Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Not for lack of metal, but lack of affordable metal.

Look at the amount of all sorts of precious and common metals that russia supplied to worldwide markets - now imagine what happens to a market when one of the biggest providers is suddenly locked out? Although to date, not all russian metal products have been sanctioned, because we are so reliant on them as a worldwide supplier. US is still buying titanium by the bucket load, aluminium and certain types of steel are as of right now, unsanctioned. Will it remain that way? Who knows

If we are not to trust reliance on russian gas, then reliance on russian metals should surely be treated the same way too

Ukraine will just fly Kamikazi drones into them.

I hope Polands PM is suitably enraged, he might do something sensible, in the heat of the moment.

The insanity continues:

Russian authorities have again adjusted the domestic continuing airworthiness procedures to help operators cope with sanctions.

The Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) has formally given approval to aircraft cannibalization, meaning that parts from grounded airframes can be re-installed on in-service aircraft.

The legislative amendments were approved Dec. 26, 2022, although the provisions related directly to cannibalization remain classified. Citing sources from Russian airlines, Moscow-based newspaper Izvestia reported that a part taken from a grounded aircraft should be tested in order to receive airworthiness approval tags, and then tested again after being installed on a different aircraft.

Rosaviatsia is now allowing the installation of non-original spare parts on Russian-operated foreign-made commercial aircraft, without seeking approval from the type-certificate holders.

The new provisions mark another step in the reorganization of the country’s continued airworthiness standards, moving it further away from Western norms. 

For decades, Western-made commercial aircraft operated in Russia have been registered in foreign jurisdictions, mostly Bermuda and Ireland. The airworthiness maintenance of the aircraft was regulated by the authorities in those countries.

The situation changed in March 2022 when Western countries banned aircraft deliveries and services to Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, which began Feb. 24. In response, the Kremlin transferred about 600 Western-made aircraft to the local registry, entrusting Rosaviatsia to take care of their continued airworthiness.

The agency automatically extended the airworthiness certificates of these aircraft until the end of 2022. It also expanded the list of Russian MRO providers which could maintain and repair Western-made jets to replace suspended EASA and Bermuda Part 145 certificates. 

Russian carriers appear to have found alternative ways to obtain aircraft spare parts, while Rosaviatsia allowed the installation of parts approved by two dozen foreign authorities, including FAA and EASA, as well as Aruba, Brazil, Bermuda, Canada, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, the UAE, the UK and Uzbekistan.

From September to December 2022, Rosaviatsia inspected 90% of the Russian-operated aircraft that were previously registered abroad to prolong their airworthiness certificates for another term.

How long can they keep this up for? Those aircraft (that they stole from leasors!) would only be able to fly internally only. They haven`t a hope of getting parts (power generation equipment etc) as these are made repaired by western companies (I work for 1 such company). It really makes no sense and one of the most stupid moves ever made.

In nearly all European countries bar Poland and a small part of Germany, it is geology that is stopping fracking.

If European countries elected parties whose sole aim was to frack and the ECB wrote cheques to fund it, it would still not create a fracking industry in Europe that was anything but a minnow. Geology is bigger than politics.

I have zero problems with fracking.

Maybe some but they haven`t a hope with some of the technologies.

Those Germans are unbelievable. They are saying they are not opposed to supplying tanks but want others to do so also?

How stupid do they think we are? Poland is willing, but is being blocked by Germany. So this bleep thinks we can't see the nonsense of this chicken or the egg rubbish they are pulling?

So because they are blocking others from supplying tanks, they can cite a lack of other countries supplying tanks as justification for them not doing so?

They don't just support Orcs they have turned into them. This insane logic could have come straight from that piece of filth, Lavrov.

A Ukrainian political scientist believes Putin contacted Scholz early in the new year and successfully threatened him.

Call their bluff?

https://global.espreso.tv/us-congress-calls-for-abrams-tank-to-be-sent-to-ukraine-to-stimulate-germany

The Uk is also suitable, as are parts of Ireland, but it's getting a bit OT.

It's off topic but the last and next 50 pages can be summed up in:

"Russia move 50 feet for 20k dead.

Germany not sending something

We'll all be nuked.

Clare Daly and Wallace are some dose.

Russian forces starving in a hole because some one up the chain sold their food."

I have a family member who works in a majors exploration dept. Fracking in Europe is considered a waste, the head of BP said as much in 2014 approx.

There are fields where estimates of 1300 trillion cubic feet, Bowland-Hodder shale, basically the north of England/Midlands were reported, 40 times the entire Russian, 20% of the entire global reserve of known Gas, such lunatic figures were regular occurrences, their was a small field in Staffordshire down for Billions of cubic feet, replicated all over Europe.

If the Tories thought that one shale formation in England, never mind all the others reported from Britain, would make England richer than OPEC, nothing would have stopped it

The Govts of Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Hungary have had no real problem with fracking and little opposition, they have shale reserves that would make them each global powerhouses, that was until the rigs started testing.

The kicker is that the oil major geologists laugh at the reserves, the test wells all come up duds. They understand why they are duds, geology. Nevermind the industry challenges, Political opposition is no 4 or 5 on the list and the smallest challenge of the 5.

With regards to ourselves, 10 to 20 trillion in shale reserves are estimated in the Lough Allen basin, my farm is in North West Cork, shale wise part of the Clare Basin. I would let fracking operations start today.

Shale in Europe will only ever be a tiny player. In most of Europe it isn't a prospect and you won't get companies to bother trying even where society and State beg.

Scholz was described as a doctrinal Marxist in the 80s.

As pointed out he a history of access to East Germany, others could never have.

His position for Russia is ideological.

Is modern day Russia a marxist state? Or is Scholtz a sentimentalist? Hard to keep up with the crazy theories in this thread.

Scholz is a pacifist. Not the ideal trait in a time of war but it doesn't make him some Russia stooge.

I guess the Russian airlines can kiss goodbye to any chance of getting a post-war EU Airworthiness Certificate for a long looong while…..oh well.

(Also, any attempt to fly their stolen aircraft beyond Russia will likely get them seized unless they are very picky about the destination.)