas. EU is already way too dependent on China, and it will be used against us eventually. Russia started to flood the European market with gas in 2014, bringing the price down to a point where no one else could compete. Looking back, this was clearly done to create leverage. Let's not make the same mistake with China.
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  9925.  @wilbur948ie  300.000 poorly trained conscripts. Russia will still lose.
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  9926. @Menes D Wise and what have those countries actually done, except try to make money from russia's desperation? Both china and india demand huge discounts for oil and gas, because they know russia is running out of customers 😄
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  9927. the age of globalism is over. We're going back to the cold war now.
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  9928. nope, current natural gas prices in Europe is the lowes in 2 years.
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  9929.  @cleasberg3461  the price on the spot market is the same for all suppliers. Russian and US lng gets the same price, when it is sold without long term contracts.
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  9930.  @allyganzo5376  you tell me? Is the EU taking something from Africa?
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  9931. i agree, let's speed up de-globalization.
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  9932. good, we can never have too many sanctions against russia. Russia will be the north korea of Europe for a very long time.
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  9933. nope, 18% is correct.
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  9934. So which country should no longer get any help, mr russian troll? The one that russia is trying to subjugate? 🙄
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  9935. why do you care?
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  9936. OPEC will be hit hard in a global recession. Remember how the oil price went negative because EU and US worked from home during covid lockdowns in 2020?
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  9937. this doesn't change the situation on the battlefield, the Ukrainian army can still fight. Putin is killing civilians just to put on a show for his supporters, to make it look like russia is making progress while his army is in shambles. And judging by the comment from the russian trolls, it seems to be working 🙄
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  9938. the US had a lot more success in Afghanistan than the russians had 😄At least the US accomplished their established goal, which was to get Bin Laden.
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  9939.  @gaborrajnai6213  and why was he hiding in Pakistan instead of Afghanistan?
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  9940. the russian army is just sad and pathetic now. Shooting missiles and rockets at civilians is all they have left.
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  9941. how is Germany and Europe a vassal of the US? Please explain?
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  9942. It's called stealing when you just take other peoples land by force.
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  9943.  @mrjerzheel  a terrorist state like russia has no rights...
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  9944.  @MikeOxlong-  total aid for Ukraine: US 69,5 billion euro. EU 131.9 B euro. These numbers are from September, and the US has not announced more aid since then, while the EU has. Source: Kiel Institute.
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  9945. Just orcs being orcs.
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  9946. so how exactly is russia going to take Odessa? Judging by russia's performance so far, that will never happen...
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  9947.  @jaimhaas5170  oh ok, so this is a video about something that might happen 50-100 years from now? That makes a lot more sense.
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  9948.  @jaimhaas5170  am i really the one lacking patience here? These 2 clowns are talking about how Ukraine will be divided, even though russia is nowhere close to achieving any of those goals. This video is like me planning how i will celebrate when i become the heavy weight champion of the world, probably not gonna happen...😄
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  9949.  @jaimhaas5170  why don't you answer my question and tell me how russia would ever get control of Odessa? By the power of wishful thinking perhaps?
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  9950. then why does russia control less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago?
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  9951. good luck with that 😄
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  9952.  @samsungtap4183  nah, the war is just getting started.
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  9953. I'm calling it now: Putin will not live up to his promise, he will just send a few ships for propaganda purposes. And he will then find a way to blame the west for preventing the delivery of the rest...
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  9954. VW is still making a profit. Why should they get money from the state?
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  9955.  @sergeipetrov_rzn  russia cut the gas supply to Germany, to put pressure on Germany. So yes you did, exactly like it was predicted.
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  9956.  @sergeipetrov_rzn  yeah i guess you could say that. Maybe now we can agree that both Nord stream 1 and 2 should never have been built.
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  9957. @Kieron Mac russia has nothing but poorly trained conscripts left, and their "advanced" equipment is T62's from the junkyard...
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  9958. brics is just a forum, it doesn't actually do anything.
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  9959.  @theepashmani6474  russia has already fired 1000s of missiles, including hypersonics at Ukraine. And what have they actually accomplished, except turning the power off for a few hours?
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  9960. russia has clearly proven that they are the biggest enemy of peace and stability in Europe. I can only hope that we end all trade and cooperation with russia in the future.
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  9961. empty threats.
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  9962. sounds plausible 🤔
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  9963.  @Automedon2  much better than giving the money to putin, and keep paying for the weapons that will be used to kill civilians in Ukraine...
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  9964. ​ @edquest5764 the russians will reach Kyiv in 2094 if they continue to advance at the current rate. 😂
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  9965. modern manufacturing requires skilled workers. And Germany has good trade schools.
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  9966.  @harisoepangkat6085  i work in manufacturing myself, and i can tell you that "robots" need constant maintenance and repair. Not to mention programming, upgrades and re-programming. It takes 4,5 years to become an industrial technician here in Denmark.
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  9967. the war will probably go on for another 2-3 years. Neither side is going to win anytime soon.
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  9968. There are no NATO rules about spending 2%. The non-binding agreement was 2% by 2030.
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  9969.  @Mman.  I agree, Denmark is not a great power. And neither is russia. Russia is really just the north Korea of Europe.
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  9970.  @Mman.  Nah, the orangutang is just trolling. He is no threat. But the orcs to the east is a real threat to peace and stability in Europe.
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  9971. russia is a paper bear 🧸
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  9972. How are this strike related to russia in any way?
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  9973.  @duncansmith7562  no, inflation is mostly caused by supply chain issues, which is related to the covid lockdowns. If it was all about the energy cost in Europe, then why has the price gone up for goods made in China? And why hasn't the inflation gone away now when the energy price is at a 2 year low?
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  9974.  @duncansmith7562  why do you think a country like Australia is seeing high inflation as well? Australia is a major exporter of coal and natural gas, and doesn't rely on russian energy. People used less money during covid, and less goods were produced. So there was high demand after the lockdowns, and not enough supply. And that means higher prices. Now combine that with all the money printing in 2020 and 2021. And combine that with the lockdowns in China last year. The rising energy prices made it worse, but it is not the main cause of inflation. The sanctions are meant to limit russia's access to technology that can be used in warfare and make it harder for the russian government to fund the war. And that seems to be working just fine, since russia can't even build cars with seatbelts now, and russia is currently running the largest budget deficit since the fall of the ussr. There are no sanctions meant to cause the russian people to starve, so going into a supermarket and looking for empty shelves is a completely pointless way to judge if the sanctions have been effective or not.
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  9975.  @duncansmith7562  you're just reaching for straws now. Russia needs the oil price to be around $70 to balance their budget this year, but the average price they're getting is less than $50. China and India know that russia is running out of places to sell their oil, and they are not doing russia any favors....
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  9976.  @duncansmith7562  nice try, but that is not how it works. As a general rule, inflation happens when demand is higher than supply. That's why interest rates are raised to combat inflation. If people have less money to spend, demand goes down, and that means inflation goes down. Russia's debt ratio doesn't matter, who is going to lend russia money?
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  9977. ​ @priyantha0 who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
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  9978.  @Thinkaboutit56789  russia is not getting full price for the oil, they have to sell it to third parties with a discount. But that will be replaced too, as other oil producers like the US, Canada and Norway increase production.
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  9979.  @suportbghelp4938  what a silly claim. Please explain why?
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  9980.  @suportbghelp4938  so you don't actually have an argument, it is just a little bit of wishful thinking?
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  9981.  @suportbghelp4938  so you don't actually have an argument, it is just a little bit of wishful thinking?
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  9982.  @suportbghelp4938  so you don't actually have an argument...
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  9983.  @kampayod  the EU gives smaller countries veto rights, and makes it much harder for the larger countries to push them around. Something russia would never agree with. You are also missing the fact that nordstream 1 and 2 was built despite the US best attempt to stop it. How does that fit with your fake narrative about Germany being controlled by the US?
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  9984.  @kampayod  You are missing the fact that nordstream 1 and 2 was built despite the US best attempt to stop it. How does that fit with your fake narrative about Germany being controlled by the US?
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  9985.  @kampayod  You are missing the fact that nordstream 1 and 2 was built despite the US best attempt to stop it. How does that fit with your fake narrative about Germany being controlled by the US?
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  9986. don't worry, they are not sending the money to russia.
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  9987. Not really. Russia is not accomplishing anything...
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  9988.  @anthonymako9784  that is just wishful thinking. The armed forces of Ukraine is just growing in strength, there is a reason why russia can do nothing except sit in a trench and hope for the best now...
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  9989.  @anthonymako9784  yes russia has conquered some empty fields, good job... 🙄
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  9990.  @anthonymako9784  and they captured some empty fields and some trees. Yeah that will help the russians to win the war...
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  9991.  @hzmt12  guess you suck at reading then. I said last year, which means 2022. This year is not over yet.
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  9992.  @Pranjali.MUA1  keep threatening, nobody cares 😄
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  9993. russia is busy invading their neighbors, while China is threatening everyone in the south china sea...
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  9994. where else in the world will china find a large market where the average person can afford expensive consumer goods?
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  9995. are we?
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  9996.  @johnpablo2772  how are we collapsing? Please explain?
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  9997. don't be silly, it was obviously done by russia.
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  9998.  @JohnJones-k9d  why would i care about past wars? I care about our very high standard of living today, that is why my country is better than yours...😄
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  9999. better than being friends with russia. Russia is not even trying to help Armenia...
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  10000. how exactly will russia's tiny economy bankrupt the west?
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  10001.  @kotricktube9974  the same reason why russia wouldn't dare to attack a NATO country.
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  10002. are you enjoying russia's latest genocide in Ukraine?
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  10003. The US can't protect the red sea either...
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  10004.  @Tonius126  and it is still not enough, even with the US. So what does it matter?
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  10005.  @Tonius126  there is barely any traffic in the canal anymore, how can it get worse? Don't you see the problem with calling out Europe, when the US can't do it either?
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  10006.  @Tonius126  you seem to forget why the Houthies are doing it. Their main target is Israel and the US. European ships are just collateral damage, because we are allies.
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  10007.  @Tonius126  the Houthies are still attacking ships, and there is nothing the US can do about it.
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  10008.  @eddastrohmayer251  the only compromise russia will agree to is Ukraine under the russian boot. This war is all about Putin's imperial ambitions, nothing else.
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  10009. You know this will probably end with several European countries aligning with russia /china, right?
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  10010.  @ReallyFarFarAway  Sorry, should have clarified that i was talking about aid to Ukraine. It is true that the US is spending more than anyone on their military, but most of it has little to do with NATO. I'm sure your 11 carrier strike groups are gonna be very useful in a Pacific war, but they are not gonna do much in a land war with russia.
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  10011. Fun fact : EU is spending more on defence than China. And 2-3 times more than russia.
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  10012. Russia is already in recession and running the largest budget deficit since the fall of the USSR.
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  10013.  @Blessings11-p1f  maybe that is why he managed to turn the russian army into a joke?
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  10014.  @Blessings11-p1f  does russia control more or less territory in Ukraine today than they did 12 months ago? The answer is much less... 😉
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  10015.  @chidigit  nope
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  10016. Russia can't even maintain russia, how many russian cities is out of power and heat now?
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  10017.  @claus-not-santa  i don't really care what my country did in ww2, i wasn't born yet. And neither were you, so you got nothing to be proud of. Now tell me how russia will rebuild Ukraine, when they can't even supply their citizens with heat and electricity. Or even indoor plumbing in large parts of the country... 😄
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  10018. i'm sure putin regrets his decision to invade now.
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  10019. And how will she do that? What is the plan?
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  10020.  @Caligula138  how can you support someone without knowing what they want to accomplish?
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  10021. But not as funny as the russian clown show 😄
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  10022. the US convinced Ukraine to give up their nuclear weapons in 1994, in return for security guarantees. This is very much your problem.
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  10023. The rest of the world don't matter.
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  10024. Russia is an unreliable supplier, there is no going back to russian gas.
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  10025. the saudi's couldn't defend themselves against drone and missile attacks from the Houthis earlier this year. So they had to ask the US for help, which they got. Guess those US airdefence systems will be removed again now :)
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  10026.  @multistan9582  they tried to ask china and russia for help back in March, but that didn't work 😄
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  10027. only Slovakia and Moldova are desperate for russian gas. Everyone else started diversifying years ago.
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  10028. Don't worry, russia and chyna are more than willing to take over in Europe.
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  10029. that is complete nonsense. Russia is just a gas station, but not the only one. Germany's main energy supplier is now Norway, and gas is cheaper today than before the war.
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  10030.  @leonb5839  what is the contract price?
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  10031.  @leonb5839  why don't you tell me? Could it be because you just made this up, with nothing to back up your claim? 😉
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  10032.  @leonb5839  come on now, just name 1 German energy company with a fixed price contract?
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  10033.  @leonb5839  come on now, just name 1 German energy company with a fixed price contract?
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  10034.  @leonb5839  just name one German energy company with such a contract?
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  10035. russia spent 9 months just to capture Bakhmut. And that is russia's only victory in 15 months...
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  10036.  @Drewbinsky69  Ukraine liberated Kherson, Izium, Lyman and Kupyansk in the same period. And they didn't even have shovels...
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  10037. the problem is that most European countries rely on the US for nuclear deterrence. So a peace keeping force without the US is just not going to work.
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  10038. what reality? Have the Ukrainian lines collapsed yet?
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  10039. i'm confused, i thought russia had already destroyed Ukraine's energy infrastructure? So why do they have to keep attacking it?
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  10040. why show respect, when trump is a clown?
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  10041.  @karlmabe1649  they probably will. I never had much faith in the US as an ally anyway, I am a long time supporter of an EU military.
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  10042. what do you know about democracy, Ivan?
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  10043. well duh, prices are rising every year. The only unusual thing this year is the rate.
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  10044. i would like to see them try. Even countries like China and India still receive foreign aid from the west...
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  10045.  @ZahiraLaouini  you know the "petrodollar" is a myth, right?
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  10046.  @ZahiraLaouini  there is not much to explain. There is no Petro dollar agreement, never was.
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  10047. alexander is also known as Sir cope-a-lot...😄
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  10048.  @sinocare  it is probably related to the fall in consumption, and deflation in China.
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  10049.  @jacksmith-mu3ee  no, China is just number 5. Look it up for yourself. I have no idea what ncap results you are talking about.
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  10050. @tiaoyi-bx5yi  BASF and VW have facilities in the US as well. Both companies are international corporations.
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  10051. the russians have already tried that. Why would they be more successful this time?
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  10052.  @veljkoivetic1903  why are you using so many emojies? Are you a 14 year old girl? Does your mommy know what you're doing?
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  10053. What facts?
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  10054.  @gfys756  what part don't you agree with?
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  10055.  @philipkoene5345  yeah you're right, that is more important.
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  10056. There are always protests somewhere in Germany, it's normal in a democratic country. It's not normal in a dictator ship like russia.
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  10057. it will be the end of the US as a global power. But at least you won't have to worry about immigrants, since no one would want to go there...
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  10058. well, they don't really have to try that hard to discredit russia, putin is doing most of the work for them...
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  10059. Nobody cares about India's opinion.
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  10060. how do you sleep at night, considering your job is to spread russian disinformation online?
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  10061.  @mistressfreezepeach  of course you don't Ivan, i totally believe that you're not a paid russian troll...
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  10062.  @IsaacLuna-hl3dd  can you explain why it is a problem for russia?
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  10063.  @IsaacLuna-hl3dd  you still haven't explained how it would hurt russia if Ukraine joined NATO. If it is an existential threat to russia, then it has to harm russia in some way?
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  10064.  @IsaacLuna-hl3dd  NATO was created to protect members against russia. If russia had no plans to attack, then why is that a problem? If NATO wanted to attack russia, then why haven't we done it by now? Russia is occupied in Ukraine, there will never be a better time than right now.
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  10065. Russia is undemocratic...
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  10066. this is russia's first win in almost a year...
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  10067. so what kind of world order would you prefer instead?
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  10068. the denial is strong with this one...😄
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  10069.  @Leonard-lu4er  i was talking about you buddy 😄
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  10070. and?
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  10071. I agree, russia should surrender and go home.
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  10072. will it still be funny when former US allies shift towards China instead?
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  10073. make sense please?
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  10074. the only reason why russia's gdp is growing is the increased military spending. It's not something that will actually improve life for the average russian...
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  10075. money well spent.
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  10076.  @Hyper584k  so what is your solution? Just bend the knee and let russia take over as much of Europe as they want?
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  10077.  @Hyper584k  so what is your solution? Just let russia take over as much of Europe as they want?
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  10078.  @Hyper584k  Ukraine was not about to join NATO before the war. That is just a poor excuse. The war is all about expanding putin's empire. Putin has been very clear about wanting to restore russia's "historical borders". And they include current EU members.
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  10079.  @Hyper584k  you sure didn't look very hard then. Putin has talked about the "historical lands" of russia in many speeches and interviews. He has written several articles and even wrote a book about it. Maybe you just suck at Google, or maybe you just didn't look at all?
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  10080. are you in a rush to see russia getting humiliated again?
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  10081. Doesn't really matter if both sides no longer feels like they benefit from the relationship.
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  10082.  @simonyang5191  does it matter?
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  10083.  @aeye9772  why not? The americans could use the extra money, so they can keep sending weapons to Ukraine :)
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  10084. then why does russia control less territory in Ukraine today, than they did 12 months ago?
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  10085. i don't see a lot of difference between the US, China and Russia these days. I kinda hope the US loses the race, that would be fun to watch.
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  10086. Brics is just China and the chinese vassal states.
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  10087. and that will be the end of the US as the "leader of the free world". Probably not such a bad thing for the EU in the long term.
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  10088. The Ukrainians are defending themselves, only russia wants war.
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  10089.  @mavigogun  very well said 👍
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  10090.  @saiscrypto9520  oh you still think everything is going to plan for putin? You sweet summer child 😄
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  10091. but they don't have cars with seatbelts :)
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  10092. gas transit through Ukraine is going to end later this year, when the contract expires. Russia will never be a major energy supplier to Europe again.
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  10093. What bill?
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  10094. very shortsighted decision. Higher oil prices will make a global recession much more likely. And recession leads to lower demand for oil. Guess these people didn't learn anything in 2020 when the oil price fell to negative 37 dollars, as demand dropped in US and EU due to covid lockdown.
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  10095. The gas price is lower today than it was before the pipeline was damaged...
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  10096. nobody except putin wants a war. But just like in the years before ww2, trying to appease the dictator will only make it worse in the long run...
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  10097. who cares about russia's pipeline, it is russia's problem.
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  10098. yeah that will never happen. But keep dreaming buddy 😄
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  10099. nobody wants to be in russia, not even the russians...
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  10100. NATO expanded towards russia, because many of russia's neighbors applied for membership. They did so because they were worried about russian aggression. Same reason why Ukraine wanted to join. The only reason why puitn hates NATO so much, is because it makes it harder for russia to attack their neighbors.
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  10101.  @goranstojanov1160  cry more little girl 🙄
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  10102. a year ago, most people thought that Ukraine would fall in a few weeks. But here we are with russia on the defensive. Bakhmut is russia's only "victory" in 14 months, while Ukraine has liberated Kherson, Lyman, Izium and Kupyansk in the same period...
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  10103.  @shininio  no one has ever seen me in a phone. I don't fit inside any of them...
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  10104.  @Nuklear_Godzilla  how can it be a deathwish, when putin's threats are completely empty?
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  10105.  @lettheflamestakeover7374  whatever dude, i'm already bored with you...
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  10106.  @mugenmugen9632  that is BS and you know it 😄 Which NATO member joined against the will of the people?
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  10107.  @musicandgallery-nature  yawn...😴
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  10108.  @stergiosserres6680  "If"....🙄
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  10109.  @mugenmugen9632  the Baltic states joined in 2004. It was Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia that joined in 1999. And those 3 countries applied openly in 1991. Just stop, you are embarrassing yourself...
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  10110.  @suco2922  yawn...😴
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  10111. And russia is to blame.
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  10112. ​ @tauraidube why would we need russia? Russia is just a gas station, but not the only one.
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  10113.  @kedilatile5945  give it a little time.
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  10114.  @martinelia9517  EU has plenty gas, storage levels are still around 90%. Norway are taking over as Europe's main supplier.
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  10115.  @ericmuthiani1676  that is complete nonsense. The US is the largest oil producer in the world, Canada is number 4. Countries like Sweden, Norway and Finland have decent reserves of rare earth minerals and iron ore. Portugal have a decent amount of lithium. Most NATO countries are also self sufficient in most types of agriculture.
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  10116.  @isaacisang2715  it was believed that trade with russia would help keep the peace. Russian gas is already being replaced. Norway supplied half of Germany's gas import in 2023, and Norway have approved 19 new oil and gas fields so more is coming.
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  10117.  @isaacisang2715  Russia's neighbors applied for NATO membership because they worry about russian aggression. If putin doesn't like NATO, then maybe he should stop attacking russia's neighbors. How is Europe going to fold? Sounds like wishful thinking to me.
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  10118.  @marvFX01  the total value of imports in 2023 was 3,8 trillion dollars. Federal spending was 6,2 trillion dollars. Even if the US could cut the federal budget in half, you would still need 100% tariffs to cover it. But 100% tariffs would seriously reduce the amount of imports, so it is just cannot be done that way.
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  10119. ​ @washuneluvhada7616 cool story bro. But we both know that you just made that up...🙄
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  10120.  @johnadam2885  you're right, NATO wouldn't do much about a tactical nuke. Except maybe increasing support for Ukraine. Keyword being "A" nuke. But how would 1 tactical nuke win the war? Using many nukes, that's a different matter. Fallout can't just be contained. Everyone in Europe would lose their minds.
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  10121.  @tumelocardiology4097  buy what exactly? Name something we can't just buy somewhere else?
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  10122. There are no NATO rules about spending 2%. The non-binding agreement was 2% by 2030.
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  10123.  @inso80  you're right, it must have been Sweden. Those damn Swedes are always up to no good 😉
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  10124.  @currentaf8455  there are several other pipelines already, how do you think russia delivered gas before nord stream was completed in 2011?
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  10125.  @Truthorfib  russia shouldn't have blown it up then...
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  10126. that was a silly plan anyway. It will take many years to complete, and demand for natural gas is only going to fall in the coming years.
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  10127. because you would have to convince russia to pull their forces out first. Can't have a fair referendum under the current situation.
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  10128.  @tomk3732  why would you make up such an obvious lie? 😄
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  10129. There are not many real people left on this channel. DW might as well just disable comments now.
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  10130.  @pratikdharanep.d.8938  why would there be shortages here where I live? We can just pay a little extra and get the supply that would normally go to other countries...
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  10131.  @pratikdharanep.d.8938  russia did cut the gas flow to most of Europe in August last year. But it was quickly replaced by other suppliers, and the economy of the EU grew by 3,5% in 2022 despite the short-lived energy crisis. The current price of natural gas in Europe is back to pre-war levels, and there is nothing russia can do about it now. 😄
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  10132. NATO hasn't even joined the fight yet. NATO hasn't lost a single soldier 😄
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  10133. No, EU is buying diesel from India, not natural gas.
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  10134. zero to none
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  10135.  @wilbur948ie  we all know what will happen, the russian cannon fodder will be slaughtered.
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  10136. what's the point of that, when putin has made it clear that he wants more of Ukraine?
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  10137. Merz will most likely be harder on russia. The same with Trump.
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  10138. the russians could end the war today if they wanted, just by going home.
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  10139.  @GwynBleys  in Ukraine, obviously...
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  10140. what kind of peace agreement do you propose?
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  10141.  @Thea-gj2or  and why should Ukraine agree to that?
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  10142.  @Mr.Clownensky  isn't it great how you can use the western invented internet to go on western website and use a western language to tell us how much you hate the west? 😄
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  10143. russia's "view" is nothing but lies.
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  10144.  @Hacking-NASSA-with-HTML  it is an oil brand that is used as the price benchmark for russian oil exports. Russia has other brands such as espo and sokol, but urals is the main brand.
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  10145. i think you might be a little confused, it's not the US who are invading this time, It's the russians.
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  10146.  @maatwarrior340  but you're not winning the war, are you? The russian forces are running for their lives :)
    1
  10147. is it already our time to rule the world again? That was soon...
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  10148. it can't even drive 1km without breaking down 😄
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  10149. yeah, because that is working out great for the UK, right?
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  10150.  @English_Dawn  The EU council is made up of the leaders of the member countries. The EU commission doesn't have any actual power, any member country can veto. There are no EU laws that Denmark has not agreed to. Being a member of the EU gives a tiny country like Denmark more influence in Europe than the UK. As a small business owner i used to have customers and suppliers in the UK, but i had to look for new ones after brexit. The amount of paperwork required to trade with the UK now is just not worth it...
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  10151.  @aurious5821  yeah, and russia was not going to invade Ukraine (putin 2022)...
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  10152. That's what you said about Kherson...
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  10153. and why would Mexico want to be allied to russia? Nobody likes russia...
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  10154. solve immigration how? What will afd actually do about it?
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  10155.  @kreight_  thing is, i want all this immigration BS to be fixed as well. But it is a very hard thing to fix, and i have yet to see anyone present an actually credible solution. And it really annoys me that so many people vote for these populists without asking: "how"? Because i don't think many of the voters would like the answer...
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  10156. are you talking about russia?
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  10157. kinda like the UK before brexit...
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  10158. the war is about putins imperial ambitions.
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  10159. Nordstream is majority owned by russia, it is russia's problem.
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  10160.  @piatan1632  battle of stalingrad lasted only 5 months, the fight for Bakhmut has already taken longer.
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  10161.  @claus-not-santa  yes
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  10162. and what is the US going to do with Greenland, that they can't do now?
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  10163. you really think that russia with their tiny economy has more industrial capacity than most of Europe and north America combined? 😄
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  10164.  @LeadLeftLeon  russia had a massive advantage in the artillery duel 5 months ago, due to large stockpiles from the soviet era. But after himars started blowing up russian ammo depots, it has been much more equal. And the Ukrainians must have found some way to move ammo to the front, since their artillery keeps firing everyday.
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  10165.  @kevfit4333  northvolt is included. VW is a global corporation, they can afford a minor loss.
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  10166. soviet union is dead. Move on, Ivan.
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  10167.  @eyaidghanim7431  the general who also said that russia has 0% chance of winning the war? He said that Ukraine won't take all of the occupied territory back in the near future, he didn't say that Ukraine can't win.
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  10168.  @aghileshemdani3144  it doesn't matter what resources russia has. Buying from russia is funding putin's war against us, so of course it has to stop.
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  10169. Nah, russia is more like hamas.
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  10170.  @denisgorjunov  what's the matter cupcake, you don't like hearing the truth?
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  10171.  @alexanderlazarev3570  neither side will actually win anything, both russia and Ukraine will be worse off. But at least Ukraine will get the chance for a better future as a member of the EU, while russia becomes the north korea of Europe...😉
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  10172.  @alexanderlazarev3570  oh please, we both know all those negative comments are made by paid russian trolls just like you 😄
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  10173.  @denisgorjunov  Ukraine's economy is forecast to grow 2% in 2023, according to IMF. Russia's currency in the toilet, oil and gas revenue is down as china and india are paying much less than Europe used to, and russia will be under permanent sanctions as long as they occupy Ukrainian territory. Russia's population is 2x larger than Germany's, but russia's economy is not even half the size...😄
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  10174.  @denisgorjunov  even in terms of ppp, russia's gdp per capita is still only ahlf of Germany's. Russia is a poor country, which is why russia's best educated continue to leave the country for a better life in the west...😄
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  10175.  @denisgorjunov  Ukraine has fought russia to a stalemate, that is a pretty big win considering even putin thought he could take Kyiv in 2 weeks. Russia has been exposed as a paper bear with sh*tty weapons, which is why France is set to overtake russia as the second largest arms exporter...
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  10176.  @calistusfrancis1340  yes for oil, not LNG
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  10177. The price of russian gas is too high.
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  10178. still more than double the size of russia's economy...
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  10179. it would not make much difference, it's not like the US would be much help anyway. US "security guarantees" are not very credible anymore...
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  10180. you can taste the frustration from the russian trolls in the comment section. It's delicious 😂
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  10181.  @xcitemex6353  russia turned out to be an unreliable supplier, just like all the nordstream critics predicted. So it was clearly the wrong thing to do.
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  10182.  @xcitemex6353  russia is using gas as a weapon against Germany now, just like all the critics predicted. You can't get much more unreliable than that.
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  10183. Why? Because russia decided to start the largest war in Europe since ww2. It's not exactly a mystery...
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  10184. the fact that russia's neighbors are the most anti-Russian people in Europe, tells me all i need to know about russia...
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  10185. well done Ukraine, show those ruski cowards that there is nowhere to hide 😄
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  10186.  @sapere7  VW sales are up in Europe and the US, but down 20% in China. How is that related to russian energy?
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  10187. European tax dollars? Really....?
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  10188.  @cyrneco  you can't compare wagner to a western security company. Wagner is more like an army with heavy weapons and even an airforce. Have you ever heard about any western security companies recruiting inmates from prisons in return for their freedom if they survive?
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  10189.  @pajeetkumar1645  they should be scared. But in this case, when i say we, i mean the west.
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  10190.  @pajeetkumar1645  sure buddy, keep waiting for the west to decline or collapse or something. Denmark has a higher living standard than your country, and that is what matters to me. Feeling proud of other peoples achievements, just because they come from the same country as you, is just pathetic.
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  10191. i hope so, cant wait to see another russian 40km traffic jam. I'm sure the Ukrainian farmers are ready to steal some more russian tanks 😄
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  10192. it was russia's choice to stop supplying it.
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  10193.  @ABanRocks  there are other potential suppliers, but the infrastructure takes time to build. We don't have to replace all the gas though, there are other ways to produce electricity and heat homes than gas. Industry can also use biogas. This is a short term problem that will take a few years to solve.
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  10194. we both lose. But the EU imports 2x more than we export to china, which means that china has 2x more to lose.
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  10195.  @nolan485  the capability to delete comments? I don't think that is a big problem for European security.
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  10196.  @nolan485  i don't remember exactly what was said in this video, but I think he was refering to military capabilities.
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  10197. @ yes, that is true. But i don't think any of those specific things you mentioned is going to be that important in a land war in the Baltics. This entire conversation is pointless, i am done with it.
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  10198. who cares, it is russia's problem.
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  10199. Denmark only chose F35 to please the Americans. Gripen was the best choice.
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  10200. there is no point in a treaty with russia, since russia will never keep their part of it.
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  10201.  @SallyanneXxx  they are using numbers from russia, but russia doesn't publish everything. So russia claims that the economy is growing, without any data to support that claim. Russia is clearly lying...
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  10202. they didn't choose to get invaded...
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  10203. I assume you are talking about russia? Because they are definitely destroying their economy over Ukraine...
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  10204. Why would we want to be friends with russia?
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  10205. russia wants territory in return for a ceasefire. Ukraine is not willing to give any territory to russia, so there is nothing to negotiate about right now.
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  10206.  @gaborrajnai6213  i know. But that putin demands that Ukraine recognizes the "annexed" oblasts before peace talks can even begin. And Ukraine knows it will only be temporary, so there is not much for the 2 sides to talk about.
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  10207. so do you want German companies to open a branch in Canada and compete against Canadian companies for the Canadian market? Or do you want German companies to move production to Canada, and then export to Europe? If that was profitable, why wouldn't you want a Canadian company to do it?
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  10208.  @bmarkie4103  oh, is this like how we were going to freeze without russian gas? A little bit of copium to make yourself feel better? 😄
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  10209. No, russia is the fascists themselves.
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  10210. yeah this is 1938 all over again. It should be clear to everyone what is coming, but we still have a lot of "leaders" in Europe who think the dictator can be appeased...
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  10211. and then what happens when the local farmers go out of business because they can't compete? Then your country is completely dependent on food imports.
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  10212.  @cfwin1776  sure, russia is still supplying around 4 - 5% of EU's current consumption of natural gas. The rest has been replaced by other suppliers, mostly Norway, Algeria and the US.
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  10213. Russia is not moving forward, because they can't. All they can do now is hide in a trench and hope for the best...
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  10214.  @o-ls4em  russia has only gained anything if they can prevent Ukraine from taking it back.
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  10215. what are they winning? A brand new iron curtain perhaps?
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  10216.  @amazighkarell7999  russia's entire winter offensive has only managed to capture half of a city and a salt mine...
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  10217.  @amazighkarell7999  don't be so naive, the frontline will just move a few kilometers to the west. You really think that losing just one city is going to change much? 😄
    1
  10218. so China is no longer pretending to be neutral?Guess that makes China an enemy of peace and stability in Europe, just like russia. So China should be treated accordingly...
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  10219. 25 years ago there were very few chinese products in Europe. And we were just fine back then. Everyone can be replaced.
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  10220. they have been talking about it since June last year?
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  10221. russia had a large reserve of money when the war started, and it is now being used to keep russia's economy afloat. But it won't last forever 😉
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  10222.  @benbo7042  that is just evil, warm beer must be war crime!
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  10223. yeah i have heard that too. Wagner is moving very fast, if true.
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  10224. Yeah it will be really funny when Americans realize that they have to pay more for everything 😂
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  10225. they are not fighting for NATO, they are fighting for Ukraine's right to exist as a sovereign country.
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  10226.  @x1p00  so you have never seen any of all the interviews with puitn where he claims that Ukraine is not a real country, and that most of the territory belongs to russia?
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  10227.  @tombrazy12hunnit  so why is russia barely making progress on the battlefield, despite no help from the US in 6 months?
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  10228.  @tombrazy12hunnit  yes i have seen the map, and the frontline have only moved a few km since last year. Try to zoom out a little on the map, and you will barely notice the difference.
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  10229.  @tombrazy12hunnit  putin wants to expand his empire, that's why. And putin wants both Odessa and Kharkiv. But his pathetic army is not strong enough for that...
    1
  10230. so why is Gazprom no longer making a profit?
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  10231. Both US and EU are net exporters of food. It is the poorer countries who will suffer.
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  10232.  @vervetech9395  wto is outdated and useless anyway. Who cares...
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  10233. have fun behind the iron curtain. Enjoy your time on youtube while you still can 😄
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  10234.  @JamesSmith-ix5jd  how about never?
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  10235. boring russian troll is boring
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  10236. give it a little time, russians like to collapse their own country a few times every century...
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  10237. good point.
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  10238. Oh no! So anyway...
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  10239. Keep it. Nobody cares.
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  10240.  @chaoxiang513  that sounds like a problem for China.
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  10241. they are wide awake now, and they realized russia is not a friend.
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  10242.  @Saa5962Sab  they tried to ask china and russia for help earlier this year, but that didn't work 😄
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  10243. we both know the Russians don't have the balls to do that...😄
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  10244.  @courcheval  remember we are talking about the people who have issued nuclear threats several times every week for more than a year now. And no one is taking it serious, because we all know putin doesn't have the balls...
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  10245. putin just wants to help the Americans gain a larger market share in Europe. LNG has become the fastest growing US export this year. How nice of putin to step aside and let the americans make some money :)
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  10246. China accounts for 6,7% of Germany's exports. They will survive just fine without china...
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  10247. Not really, this war will probably go on for years.
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  10248.  @debramoran6293  the war is just getting started. I would say at least 3 more years.
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  10249. The EU spends more on defence than China, and almost 3x more than russia.
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  10250. and how will russia transport the gas there?
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  10251. maybe because most Germans agree with the governments policy towards russia?
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  10252. russia cut the gas flow to Germany a month before the pipeline was damaged.
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  10253. America first has always been the agenda of the US.
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  10254. Who cares?
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  10255. sounds like the crazy old grampa forgot to take his medicin again 🤨
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  10256. There is no oil, and the US has a mining agreement with Greenland already. The reason why exploration is limited is due to cost of extracting those minerals.
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  10257.  @agustintarzian9450  what? I mean there is no oil in Greenland, obviously. All drilling has come up dry so far.
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  10258. @ if the US wants Greenland, then there are only 2 ways. Number 1: convince the Greenlanders to vote for it. They have the right to leave the union with Denmark at any time. Number 2: take it by force. Number 1 is fine with me, i don't really care that much about a big block of ice. Number 2 is not ok, and the US will have to deal with the consequences of being seen as a hostile nation by most of Europe.
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  10259. putin wants to expand his empire...
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  10260.  @cgk6357  no
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  10261.  @real.mir_  that's what you are, russian trolls getting paid to spread the russian narrative.
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  10262. todays price is 28 euro/mwh. Same date in 2021, the price was 35 euro/mwh.
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  10263.  @ViolentCabbage-ym7ko  you can keep yapping about dedollarisation if it makes you feel better, but it is not actually happening... 😉
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  10264.  @ibrahimtouman2279  around 60% of all international trade is nominated in dollars, and that hasn't changed. In fact, there was actually a slight increase last month....
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  10265.  @danishh8454  brics is just a forum, where leaders can make a speech and have their photo taken. It has no actual purpose or even a common goal.
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  10266.  @Ютубводоканал  it has been true the whole time.
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  10267.  @Ютубводоканал  NATO has a very clear goal, to defend each member country if attacked. But brics is not an alliance, it is just a forum kinda like G20. And the member countries have little in common, i seriously doubt they will ever agree on anything useful.
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  10268. so?
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  10269. both are really just neo-fascists...
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  10270. Russia is much worse...
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  10271. don't be silly. There are severalother pipelines, how do you think russia delivered gas before nord stream was completed in 2011?
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  10272.  @SeeLasSee  my point is, that Germany could still choose to give in to russia in return for gas. Russia could still deliver, so the destruction of nord stream didn't remove that option.
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  10273. This comment section is just full of sad little russian trolls today. You guys are hilarious, keep yapping... 😄
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  10274. NATO has been at russia's borders for decades. Maybe you should have a look at a map somtime?
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  10275. yeah, DW should make it clear that for now it is just russian claims. And the russians are famous for lying, so let's take it with a ton of salt...
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  10276. nonsense, the world is moving towards a new cold and the end of globalism. That means more protectionism and tariffs on imports from outside of EU. Germany will most likely benefit from that in the long term.
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  10277.  @julianpetkov8320  but i thought all the equipment from the west was destroyed or sold by corrupt Ukrainians as soon as it entered Ukraine? Does that mean russian media was lying? How surprising 😮
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  10278.  @J.M.254  wait for what exactly 🤨
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  10279.  @DarxKies  the russians do like to collapse their own country on a regular basis...😄
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  10280.  @koushikdas1992  this is a news channel, they cover events around the world. But don't worry, i can assure you that 99% of Europeans don't care who runs India.
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  10281. putin is hiding in his golden palace, while his poorly trained conscripts are freezing in the trenches.
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  10282.  @kaushik4743  i did not use any russia today :)
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  10283.  @569-m5p  market price for crude oil is 87 dollars per barrel today. So that means russia is selling their oil to India and china for less than 22 dollars a barrel? Russia's break even price is around 40 dollars, so that sounds like a shitty deal for russia...
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  10284. like we haven't heard that 200 times already 😄
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  10285.  @TMM-N  we are doing it? Solar power in the EU has increased by 40GW in 2022. It's a new record. I'm sure we will break it next year :)
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  10286. But they are still doing better than russia...
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  10287. apologize for what? Putin is trying to conquer Ukraine, there will no longer be a Ukraine if they stop fighting.
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  10288.  @africaisking7817  then why would they have to force the Ukrainians to join? Russia's population has been declining for a long time, because large numbers of well educated russians leave the country every year. Not even the russians want to live in russia.
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  10289. lots of countries have nukes. But using them is suicide.
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  10290. Really? Let's see: Russia is not making progress on the Battlefield. Any hope of defeating Ukraine militarily is gone. Russia has lost the energy war. Europe didn't freeze, and russia has now lost their market share permanently. Russia is losing the economic war. Russia is already running the largest budget deficit since the fall of the ussr. And russia is losing market share in a number of key areas, such as arms exports, oil refinery, natural gas and uranium enrichment. And it will only get worse for russia as the war drags on...
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  10291.  @Sweet-Rat-Milk  they don't have to kick russia out to win the war, they just have to keep it going long enough for putin to run out of public support. This war is very expensive for russia, and they are not making any progress. The russians will grow tired of it sooner or later...
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  10292.  @Sweet-Rat-Milk  neither side will run out of soldiers. But war is expensive, and one of them is going to run out of funds. With the west backing Ukraine, it will be russia that runs out first...
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  10293.  @s.a.3894  yes the attacking side will usually lose more than the defending. The same thing happened to russia during their winter offensive. Remember what happened to the russian attacks on Vuhledar? But the war will go on, and russia will be broken and bankrupt by the end of it....
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  10294.  @JL-tm3rc  if that was true, then why are the russians just hiding in their trenches? And why does russia control less territory in Ukraine today than they did 12 months ago?
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  10295. There is poverty in all countries. But there are far less people living in poverty in Germany, than in countries like russia and china...
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  10296. probably not, India is a silly country.
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  10297. russia is just going to cry and moan about for a few days, and then claim it's not important anyway.
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  10298. congratulations, now African leaders can get some nice photo-ops too. Other than that, G20 is completely useless...
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  10299. russian gas smell bad.
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  10300. so what should we do? Just give russia what they want, and hope they don't ask for more?
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  10301. 99% of all companies in Germany are small to medium sized. They can't just move to another country.
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  10302. you know that Zelensky was elected in 2019 right? He was not involved in the coup in 2014. 🤦‍♂
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  10303. neither side is winning, the war is still ongoing. But if you are having problems finding serious analysts admitting that russia has the initiative and the upper hand at the moment, then you are really not looking hard enough.
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  10304. airstrikes on civilians is not enough to win the war. Russia is still losing on the ground.
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  10305. the current world order is breaking down anyway, I don't think it will make a big difference. We will soon be back to east vs west blocks, as it was during the cold war.
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  10306.  @Sweet-Rat-Milk  more like the west vs countries that rely on western markets to fuel their economy...
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  10307. winter is coming!... oh wait, winter is already over. Never mind...😄
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  10308.  @Shamansdurx  empty threats... 🙄
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  10309.  josephstolen-election5949  the russians have lost 120.000 troops in three weeks. Source: i made it up, just like you 🙄
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  10310. 75% of Denmark's electricity came from renewables in 2022, and 40% of our natural gas consumption was biogas. There is no reason why Germany couldn't do the same. Fossil fuels will soon belong in the past...
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  10311. trade has to benefit both sides.
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  10312. russia is a pariah state, and a paper bear 🧸
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  10313. It was russia's choice to start a war in Europe and end the trade relationship.
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  10314. EU is not buying natural gas from china, you are just making it up 😄
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  10315. you've been watching a lot of russian propaganda haven't you? 😄
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  10316. keep dreaming Ivan. Russia will never be a major energy supplier to Europe again 😄
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  10317. really? What has russia won so far? And what has the EU lost?
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  10318.  @GeoPoliticsCommentry  the only countries supporting russia are loser countries like iran and north korea. Not even china recognizes russia's claims in Ukraine. EU deindustrialization is not actually happening outside russian propaganda. The economy of the EU had higher growth in 2022 than the US and China. NATO stockpiles are doing much better than russia, who are already having to send T55s to the frontline. Brics is just another useless forum where some leaders can have their photos taken. It has never actually accomplished anything. Welcome to reality buddy...
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  10319.  @GeoPoliticsCommentry  sure buddy, sure. I totally believe that you have been near a woman 😄 And the greatest Dane ever is me by the way.
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  10320. i agree, if we can find something new to sanction we should. And they need to be permanent.
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  10321. calm yourself, you little dramaqueen 😄
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  10322.  @jw5931  make sense, please?
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  10323. what obligations? The EU is not even a part of the deal.
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  10324. ​ @bobilaforce8252  nope, the deal was brokered by the UN and Turkey. The EU was not a part of the negotiations.
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  10325.  @christiangassner5799  why don't you look it up and find out for yourself what the deal was about? Instead of making a fool of yourself here...😄
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  10326. wagner relied on human waves, using convicts as cannon fodder. It worked, but the Ukrainians would probably prefer a less costly way of fighting...
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  10327. Putin did nothing but hide in his bunker.
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  10328. And 2,5 years later, russia is still stuck in the Donbass, while NATO hasn't even joined the fight yet...
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  10329.  @handokobanyuwangi4649  Ukraine is still hanging on after 2,5 years, with just a small amount of NATO weaponry. Russia has only made a mockery out of themselves. Russia turned out to be a paper bear 🧸
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  10330. so?
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  10331. Brics is just another useless forum where some leaders can have their photo taken.
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  10332.  @protagonist9716  china's exports have dropped 14% yoy, and pmi is at 49. Right now is not a good time for countries relying on exports. The world is moving towards a new cold war, which means that it is very risky for western companies to invest in countries that are not pro-western. "Friend-shoring" is the only way forward. Globalism is dead.
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  10333.  @unixjpn  Ukraine wanted to be part of the European community, but russia wants Ukraine to remain under their influence and be a russian puppet state or be annexed. That is all this war is about, imperialism.
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  10334. 115% voted in favor of annexation, voter turnout was 110%. Russian democracy can bend reality.
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  10335. not even a world power anymore, but maybe a regional power 😄
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  10336. i still don't get why MAGA wants Greenland so bad. Yes, there might be oil somewhere, but no one has been able to find it yet. Yes, there are minerals and metals there, but mining in arctic conditions is more expensive. And you can find the same resources in other parts of the world that are not covered in ice. The security situation doesn't really change, the US is already allowed to have military bases on Greenland. The only difference is that Denmark would no longer pay anything. And no, Greenland will not be ice free any time soon. The most pessimistic estimate i have seen, is around 1000 years for all the ice to melt.
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  10337. it is russia's pipeline. But russia doesn't have the balls to do anything about it 😄
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  10338. empty threats 😄
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  10339.  @Bazhenoff  what about the 5.000.000 dead russians? Yeah i can make up numbers with no evidence too.
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  10340.  @babblo1389  the pathetic russians can't even do that right 🙄
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  10341.  @matth8205  it's not going to work. This tactic will fail just like everything else the russians have tried so far 😄
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  10342.  @brandtbollers3183  the taste of russian tears. My favorite flavor 🙂
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  10343.  @matth8205  no one has ever won a war by targeting civilians, while their own forces are losing the fight on the ground. It is just wishful thinking from the russians.
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  10344.  @matth8205  russia's last victory was Severodonetsk 5 months ago. They have only been running away since then, leaving enough equipment behind to become Ukraine's largest supplier of weapons. If that is not losing the fight on the ground, i don't know what is.
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  10345.  @matth8205  it will end with russia being bankrupt, i'm calling it now 🙂
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  10346.  @MetaView7  The only larger part of Germany's industry that can't be electrified is the chemical sector. That's about 14% of Germany's gas consumption. Most of that could be covered by biogas and Germany's domestic gas production. Denmark has replaced 25% of our gas consumption with biogas. Germany should be able to replace at least 10%.
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  10347.  @HgHg-yp6ft  Germany gets 50% of their power from wind and solar already. With efficient energy storage, that could be much higher. That could be: pumped hydro storage, grid scale sodium-ion batteries or hydrogen from electrolysis. The Swiss just completed a massive pumped hydro storage facility, capable of storing 20GWh. Something like that could power Germany for almost 2 months.
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  10348. Russia can do nothing but defend now. Putin is just praying that he will get to keep a little bit of the occupied territory... 😄
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  10349. russia is just a chinese vassal state, they have no contol over brics.
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  10350. It's just a strike, happens all the time in democratic countries. I don't think the vw workers are going to achieve much here.
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  10351.  @ravie7966  so you think a little whataboutism will excuse russia's many crimes?
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  10352. but more than 5 million russians have been killed so far. Yeah i can make up numbers to fit my narrative too....
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  10353. bla bla bla, stop that nonsense Ivan.
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  10354. Europe's own interest is to get russia back behind the iron curtain where they belong.
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  10355. russia will do nothing, except cry and moan about it...
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  10356. on the russian side, yes.
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  10357.  @jogo798  and G20 has a larger economy than Brics. Does that make any difference?
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  10358.  @jogo798  it makes no difference if Brics has a larger economy combined. It is the ability to work together that makes the combined west strong. And that is what Brics will never have. BRICS members have no common goals or values.
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  10359.  @jogo798  G7 is outdated, and so is the UN. I don't really care about either. The west was able to create a global payment system, while Brics have done nothing but talk about for 15 years. That is the difference.
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  10360.  @jogo798  15 western countries got together in 1973, and just 4 years later SWIFT was ready. BRICS have been talking about a new payment system for 15 years, and they still haven't started. That is the difference.
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  10361.  @jogo798  sounds to me like you're just making excuses. It will never be more than just talk.
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  10362.  @rka-truthalwayswins5127  China's economy and influence is larger than the rest of Brics combined. Brics is really just China and some other countries...
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  10363. the pain is just getting started for russia. The war is still funded by putin's massive warchest, but that won't last forever. Russia will soon have to raise taxes and cut funding for social programs. And the market shares russia has lost in Europe are gone forever.
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  10364.  @MetallicReg  there's really nothing russia can do, except nukes which is suicide for russia.
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  10365. Putin wants to conquer Ukraine. It would be pointless to destroy the land you're trying to steal.
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  10366.  @steveellis2501  russia is the aggressor here. The war would end if russia leaves Ukraine, it should be clear by now that NATO doesn't want to invade russia.
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  10367. russia truly is a clown show 🤡
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  10368. it is russia's pipeline, it is russia's problem.
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  10369. guess that means russia will never win then...
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  10370. the correct way to say his name is vladolf putler...
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  10371. i've heard from a reliable source that putin likes to wear high heels and womens clothing, so he can make himself look pretty for his boyfriend Xi 💞💕💘
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  10372.  @Oscarcat2212  putin is the bottom in any relationship, he's such a delicate little guy after all.
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  10373.  @zoomzoom3950  and that will happen when russia ends their aggression towards Ukraine :)
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  10374.  @Memovox  the vast majority of Denmark's exports go to other European countries. The only major non-European markets are the US with 6% and China with 3%. But to be clear, i don't want no global trade at all. If it benefits both sides, then i am fine with it. But it doesn't benefit the average Dane that the larger companies are moving jobs out of Denmark.
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  10375. so we should allow China to destroy our own industries because that would be fair? Really?
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  10376.  @ps-ns2tv  BS, putin wants to conquer Ukraine, that is all this war is about. The only reason why putin hates NATO so much is because it makes it harder for russia to attack their neighbors.
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  10377. @Menes D Wise empty threats 🙄
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  10378.  @ps-ns2tv  none of that exist in reality.
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  10379. Mike Johnson has been able to block aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan for 6 months. And he is not even president. Why would that be different if it was one of the Baltic states being attacked?
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  10380. how is it in Germany's interest to let China flood Europe with subsidized cars?
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  10381. maybe you should look up what fascism is. I think you will notice that the description fits quite well with putin's russia...
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  10382. seems to work a lot better than the russian tanks, there are no videos of flying leopard turrets....
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  10383. the russians are humiliating themselves. They chose this.
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  10384. russia's biggest win in 5 months is a flag on top of a big pile of garbage...
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  10385. What ever helps you cope...
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  10386.  @Notrusbot  what are you babbling about Ivan? Are you drunk again?
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  10387. i think this is great news, there is no turning back now. I don't think the russians did it though, putin can't pressure the Germans to lift the sanctions in return for gas if he can't deliver the gas anyway.
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  10388.  @RuskiVanka  what's the alternative, keep relying on russian gas and just hope putin won't turn off the tap?
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  10389.  @RuskiVanka  Yes I can understand why russia is doing it. But if russia is willing to use energy as leverage once, they will do it again next time there is a disagreement between Germany and russia. There really is no way back.
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  10390.  @RuskiVanka  The turbine has been repaired and it is ready for delivery. But you know that. The flow of gas has been reduced as retaliation for the sanctions. And the sanctions are necessary because russia decided to invade a country right on our doorstep. It's pretty simple really...
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  10391.  @RuskiVanka  the turbine has been in Germany for 3 weeks, russia is delaying delivery. They are just playing games to put pressure on Germany. And that's why russia is no longer a reliable supplier.
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  10392. i have no idea what you're trying to say?
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  10393. russia, who's that? Are you talking about our former gas station?
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  10394. ​ @ranfak why would the German government invest in a private company?
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  10395. Oh no! Anyway...
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  10396. That's the price for doing business with the enemy. But at least that is over now. Bye bye russia 🙂
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  10397. The russian army has not made any progress for 15 months now, they are only losing ground...
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  10398. you win a war by achieving your goals. Russia is not achieving anything.
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  10399. the sanctions are there to stay, you can count on that buddy 🙂
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  10400. it is evidence that most countries in Europe consider russia to be the biggest threat to their own security.
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  10401. so why are you here on a western news channell then?
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  10402. i thought Kyiv would fall in 3 days? What happened?
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  10403.  @ivanjalsic7798  i don't speak orc. You need to learn a human language if you want to communicate with the civilized world...
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  10404.  @ivanjalsic7798  good, I don't want any relations with Serbia either. So we agree...
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  10405. Why would anyone return, nobody wants to live in russia.
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  10406.  @Elvira_22  sure, it's not like russia's population keep decreasing every year, because not even the russians want to live in that sh*thole of a country 😄
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  10407. the russians can end this war at any time, just by going home to their own country...
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  10408. does it really matter? The security council is completely useless anyway...
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  10409. lay off the weed, Ivan.
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  10410. they can support the enemy if they want to, but then they can't have a trade relationship with the west. That should be fairly obvious.
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  10411. without any evidence to back his claims up, it is just more disinformation.
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  10412.  @maxendube7519  alright then, give an example of a country doing anything to help russia?
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  10413.  @saddingtonmangena1241  of course russia colonized, you think russia expanded all the way to the pacific by being nice? And they have a long history of slavery too. The russians are even trying to expand their empire today, and you support that? You're so blinded by your hate for the west that you probably don't even see the irony...
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  10414. no russia is just a gas station pretending to be a country...
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  10415. What a disgrace the US has become.
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  10416.  @davidnoelfranks1124  go away, you sad russian troll 🙄
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  10417. no one cares about russia's empty threats 🙄
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  10418. where will suppliers find someone willing to pay more than 180 euro?
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  10419. brics is just a forum, like the G20. It's not an alliance or a trading block. Brics doesn't actually do anything.
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  10420.  @briant5685  so what is he waiting for? They have most likely already tried that, but russian missiles are so inaccurate that they keep blowing up shopping centers and hospitals instead.
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  10421.  @briant5685  come on brian, we both know how incompetent the russian army is. Those guys couldn't hit a barn if they were standing right in front of it.
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  10422.  @zhaolei6650  Greenland is a populated island, not an offshore reef. And the Greenlanders living there have the right to independence by law if they want it.
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  10423.  @rs1357  second Thomas shoal is not an Island, it's an offshore reef.
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  10424.  @rs1357  EEZ is max 370km. That puts the reef inside the Philippine EEZ, and very far from China's EEZ.
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  10425.  @rs1357  Hawaii is a populated island, second Thomas shoal is a submerged reef. You can't claim a reef more than 1000km from your nearest coast line...
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  10426. are you talking about the piles of liquidated russians at Avdiivka?
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  10427. looking out for national interest by stealing public funds?
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  10428. russia be like: "we are a super power, the second most powerful army in the world"! rest of the world: "you are the second most powerful army in Ukraine"!
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  10429. Yeah, a total of 21bcm in 2024. That is around 5% of EU's annual gas consumption.
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  10430.  @cpyne4542  putin is losing the war, he's a dead man walking at this point.
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  10431.  @jeffros6739  no but the thought of all those russian conscripts who have to spend the winter in the trenches without proper winter gear will keep me warm :)
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  10432. A nuclear war kills everyone. You should talk to a therapist about those suicidal urges you seem to have...
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  10433.  @michaelpetrovich5353  we have all seen how useless the russian army is.
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  10434.  @univeropa3363  hey buddy, you forgot to explain to me how russia is going to "win" anything from the war?
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  10435. ​ @univeropa3363 who said anything about rent free? Pay up, and answer my question.
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  10436.  @MS-jz9ne  kicking russia out of Ukraine is not a world war.
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  10437. no, the cause is putin's imperial ambitions.
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  10438. Put on your tinfoil hat, they're coming to get you.
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  10439. You really wanted that to happen, didn't you 😄
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  10440.  @c.a9618  dry your eyes little girl... 🙄
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  10441. russia is the china lapdog.
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  10442.  @flipflop2445  crude oil and lng are very different things...
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  10443. why would anyone want to go to either of those sad countries?
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  10444. russia is already running the largest budget deficit since the fall of the ussr. They are using their reserves to fund the war, but that will soon run out. Russia can't afford the war...
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  10445. and how would they do that? It was russia that started the war, only they can end it.
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  10446.  @Northerner-Not-A-Doctor  you mean when Wagner forces were sent to the Donbass, and pretended to be seperatists?
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  10447.  @Northerner-Not-A-Doctor  that did happen in 2014. But back then, russia claimed that wagner was just ex-military volunteers.
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  10448.  @felipe-vibor  no, Kyiv is correct. The russian way is always the wrong way.
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  10449. doesn't really matter what you call it. China is russia's "unlimited partner". That is the problem right there....
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  10450. could be worse, could be like russia.
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  10451.  @cholex  is that why russia is already in recession, has worse inflation than Germany, and is currently running the largest budget deficit since the fall of the ussr? 😄
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