You got to be kidding! - Ukrainian authorities are planning to do without Russian gas in winter.

You got to be kidding! - Ukrainian authorities are planning to do without Russian gas in winter. (RT) [Googletranslate].


Ukraine does not need gas from Russia will buy it in the winter depending on the weather and hopes to do without him.

This was announced by Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan, reports RIA Novosti.

Update: KIEV, November 5 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine's Naftogaz will purchase gas from Russia's Gazprom only if needed as European companies will continue to be the main suppliers of fuel through the winter, Naftogaz's press service reported Wednesday.

"The conditions of the agreement allow us to purchase Russian gas to balance the system during peak consumption. For example, we see that Ukrainian consumers are using more gas than all of our other resources can provide [Ukraine's own extractions, EU imports, underground storage facilities] and we need additional gas. Then we will use our right to purchase gas from Gazprom. European companies will remain the main deliverer of import gas to Ukraine," the press service quoted Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolev as saying.

 Hmmm....Okay, Ukraine will start stealing gas designated for Europe and all Hell will break loose ....as i warned for months. And they predict a very cold Winter .

Submerged Russian nuclear sub test-fires successfully strategic Sineva missile.

                                              September 2012

Submerged Russian nuclear sub test-fires successfully strategic Sineva missile. (RT).

The missile was launched on Wednesday from a submarine beneath the Barents Sea. Its multiple warheads arrived at the Kura rocket test range in the Far-Eastern island of Kamchatka. (Distance 5.000km).

It was the third test of a strategic submarine-launched missile Russia conducted this year. In September and again in October two Bulava missile launches were conducted.

The Tula is one of seven submarines of the Delta IV class (or Delfin in Russian disambiguation) currently in service in Russia’s Northern Fleet.

The class is the current backbone of the naval component of the Russian nuclear deterrence. The newer Bulava-carrying Borey-class submarines are to gradually replace them after 2020.


Sineva missiles have long been considered a rival of the Bulava, which eventually took over as the designated strategic nuclear weapon of the Russian Navy. The solid-propellant Bulava is simpler in operation than the liquid-propellant Sineva, allowing for less bulky and quieter storage and launch equipment to be on board.


In addition to the latest tests of SLBMs, Russia tested a silo-based Topol-M missile last week. Hmmm.....Someone is ready for a fight.

Video of the launch here.