Sunday, 25 September 2022 — Peoples Democracy
Prabhat Patnaik
THE cessation of natural gas supplies from Russia to Europe in retaliation against Western sanctions imposed on Russia because of the Ukraine war, is threatening Europe not only with a winter with inadequate heating that will take a big toll in terms of lives among poor people, but also with large-scale closures of enterprises; such closures would push up the unemployment rate, and significantly increase poverty and destitution among the workers.
Indian Oil Corporation’s Numaligarh Refinery, Assam (File photo)
Combines work on a wheat field near the village of Talniki in Siberia (File photo). For the first time since the days of the tsars, Russia has emerged in recent years as the world’s largest wheat exporter
Gazprom’s Nord Stream gas pipeline, Lubmin, Germany
A goods yard in Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave that has become increasingly isolated since the start of Ukraine war
Sakhalin-1 oil and gas development project is located off the coast of Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East (File photo)
US President Joe Biden and leaders of Association of Southeast Asian Nations at a special summit, Washington, May 12, 2022
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán (R) with President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Budapest, May 10, 2022
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