Germany needs a bailout

You obviously do not believe that Ukraine is not worth sacrificing European gas supplies so what would be worth it. So I am interested where do you draw the line.

Would the Baltic republics be worth it?

How about Poland, is it worth it?

Finland, is it worth it?

Its not even about the war. Its bad business supplier who cuts you off at whim.

Its a sure why to kill your business.

I am currently in Poland and pass by a queue of Ukrainians who are getting food and essential goods from a charity every day. There is a Ukrainian family in an apartment across from me.

I have absolutely no problem when I return to Ireland (even though we don't have Russian Gas) in waking up in the morning cold, or putting on extra clothes around the house.

My cooker is gas too. I have no problem in having my days being limited to 3 or so days a week and I can meal prep for the week via the microwave. I can even just use my slow cooker.

Being inconvenienced is nothing of what Ukrainians are going through.

And Scholtz thought it was because of a turbine. Prices going to go through the roof for LNG now.

Blackmail !!!!!!!!!

Europe gas prices close up 20%, near $2,240 per 1,000 cubic meters. Up nearly 50% since Thursday

Good luck trying to get that business back. He's committed to the lowest bidder now.

He's rearmed NATO, increased it's membership. He's made the Russian military look obsolete. Which will help sales there too.

Master stroke. A stroke maybe.

A masterstroke? Are you insane, he's totally destroying his economy, Russia's international reputation and put Russia on the fast track to North Korean status.

It's not a traded currency. So it's value is not known.

They are defaulting on their debt,

No one will buy their goods,

They have stolen planes from commercial entities.

The Ruble is only good on paper. Nothing more. Sure what can you do with it? The rouble has strengthened even more because the price of fossil fuels went up and they are still selling. On the other hand western governments have sanctioned Russia or western businesses have chosen not to sell their goods there, so imports are down, this skew in import/export has created an even stronger demand for roubles. The gold peg helped it for a little but now it is redundant.

Whole reason for the Ruble looking good is the RuZZian government desperate for it to look good, so it's artificially inflated. Sure you can barely buy foreign currency over there and companies are forced to deal in Rubles.

So yeah, they can make their sh1t currency look good, but everyone knows its complete sh1t.

US very concerned that the EU sanctions could boomerang back on them now also.

If they drop the sanctions then Russia and China and everyone else will **** the EU raw.

The sanctions are the only thing convincing the rest of the world that Europe has any balls left.