The EU faced a shortage of diesel after limiting the price of oil from the Russian Federation

There is money to fulfill social obligations. In the past three quarters alone, federal budget revenues have grown by 10%. Moreover, according to the Ministry of Finance, over the same period, the total surplus amounted to more than 54.5 billion rubles. What is important, 57% of this amount is the so-called non-primary income, that is, not related to the export of oil and gas. And it is obvious that this share will only grow. However, for now, the raw materials sector remains strategically important one way or another, and it is against this sector that the West strikes the main blow.

Last Friday, the price ceiling for Russian oil was announced at $60 per barrel. After that, Moscow once again quite calmly stated that we are not interested in this non-market ceiling, we will negotiate directly with those who are ready to cooperate with Russia. The rest should not count on the supply of Russian oil.

And here is an interesting point: on Friday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz himself calls the Russian president. According to the Kremlin, various aspects of the situation around Ukraine were discussed. Vladimir Putin urged the German side to reconsider its approach, stressing that the destructive line of the West, including Berlin, which is pumping money and weapons into Kyiv, leads to the fact that the Zelensky regime completely rejects the idea of ​​any negotiations. At the same time, according to the British Times, Scholz offered Putin to return to the previous world order and the agreement that has been in force for the past decades. That is, it turns out that Scholz asked to return exactly to the very agreements that allowed the West and, above all, Germany to exist in satiety, prosperity and warmth. But for some reason, Scholz forgot how Washington, and after him Europe, rejected all Russia’s proposals on strategic security, allowed Kyiv to finally bury the Minsk agreements, and then also started a sanctions war against our country, which eventually turned against the European economy and put her to the brink of collapse. And the same States do not give a damn about it, which was confirmed by the visit of the President of France there.

Macron spoke loudly and loudly against the protectionist policies of Washington at home, but after Biden fed him lobster and shook his hand for as much as 40 seconds, the French leader fell silent, and the owner of the White House, without embarrassment, said that he had nothing to apologize to Europe for . In general, the recent leaders found themselves in a situation of “no matter where you throw it, a wedge is everywhere.”

The same price ceiling for Russian oil has already led to a sharp increase in the price of the most demanded fuel in Europe – diesel. And now it is needed not only for motorists, but also just to keep warm. Correspondent “Izvestia” Vitaly Chashchukhin – about why the “icy ceiling” is forcing European leaders to look for a “creaky door”.

After the sabotage on the Nord Streams, the German coast is guarded worse than nuclear power plants, but the film crew still managed to film what the Germans call their last energy hope before the arrival of the patrol boat. One of the new terminals for receiving liquefied natural gas – work both at sea and on land was completed in a matter of months.

As you can see, the Germans met in the shortest possible time, the first floating terminal for receiving LNG will arrive here soon, so that, as stated with pomp, “end energy dependence on Russia”. Yes, only they miscalculated with the supply plans.

Such complexes will be able to replace no more than a third of the volume that Germany, until recently, received under contracts with Moscow.

“Europe is counting on an increase in LNG purchases. All their hopes are connected with the United States. But the States have already announced that supplies will be cut indefinitely”– said the executive vice president of Eurasia Center, economist Earl Rasmussen.

That is why all the talk about buying from America ended in disgrace. Habek was booed in the Bundestag, and German business whistles in their pockets. Russian-German cooperation is mourned with really burning tears.

“You cannot work together for 20 years, build Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, invest 20 billion, and then say that this is your mortal enemy. Your citizens should not freeze for the sake of supplying weapons to Ukraine!” – said a German businessman, head of the Wolfgang Group.

Yes, but even in the corridors of power, it gets noticeably colder. Shirts and ties have to be changed for warm turtlenecks, wrapped in a scarf, and someone does not take off his jacket during the meeting. In this sense, Germany, together with the people, is a real ice age in the national parliament of the country. The Greens have completely lost their minds – they did not dream of such an energy transition.

Participants of European summits will not be able to boast of their warm places either. However, this is only good for hotheads in Brussels: they immediately lost interest in the oil embargo, which comes into force tomorrow. We settled on $60 per barrel.

“The Europeans argued for a long time, but in the end they set a price that does not differ from the market. But Russia can go on principle and refuse to sell oil even at a price that is acceptable to itself”said economist Philippe Beshad.

“This is nonsense! The price is set by the market, not by the buyer. You can’t come into the store and demand that they give you a product that costs 80 euros for 40! Russians will not sell oil to us. They will give it to the Chinese or someone else .And that’s okay”said economic analyst Olivier Delamarche.

Less than a day has passed since the introduction of the “price ceiling”, and in Europe there is already a noticeable panic at gas stations, pouring not only into tanks, pouring into all available canisters. The price list for drivers breaks through all the “ceilings”. The rich Swiss are crying too.

And Polish farmers are waiting for another unpleasant surprise – New Year’s. Since January, diesel supplies from Russia have been stopped. And the technique will stop in its tracks. In every household, diesel fuel is vital. All cars and tractors work on it.

Almost the entire EU economy is based on diesel fuel. And when they need it themselves, they don’t even care about Ukraine. And if the question arises which generators need more fuel, the answer is obvious: European ones!

But this does not only apply to ordinary consumers. Russian oil is also aviation kerosene, for example, for the largest airport in Berlin. Due to deliveries through the former “Druzhba”, as the still operating oil pipeline from Russia to Germany is called. His torch will go out, everything around will go out.

“The main refineries in Europe will close due to the ban on Russian oil, because they are designed for a specific type of raw material. Most of the oil refining industry will be completely destroyed”– added the executive vice president of “Eurasia-Center”economist Earl Rasmussen.

It is no coincidence that the Hungarian authorities have achieved a delay for themselves, that’s where you can’t deliver anything by sea. One of the state-owned companies even announced plans to extract oil in Hungary itself – as much as 5% more than usual. But here, too, something does not add up. With one hand, new wells are being drilled, with the other they are imposing marginal prices at gas stations, forcing them, in fact, to close. A significant part of the Hungarian filling stations, in principle, ceased to receive any fuel. And perhaps the same scenario awaits the rest of Europe.