Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: the Vasectomy Kid

"the Vasectomy Kid"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3580

"In 2020, U.S. Congress imposed secondary sanctions on banks that 
processed transactions related to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines 
and on ship insurers that serviced them.

When construction of Nord Stream 2 was finished in 2021, Washington 
imposed new sanctions on insurance and certification companies to keep 
it from opening.

Finally, both pipelines were sabotaged in an undersea explosion in 
September 2022.

As a result, the industries that had made Germany preeminent in 
Europe, such as steel, chemicals, machinery, and automotives, are 
suffering from high energy costs and the loss of Russia's aluminum, 
titanium, and palladium.

As a consequence, one in four German companies is considering moving 
production to other countries, amid the energy crisis..."

— Renate Bridenthal at the Geopolitical Economy Report, 01.10.2023



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"How Western sanctions blow back, hurting Europe, deepening Asian 
integration" Renate Bridenthal at Geopolitical Economy 01.10.2023 
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/01/10/sanctions-blowback-europe-russia-china/

"How Russia Pays For War", Lazaro Gamlo and Ana Swanson at the New 
York Times, 10.30.2022
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/30/business/economy/russia-trade-ukraine-war.html

"When Russia invaded Ukraine, countries imposed sanctions and vowed to 
sever economic ties to cripple Russia's economy. But, so far, that has 
proven problematic, according to an analysis of trade data by The New 
York Times." — New York Times on Twitter, 11.01.2022
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1587599133191409666

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1587599133191409666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1587599142301609987%7Ctwgr%5Ef5208200510af829621cc556d613de2303c90b86%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgeopoliticaleconomy.com%2F2023%2F01%2F10%2Fsanctions-blowback-europe-russia-china%2F


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