Gas prices - Where is gas still affordable?

And you think that opening NS 2 would do something? Seriously? Maybe for a few days and then there is also something with that. The Tsar will come up with something. And at least in the fine print it surely says that the sanctions must be lifted... And I deal professionally with many financially weak families. They complain surprisingly little. But I am also optimistic that the state can help here. (By the way, the back payment invoice should be submitted to the job center for cost coverage in the same month... in case you know someone who receives H 4)

Yes, I believe that. Because Putin needs the money. It is not primarily about H4 recipients, but rather about people who have so far managed more or less to get by with their own earned money. But H4 recipients also do not, as far as I know, get the electricity back payment from the office; electricity costs are included in the basic costs. It is simply about millions of people having their entire lives turned upside down within a few months, without even the smallest chance to prepare for it or change it. And that, after many people have already suffered from the corona measures.

Russia is swimming in money and the people stand behind Putin. The retirees in Russia receive their gas for free from the state and therefore all have a warm home.

A mere doubling of electricity costs would be nice, but the electricity price will rise significantly higher. We can be glad if we stay below 1 euro per kWh.

And many here with their financing calculators may be surprised when operating costs of €1500 for their house appear as additional costs. Then there will be whining.

Now we are helping Taiwan in need first. So everyone unpack the Taiwan flag. And don't go to the Chinese restaurant anymore.
Then immediately impose a China sanctions package, with everything included.

But I am much too pessimistic anyway. As always.

I just read another article this morning. Frankfurter Rundschau reports on a study by scientists from Yale University: Russia's GDP has collapsed by over 40% since the start of the sanctions. Government subsidies are supporting the economy and creating a huge hole in the state budget. The billion-dollar reserves of the Russian central bank have been frozen and are thus not available. It's hard to swim in an ice block. In short: It won't last long.

Hello

the gas price is expected to quadruple.
Mr. Habeck said that next year 50% of the population will not be able to cover their expenses from their own income. At least he is starting to calculate realistically.

Steven

Hello

the gas price is supposed to quadruple. Mr. Habeck said that next year 50% of the population will not be able to cover their expenses from their own income. At least he is slowly calculating realistically.

Steven

You wanted to stay away here until after the heating season. Always these empty promises. And please take the other bird with you right away.

It would be nice to think in contexts, because many things are connected to many others.

Putin can create the rubles with which he has to pay for the Russian arms industry and army himself.

He needs foreign currency for intermediate products. He STILL has them and will still have some in the medium term.

But what IF, because of the sanctions, no one sells him any necessary goods anymore? THEN he would have a problem. However, this problem is reduced by the fact that only small parts of the world actually impose sanctions.

This means in conclusion that he does NOT urgently need money for now, because he can buy and sell quite well in Asia.

Nevertheless, business sectors in Russia are collapsing, namely those that cannot replace intermediate products from Europe or the USA. That is where the GDP decline comes from.

Does that bother him? It doesn’t seem so. So we have a situation similar to those car trips where two drivers are heading towards each other and see who yields first. It can also go wrong and end in a collision.

I do not see it as certain that a regime change in RU will occur as a matter of course if we just wait long enough.