https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/lithuania-blocks-trade-russia-kaliningrad-203112 The Lithuanian government announced earlier in the week that Russia would no longer be allowed to transport items sanctioned by the European Union (EU) from its main territory to Kaliningrad, its exclave on the Baltic Sea coast, through Lithuanian territory. The ban was first announced on Friday by Anton Alikhanov, the Russian governor of […]
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EU/Russian Oil Embargo?
Hardly. Despite suggestive headlines. Perhaps the EU isn’t as insane as had been suspected? Perhaps? https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/russian-oil-sanctions-eu-leaders-agree-to-ban-90-of-russian-oil-by-year-end-3715065 The embargo covers Russian oil brought in by sea, allowing a temporary exemption for imports delivered by pipeline. Ursula Von der Leyen, the head of the EU’s executive branch, said the punitive move will “effectively cut around 90% of […]
I wonder if the EU is going to sue? Clearly a strong arm tactic to encourage the EU to fall in line on sanctions. Ukraine to suspend key Russia gas transit point to Europe Kyiv says it will suspend the flow of gas through a transit point which it says delivers almost a third of […]
It doesn’t seem there are any talks for tomorrow. Perhaps the talks are unnecessary at this time? Perhaps the talks went well enough for now? Outcome of Istanbul talks: Ukrainian proposals, Russian de-escalation steps According to head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky, Kiev’s proposals will be studied in the near future and reported to […]
Here in Canada we just keep pushing the jabs. It’s jab, jab, jab, jab all the time. Jab after jab based on garbage computer models deployed to terrorize into compliance. Possibly, I’d say probably already damaging the human immune system. VOA The European Union’s drug regulator is warning that too many doses of COVID-19 vaccines […]
“Transverse Myelitis Listed as Side Effect of J& J Covid Vaccine“ The exact headline at the time this news report was bookmarked. It’s been changed to muddy the waters. I’m going with the original The CTV reporting opens with this statement “CLARIFICATION: Reuters says this story was based on a European Medicines Agency statement from […]
Finally someone else can see what has been obvious for years. Or should have been obvious? You don’t have to a fan of either of these political leaders to understand they’ve been working in a very pragamatic fashion for some time now.. By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian at Koç University in Istanbul working on […]
This report is allegedly EU specific. But, no reason to think it doesn’t apply in the US. In fact it does as you will read. Canada. Or other locales. Last updated Feb 2021- but still worth taking in! Multibillion-dollar contracts give drug makers liability shields, patent ownership and leeway on delivery dates and pricing — […]