On the Nord Stream front, it seems that the Baltic states continue to be silent about the pipelines' sabotage. I also see that Germans, who are people that suffered the direct damage, are ambiguous over that act of war.
Given the complexity of the sabotage, I think blowing up Nord Stream connot be an operation made by a terrorist organization. It can only be an action carried out by a state. Obviously, it is not necessary to talk about suspicion. Actually, as I already mentioned in my previous post, it is unthinkable that the two main Nord Stream's owners could be interested in destroying the two pipelines, taking into consideration that some experts put the cost of repairing the infrastructure starting at about $ 500 million. However, it is naive to believe that evidence, proofs and investigation make sure that we would find truthfulness in the end.
In the meanwhile, yesterday an US drone was hit in the Black Sea airspace. I hope the war will not escalate.
...that doesn't seem like a high price for small amounts of apples
ReplyDeleteActually, it isn't. I haven't seen such cheap price for months.
DeletePenso che sia un prezzo per attirare clienti,spesso i supermercati lo fanno.
ReplyDeleteVero! Spesso è come dici tu. A meno che la qualità non sia molto scadente.
DeleteGiorgio in Poland is similar. Prices are rising very fast. Vegetable and fruit growers say that this year will be a horror show. Today tomatoes from southern Europe cost half as much as Polish ones. Inflation figures for Poland were released today - in February it is 18.4%.
ReplyDeletehttps://kig.pl/rekord-inflacji-w-polsce-wyniki-za-luty-2023/
P.S. Giorgio I heard about the drone. I will say: it’s "not a cool thing".
If prices were to rise, speculators would take this as a sign that prices will continue to rise. Consequently, we, consumers, should try to reduce consumption of non-essential goods. Our supper will be potatoes and scrambled eggs three times a week :-) ... prices will decrease sharply.
DeleteUSA's drone have been flying over the Black Sea since February 2022. I am afraid they will also try to overthrow
the Georgia's democratically elected president, as we already saw in Ukraine in 2014. This means that the conflict may spread beyond Ukraine's borders.
Thank you for your interesting comment, Anna :-)
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteThe prices of produce in UK have certainly risen very steeply - even for locally grown... but our situation is complicated by "Breakshit" (pardon my informality!) As for the business with the drone... just shaking my head. Seems a senseless thing that could fester. YAM xx
Hello, Yam!
DeleteI also think Brexit was a bad idea. And it seems the majority of people in the UK now think so.
Thank you for sharing your point of view :-)
This is going to be worse with tension all around the world. Cost of living is acosting the middle classes to carry the nations. I am having one meal a day now.
ReplyDeleteAt the moment we, Westerners, are compelled to think that Russia is our enemy. Who will be the next one? Maybe China or Iran. I think that policy-makers of the power that rules the Western world have already decided who will be our next enemy. That's why the ships of the West Asian NATO, which is called AUKUS (USA, UK & Australia), are sailing closer and closer to the Taiwan island.
DeleteUnfortunately, some world powers want a neverending war in East Europe. As you can see, now they are trying to overthrow the democratically elected president in Georgia, as they already made in Ukraine in 2014.
I'm afraid prices will continue to rise for a while! What's the supper? It's scrambled eggs :-)
Thank you for leaving your comment!
I wonder what an American combat drone did over the Black Sea. This drone flew to the territory of Russia. I do not see on the world map that there is a country called the USA on the Black Sea coast. I see Georgia, Abkhazia, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia.
ReplyDeleteThis drone was not shot down. Our fighter jet poured fuel on it and the drone fell into the sea.
The United States blew up every balloon they saw in the sky of their country.
Hello, Irina!
DeleteWe, members of this blogging community, know that the USA's territory is located on another continent :-) ... the problem is that there are some USA's satellites on this continent. I think that since February 2022 USA's drones have been flying over the Black Sea's international airspace, which borders Turkey, Ukraine and Russia. As a result, The USA summoned the Russian ambassador in Washington. This made me laugh.
Thanks for sharing your point of view, Irina :-)
Have a nice day!
The Black Sea is not US territory! The drone flew to Russia and crashed near the coast of Crimea. It was a military drone. It could carry explosives. Russia does not allow the US to search for drone wreckage in the Black Sea. We are forbidden to inspect the blown up pipelines in the Baltic Sea. These were Russian pipelines and Russian gas. We are prohibited from conducting investigations in the Baltic Sea. We will do the same.
DeleteAccording to the special treaty only the Black Sea countries are allowed travel and fly over the Black Sea.
DeleteAs reported by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, written on December 10, 1982, there are some international spaces on the black Sea.
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ReplyDeleteYou know I just wrote in your blog that for me behind the attack to Nord Stream there could only be a State, or more States. Talking about the drone, Maybe you know the Italian proverbio "Il più pulito ha la rogna" or something like that; well I think that situations like this one are frequent and just as the drone shouldn't have been there, so too the Russian planes weren't allowed to fly in that piece of sky and then it's obvious that the drone didn't fall by itself, tripping over a cloud... 😊 There are many things happening now, not only this war, but Svb crush in USA, that seem to prepare for us the perfect storm.
ReplyDeleteHello, Daniele!
DeleteI completely agree on the meaning of the Italian quote, which you mentioned. It reminds me Jesus declaration about the woman caught in adultery: "Let him that is among you without sin, cast the first stone at her" (John 8:7).
In this perspective, my question is: what would happen if a Russian, Iranian or Chinese drone were to fly over the international sea, closer and closer to the USA's shore 45 miles West from San Francisco or Los Angeles❓... I do hope most people will begin to think.
Thank you for your interesting comment, Daniele :-)
Have a nice Weekend!
food price decreasing little bit in our place.....
ReplyDelete# We pray for peace soon in Europe