Germany would be a flawless democracy according to Moscow pattern, then it would most certainly say something about a “special operation” and a “peacekeeping force” to take on this Russian cause in Ukraine. A “Ministry of Truth” would see to it that no inaccuracies, and certainly no lies, creep into the text.
But in this country we are dealing with a democracy of the purest water. And so it says here at this point: The call for tougher sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s war machine is getting louder as its soldiers leave Mariupol’s 400,000 people suffering without electricity, heat and food, surround other cities, attack nuclear power plants and drive 1.5 million Ukrainians from their homes.
In this country without a dictator of truth, it may also be published that thousands in Moscow and elsewhere in the Putin state are protesting against the “special operation” war, even if ARD, ZDF, BBC, CNN and Bloomberg can no longer say this in Russia and it is logical there stopped their journalistic work.
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It is bizarre that with the attack on Ukraine Putin also declared war on the freedom model of the West Business model with the West but essentially continues as before.
In February he collected more than 200 million euros day after day for his gas deliveries to Europe alone. Gas money is blood money. Our sanctions, which are being trumpeted around the world, are omitting the very largest Russian financial institutions, Sberbank and Gazprombank, through which all the objectionable energy-money transactions are conducted. “We have to stop Russia’s gas and oil business now,” demands the outraged CDU foreign politician Norbert Röttgen.
While the juggernaut Gazprom, which has bought its way deep into the German energy industry, continues to earn money, the advises After all, the US government and its European allies on an import ban for Russian oil. “We are now speaking with our European partners and allies to examine in a coordinated manner the prospect of a ban on Russian oil imports,” said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Building services boss Michael Wisser demands in the end: “Stop doing business with Russia!” Dutch Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag is also putting pressure on in the Handelsblatt interview: “The Netherlands is open to banning more banks from Swift. But we accept the reluctance of other EU countries, which are much more dependent on importing Russian gas.”
The self-confidence of the left-liberals has its roots in the Groningen region: the gas field there makes the Netherlands Europe’s third largest gas supplier – after Russia and Norway. At this point we encourage ourselves with the US philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson: “What lies behind us and what lies ahead are tiny things compared to what lies within us.”
If something is modern, it is “hybrid”: work (office and home office), the car (combustion engine and electric), heating (gas and heat pump). This also applies to modern wars, which of course also “Hybrid Wars” are: with weapons, spies, disinformation and cyber attacks. The breakdown of 5,800 wind turbines by the German manufacturer Enercon on the day of the invasion, February 24, is believed to be the work of Russian hackers. The satellite connection is still disrupted.
The West strikes back: with the international hacker collective “Anonymous” and the “IT Army of Ukraine”, which already has 280,000 members. The one who doesn’t fight back is the Federal Office for Information Security.
Rather, it informs that attacks on IT systems are generally prohibited and that willfully overloading websites harbors a “considerable risk potential”. Markus Hartmann from the central and contact point for cybercrime NRW: “I am concerned that hacker attacks will contribute to a further escalation of the conflict.”
Freedom of expression with us means that people who have something to hide are not hidden. People like the shrewd tax lawyer Hanno Berger, who is considered the inventor of the now illegal “Cum-Ex” tax manipulations. After long trials, he was recently extradited from Switzerland to his German homeland and is now being held in the Frankfurt-Preungesheim prison.
Berger will soon be in the dock in Wiesbaden on suspicion of tax evasion and fraud. He faces more than ten years in prison. And now, according to our information, all three of his election defenders have resigned. Hanno Berger is considered resistant to advice – that is a process risk. The accused himself recently saw himself at the mercy of what he suspected of being a conspiracy involving the judiciary, politicians and the media.
And then there is Queen Elizabeth II, 95 whose housing choices electrified the British people and aristocrats from around the world. Because the Queen, who has reigned for 70 years, is giving up Buckingham Palace as her main residence.
The place that we think we know from colorful leaves and “The Crown” and therefore know everything about Michael Fagan, who broke into the property 40 years ago, sneaked up to the queen’s bed and then received psychiatric treatment for six months.
After two years of corona isolation, Elizabeth II is now simply staying at Windsor Castle, around 35 kilometers outside of London. The step is understandable in that Windsor Castle has also given its name to the monarch’s family since 1917. Those who would prefer Buckingham as a senior citizens’ residence can console themselves with a royal quip: “Grief is the price we pay for love.”
I wish you a successful start to a royal week.
It greets you cordially
Her
Hans Jürgen Jakobs
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