The Hague is on the wire: its authorities are asking to be released from anti-Russian sanctions.

For winter is coming, and a supplier to replace Gazprom has not been found.

Only the lazy did not joke about the Hague Tribunal.

This is really funny: the Ukrainians were waiting so much that a small Dutch town with disproportionate international fame would finally say its weighty word, and he did.

Give, he says, gas.

Very cold, he says.

Much has been said about the fact that the main danger of war is an incorrect assessment of the capabilities of the enemy.

Surprisingly, exactly this happened during the economic war between the West and Russia.

All these analytical centers, eminent economists and forecasters were unable to assess either the economic potential of the Russian Federation, or the degree of its integration into the world economy, or the possible damage from sanctions.

They thought that our economy would fall immediately, but it did not even tilt.

So we think: maybe all these analysts, who put Europe on the brink of disaster, are also in The Hague?

No, don't judge.

Load coal into the stove.

The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editors.