While an April cold spell in Western Europe has sent temperatures diving nearly 30 degrees Fahrenheit below normal, public campaigns to wean the European Union from its dependence on Russian energy have urged citizens to lower their thermostats, don “Pullovers against Putin” and “Freeze for Ukraine.”⁠

Margrethe Vestager, vice president of the European Commission, further urged EU citizens to take shorter showers. “When you turn off the water, say ‘Take that, Putin!’” she said last week, referring to President Vladimir Putin of Russia.⁠

Similar sentiments have been echoing across Europe since Putin greenlighted a military invasion of Ukraine in late February, and have only been amplified as evidence of Russian atrocities against civilians continues to emerge.⁠

“Buying Russian oil and gas is financing war crimes,” Lithuania’s foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, said this week, as Lithuania, along with Latvia and Estonia, announced that it was halting all energy imports from Russia.⁠

Reversing course is no easy matter, however, given that the 27-country EU spends roughly $300 million on Russian energy every single day.⁠

Read more at the link in our bio.⁠

✍️: Yahoo News⁠
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  1. teşekkürler ve mr.putine sormak gerek elbette ülke güvenligi önemlidir fakat her yönden insanların haklarının hukuklarının ekonomilerin bu şekilde ihlal edilmesine vicdanen son vermesi gerektir kişisel görüşüm sorunlu konuları masada çözmek gerek hemde açık olarak uluslararası konumda kalıcı çözüm ve öncelikle savaşın bitmesi gerek herkese saglıklı günler dilerim

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  3. Question is – everyone knew this was coming. Why has Europe waited so long to establish and execute a backup plan?

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