European spring to forge a new equilibrium to replace the influence of Germany and France

Aliyev says Europe can't pay Azerbaijan domestic price for exported gas
Azerbaijan won't take active part in Eastern Partnership - Aliyev
Azerbaijan did all it could for integration with Europe, accession to EU impossible - Aliyev
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Slovák wrote:Nord Stream 2 completion at 93%, only 160 km remains
U.S. SANCTIONS TO CAUSE "MONTHS-LONG" DELAY IN COMPLETION OF NORD STREAM 2 CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S NO DISASTER - MEDVEDEV
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DESIGN OF RUSSIA PIPE-LAYING VESSEL COULD TAKE 1.5-2 YEARS, CONSTRUCTION - 3-4 YEARS - USC HEAD
THE SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY IS READY TO TAKE AN ORDER FOR A PIPE-LAYING VESSEL FOR NORD STREAM 2, 'WE CAN HANDLE IT' - USC HEAD
RUSSIA DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE THE SORT OF VESSELS CAPABLE OF COMPLETING NORD STREAM 2 - USC CHIEF
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Böhse Tante wrote:There are several "USC", which one is it?

And I've read about a vessel that would be able, but is far away, needs >2 months to travel there.

dunno just sharing the news as I read them. Have nice holidays, Tante

Novak: We have the ability to finish construction of Nord Stream 2 in course of several months
Availability of certain facilities gives hope Nord Stream 2 to be built in foreseeable future - Peskov
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NOVAK: NORD STREAM 2 TO BE LAUNCHED BY END 2020, OPEN OPTION FOR LAYING IT IS THE AKADEMIK CHERSKY
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Greater Europe to be forgotten if NATO keeps pursuing Russia deterrence policy - Russian Foreign Ministry
EU ambassador to Russia calls for using window of opportunity to improve EU-Russia relations
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ECHR judgements sometimes clearly unlawful - Putin
PUTIN ON AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION DEALING WITH RUSSIA'S SOVEREIGNTY: IT DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE AVOIDING PRIORITY OF INT'L LAW, THE MAIN THING IS THAT IT DOESN'T CONTRADICT CONSTITUTION
Russia to fulfill int'l agreements complying with Constitution - Putin
http://www.interfax.com/news.asp

On March 23 EU may suspend eurozone core document for the first time in history
The suspension of the Stability and Growth Pact will allow governments to raise loans without limits, increasing the budget deficit, to provide assistance to business
https://tass.ru/ekonomika/8056175?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=smm_social_share

EU says sanctions against Russia should remain in place during pandemic:
https://tass.com/world/1140751

ECB predicts a more severe recession in Europe than in other parts of the world
and its economy may show clear signs of recovery only next year, said European Central Bank (ECB) Deputy Chairman Luis de Gindos.
https://www.interfax.ru/business/703915

Several EU countries cannot ask for Russia’s help because of their ‘big brothers’ — Lavrov
https://tass.com/politics/11497

While some EU member-states complain that Brussels is not providing them with enough financial and humanitarian assistance in combating COVID-19, the European Commission has decided to allocate funds for six post-Soviet states (Georgia, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Moldova).

Besides, the EU is concerned about the rising influence of Russia and China, which have been actively helping the Balkan states combat the coronavirus pandemic,

https://tass.com/pressreview/1153767

Lagarde Says ECB 'Undeterred' By German QE Ruling
"We are an independent institution accountable to the European Parliament,

a German Constitutional Court ruling critical of its government bond-buying programme and will do "whatever is necessary"
https://www.barrons.com/news/lagarde-says-ecb-undeterred-by-german-qe-ruling-01588863007

Banksters always win in the West.

the coronavirus crisis has exposed the EU’s problems. Instead of providing support and solidarity, the EU shut down even the internal borders. "The EU has lost its influence in the region because the prospect of expanding it has become vague, especially after Brexit and the pandemic," Stevan Gajic, a researcher at the Institute of European Studies in Belgrade,
https://tass.com/pressreview/1154247

George Soros: Germany's ECB ruling may spell 'the end of the EU as we know it'
https://twitter.com/SputnikInt/status/1260127321832468482

Even a broken clock can be right once a day

Use of the euro in the world has stabilized at a historically low level
https://www.interfax.ru/business/712665

Gazprom in talks to raise prices for Poland retroactively from 2017
https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/69030/

Poland has aligned its legislation with the energy regulations of the European Union (EU) and Polish operator Gaz-System began offering capacity bookings on the Polish section of the Yamal-Europe pipeline in accordance with EU regulations.
Poland has been trying to wean itself off Russian energy supplies and has become one of the first eastern European countries to have booked U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes.
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Russian-Gas-Flow-To-Europe-Drops-As-Poland-Transit-Deal-Expires.html

...gas prices in Europe to the Moon.

the EU's spending stimulus, the marathon Covid stimulus summit:


The EU made three big sacrifices. The rule of law linkage to the budget is now effectively gone. The system of unfair rebates is not only maintained but enlarged … Several other categories of investments were culled. The EU took money from the climate change budget, research budget, and other budgets then put that money into the Covid bucket in the form of grants. Sweden, Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands and Finland, collectively known as the "frugal four" insisted no more than €400 billion in grants.

David Sassoli, the president of the European Parliament, had threatened that MEPs would not support a budget that failed to address the following: climate change transition; new categories of own resources; the linkages to rule of law; and ending the rebates. This budget failed on all accounts.

If anybody got everything they wanted from this EU budget, it was Viktor Orbán. All of the concrete rule-of-law linkages were taken out, replaced by a vague but unspecified commitment. Angela Merkel even made a promise to Orbán that she would support the end of the Art.7 procedure against Hungary.


€1.0 trillion of that was a multi-year budget through 2027. That's a normal operating budget of about €167 billion a year. Of the remaining €0.8 trillion in stimulus, €390 billion is in the form of grants, the rest of the stimulus is loans. … thanks to rebates, not even the €390 billion is real the rest is smoke and mirrors as is the €1.0 trillion. … The real story of this morning’s deal is not the €390 billion in grants, but the price the EU had to pay to get there.
https://www.thestreet.com/mishtalk/economics/the-eus-stimulus-package-fails-three-ways

Slovák wrote: the EU's spending stimulus, the marathon Covid stimulus summit:


The EU made three big sacrifices. The rule of law linkage to the budget is now effectively gone. The system of unfair rebates is not only maintained but enlarged  …  Several other categories of investments were culled. The EU took money from the climate change budget, research budget, and other budgets then put that money into the Covid bucket in the form of grants. Sweden, Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands and Finland, collectively known as the "frugal four" insisted no more than €400 billion in grants.

David Sassoli, the president of the European Parliament, had threatened that MEPs would not support a budget that failed to address the following: climate change transition; new categories of own resources; the linkages to rule of law; and ending the rebates. This budget failed on all accounts.

https://www.thestreet.com/mishtalk/economics/the-eus-stimulus-package-fails-three-ways

... here we go:
European Parliament warns it could block EU budget, report says http://sptnkne.ws/De85

Russia to give tit-for-tat response to EU sanctions over alleged cyberattacks:
https://tass.com/politics/11845

Liechtenstein launches battle to reclaim confiscated WWII territory

to return part of Czech territory confiscated from its former ruling family at the end of World War II, reigniting a conflict that has raged for more than 70 years.

Liechtenstein filed a formal complaint with the European Court of Human Rights this week, alleging “disregard” of the Czech Republic’s sovereignty over the return of nearly half a million acres of land and some of the greatest castles and palaces in Europe.

http://www.usa-vision.com/liechtenstein-launches-battle-to-reclaim-confiscated-wwii-territory/


This has been the real goal of the alt-elites creating and steering the EU from behind the curtain ... conquest of territories.

Kremlin sees no risk that Germany will block Nord Stream 2 project
https://tass.com/economy/1198021

Merkel agrees that the future of Nord Stream 2 depends on the consequences of the incident with Navalny:
http://go.tass.ru/Xyr4

Minsk confirmed the preparation for the transfer of oil flows from Lithuania to Russia
The Russian Federation will assess the possibility of transferring oil flows from the Baltics by the end of September.
https://www.interfax.ru/business/724884?utm_source=top

MEGA!

“Belgrade did not inform Moscow about all the items that had been entered into the agreement, including those on moving the Serbian Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, designating Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organisation and prohibiting the use of Chinese technologies,”
https://www.euractiv.com/section/all/short_news/moscow-of-serbian-president-aleksandar-vucics-visit-to-washington/

EU warns Serbia, Kosovo against opening embassies in Jerusalem

Russia supports any agreements reached between Belgrade and Pristina, said Lavrov.
https://tass.ru/politika/9408921?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=smm_social_share



President Vučić informed Moscow about the results of his visit to Washington, but only after Maria Zakharova, the information and press department director at Russia’s foreign ministry, wrote a “sarcastic” post on social media, Kommersant wrote.
On Facebook, Zakharova posted a shot from the 1992 film Basic instinct, showing Sharon Stone crossing her legs during an interrogation and compared it to a photo of 4 September in which Vučić is sitting in front of US President Donald Trump.

Poland is ready to offer Germany its gas infrastructure instead of Nord Stream 2:
http://go.tass.ru/XVCP

The Prime Minister of Poland believes that the German authorities will take a negative decision on "Nord Stream - 2":
http://go.tass.ru/XVfH

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov considers the protests to be an attempt by the Mafia to "bring down" his government:
http://go.tass.ru/X9Et

Сербия не будет переносить посольство в Иерусалим, если Израиль признает Косово
https://www.interfax.ru/world/725317