Putin orders Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine's two breakaway regions

Re:Putin orders Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine's tw... by twelve40 on Monday February 21, 2022 @07:35PM (#30422711)

> that is why many in germany oppose it

Hm... why? Because the Germans, out of goodness of their hearts, want the Russians to keep dumping the annual $1.5bil+ transit fees into Ukraine? It's the same exact dependency on the same exact gas, just delivered through a bunch of countries each grabbing a cut, instead of directly.

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Re:Putin orders Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine's tw... by soco on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @04:58AM (#30425967)

Maybe because some of them (like here and everywhere) put sometimes ideology before the wallet. We're to see though how many and how consequently.

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Re:Putin orders Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine's tw... by zx85wes on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @07:10AM (#30426898)

Easy to say for those who can absorb the higher energy cost. Millions of Germans can't.

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Re:Putin orders Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine's tw... by soco on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @09:22AM (#30428216)

I expect that Germany (the state) will shoulder some of those costs. But I'm not a German so I'll have to see what happens, because right now the project was officially put on ice.

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