(Natural News) The European Union is positioning itself to be completely cut off from all Russian energy. And if that happens, Germany and other heavily import-reliant countries in Europe will suffer a Lehman Brothers-type collapse of its energy market. Economic Minister and Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck issued a stark warning about how Europe’s largest economy faces […]

(Natural News) Gazprom has cut off gas supply to Denmark’s Orsted, as well as to Shell Energy for its contract to supply gas to Germany. The Russian gas producer announced the move Wednesday, June 1, citing the companies’ failure to make payments in rubles. It was an obvious response to recent statements by European Union (EU) leaders […]

(Natural News) Once again, the same European Union that always turns to the United States whenever a crisis arises on the continent is now undermining U.S. efforts to starve Russia for cash and thereby limit Vladimir Putin’s ability to continue his invasion of Ukraine. According to multiple reports, after initially agreeing to boycott Russian natural […]

(Natural News) When the Russian military crossed into Ukraine and Vladimir Putin stated his military objectives there, European leaders were quick to escalate the situation, imposing sweeping economic and banking sanctions against the Russian people. These sanctions caused a domino effect of unintended consequences throughout Europe and the West. The United States, Canada and Europe […]

(Natural News) The supremacy of the U.S. dollar is being threatened by world events, and many fear this could be setting a series of events into motion that will culminate in the Great Reset that globalists have long been pushing for. BRICS nations, which include Russia, India and China, have been moving away from the […]

(Natural News) Whatever you have heard or read regarding the alleged damage U.S.-led Western sanctions are doing to Russia’s economy, you should take them with a grain of salt. In reality, the Russian government is doing fairly well, all things considered, and in fact, Moscow is on pace for a banner year in oil and […]

(Natural News) In the weeks after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Western world, led by the United States, imposed what was said to be a crippling regime of economic sanctions on Moscow. Joe Biden’s handlers took to his Twitter account to announce: “As a result of our unprecedented sanctions, the ruble was almost immediately reduced […]

(Natural News) Russia is expanding its counterattack against Western sanctions by warning that “unfriendly” states may be forced to pay for most Russian exports with rubles. Late last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin began the process of forcing states that have placed sanctions against Russia – “unfriendly” states – to pay for fuel exports with […]

(Natural News) There is now talk about Russia demanding payment in rubles for other things besides just energy. Just as President Vladimir Putin was set to give his announcement about Russia only accepting natural gas payments in rubles beginning on April 1, Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament, issued […]

(Natural News) In an urgent March 31 announcement, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West that if payments for energy exports are not made in rubles, those exports will be halted effective April 1. Since NATO sanctions do not allow Russia to use dollars or euros, there is no use accepting these currencies as payment […]