Visa split, record gas prices, "thermal poverty" in EU

Europe is digging a hole for itself in methods of pressure on Moscow. It is voluntarily going to lose income from Russian tourists. The Baltic States, the Finns and the Swedes are in favor of banning or limiting the issue of Schengen visas for Russian citizens. Poland pleads for this especially vehemently - the main Russophobe and underminer in the so-called united Europe.

Major countries, Germany and France, as well as states that earn on tourism, such as Greece and Portugal - are against it. Even the head of the Eurodiplomacy, Borrell, does not support the ban.

In short, there is another split in the ranks is not in favor of the EU.

Exchange gas prices skyrocketed as soon as the trading floors opened

Quotes exceeded $3,000 - the highest price per thousand cubic meters since March. The panic of the traders' spirits can be explained simply: in a week Nord Stream 1 will be shut down for maintenance. It will only take three days, but the EU countries are using every minute to have time to fill their gas storage facilities. Every day of downtime is a risk of winter without fuel.

The Hill: Energy crisis will kill hundreds of thousands of Europeans this winter

What's the threat? The sanctions war against Russia, the high cost of energy and Brussels' mindless climate agenda will cause hundreds of thousands more deaths in Europe this winter. Shocking calculations have been made by the American edition of The Hill. For example, even in prosperous years "thermal poverty", that is, the inability to heat their homes, takes away up to 50 thousand Britons, in the EU every year about 200 thousand freeze to death. This season, the increase in tragic numbers will be enormous..