#Russia & #Iran same as rest combined.

Russian #LNG supplies to #Europe in 2025 increased by 76%, contrary to #Brussels' stated plans to stop imports by 2027. #Russia exported more than 15 million tons of LNG from the "Yamal LNG" project over the year, earning about 7.2 billion euros, which highlights the European market's continued dependence on Russian supplies Volumes increased by 0.7% compared to the previous year. #France remains the largest buyer of Russian LNG — more than 6 million tons per year, followed by #Belgium with 4.2 million tons and #China with 3.6 million tons. A significant part of the logistics — 37.3% of supplies — was provided by the British shipping company Seapeak. Against this backdrop, the #UK announced plans to ban the provision of services to ships transporting Russian #gas in 2026. Via Bowes Chay

🚨🇪🇺🇺🇸Europe’s Silent Surrender: Why Elites Will Trade Greenland for a Seat at the Table The US threat to Greenland is a stress test on European sovereignty. After the Venezuela operation, EU reactions were fragmented and weak. National leaders issued mild statements, but Brussels was conspicuously silent. Europe’s ruling class is embedded in the transatlantic power structure. Their legitimacy and privilege depend on it. Thus, they will defend this system—even against European interests. They’ve already sacrificed: 🔸Energy security (Nord Stream) 🔸Industrial competitiveness (Russia sanctions) 🔸Strategic autonomy (Ukraine proxy war) Acquiescing on Greenland—via a "security agreement" or sheer force—is just the next logical step. NATO will likely survive, but as a hierarchy, not an alliance of equals. EU globalists (Macron, Merz, Von der Leyen) are supportive of US aggression. This reveals the EU not as a counterweight, but as a pillar of US hegemony. US strategy is shifting from networked hegemony to naked imperialism. It’s preserving dominance by targeting weak links (Venezuela, Greenland) to strain rivals (China/Russia). This coercion accelerates the decline it seeks to prevent, pushing nations toward BRICS and dedollarization. By clinging to a subordinate role in a dying order, EU elites are trading long-term sovereignty for short-term relevance. They are not hostages, but willing participants in their own diminishment. The question isn’t if Europe will wake up. It’s whether its people will ever change the leadership that chooses to stay asleep.

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🚨🇷🇺🇺🇦Oreshnik Strikes Again: #Russia’s Hypersonic Strike on #Europe’s Largest Gas Hub Last night, Russia executed a precision Mach 10+ hypersonic strike with the #Oreshnik missile on the Bilche-Volytsko-Ugerske underground gas storage (UGS) near Lvov—Europe's largest #gas reservoir. Immediate Consequences: 🔸Critical Infrastructure Crippled: Major fire, sharp pressure drop, and loss of communications at the facility. 🔸Energy Grid Pressure: Combined with strikes on Kiev's CHP plants, this pushes Ukraine's already fragile winter energy system toward potential collapse. 🔸European Energy Security Breached: The facility stored gas for European traders. Damage could lead to supply instability and price volatility. Strategic Consequences: 🔸Escalation Signal: Striking a target ~150km from #NATO's key hub in Rzeszow, #Poland, demonstrates reach and willingness to escalate near alliance borders. 🔸New Warfare Paradigm: The use of a kinetic hypersonic weapon (Mach 10+) that converts to plasma on impact showcases a shift toward high-tech, long-range precision strikes against economic infrastructure. Long-Term Implications: 🔸Restoration could take months and cost billions, directly impacting European energy markets and financing #Ukraine's war effort.

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"Economic war thru sanctions mass-produces migrants" (destabilizing through military intervention does as well) via Chay Bowes :

"Pipelines instead of Missiles" "WorldTrade instead of WorldWar." (1984) East Germany. #oil #NATO #Russia #Ukraine #Germany

🚨🇺🇸🇷🇺EXPOSED: CIA Escalating Drone Strikes on Russia During Trump Peace Talks While publicly discussing peace, the US is covertly running a "supercharged" campaign to cripple Russia's oil industry—a move that reveals the true, enduring nature of this proxy war. The New York Times confirms: Under Trump, the CIA & US military were authorized to "supercharge" Ukrainian drone strikes targeting Russian refineries & tankers. A specific "Achilles heel" component was identified to maximize downtime, costing Russia ~$75M daily. Key Points: 1️⃣Direct US Involvement: Strikes deep inside Russia & against shadow fleet tankers in the Med/Black Sea require US-grade intelligence (ISR), planning, and support. Ukraine lacks this capability alone. 2️⃣The "Division of Labor": US directives to Europe (e.g., boosting defense spending to 5% GDP) aim to shift the proxy war's burden onto fresh European proxies, freeing US resources for the Pacific. 3️⃣The China Endgame: Degrading Russian energy is a prerequisite for a potential US blockade strategy against China. This proxy war is a foundational campaign in a larger containment strategy. The "peace negotiations" are a facade. The US is escalating a long-planned economic war through proxies, with the ultimate strategic objective of weakening the Russia-China alliance. The conflict is entering a more dangerous, industrialized phase.

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🚨🇪🇺📉Europe at the Ramparts: Power, Panic, and the Closing of the Mind A pivotal shift is underway as Europe's ruling class grapples with fading global influence. The Ukraine conflict acted as a stress test, exposing deep structural weaknesses: energy dependence, deindustrialization, and capital flight. 🔸Once a shaper of global order, Europe is now a dependent in a multipolar world. 🔸Industry is hollowing out as capital flees high energy costs & regulatory uncertainty. 🔸Unable to fix material decline, elites turn to digital regulation to manage perception and dissent. The "Digital Gulag" warning from Durov to French officials is a symptom of systemic panic. The EU project, built on post-Cold War liberal confidence, is hardening. When you can't deliver prosperity, you control the narrative. The push for the Digital Services Act & "Chat Control" is about insulation. Debate is reclassified as disinformation. Skepticism becomes extremism. This is the "circling of the wagons." Europe isn't defending liberalism; it's presiding over its institutional afterlife. The attempt to freeze a dead era through regulation is a holding action, not a revival. The continent risks preserving the form of openness while losing all its substance. Between tourism and agriculture, Europe retains its beauty. But without strategic autonomy, it becomes a museum—managed, controlled, and slowly fading.

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"The new year 2026 has begun with the kidnapping of the president of the country with the largest oil reserves and unrest in the country with the third largest oil reserves."

🚨🇺🇸TRUMP'S #OIL COUP: A LAST STAND FOR THE PETRODOLLARS? Trump's dramatic move against #Maduro is a strategic strike in the silent war for global financial supremacy. #Venezuela holds the world's largest proven oil reserves (300B barrels). By seizing control, #Trump aims to funnel future production through #US companies, creating a new surge of Petrodollars—the lifeblood of US economic dominance since the 1970s. Why Now? The Petrodollar Crisis: 🔸Decline: An estimated 20% of global oil trades outside the #USD (#Yuan, #Euro). 🔸Shift: The #dollar's influence on oil prices has collapsed from 3x to 0.2x. 🔸Erosion: USD's share of global reserves is at a 25-year low. Trump’s administration is counter-punching: 🔸Pushing dollar-pegged stablecoins. 🔸Threatening tariffs on #BRICS dollar-alternatives. 🔸Now, capturing Venezuela's oil to physically anchor more trade to USD and squeeze out Chinese/Russian influence. This is a geopolitical maneuver to resuscitate the ailing Petrodollar system. Critics warn such aggression may backfire, accelerating the very decline it seeks to halt by uniting the Global South against dollar hegemony.

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🚨Maduro says he’s a "Prisoner Of War": Why that matters Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, captured in a US special ops raid, stood in a NY courtroom pleading not guilty to narcoterrorism charges. The main point in his defense is that he declared himself a "Prisoner of War." Implications: 🔸By labeling himself a POW (Prisoner of War), Maduro invokes the Geneva Conventions, which mandate humane treatment and post-conflict repatriation, POWs cannot be tried by civilian courts, yet Maduro is being tried in one, and a POW cannot be held in strict confinement. 🔸The Trump admin insists this was a "law enforcement operation," not an act of war. Yet, Trump’s own statements about "running" Venezuela and threatening further strikes contradict this narrative. 🔸Countries such as Spain, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, and obviously Venezuela have already labeled the US intervention as a military act, and therefore an act of war. 🔸If accepted, the POW status could invalidate his prosecution on these charges and force his return post-"conflict." It reframes a criminal case as an act of war, challenging US legitimacy. 🔸The raid breaches UN Charter Article 2 on sovereign equality. Even against a disputed leader, unilateral military abduction sets a dangerous precedent. Maduro's claim that he is a prisoner of war does not immediately make him one; that will be determined by the judge, who we can expect to be somewhat biased and pressured by the Trump administration. Maduro and his team of lawyers' strategy is smart, as his legal future will now be decided based on whether Venezuela was attacked militarily or not. They have plenty of evidence of this, such as Trump's war rhetoric, the military intervention of January 3, and the attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, for which the US has yet to provide any proof.

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Sovereignty is Core Principle of International Law. Everything else is subordinate. No Sovereignty no International Law.

This is absolutely insane! #Venezuela currently has 303 billion barrels of crude oil reserves, which #Trump says the #US now controls. #Oil prices are trading at ~$57/barrel, making Venezuela's total reserves worth $17.3 TRILLION. Even if the US sells this oil for HALF of the market rate, that's still $8.7 TRILLION. In other words, in 12 hours, the US has gained control of oil reserves worth more than the entire #GDP of ALL countries in the world, aside from the US and #China. That's 4 TIMES larger than the GDP of #Japan. Most people do not realize how much the world just changed. Oil markets will react to this news for the first time on Sunday at 6 PM ET. #Maduro #Caracas #gold #Silver #bitcoin 🥫 t.me/FinancialWorldUpdates

💥🇺🇸🇻🇪 The #AI War Is Here: Why the U.S. Struck #Venezuela Tonight’s dramatic military action in Venezuela—the bombing of key sites in #Caracas and the capture of Nicolás #Maduro—is being framed in real-time as a "restoration of democracy." But the deeper, unspoken driver is the new Great Game: the AI #energy war. The #2025 U.S. National Security Strategy explicitly links energy abundance with AI supremacy. Training next-gen AI models requires energy on the scale of small countries. Whoever controls abundant, scalable energy controls the pace of AI advancement. Here’s the strategic calculus: 1. Denial of Resource: Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven #oil reserves. It also has massive natural #gas reserves and significant hydroelectric power potential. Both #Russia and #China have invested considerably in Venezuela’s energy sector. Taking out Maduro would allow the #US to monopolize these resources for itself, while denying them to its rivals. 2. Securing #Guyana ’s Future: With Maduro removed, Venezuela’s territorial claim over Guyana’s vast new oil fields is likely to fade away. This not only protects ExxonMobil/Chevron assets but ensures another massive, friendly- #energy zone is locked into the U.S.-aligned sphere. Stability here is critical for long-term energy planning.

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Seems to be easier to arrest the president of a sovereign country ( #Maduro , #Venezuela ) than corrupt #US politicians(insider trading etc.), fraudsters (Big Pharma, #Wallstreet etc) and child abusers ( #Epstein List, etc).

🇷🇺 Russia's Dmitri Medvedev says the only reliable guarantee of a country's security is its nuclear weapons arsenal. t.me/brics_info

Within one day. #Maduro #Venezuela #USA