To Michael Savage (part 150)

Doc,

Today, June 16th, at 10 am deadline Russian Federation switched off the gas pipe to Ukraine and put it on prepaid regime (as they say in Russian). No money - no gas. It doesn't mean that Ukraine is suffering now, because they have stored some (they say enough until the end of the year) and Russia is supplying the amount which suppose to reach to Europe which goes through UA and they can "use" or "steal" (the latter is called by Russians) and survive.
To me, it's just fair. Should be done from January 1st, because of 2 months of none payment for last year, which was about $2 Billion. Who gives who a gift like that? There was no Crimea issue then, Crimea got into Russia in March 18th only. Stealing gas had been a chronic grievance of Russia against Every and each Ukrainian government, no matter the relationship between the two.
Don't know how exactly this can effect the rest of Europe, which gets the gas through UA's pipeline, if they continue and even escalate stealing out of spite.
I can explain how all this evolved from reading and watching all 3 sides of equation- EU, RF and UA. I'm sure USA is in background whispering.
I'd call it a "gas whisperer."
After 8 rounds of negotiations with participation of EU energy commissioner and $100 discounted price for each 1,000 cubic meter offered by RF, gas talks between RF and UA fell through.
Only for last year UA owe RF $1.9 Billion. All together it's about $4.5 B and getting worse by the day. For western Europe the price is $486 for 1,000 c.m. gas. IMF agreed to pay $386 for UA. But UA wanted to go down to $326. When RF was giving them special insider price of $286, UA wasn't even paying that. It was busy with coup and creating a civil war just to lean toward west Europe and use its money. RF said, "if you're becoming whatever it is you wish, but it can hurt our economy, then pay market price. More over UA's "western" puppet masters want to pay the price of $386. So, what's seems to be the problem?

Look what is going on in Ukraine. Powerful shelling from the air, bombardments, more dead, more wounded and more refugees are arriving in neighboring Russia.
At www.1tv.ru/news/world/261113 you can see people who hardly survived with their kids and found shelter in Russia getting help from strangers. There are social sites opened on internet and some private individuals keeping manual notes to match refugees with volunteer host families.
The way Ukrainian authorities are sending more and more armed men and intensifying the killings, authorities in RF are only expecting and preparing for more steams of refugees.
See it at www.1tv.ru/news/world/261114.
In the town of Kramatorsk 10 local residents are dead, 10 wounded, electricity station, a factory, a hospital and a church was bombed, alongside with lots of homes. The head of the defense forces was saying that yesterday was the worst day of military attacks and Kiev military everyday is advancing 10-15 km into the town they call "none- abiding."
www.ntv.ru/novosti/1047316/video/. Look at it! It appears Euro and almighty $ are doing their "wonderful" work of spreading "democracy." Real bloody-red democracy.
Oh, yeah! Look at this, my heart hurts from this. In Slovsansk there are pets who owners couldn't take with them and are browsing the streets. One 73 y old lady is saying that she won't leave and is ready to die there, while waiting to get a water in container. Also there is no electricity. She says the Kiev thugs after bombing put mines around electric station of town, so no-one can get into it to fix. Check it at www.ntv.ru/novosti/1047316. Maybe this is the way the new President of UA understands meaning of "negotiation" and peace. 3 words will do it for him; burn, kill, destroy. The rest of empty ruins with only animals still browsing will be very easy to manage.
Journalists of Zvezda TV Channel are showing their bruises - the results of psychical abuse.
www.ntv.ru/novosti/1047616/video/.
New President of UA also said that they don't want to continue the economic ties with RF in the sphere of defense (UA is making motors of plans/helicopters) and in his Twitter post, deputy PM Rogozin said "it's late, by the 10th of June we already arranged to import those products."
ria.ru/world/20140617/1012290219.html 
Mouthpiece J. Psaki confuses Iran and Iraq.
RT.com/usa/166344-psaki-ukrainian-fm-defense/.

At the same time to the messy place of Middle East p.tus wants to sent 300 "professionals" to "consult."

So long.