In the past few months, we have been very attentive to the Stockholm epic of Gazprom against Naftogaz. There were several reasons and the amount of the claim, almost $ 40 billion. , There was only one reason for this. We have some idea of ??how much Moscow has invested in this project and what the amount of effort was applied to obtain a positive result. Back in April, insiders from St. Petersburg, where most of Gazprom's departments had moved, old acquaintances reported that the decision might not be acceptable for Ukraine and Russia, but due to a number of circumstances for Ukraine this would be a bigger blow than for RF. Moreover, the Russians radiated confidence in the victory and therefore spat on the suit of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine against Gazprom. They decided that Stockholm would wash everything off. Quite frankly, we were very much afraid that international arbitration would falter under the pressure of Putin's bubble, as did the IOC, FIFA, the OSCE and many other international institutions.
But a few days ago there was a hope for a positive result. This hope was given by the message that Ukraine presented the NATO leadership with a detailed report on Russia's participation in the activities of international terrorist organizations, including IGIL. The report itself, for sure, is interesting, but we are not interested in its content, but about the sources of information. There is an opinion that the intelligence sources of a number of European countries are sources of data that, in view of the political situation, did not independently incriminate the Kremlin in these dirty ties, but acted under the Ukrainian flag. It is clear that now in the world there is only one uncompromising fighter with a source of terrorism, and this is Ukraine. That's why Ukraine was provided with the necessary data for generalization.
This suggests that in Europe has already come to understand who is the source of aggression, terror and corruption, but there is still no courage to raise their own flags. Ukraine does not care about the reaction of the Kremlin and therefore it fulfilled the role of the ram, which destroys this smelly gadishnik. It was this sign of change that gave hope to a positive decision of the Stockholm Arbitration.
Strictly speaking, the value of the adopted decision lies not in the plane that most observers. As you know, Putin instructed his structures to push a suit against Ukraine for stopping purchases of Russian gas on the terms "take-not take, but pay" and for reverse gas supplies from Europe. The logic was this. Moscow argued that Ukraine receives gas from Gazprom directly from the pipe, on its territory, and the posting of documentation simply secured a virtual deal. The court sent Gazprom far away on both counts, but it is advisable to understand what exactly arbitrated the arbitration.
The reverse became profitable for Ukraine because Gazprom played into geopolitics. Many media outlets drew attention to the fact that the selling price of gas for European countries was categorically lower than the price that Gazprom exhibited to Ukraine. Moscow has always argued that such pricing is conditioned by the desire of the supplier (Gazprom) and the market allows it to do so. But the same market allows Ukraine to buy this gas in places where it costs less.
That is, Gazprom sells gas to Germany with a very impressive discount, and that, with a minimum mark-up, returns it to Ukraine. That is, Putin outplayed himself, because he made an artificial delta, which was used by others. And while Moscow was a monopolist in gas supplies in Eastern Europe and did not leave a choice to consumers either at the price or under the terms of delivery. As a result, the price of gas sold just on the border, without a thousand kilometer transit schemes, cost a quarter or even a third more than it does, but after two thousand kilometers of transit. So it just could not be. In the same Germany, the cost of gas was significantly lower than in Ukraine. Unrealistically cheap gas went through specially thought out schemes and gave a significant profit that was distributed among specially prepared structures that either led it to the benefit of individuals we know according to Forbes magazine's billionaires rating, or to those structures that finance corrupt schemes or right-wing movements. In fact, these funds were used to undermine European values ??and poison the West from within.
Too many lured figures in Germany, France, Holland, Italy and other countries have put and sticks in the wheel of those who start a move against Gazprom. It is for this reason that Gazprom mobilized all of its battered flock in the West in order to recoup at the Stockholm Arbitration. Russia spent nine-figure sums of money to ensure its victory. And so it turned out that it was not possible to buy up the themis even for fantastic fees.
Recalling the analogy about the submission of information on Russian participation in IGIL, it becomes clear that Europe has been strangled by Russian rubbish and now, on behalf of Ukraine, Putin is struck not only in the 40 lost billions, but also in the billions that were fed to the European bureaucrats. And most importantly, Moscow was sent a signal that the vaccine from the hybrid is already working, and Moscow will soon feel it in full growth. Such signals will not be noticed only by the blind man.
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