“We Are Still Buying Crude Oil from Putin. We Are Wiring Him Money Every Day” – American Billionaire John Catsimatidis: John Catsimatidis, the billionaire owner and CEO of New York City supermarket chain Gristedes, who is also in the oil industry, reacted to U.S. President Biden continuing to buy oil from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Catsimatidis, who is also the CEO of United Refining, told “Cavuto: Coast to Coast,” Friday that America is “being conned,” and “lied to.” “We are still buying crude oil from Putin. We are wiring him money every day from the United States and payment for crude oil going into Boston Harbor. You know, we are being lied to. We are being conned.” President Biden said Thursday that the U.S. is working with other countries on a coordinated oil release from the global petroleum reserve in the coming days in a bid to reduce rising gasoline prices. As we reported and President Trump warned, Germany is dependent on Russian oil. In 2018 during his speech to the UN General Assembly President Donald Trump lodged a warning to Germany about their country’s reliance on Russian energy. The German delegation laughed on camera at the remarks. The Biden gang is making the US dependent upon Russian oil. It’s not necessary. Russian airlines and private jets are banned from European airspace: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, said that the European Union would close its airspace to Russian aircraft in response to the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine, ABC News reported. In a press conference, Von der Leyen said, “We are shutting down the EU airspace for Russians. We are proposing a prohibition on all Russian-owned, Russian-registered, or Russian-controlled aircraft. These aircraft will no more be able to land in, take off, or overfly the territory of the EU.” “So let me be very clear,” she continued, “Our airspace will be closed to every Russian plane, and that includes the private jets of oligarchs too.” Von der Leyen also announced that the European Union would be prohibiting media backed by the Russian government. She said, “The state-owned Russia Today and Sputnik, and their subsidiaries, will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin’s war. We are developing tools to ban their toxic and harmful disinformation in Europe.” https://www.theblaze.com/news/russian-airlines-and-private-jets-are-banned-from-european-airspace The Russian central bank takes steps to stabilize the ruble as it plummets in value: The Bank of Russia is proceeding with emergency measures to stabilize its economy and to prevent the Russian ruble from losing further value. For the first time, the Russian central bank said that it will intervene in the foreign exchange market and expand its Lombard list of securities that it will accept as collateral, Bloomberg reported. The central bank did not mention whether or not it would raise interest rates but it did proceed with agreeing to provide Russian banks with additional liquidity. It is preparing to offer banks 1 trillion rubles — roughly $11.5 billion —in an overnight repo auction. On Saturday, the allied leaders of several Western countries — including the United States — expressed their support for preventing Russia from being able to access and utilize the SWIFT network. The Western leaders agreed to target specific Russian banks for removal from the SWIFT system, to prevent the Russian central bank from manipulating its monetary policy, and to take aggressive steps to sanction and financially punish Russian individuals involved in the invasion of Ukraine. By preventing Russia from using the SWIFT network, the West will effectively isolate them and inhibit them from conducting trade with some of its largest trade partners. :prayer-hands: Just praying 'round the clock. That is all I can do. "They're" definitely up to something lol "They" just showed us that Putin was serious about invading Ukraine. And "they" showed us he did it legally in steps and was backed into a corner and forced to do something with his governments permission. And now "they're" showing us that Putin is unpredictable, could have mental health issues, and that he now has the power and could push the button at any moment now and will do it. So in other words "they" just created a crisis far worse than covid. 
