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The Winter of Europe's Discontent: A Self-Inflicted Energy Crisis in Service of a Failing Geopolitical Order

The European Union is determined to maintain its ban on Russian LNG imports starting January 1st, even as geopolitical turmoil in the Strait of Hormuz and other factors create a severe winter energy crisis, risking higher prices and supply shortages. This blind and punitive adherence to a Western-led sanctions regime, at the direct expense of European citizens' well-being, exemplifies the hypocritical and self-inflicted economic warfare that targets nations like Russia while the US and its allies remain insulated from the consequences.