Originally posted by Silver SlayerPrivitisation, mainly.
Out of interest, what do you mean by "goin' downhill"?, that Europe's safty net for the impoverished is going down hill? In what ways? How?
Lowering of benefits, selling all "our" assets (like water, electricity, trains, busses, etc.) to people who'll make a quick buck out of it.
Moving more power to bosses, away from the workfloor.
anti-refugee laws resulting in children being kicked out on to the street (and this breaks various international laws).
Multi-nationals telling the governments what to do.
That sort of thing, basically.
Originally posted by Silver Slayer"Ukraine had threatened to retaliate by raising the rent that Russia's navy pays to use the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol as headquarters for its Black Sea fleet."
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"Europe probably has the best safety net for the impoverished, but it's sure goin' downhill the last decade or so."
Out of interest, what do you mean by "goin' downhill"?, that Europe's safty net for the impoverished is going down hill? In what ways? How?
"As for the Ukraine...
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Prehaps it will get serious 🙁
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Originally posted by zeeblebotOne quarter market rate - the price set by a communist bureaucrat back in the days of the USSR. Those supporting the Ukraine are just a bunch of old commies or trying to stir up trouble.
does the Ukraine want the gas at below-market rates? ...
Good for the Ukrainians if they can set a better market rate for a Russian navy base, Those countries wiith foreign troops based on their territory will watch this with interest. Perhaps starting with Cuba who gets $4000 a year rent for their best natural harbour - Guantanamo Bay.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4579648.stm
Ukraine and Russia reach gas deal
Russia and Ukraine have settled a row over gas prices which disrupted supplies to several European countries.
Under the five-year deal, Ukraine will buy Russian and Central Asian gas for $95 per 1,000 cubic metres on average.
Russia halted gas supplies to Ukraine on 1 January, after Kiev rejected a price rise that would have taken the cost of gas from $50 to $230.
The European Union said it would have to "learn the lessons" and find ways of improving security of energy supplies.
What is still in question is the $25,000,000 in gas that the Russians are accusing the Ukraine of siphoning of since the shutdown. I heard that anyone can siphon off a tanker truck full of gas in less than thirty minutes. All you need is an unguarded stretch of pipe, a drill, a tap and, of course, a tanker truck. In fact in California thieves had connected thier own pipe to a buried gas line and siphoned off gas for almost six months before the gas company realized that they had a consistent drop in pressure.