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Finland refused the contract with Rosatom for the construction of a nuclear power plant
The Finnish design company Fennovoima terminated the contract with Rosatom for the construction of the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power plant in Finland.

"Fennovoima terminated the contract for the supply of the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power plant with Rosatom ," the Finnish company said in a statement.

This means that cooperation with the RAOS project is terminated with immediate effect, as well as design and licensing work, work at the Hanhikivi-1 site with Rosatom, the report says.

"The decision to terminate the EPC contract with RAOS Project (a legal entity of Rosatom in Finland ) was not an easy one. There are significant complexities in such a large project and decisions are made only after careful consideration. We are fully aware of the negative impact and are doing our best to mitigate him," Esa Härmälä, Chairman of the Board of Fennovoima, is quoted in the message.

"There have been significant and growing delays in recent years," the statement said, and events in Ukraine have exacerbated the risks to the project. "RAOS failed to mitigate any of the risks," says the Finnish company.


The Hanhikivi-1 project provided for the construction of a single-unit nuclear power plant based on a modern Russian-designed VVER-1200 generation 3+ reactor with a capacity of 1200 megawatts. The Finnish design company Fennovoima Oy is the customer, owner and operator of the future nuclear power plant. The general supplier of the Hanhikivi-1 NPP is RAOS Project (part of Rosatom).

To date, the project is at the stage of licensing and preparatory work at the NPP construction site.

Финляндия отказалась от контракта с "Росатомом" на строительство АЭС

Финская проектная компания Fennovoima расторгла контракт с "Росатомом" на строительство АЭС "Ханхикиви-1" в Финляндии. РИА Новости, 02.05.2022

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[schuylaar]

I deny them my natural gas.

Good God man!..i never thought of that! They might have some sort of collection center where comrades disappear to.

 

[schuylaar]

it's offical Lavrov is an idiot:

Israeli Foreign Minister Lapid: "Foreign Minister Lavrov's remarks are both an unforgivable and scandalous statement and a terrible historical error. The Jews did not murder themselves in the Holocaust. The lowest level of racism against the Jews is to accuse the Jews themselves of anti-Semitism"

Israeli FM Yair Lapid rails against Russian FM Lavrov's claim Hitler had "Jewish blood." "His remarks were unforgivable and ludicrous, and a grave historical inaccuracy. The Jews did not murder themselves in the Holocaust"

above is livemap...

Bellow is CNN

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said over the weekend that Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler had “Jewish blood,” prompting a furious response from Israel on Monday.


Lavrov made the comments on Italian television on Sunday, repeating Russia’s claim that its invasion of Ukraine is to “de-Nazify” the country.

He shrugged off the fact that Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is Jewish.


Israel’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian Ambassador to Israel on Monday over Lavrov’s remarks.

Dani Dayan, who chairs the Yad Vashem Holocaust remembrance site in Israel, said it was “completely unfounded” to say Hitler was of Jewish descent.

And he slammed Russia’s labelling of Ukrainians as Nazis.


Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said the remarks made by his Russian counterpart were "heinous."


SMH

About time!.they fucking scream the loudest over everything..please tell me the Israelis are afraid of Putin? Considering they have the balls to be bullys and throw Palestinians out of their homes?

 

[BudmanTX]

About time!.they fucking scream the loudest over everything..please tell me the Israelis are afraid of Putin? Considering they have the balls to be bullys and throw Palestinians out of their homes?

to my knowledge Isrealis aren't afraid of Putin....look what happening in Russian back Syria(tbh i haven't paying close attention to that civil war), and yeah i'm not happy about the plight of the Palestinian some days i wish they could live in peace as they did in the past, but no.....this asshat had to start shit right off the bat

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

I deny them my natural gas.

i won't deny it, but you have to pay for it in rubles

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

This thread just keeps on going!

Cool!

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then about the 7th would be a great date for a major Ukrainian offensive, to take back as many of those towns as possible, and then televise the removal, desecration, and burning of those flags...beam it full strength to as many russian receivers as humanly possible.
let them know they aren't winning, and they have nothing to celebrate, except the deaths of more of their sons.

 

[HGCC]

Italy open to pay temporarily for Russian gas with rubles
Roberto Cingolani, Italy’s green transition minister, wants a transition where utilities could pay in Russian currency without violating sanctions.

European energy companies should provisionally be allowed to comply with Russian demands to pay for gas in rubles, said Roberto Cingolani, the Italian minister in charge of energy security.

“I think it would be good for a few months, at least, to allow companies to go ahead and pay in rubles, while we understand the legal framework and implications," he told POLITICO, adding that he wants “a speedy and very clear pronouncement from the European Commission” confirming that oil and gas companies can pay in rubles for the time being.

In the meantime, Rome is preparing for a possible cutoff of Russian gas with measures to save energy, and even keep coal-fired plants operating longer.

The Kremlin has demanded energy companies from “hostile countries”— which include all EU members — pay for gas in rubles in an effort to prop up the value of the Russian currency.

Companies are supposed to open euro and ruble accounts with Russia's Gazprombank, and the Russians would only consider the gas payment complete once the rubles have been deposited.

The European Commission has warned companies not to open ruble-denominated accounts, saying doing so would breach sanctions levied against Russia for invading Ukraine. Its guidance says utilities can pay in euros — and that such a payment would be considered final under existing contracts — and then Russia can convert them later into rubles.

For now the Kremlin insists that companies abide by its scheme. Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria last week after they refused to abide by Moscow's demand.

But Cingolani, Italy’s minister for the green transition, said it could take months to have a full understanding of the legal implications, leaving oil and gas companies in a bind.

“I believe oil and gas companies cannot risk paying and then being accused of having broken sanctions, but at the same time they cannot risk ... not paying in rubles,” he said ahead of Monday's crisis talks of EU energy ministers in Brussels. “These are long-term contracts, the costs would be extremely high.”

His proposed workaround is similar to the Commission's. The EU energy company would regard the euro payment as the final transaction while Russia could instead consider the ruble payment after conversion. But he acknowledged such an approach might be “optimistic.”

“In this process there are gray areas, which could constitute a breach of sanctions. However you do it there is a problem.”

Italy asks Commission to clarify rubles-for-gas rules

Roberto Cingolani, Italy’s green transition minister, wants a transition where utilities could pay in Russian currency without violating sanctions.

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They should pay in bitcoins.

 

[JamieThePainter]

Nothing gets the world on your side like blaming the Jews for the Holocaust. Smooth diplomacy, Mr Lavrov.


Disclaimer: sarcasm.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

A disproportionate number of those loses have been combat infantry troops and officers, he started out with around 80K infantry, the rest being tanks, logistics, air defense, etc. Because the Russians are attacking in the face of a steady supply of new weapons and ammo using idiotic tactics, I expect their losses to be very high in the next couple of weeks. When they get to 30% ineffective, they are fucked and will withdraw or collapse.
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UK: More than 16% of Russia’s ground combat strength has been rendered ineffective

 

[Fogdog]

I have nothing for you, brother. Sorry.

So, you say winning is meeting objectives.

What were Putin's objectives when he invaded Ukraine? Has he met them?

Why did he retreat from Kyiv? Is that winning?

 

[Callisto405]

A disproportionate number of those loses have been combat infantry troops and officers, he started out with around 80K infantry, the rest being tanks, logistics, air defense, etc. Because the Russians are attacking in the face of a steady supply of new weapons and ammo using idiotic tactics, I expect their losses to be very high in the next couple of weeks. When they get to 30% ineffective, they are fucked and will withdraw or collapse.
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UK: More than 16% of Russia’s ground combat strength has been rendered ineffective

Very interesting, if that happens Putin will have his back against the wall and Putin will not accept defeat against a smaller country like Ukraine. At that point Putin could use a tactical nuke against Ukraine basically starting ww3

 

[Fogdog]

This thread just keeps on going!

Cool!

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Two months in, 25,000 dead Russian kids who were pressed into the military with more on the way to the grave The Russian army retreated after their first offensive effort failed. Putin changed his objective from overrunning Ukraine and forcing regime change to occupying the Donbas region. Now they are stalling out and it appears they can't do that either. And Putin wants a parade.

More winning @Mirtaz ?

 

[Fogdog]

Very interesting, if that happens Putin will have his back against the wall and Putin will not accept defeat against a smaller country like Ukraine. At that point Putin could use a tactical nuke against Ukraine basically starting ww3

loose speculation.

 

[captainmorgan]

Will he survive the surgery of die of some unusual complication, like falling out a window while under anesthesia.

Putin to undergo cancer surgery, transfer power to ex-FSB chief: report

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to undergo cancer surgery and temporarily hand over power to a hardliner former federal police chief.

nypost.com

 

[BudmanTX]

A disproportionate number of those loses have been combat infantry troops and officers, he started out with around 80K infantry, the rest being tanks, logistics, air defense, etc. Because the Russians are attacking in the face of a steady supply of new weapons and ammo using idiotic tactics, I expect their losses to be very high in the next couple of weeks. When they get to 30% ineffective, they are fucked and will withdraw or collapse.
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UK: More than 16% of Russia’s ground combat strength has been rendered ineffective

i've seen that number just a tad higher....like up to 25%

 

[BudmanTX]

i'm guessing this is more winning too.......

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1521021192718757893

bye bye.....say hello to Moscow for us

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

Very interesting, if that happens Putin will have his back against the wall and Putin will not accept defeat against a smaller country like Ukraine. At that point Putin could use a tactical nuke against Ukraine basically starting ww3

i think NATO would respond to that with conventional weapons attacks, probably based from Poland, which would seal putin and russia's fate. they would be forced to escalate or surrender, and if they even showed signs of escalation, NATO would start with the tactical nukes on all their known missile sites, and i'm pretty sure we know about the vast majority of them. their subs are a joke, and are trailed by hunter/killer subs from more than one nation. they might get one round of, maybe...
it wouldn't be pretty, but it would be a final solution to the problem of an expansionist dictator with nuclear weapons.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Will he survive the surgery of die of some unusual complication, like falling out a window while under anesthesia.

Putin to undergo cancer surgery, transfer power to ex-FSB chief: report

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to undergo cancer surgery and temporarily hand over power to a hardliner former federal police chief.

nypost.com

“General SVR” has been reporting on Putin’s supposed oncology diagnosis since at least November 2020, claiming that the Russian dictator suffers from bowel cancer."

Sounds like he had it for awhile and from the reports and looks of him, I'd say he has six months before he's too sick to continue. That's provided he survives surgery and the new guy doesn't do him in for fucking Russia and blundering so badly. Another year and he should be in Hell, if there is one, or just a bad memory at least.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

“General SVR” has been reporting on Putin’s supposed oncology diagnosis since at least November 2020, claiming that the Russian dictator suffers from bowel cancer."

Sounds like he had it for awhile and from the reports and looks of him, I'd say he has six months before he's too sick to continue. That's provided he survives surgery and the new guy doesn't do him in for fucking Russia and blundering so badly. Another year and he should be in Hell, if there is one, or just a bad memory at least.

we can cross our fingers....is it bad to pray for a monster to die? is it a waste of time? in this case, i'll waste the time.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

we can cross our fingers....is it bad to pray for a monster to die? is it a waste of time? in this case, i'll waste the time.

If the reports are true, he will either die of bowel cancer or being fucked to death by Ukraine. The added stress he's been under lately ain't helping his condition and he has to make more public appearances. Being paranoid about covid makes sense too, since he is probably immunocompromised, but I'll bet he's boosted near into orbit with western vaccines! He looks sick to me and basically bed ridden and it will be worse when he gets out of surgery, cognitive decline is also another consequence of all this shit and that might explain a few things too.