Russia and economic war by the west #2

The EU closed its airspace for Russia and then reproaches it for being charged royalties for overflights, 01.16.2023.

An official of the European Commission considered that Russia should stop charging foreign airlines for the use of Siberian airspace, in a context in which the conflict in Ukraine has generated air sanctions on both sides.

At the very beginning of the conflict between Kiev and Moscow, the European Union closed its airspace to Russia, as part of the reprisals it has taken against the Eurasian country.

Now, the director general of Mobility and Transport of the European Commission, Henrik Hololei, demanded the disappearance of charges for the use of Siberian airspace, if one day the aeronautical exchange is normalized, according to the Reuters news agency.

In turn, the deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev said that the very issue of abolishing payment by foreign airlines for the right to fly over Russian territory is fundamentally wrong.

"To begin with, at the moment there are no conditions even for discussing this issue, since EU airspace is closed to Russian airlines due to sanctions, and Russian space is closed, I emphasize, to EU airlines... But the very question of abolishing the payment for the right to fly over the territory of Russia is fundamentally wrong. European officials should have understood better what the mechanism of the trans-Siberian royalty is," Kosachev wrote on his Telegram channel.

According to the Russian official, this is not about paying for the right of way, but about the so-called pool agreements, which are widely used in international practice as purely commercial contractual instruments. It is an agreement in which the parties that operate the same route undertake to do so jointly and according to the terms contained in the contract, in order to distribute profits or, sometimes losses, in the agreed proportion. In the case of Russia, this mechanism involves the collection of fees for the use of aviation infrastructure by foreign carriers during the flight, in return, foreign carriers shorten their route and save significant funds, he noted.

"Article 15 of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation of 1944, which is often referred to by European officials, states that the flight over the territory of the State cannot be for payment. However, no provision of the Convention is violated in connection with the practice of concluding inter-airline pool agreements that are already in force. Moreover, neither the USSR nor Russia signed an agreement on transit for international transport under the Chicago Convention," Kosachev also said.

The European Union has implemented several packages of sanctions against Russia in rejection of its conflict with Ukraine, such as asset freezes and restrictions against its citizens and companies, among other measures. Among the restrictions is the closure of European airspace to Russian airlines.

Yandex Translate from Spanish

https://sputniknews.lat/20230116/la-ue-cerro-su-espacio-aereo-para-rusia-y-luego-le-reprocha-que-le-cobren-regalias-por-sobrevuelos-1134714557.html

They are trying to establish their demands and dibs on Russian resources for when 'the Ukraine wins the war' and Putin is overthrown.
Better to live in fantasy land then face reality I guess.

It's really something (words can't describe) how utterly ridiculous and out of touch with reality the Euro and American beaurocrats are regarding Russia.

Yet more evidence as to how rotten is the U-ropean ruling class.

I cannot worship the rich like so many people in the west do. These are not Ayn Rand's "achievers". They are spoiled prats who
engage in parasitism. Maybe self-made rich can be applauded but they are not the established elite rich. And these days I do not
believe there are any real self-made rich. There are too many established interests in every crack to allow for upstarts to come in
without control. Today is not the 1880s in the USA.

I include politicians in the rich class since you can see what happens in the US Congress. Pelosi makes around $200,000 per year
officially but has amassed something like $100 million. But there is no corruption in the USA...

They still think they can dictate rules and ways of behaviour to Russia... how about a new law in Russia that any trade with any company or airline or business that comes from a country that has ever imposed sanctions on Russia or Russians should pay triple the fees any other company would pay for the same services and access...

That would create a fund where businesses or Russians who have suffered under those sanctions can get compensation...

But more likely it will just deter cooperation and trade with countries who use sanctions as weapons.

It's really something (words can't describe) how utterly ridiculous and out of touch with reality the Euro and American beaurocrats are regarding Russia.

They are ridiculous not only regarding Russian matters but as a whole.
And a whole world is watching that wth popcorn open.

Russia and Iran plan a gold-backed stablecoin, while Brazil and Argentina seek a shared currency. A new BRICS reserve currency. Here are 5 rising threats to the dollar's dominance of global trade.


https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/dollar-dominance-russia-china-india-brazil-oil-trade-reserve-currency-2023-1

Yup.
Supported by the intermodal transport corridor via Caspian to the Indian Ocean, as one more alternative.
All of them out of a reach of the Anglosaxons.
That will hurt.

Connected their banks via Russia´s version of SWIFT.

@Alamo and why Azerbaijan embassy in Teheran was attacked what a strange coincidence..

@Hole


January 30, 202312:12 PM GMT+1Last Updated 2 days ago
Iran, Russia link banking systems amid Western sanction

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/iran-russia-link-banking-systems-amid-western-sanction-2023-01-30/

Gazprom is going to replace the Mitsubishi large output turbines it was going to use for its LNG plant near Ust Luga in the Gulf of Finland.
It will go with the GTD-110M recently put into serial production by UEC-Saturn.

Mitsubishi stopped the sale because of sanctions. This has introduced a one year delay of the Gazprom project. The delicious part
is that this screws over U-rope which has been buying Russian LNG after killing cheaper pipeline supplies. What a collection of
losers.

US announces first transfer of seized Russian assets to Kiev

US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Friday the first transfer of assets, confiscated as part of anti-Russia sanctions, to Ukraine to pay for the country’s reconstruction.

The measure affects $5.4 million expropriated from Russian businessman Konstantin Malofeyev on charges of sanctions evasion, according to the top official.

“With my authorization today, forfeited funds will next be transferred to the State Department to support the people of Ukraine,” Garland said, adding that the funds were confiscated following an indictment against Malofeyev, issued last April.

Earlier this week, a federal court in New York allowed prosecutors to confiscate $5.4 million belonging to Malofeyev, paving the way for the funds to be used to help rebuild Ukraine.

In June, millions were seized from a US bank account belonging to Malofeyev, against whom the US Treasury Department announced sanctions in April “for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly” the Russian government.

The businessman, who owns Russian Orthodox Christian channel Tsargrad TV, has been on the US sanctions list since 2014. Malofeyev previously claimed that he had no holdings in the West since then.

In December, US President Joe Biden signed legislation allowing the Department of Justice to transfer some forfeited assets to the State Department to aid Ukraine. US law restricts how the government can use such assets.

https://www.rt.com/business/570949-us-russia-assets-ukraine/

Congratulations to Konstantin Malofeyev for being the first generous donator among thousands of "Russian oligarchs" giving away their hard earned/swindled money to needy Oligarchs in the Ukraine, Europe and the United States.

More will follow, with a loud applaud of Russians
And symmetric assets left in Russia will be nationalized in 3...2...1...

In case ou have missed that : some 500 pcs of immobilies owned by the Ukro oligarhs were just nationalized in the Crimea by a local parliament decree.

All will go for sell.

And all the cash will be spent on the armed forces.

Please, please steal more of the oligarch's money - Russkie will chant and make a shashliks on live fire in thanksgiving

Well, the Americans claim they confiscated some money. But they claim stuff the whole time.
Propably just a show for the public.
Even if they found some change the money will stay in the US to pay the debt of 404. Those weapons send to the Ukros aren´t cheap.

A case is that mysterious "Russian $300bln frozen" seems a fraud.
Nobody can show that money.
I guess that Nabulina made a much better job than even the most pro considered hiding it.
... on the other hand, there are two sources of cash clearly visible.
1. oligarchs
2. western companies left in Russia

Oh my oh my, let's trade

Even if it is just a claim for internal advertising in the US, it is a good precedent to justify further nationalisation of foreign property in Russia.

And that will not be Russia's responsibility.
I bet that soon no-one will risk anymore keeping money or property in the US.

Also the future of new york as one of the finance capitals of the world is at risk.

Well, I am not even sure that, by the end of the decades, the US still exists in their current borders.

... oh bro, it is much more than that ...
It is a clear sign for every_single_wolds_oligarch that he must reconsider how he will accumulate hi wealth.
Because nothing - principally nothing you have abroad is safe.
Anglosaxons just blew up the whole system established for the last 60 years or so ...
Good job!

All this yanqui outright stealing will demonstrate to the whole world that it is no longer safe to keep currency deposits in Yanquiland and that the global financial world is in a shambles!

This sets such a horrific precident. Our politicians arent even pretending anymore. Banditry. How can we be trusted ever again? All pretence of peer to peer alliances to America are gone for at least a generation. Criminals.

But the Amazing thing is that the money they are stealing is being stolen from A holes that pretty much ripped off Russians and are hiding it overseas from the Russians they earned their money.

Would be like someone winning a 50 million dollar lottery in the US and keeping all the money in a Chinese bank and then the Chinese bank stealing it from them... why would your average American give a damn about that guy and the money he has lost?

Didn't want to pay American taxes?

Wanted to spend your money in China instead of America?

Who cares that you lost that money you rich bastard...

In the west the rich are now eating each other...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwrBGge8g3I

(video only in Russian).

Kamaz increased production in 2022 compared to 2021 and has assimilated western components instead of reducing production.
This includes Cummins engines and ZTF transmissions. It is now making these parts under its own brand without any license and
royalties on its own production lines.

The cunning planners in NATzO clearly had no concept of industrial reality in Russia. These idiots must have assumed that Russia
shipped in the parts from abroad and had no localized production. Maybe the morons expected Russia to worry about licenses and
royalties.

KAMAZ assembled the first K5 truck in a new version, 02.06.2023.4

The first updated KAMAZ-54901 mainline tractor was assembled at the KAMAZ automobile plant. The release of this version of K5 will not depend on the supply of components from unfriendly countries.

During 2022, the company's specialists worked on the localization of imported components, a lot of work was done with alternative Russian suppliers and suppliers from friendly countries before KAMAZ started assembling sanctions-resistant K5 generation trucks. In February, more than 70 KAMAZ-54901 vehicles will be assembled at the automobile plant using components localized in Russia and friendly countries.

The first updated KAMAZ-54901 mainline tractor was assembled on a conveyor in the general flow. Despite the consequences of sanctions pressure (the cessation of supplies of components from a number of countries), last year 150 cars with the index 54901 rolled off the line every month - auto components from warehouse stocks were used in their production.
The new version of the tractor has improved technical characteristics. The car is equipped with modified cooling systems, neutralization, electrical equipment, on-board information system, cab suspension and all heavy trucks. On the new K5 car, the automatic transmission, drive axle, pneumatic system, and other components have been replaced. In addition, the updated model has improved ride smoothness and reduced fuel consumption. An additional soundproofing layer is also provided on the cab doors - it will provide more comfortable conditions for the driver.

After leaving the main conveyor, the car was inspected by specialists from the quality department of KAMAZ in accordance with the duty procedure. After the elimination of the identified comments, the car will be sent to the Scientific and Technical Center of the company, where its components and assemblies will undergo a series of tests. The certification of the updated model will be followed by its serial assembly.

https://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/150095/

Good looking truck

Hmm and what do we have here?

A backdoor way for EU companies to re-enter the Russian market through Switzerland which has switched on pretend-neutrality again?
Because I can't imagine its Switzerland's own genuine initiative going against the policies of all 3 of their major neighbors; France, Germany and Italy, without even having been challenged.



Can't see anyone in Moscow being fooled by that, and I'm not sure what kind of reception European multinationals are hoping for in Russia either; those that have exited earlier at the moment of truth at least.

I mean sure, if they want to sell Swiss watches in Russian malls, invest in real-estate and reopen some fast food chains - then I don't see the harm in that. It's a free market.
But they won't ever be turned to for anything sensitive or strategic; such as trains or turbines, or be included in any industrial supply chains ever again. And where Russia is still dependent on their companies for that; it will find a domestic or Asian substitute for as soon as possible.