KGB, torture and Soviet terror: why Latvia worries about today’s "Russian" empire (NATO Review)

[Litwin]

NKVD prisoner massacres - Wikipedia

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i say bomb ulus with oil - gas sanctions, With cost of “black gold” at 15-23 dollars per barrel, the USSR economy collapsed, and the sovok itself collapsed, and the "golden" horde ("russia") budget can only be fulfilled only with oil price at $ 42.4 and higher

 

[shockedcanadian]

There is evil in the world, and far too often people turn their backs to it when they have a chance. It helps no one to talk a brave game against horrors of the past when one is silent in the present.

 

[ReinyDays]

Kinda the wrong time of year to be cutting off Latvia's natural gas supply ... my understanding is that this area was wholly dependent on Russian pipelines 30 years ago ... have we built new pipelines into Western Europe? ...

Sad that you're from Sweden ... y'all have a right to chastise the rest of the world ... how can we transfer Sweden's wonderful energy policies into Latvia? ... if Latvia doesn't need Russia's natural gas, we can indeed shut the pipelines off ...

 

[Litwin]

Kinda the wrong time of year to be cutting off Latvia's natural gas supply ... my understanding is that this area was wholly dependent on Russian pipelines 30 years ago ... have we built new pipelines into Western Europe? ...

Sad that you're from Sweden ... y'all have a right to chastise the rest of the world ... how can we transfer Sweden's wonderful energy policies into Latvia? ... if Latvia doesn't need Russia's natural gas, we can indeed shut the pipelines off ...

" have we built new pipelines into Western Europe? ... "

yes we do

Europe saved $8 billion on gas bill in 2018 due to LNG ...
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Jun 7, 2019 — Europe saved $8 billion on gas bill in 2018 due to LNG, reforms: IEA. ... He said the shift in global gas markets stemming from the U.S. shale gas revolution, a rapid expansion of the liquefied natural gas industry and EU liberalization of energy markets, had forced Russia to change its oil-indexed pricing of gas.

A quiet gas revolution in Central and Eastern Europe
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Oct 29, 2015 — work on new LNG terminal in Poland (photo Polskie LNG) ... stream gas pipelines, a number of less high profile, but much more revolutionary ...

True Energy Security' for Europe Available Via U.S. Natural ...
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Jan 21, 2020 — “While many European countries struggle with crippling energy costs, the American energy revolution is saving American families $2,500 every year in ... reserves of energy, including from traditional fuels, LNG [liquefied natural gas], clean ... 2020 Natural Gas Intelligence. ... News Services chevron_right.

 

[Litwin]

Defeat for another 'Trumpian' populist as Kremlin-backed ...
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10 hours ago — Maia Sandu will become Moldova's first female leader, winning ... Defeat for another 'Trumpian' populist as Kremlin-backed Moldova leader loses ... and received the explicit support of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

 

[Litwin]

Moldova election: Pro-EU Maia Sandu wins presidency - DW
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21 hours ago — Despite his preferred candidate missing out, President Putin remained hopeful of good ties with Moldova and its new president. "I expect that your ...
Moldova election: blow to Kremlin as opposition candidate ...
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18 hours ago — Maia Sandu wins presidential run-off by a landslide after vowing to fight corruption. ... Russia had wanted polarised Moldova to remain in its sphere of ... voters in record numbers while Dodon lost support among his largely ...