Headlines, 7-25-22: Ukraine Food, Luxury Real Estate, Russia Pipeline

USA Wealthy Seeing Effects of Bad Economy Luxury Real Estate Properties Being Listed

7-23-22, Vice.com -- After a decade of feeling invincible, the tech industry is suddenly facing something new: financial insecurity. Valuations are down, layoffs are up, startup funding no longer limitless and an air of fear has started to permeate the sector, as bosses and workers alike adjust to reality. In cities like San Francisco, New York and Miami luxury real estate agents are starting to notice the effects of the tech downturn [..] Danny Hertzberg, luxury real estate agent in Miami reports that the previous few years were great; rising prices in the private and public markets had given people a sense that everything was going “to the moon". People were buying ... if they loved it they bought it regardless of price or appraisal...” www.wnd.com/2022/07/rich-rush-offload-luxury-properties/?utm_medium=wnd&utm_source=jeeng

Russia Pipeline Report
7-25-22, RT.com -- ​On July 25, 2022, Russian energy major Gazprom announced it will stop the operation of second Siemens turbine. As a result supply through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline will not exceed 33 million cubic meters per day from July 27, 2022. [..] ​This follows a dispute between Russia, Canada and Germany over a Siemens turbine that had been sent to Montreal Canada for repairs; it wasn't returned on time due to Ottawa’s sanctions against Moscow. Gazprom cited the delay in June 2022 as the reason for a 60% reduction in gas flow to Germany. Canada eventually sent the part to Germany, where it is currently awaiting shipment to Russia. Recently German Chancellor Olaf Scholz suggested that Berlin could no longer rely on Moscow when it came to gas supplies. More here

Donbass, Ukraine Will Ship Grain to Friendly Nations
7-20-22, Sputnik News -- ​While the West blames Russia for provoking a global food crisis, which the UN has actually been warning about since 2021, liberated areas in Donbass are engaged in agricultural production. Despite pressure from Kiev – which has cut off access to electricity and water, Donbass farmers are continuing their work, growing wheat first and foremost.  Before the start of Russia’s special military operation, the grain grown here was sent to European countries. 

Today, thanks to sanctions, the new supply route will run through the territory of friendly countries.  Viktor Molotok, Kalmychanka’s director, told us that the farm did not suffer any damage in the course of fighting, thanks to which its 5,500 hectares [13,590 acres] of fields have been sowed with wheat, oats, sunflowers, and corn. All of the farm’s employees have remained on the job, no one has quit, and that salaries are being paid out in Russian rubles. A total of 82 people work at the farm, with 56 more to be hired at harvest time. More here 
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