He shared this on his blog.
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Subscribe“Do you want sparkling water or still? - asks the waiter. And we reply: ‘Still!’. Europe has finally run out of Russian gas, and Russia has lost an additional 5 billion in export revenue that it received through the Ukrainian pipeline,” notes Mikhail Sheitelman.
Meanwhile, the European Commission, he reports, stated that they have alternative routes, there are no dangers, and gas storage levels are even higher than ever. The expert observes that only Fico cannot calm down; he threatens not only to stop supplying electricity to Ukraine but also to cut off support for Ukrainian refugees, thereby opening a second energy front to assist Putin.
On this occasion, he reminds us that Russia previously halted supplies through the Nord Stream, trying to freeze Europe, and at that time the Minister of Saxony stated that trust was lost, asserting that Russians are unreliable suppliers—now everyone has realized this except Slovakia. Additionally, the expert adds that Transnistria believed until the last moment that Russians do not abandon their own, but they did.
“Their entire industry has come to a halt, all thermal power plants, everything, and gas is no longer supplied to homes. This is what it means to trust Putin, to trust Russia instead of properly integrating into Moldova and within one country integrating into the European Union. I hope that now Transnistria will reconsider; it seems the Russians have given a wonderful reason,” concludes Mikhail Sheitelman.
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As reported by ZNAY.ua, Sheitelman stated that in 2024 Russia still did not emerge from the positional deadlock.
ZNAY.ua also wrote that Starikov revealed whether negotiations to end the war could conclude before May 9.