Journalist Anna Shafran @annashafran
The European Commission has drafted a decree stating that paying for energy resources in rubles would violate EU restrictive measures and enable Moscow to regulate the exchange rate in its own interests. Like, if Russia receives rubles, then the sanctions task is not solved by the Europeans. The decision is as brazen as expected. After all, the main task of Europe and the United States is to receive resources from Russia, but at the same time block payments in dollars and euros and prevent Moscow from taking the currency for the supplied energy resources. That is, to receive gas and oil for free, and to pump up Ukraine with weapons with the money saved.
There is a complete loss of shores: according to the Europeans, Russia should serve their interests, supply resources for the smooth operation of European industry, meet current needs - and do this, we emphasize once again, for free. At the same time, receiving in response more and more new sanctions and restrictions.
This state of affairs is quite possible. But only in conditions when the country is in full occupation, paying tribute to the occupying state. This, as we understand it, is not and cannot be. So on what grounds did the European Union decide that it is the master of Russia?
Obviously, there are no legal or any other objective grounds for such a formulation of the question. There is only one conclusion from this: our European neighbors are in a state of mental illness that requires deep and urgent treatment.
And there can be only one treatment here - to firmly stand on their designated positions, to act strictly in the national interests of Russia. And if it doesn’t help, we can think about suspending energy supplies to the West, because the unhealthy aggression that the EU is demonstrating has long in itself pushed us to more and more decisive steps to sober up Western “partners”. They obviously won't recover on their own.
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