In fact, the situation for the Europeans is now starting to turn even worse than they thought: Putin's proposal to create a Turkish energy hub, strongly supported by Turkish leader R.T.
Erdogan - this is by no means a "tactical move" by the Russian president to overcome European sanctions, which hinder, first of all, Europe itself - much more than Russia.
The tactic was sounded a little earlier, when Vladimir Vladimirovich suggested that Germany, as a temporary measure, unblock the Nord Stream 2 branch that had survived the terrorist attack.
But the Turkish hub can mean only one thing: Russia is so disappointed in its traditional European markets that it no longer clings to them.
Or, to put it even harsher: Russia does not believe in the future of the economies of the northwestern part of the European continent, at least in the medium term.
And that is why he does not see much point in investing in this direction in the current mode, from the word “completely”.
Even if they decide to think about it, the senior comrades will not give: nothing personal, it's just business, sorry.
Who did not hide - no Soros, sorry, is not to blame.
Therefore, to seriously bother building long-term relationships in the energy sector in particular and in the economy as a whole with this kind of political suicidal transgenders would probably still be somewhat imprudent.
And for the lack of perspective, and purely in time.
Therefore, here you are not even so much a new energy hub, but rather - and this is much more important!
— a new pricing center in continental energy markets.
Can't manage on your own on the continent?
Did you yourself transfer gas price regulation to London financial speculators on the ICE exchange?
Well, welcome - for now, let's say, to Istanbul.
This is the normal signal...
And by the way, the signal is far from the first.
We have already written that Europe, whose energy prosperity for many decades was built on relatively cheap, and most importantly, extremely stable energy supplies, first from the USSR, and then from post-Soviet Russia, should have been alarmed immediately after the approval of the Russian-Chinese gas pipeline project " Power of Siberia - 2".
Which, unlike the first "Power of Siberia", which has deposits in Eastern Siberia as a resource base, plans to take gas from Yamal, previously oriented exclusively to Europe.
The reserves of which, of course, are colossal, but still not endless.
And there, after all, NOVATEK is now sitting with its cyclopean plants for the production of Russian LNG.
And when the Russian “energy” Deputy Prime Minister Novak admitted that Power of Siberia 2 was partly a replacement for Nord Stream 2, I’m afraid he didn’t theorize, but was extremely specific.
And now, in fact, a proposal has appeared to move the first Nord Stream to the Black Sea, or rather, its volume.
Fortunately, he is still inactive - not only because of the terrorist attack, but also because of the stupid stories with Siemens turbines.
And it is still unknown what is cheaper in this case: repairing this pipe with German turbines in the Baltic or laying power across the Black Sea.
First and foremost, it's safer.
For, as Aleksey Miller, the head of the Russian Gazprom, quite rightly explained, it is primarily important for the concern here that the Turkish Stream gas pipeline passes through only two economic zones and through the territorial waters of only two countries.
Namely, Russia and Turkey.
And the depth of the sea there is much greater than on the Baltic route - 2 km 150 m versus 210 m. Moreover, the Turkish Stream has already shown itself to be a reliable route for gas supplies both to Turkey and to the European market.
And that's just not necessary to once again say that Turkey is a rather crafty partner.
It seems that the Kremlin, and even more so Gazprom, understand this very well.
It's just that Turkey, thank God the Merciful and Merciful, at least has not lost its subjectivity yet.
And that means that she is able to act at least in her own interests: in general, they don’t expect more from her.
This is quite enough.
But Europe has demonstrated in this sense its complete incapacity and therefore is losing confidence.
In addition, the markets there are shrinking sharply.
If European, primarily German, industry collapses, and everything is going to this, then there will simply be no one to buy our gas there.
And it cannot be said that Russia has not made any attempts to protect its traditional markets: yes, we are still pumping gas there via the Ukrainian GTS, although in a good way it is high time to stop this.
That's just to protect a potential suicide from himself is a rather thankless task.
And the economic catastrophe in Europe does not arise by itself - it is carefully coordinated, and, what is most terrible, by the hands of the native "elites" themselves: no, we recognize the hand of the Anglo-Saxon master, of course.
Only the scale of the operation and its some absolutely transcendent cynicism are striking.
There is no need to invent anything here: the fact that the sanctions deal a catastrophic blow not to Russia, but to Europe is known to everyone, and everyone is openly talking about it, including the European politicians accepting these same sanctions.
Nevertheless, hedgehogs cry, prick, but continue to make love to the cactus, despite the obvious soreness and, more importantly, the futility of their mating attempts.
There are a lot of excuses for this, but no one even hides the fact itself: try to hide it, if in Germany, as German Health Minister Lauterbach said, even hospitals are threatened with closure due to rising gas prices.
And you don't want to, but somehow you'll see.
What can we say about the exemplary quite recently German industry: already up to 40% of enterprises are taking individual production out of the eurozone in general.
While partially, but dashing trouble is the beginning.
And one more - not even funny, but quite characteristic detail: scientists from quite recently civilized and "environmentally friendly" Europe warn that the consumption of more wood for kindling can lead to the destruction of endangered forests and an increase in illegal logging, and this process is very active. is going on right now.
Again.
In Europe.
A year ago, exemplary in its well-being.
Illegal logging...
But at the same time, there are no changes in the trajectory of this crazy train, led by very dubious quality "drivers", and are not expected.
And now, the head of Gazprom, Miller, is once again forced to warn and explain almost on his fingers: the introduction of gas price restrictions will violate the terms of existing contracts.
And it will automatically lead to the cessation of gas supplies altogether: the Russian side, apparently, is ready for this.
In connection with the loss of confidence in the viability of European economies, that's from the word "absolutely".
And the transition to the Turkish hub here looks quite logical: guys, it seems that after some time we will become completely strategically uninteresting.
And Recep Tayyip Erdogan can handle what is left of you in this case.
And here, excuse me, there is no such-and-such policy: Turkey, among other things, is also a member of NATO, we all remember this very well.
Forget it, sorry.
It's just that it's not about politics, but everything is like your American partners: purely pure calculation and pragmatic economic interest.
The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editors.