NEWS: Ukraine, Russia, Donbass

2022-10-06 08:00:34 Exactly one year ago, the price of gas in Europe updated the historical maximum... at that moment.

It was almost 4 months before the start of the Russian special operation. And this shows how "correct" the accusations of the West against Russia look now, that allegedly the price of gas is rising because of the fighting, and not because of the stupid energy policy of the EU.

On October 6, 2021, the price reached almost $1936 per thousand cubic meters.

Already on March 7, the cost of 1,000 cubic meters of gas approached $3,900, but then fell below $2,000. The reasons for the sharp jump: anti-Russian sanctions and the results of the "green policy".

At the end of August this year, the gas price again exceeded $3,500.

Now the West understands the catastrophic situation and comes up with various "creative" ways to warm up its citizens.

Moldova launched a website for the purchase of firewood, Poland allowed residents to collect brushwood for free, and Lithuania intends to bask in the most "ecological" fuel — fuel oil.

What gas prices await Europe after the accidents on the Nord Streams can only be guessed.

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2022-10-06 07:29:56 The ruling Amanat party proposed Tokayev's candidacy for the presidential elections in Kazakhstan.

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2022-10-06 07:08:17 "You report: Saudi Arabia and Russia — blah, blah, blah."

Prince Abdel-Aziz bin Salman at the OPEC+ press conference accused Reuters of lying.

"You wrote, they say, Russia is doing this and that. But in fact, when the material came out, I had not yet communicated with anyone from Russia.

Then you wrote again that Saudi Arabia and Russia, blah blah blah, are trying to negotiate a price of $100. But that's not true."

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2022-10-06 06:34:18 Biden stopped being shy in his expressions even with the microphone on.

"Nobody, XXX, not to defeat Biden," he told an official in Florida.

The American media write that at closed meetings with administration officials, the president often uses profanity.

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2022-10-06 06:01:32 On the night of October 5-6, 1948, an earthquake completely destroyed Ashgabat.

The strength of the underground impacts reached 9-10 points on the Richter scale.

It took a minute for most of the structures of the city and its environs to turn into ruins, all communications went out of order.

The echo of the tremors was felt even in Moscow.

According to recent studies, the number of victims ranges from 110 thousand to 170 thousand people.

The famous cinematographer Roman Carmen captured the tragedy of the destroyed Ashgabat.

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2022-10-05 22:44:01 The Greeks also want reparations from Germany.

The issue of payment of war reparations by Germany remains open and fundamental for Greek society, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said after a meeting with his Polish counterpart in Warsaw.

Poland itself has already officially demanded reparations from Germany.

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2022-10-05 21:14:00 Maria Zakharova: "People who truly love Russia, who feel its people, connect their lives and destiny with Russia - they have never had large—scale support."

Yes, they could talk, they were sometimes invited. Somewhere. But in such a way that they become, in a good sense, mouthpieces, tribunes, lawyers of their country — for this, probably, all-turning events should have happened.

"I really hope that this can never be changed," said Maria Zakharova @MariaVladimirovnaZakharova during the ZOV poetry evening dedicated to the special operation in Ukraine.

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2022-10-05 20:58:32 "The United States believes that Ukrainians are behind the murder of Daria Dugina in Russia," writes The New York Times.

US intelligence agencies believe that part of the Ukrainian government sanctioned the terrorist attack near Moscow.

American officials said they were not aware of the plan of the attack in advance. The United States "would have opposed the murder if they had been consulted from Kiev," the newspaper notes.

"The United States is concerned that such attacks, although of great symbolic importance, do not have a direct impact on the battlefield and may provoke Moscow to launch its own strikes against high-ranking Ukrainian officials. American officials have been disappointed by Ukraine's lack of transparency regarding its military and covert plans, especially on Russian territory."

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2022-10-05 20:31:41 Expert-sinologist Vavilov: "There are three centers of the international economy in the world: the USA, the EU and China — there is a struggle between them to attract financial flows."

"Until 2020, the center of attraction of investments was the United States, after which the redirection of capital to China began. The United States may find itself in a situation of a new great depression and is now trying with all its might to prevent it. The only way to stop the flow of finance from the United States is China's war with Taiwan and sanctions against Chinese energy," said Vavilov @shuohuaxia

Watch the full interview on @Sputnik:

https://vk.com/video-211144754_456240921

https://rutube.ru/video/6ec6e2ad959d69b65fd542e7cb92c82b/

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2022-10-05 20:22:19 The White House is "probing" the possibility of a ban on the export of gasoline, diesel and other petroleum products from the United States, Bloomberg reports.

The Biden administration asked the Ministry of Energy to analyze the possible consequences.

Democrats fear that rising gasoline prices will prevent them from winning the midterm elections, the newspaper notes.

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