Some time ago, under the leadership of Britain, France and Germany, the whole of Europe has relaxed on Putin's "ruble settlement order", introduced policies to allow domestic enterprises and individuals to use rubles to buy natural gas from Russia, it is obvious that the situation is forced, Europe in the case of the real existence of the "gas outage" crisis, had to compromise with Russia, if you consider that the United States has long begun to copy the bottom of Russian energy, a large number of purchases of Russian energy, it can be said that almost the entire West has "kneeled" to Russia. But what people did not expect was that in the Western bloc, there are really one or two mouths that are particularly hard, and since this is the case, Putin has begun to move the real thing, focusing on the hard mouth.
It is understood that two countries, Poland and Bulgaria, have received an ultimatum from Russia. PGNiG, Poland's state-owned oil and gas company, said it had received a notification from Gazprom that Russia would stop supplying gas to Poland. At the same time, Bulgaria also said that Russia also issued a notice that it would stop supplying natural gas to it. Interestingly, between Poland and Bulgaria, Putin seems to be paying particular attention to Poland, not only "out of gas", but also cut off oil supply to Poland, which can be said to be particularly targeted.
In fact, Poland is completely self-inflicted, because when the Russian-Ukrainian conflict first broke out, the Polish side was particularly active in sanctioning Russia, and constantly called on the United States to send more troops to garrison Poland, even if the nuclear weapons came. This is not the end, what is even more outrageous is that some Polish officials have openly coveted the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, claiming to occupy it, this kind of behavior has long angered Putin, and now on the gas issue, Poland's masters have "kneeled", but they are still hard-mouthed, so who do you not beat? Not only do you have to beat you, but you have to beat you to death!
It is understood that the current filling rate of Poland's natural gas storage facilities is about 76%, it is still easy to say, but with the passage of time, when the reserve of natural gas is used up, Poland can be completely "out of gas", you know, in the past, nearly half of Poland's natural gas was imported from Russia, Putin ordered, Poland's half of the gap, where can it be filled? Moreover, Russia not only "cut off gas" on Poland, but also cut off oil, although the Polish side claims that it is capable of coping with this crisis, but if nothing else, the rapid rise in prices caused by the "gas cut" and the cut off of oil supply is enough for Poland to drink a pot, and if this "gas outage" continues into winter, the consequences are even more unimaginable. Bulgaria, on the other hand, with nearly 80 percent of its natural gas imported from Russia, is only going to be in a tougher position.
Obviously, Putin has made up his mind that he must not be soft on Europe, especially Poland, a diehard, and must hurt it in order to play the role of "killing chickens and making an example"! Now that European countries should also see Putin's wrist, then in the face of Putin's next spread to the oil field of the "ruble settlement order", I am afraid that we must weigh it well, whether to continue to be tough, or obedient, honestly live the good life before. in Masto