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The situation in eastern Ukraine is one thing above all: opaque. In the podcast “important today”, Michel Abdollahi gives a condensed overview in episode #218. What does this crisis mean politically and how does it affect heating and electricity bills?
Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the world in a one-hour speech on Monday evening. The dramatic monologue makes us expect a lot, at the end it announces the recognition of the “People’s Republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk. Since then, events have escalated: All government representatives condemn the behavior, decide on sanctions, Chancellor Olaf Scholz even stops the approval of the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline for the time being, only so that a few hours later the Russian upper house approves the invasion of the republics.
When it comes to “important today”, moderator Michel Abdollahi wants to shed some light on the situation and classifies it with experts and people on site. What is going on in Ukraine, what does this crisis mean politically and how are the economic sanctions actually affecting consumers?
“We don’t need this pipeline anyway, it’s economically unprofitable”
star-Reporter Bettina Sengling reports on the background to the conflict: “The separatist areas have not been controlled by Ukraine since 2014. They pay in rubles, which Russia has gradually annexed […] and controls this state completely.” So the formal recognition of the republics seems to be consistent above all. Bettina Sengling finds it difficult to answer the question of how things could continue in this new level of escalation: “You know what Russia really has in mind not. […] The greatest danger is for the people living on the border between the separatist areas and Ukraine.”
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Podcast “important today”
Sure, opinionated, on the 12: “important today” is not just a news podcast. We set topics and initiate debates – with attitude and sometimes uncomfortable. Host Michel Abdollahi and his team speak out for this star– and RTL reporters with the most exciting people from politics, society and entertainment. They let all voices have their say, both the quiet and the loud. Anyone who hears “important today” starts the day well-informed and can have a well-founded say.
And Nord Stream 2? Has now been stopped, at least for the time being, after all members of the federal government did not even mention the term for weeks. Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck declared on Tuesday that the energy prices will probably continue to rise for the time being as a result of the crisis. The energy economist and economist Prof. Claudia Kemfert sees it similarly, who is therefore calling on the federal government to focus more on renewable energies: “We don’t need this pipeline anyway, it’s economically unprofitable and harmful to the climate and geopolitics. We have to get off the gas.”
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