FAZ:

Die Versorgung Europas mit Energie könne im Moment nicht anders gesichert werden, sagte Scholz. Europa habe Energielieferungen aus Russland „bewusst“ von Sanktionen ausgenommen. „All unsere Schritte sind so gestaltet, dass sie Russland empfindlich treffen und dauerhaft durchhaltbar sind.“

Ölsanktionen werden jetzt geprüft, weil die bisherigen Sanktionen Russland Schlupflöcher lassen, den Vormarsch der Russen nicht stoppen und es für den Westen angesichts der Bilder aus der Ukraine immer schwerer zu rechtfertigen ist, mit Käufen von Energierohstoffen die russische Kriegskasse zu füllen. Frontstaaten bauen zudem Druck auf: Litauens Außenminister Gabrielius Landsbergis sagte, die Importe finanzierten die russische Militäroperation. „Wir dürfen nicht Öl und Gas mit dem Blut der Ukraine bezahlen.“

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Die amerikanische Regierung selbst ist sich nicht einig über einen Bann russischen Öls. Das Land importiert nach wie vor russisches Öl und Petroleum-Produkte aus Russland, weil heimische Ölsorten nicht von allen Raffinerien gut verarbeitet werden können und der Transport vom Golf von Mexiko zu Raffinerien an der Westküste, der nördlichen Ostküste und nach Hawaii sehr teuer ist.

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Vijay Prashad, CounterPunch:

People often ask me, what’s the most reliable news outlet? This is a hard question to answer these days, as Western news outlets are increasingly becoming stenographers of their governments (with the racist attitudes of the reporters on full display more and more often, making the apologies that come later hardly comforting). State-sponsored outlets in Russia and China now increasingly find themselves banned on social media sites. Anyone who counters Washington’s narrative is dismissed as irrelevant, and these fringe voices find it hard to develop an audience.

So-called cancel culture demonstrates its limits. D’Agata has apologized for his comment about Ukraine being “relatively civilized, relatively European” compared to Iraq and Afghanistan and has already been rehabilitated because he is on the “right side” of the conflict in Ukraine. Cancel culture has moved from the chatter of social media to the battlefields of geopolitics and diplomacy as far as the Russian-Ukraine conflict is concerned.

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Meanwhile, press freedom has been set aside during the current conflict in Eastern Europe, with Australia and Europe suspending the broadcast of RT, which is a Russia state-controlled international media network.

D’Agata’s reliability as a reporter will remain unquestioned. He “misspoke,” they might say, but this is a Freudian slip.

Across the street from the prison

At the museum at Chełmno swastikas are very prominent in the displays. A nice Polish guide in his 20s offered a short introduction to the complex. He used the phrase „the Germans“ four times – I counted because the first time was so noticeable to me. He didn’t say „Nazis“ once. He also talked about „the Jews“ being killed, rather than „Poles“, which I found interesting partly because this differs from the narrative I found at Auschwitz in October. Language on the memorial plaques document the transition, from „Nazis“, „Nazi beasts“, before 2010 or so to the very consistent „Germans“ of today.

Guardian:

After war broke out last week, Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, called for the west to implement a no-fly zone over his country, arguing that “people are dying as we speak”, and the idea has captured the imagination of many as the bombing worsens.

Creating airspace where Russian aircraft cannot fly would need to be enforced militarily, typically with surveillance, pre-emptive strikes and ultimately by downing banned aircraft. This would mean Nato forces engaging directly with Russian planes.

Western leaders have repeatedly said it would not be possible for Nato to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine because, in the words of the UK defence secretary, Ben Wallace, it would “lead to a war against Russia across the whole of Europe” as western jets would have to seize control of the skies.

But Tobias Ellwood, the Conservative chair of the defence committee, complained that Wallace should have not ruled the idea out so publicly at least. “This shows we’ve forgotten the rules of post-cold war statecraft by exhibiting weakness and failing to keep the enemy guessing – even if you’ve privately ruled the option out,” the MP said.

SF Gate:

A photo of San Francisco’s Bernal rock on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, sporting a fresh new paint job in support of Ukraine after Russia invaded the country last week. Grant Marek/SFGATE

The colorful rock near the top of San Francisco’s Bernal Heights Park — which has been anonymously painted mostly by neighbors to resemble everything from a poop emoji to an avocado to a Santa hat — now features a horizontal, bicolor design of blue and yellow, mirroring the Ukrainian flag, with the words „Stop Putin“ scrawled across the front, referencing the man responsible for the invasion: Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The side and the back of the rock both feature Russian phrases that translate to „Glory Ukraine“ and „Russian ship – go f—k yourself!“ — a nod to the Ukrainian border guards stationed on a small, rocky Black Sea outcropping known as Snake Island who responded such when asked by a Russian naval ship to surrender on the first day of the Russian invasion last week.