Simplicius
Dec 05, 2025
The EU cabal is experiencing some serious setbacks, not to mention blows to the tattered drapes of its credibility.
First there was the fact that Belgium has officially rejected its piracy plans of stealing Russian assets, which came as a major slap in the face of EU apparatchiks.
Two headlines juxtaposed for effect:
Now Belgium is too a ‘Russian asset’, as can be seen by the risibly tired script.
The Belgian prime minister revealed in an interview that Russian ‘threats’ apparently gave him cold feet.
Bart De Wever: “Moscow has let us know that if its assets are seized, Belgium and I will feel the consequences for eternity...”
The full statement is even more interesting—read the bolded parts in particular:
Question: The issue of “frozen” Russian assets is taking up a lot of your time and energy. Is that fair?
The pressure surrounding this issue is incredible. I have a team working day and night on it. It would be a great story: taking money from the wicked guy, Putin, and giving it to the good guy, Ukraine. But stealing frozen assets from another country, its sovereign wealth fund, has never been done before. This is money belonging to the Russian Central Bank. Even during World War II, Germany’s money was not confiscated. During a war, sovereign assets are frozen. And at the end of the war, the losing state must give up all or part of these assets to compensate the victors. But who really believes that Russia will lose in Ukraine? It’s a fairy tale, a total illusion. It is not even desirable for it to lose and for instability to take hold in a country that has nuclear weapons. And who believes that Putin will calmly accept the confiscation of Russian assets? Moscow has let us know that in the event of seizure, Belgium and I, personally, would feel the effects “for eternity.” That seems like a rather long time to me... Russia could also confiscate certain Western assets: Euroclear has 16 billion in Russia. All Belgian factories in Russia could also be seized.
As can be seen, the decision to not play games with Russia’s money rests entirely on the conviction that Russia will definitely win the war, and as such cannot be forced to pay such reparations as the “loser”.
If this weren’t big enough of a thorn for the nefarious EU, this week a major fraud probe shook the EU’s foundations as several high ranking officials were suddenly arrested under von der Leyen’s deteriorating watch, spurring calls for a fourth vote of no confidence for the Queen of Rot herself:
https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula- ... n-service/
Politico reports:
Ursula von der Leyen is facing the starkest challenge to the EU’s accountability in a generation ― with a fraud probe ensnaring two of the biggest names in Brussels and threatening to explode into a full-scale crisis.
An announcement by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office that the EU’s former foreign affairs chief and a senior diplomat currently working in von der Leyen’s Commission had been detained on Tuesday was seized on by her critics, with renewed calls that she face a fourth vote of no confidence.
It seems a kind of elite civil war has erupted within the crumbling walls of the EU, and we are surely in for an entertaining unraveling.
If that weren’t bad enough, the civil war between the EU and the US is likewise scintillating, as a series of new EU “leaks” have indicated:
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/art ... haben.html
ZeroHedge summarizes as follows:
The leaked transcript of the call between European leaders strategizing about how to protect the Zelensky government and Kiev’s interests was published Thursday by the German magazine Der Spiegel.
Also reportedly on the line engaged in the conversation were German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and of course Zelensky as well.
The key excerpt demonstrates the utter trepidation of the panicking Euro-suits:
Finland’s Stubb seemed to agree with Merz, according to the transcript. “We cannot leave Ukraine and Volodymyr alone with these guys,” he said, apparently referring to Witkoff and Kushner, which attracted agreement from Rutte.
“I agree with Alexander — we must protect Volodymyr [Zelenskyy],” the NATO chief said. NATO declined to comment when reached by POLITICO.
It’s clear the Europeans are desperate to protect Zelensky at all costs from the wiles of the Trump team, with Macron in particular intimating his fears that US “will betray” Ukraine. Unfortunately, this antic troupe is one act short of a circus: (Video at link.)
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There have been some interesting tidings on the Russian oil and sanctions front.
The energy and commodities correspondent at Bloomberg writes:
Matryoshka oil trading:
Goldman Sachs says that oil exports from Lukoil and Rosneft are down ~1.1m b/d, but **simultaneosly** exports from other Russian “non-sanctioned companies” are up 1.0m b/d.
“Russian oil trading networks are reorganizing quickly,” the bank says.
Woops.
More:
Russian seaborne oil exports are rising again
Bloomberg awkwardly tries to describe the situation:
Moscow is struggling to supply crude oil under U.S. sanctions: seaborne shipments have increased by one-fifth over three months.
According to the agency, Russia has steadily maintained deliveries at over 3 million bpd, but there are problems with transportation and unloading.
The average travel time for ESPO crude from Kozmino to Chinese ports has increased to 12 days for vessels loaded in November (previously it was no more than 8).
Based on vessel-tracking data, Russia shipped 3.46 million bpd over the four weeks ending November 30, which is about 210,000 barrels more than the week before.
This is the first increase since the U.S. announced sanctions in mid-October against oil giants Rosneft PJSC and Lukoil PJSC, the agency acknowledges.
The average daily volume of shipments for the past week rose to 3.94 million bpd, which is roughly 690,000 bpd more than the previous week.
On average for the month, the gross value of Russian exports remained unchanged at $1.13 billion per week, with higher export volumes offsetting the ninth consecutive decline in average prices.
That’s not to mention the obligatory revision of another much-needed propaganda bit about Russia’s so-called gas crisis:
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/ ... ise-a91322
(More at link, Ukraine)
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/dam ... lows-to-eu
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Our goal must be to help Europe correct its current trajectory.
December 5, 5:00 PM
Interesting excerpts regarding Europe in the new US National Security Strategy
The war in Ukraine has had the perverse effect of deepening Europe's, and Germany's, external dependence. Today, German chemical companies are building some of the world's largest refineries in China, using Russian gas they cannot obtain at home. The Trump administration is at odds with European officials who harbor unrealistic expectations about the war and who themselves rule in unstable minority coalition governments, many of which trample on the basic principles of democracy and suppress the opposition. Most Europeans want peace, but this desire is not translated into policy, largely because these same governments undermine democratic processes. This is strategically important for the United States precisely because European states cannot reform themselves if they are stuck in political crisis.
Nevertheless, Europe remains strategically and culturally vital to the United States. Transatlantic trade remains a pillar of the global economy and American prosperity. European industries—from manufacturing to technology and energy—remain among the strongest in the world. Europe is home to cutting-edge scientific research and the world's leading cultural institutions. We cannot afford to write Europe off—to do so would be detrimental to ourselves and to the goals this strategy seeks to achieve.
American diplomacy must continue to champion genuine democracy, freedom of expression, and an unabashed appreciation of the individual character and history of European nations. America encourages its political allies in Europe to foster this spiritual renaissance, and the growing influence of patriotic European parties truly provides grounds for great optimism.
Our goal must be to help Europe correct its current trajectory . We will need a strong Europe to compete successfully and to work with us to prevent any adversary from dominating the European continent.
America, of course, has a sentimental attachment to the European continent—and, of course, to Britain and Ireland. The character of these countries is also of strategic importance, because we count on creative, capable, and confident democratic allies to establish the conditions for stability and security. We want to work with like-minded countries that are striving to restore their former greatness.
Original in English on the White House website.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u ... rategy.pdf
https://t.me/yusupovskij/4942 - zinc
https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/10228421.html
Googe Translator
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Theft of Russian wealth is tying the entire EU bloc to a sinking ship, or worse, all-out war
December 5, 2025
The criminal, irresponsible Euro elites like von der Leyen, Kallas, Merz, Macron, and NATO’s Rutte, are lashing the EU financially to a sinking ship.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is pushing ahead with a reckless plan to confiscate over €200 billion in Russia’s sovereign wealth for the purpose of propping up the corrupt NeoNazi Kiev regime and prolonging a futile proxy war.
It is hard to imagine a more crass course of action. Yet the so-called European leadership around Von der Leyen is zealously steering towards disaster. At least the hapless captain of the Titanic tried to avert collision with an iceberg. The Euro captains are heading full steam ahead.
Von der Leyen’s proposed scheme is fancifully called a “reparations loan” and pretends, through legalistic rhetoric, not to be a confiscation of Russia’s assets. But it boils down to theft. Theft to continue the bloodiest war in Europe since the Second World War, which marked the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Von der Leyen, a former German defense minister, is supported by other obsessively Russophobic Euro elites. The EU’s foreign minister Kaja Kallas, a former Estonian prime minister, asserts that the seizure of Russian money and pumping it into the Kiev regime is aimed at forcing Moscow to negotiate a peaceful end to the nearly four-year conflict. Such twisted logic is an Orwellian distortion of reality.
Belgium and other European states are extremely wary of the unprecedented and audacious move. Belgium, which holds the majority of frozen Russian wealth – some €185 bn – in its Euroclear depository, is anxious that it will be financially ruined if Moscow holds the EU liable for illegal seizure of wealth. Other EU members, like Hungary and Slovakia, are concerned that the Russophobic leadership is undermining any diplomatic initiatives by the U.S. Trump administration and the Kremlin to negotiate a peace settlement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that any confiscation of Russian assets by the EU leadership – regardless of financial rhetorical packaging – will be viewed by Moscow as theft of sovereign wealth. Russia has vowed it will respond robustly with legal challenges under existing treaties to exact compensation. This is what Belgium is fearful of and why it is resisting von der Leyen’s loan reparation scheme.
The European leaders are to hold a summit on December 18-19 to decide on the proposal. So desperate are the Russophobic elites that they have been assiduously piling political pressure on the Belgian government to relent in its opposition to go along with the scheme. In trying to get Belgium onboard, von der Leyen has written legal guarantees that all EU members will share any legal and financial repercussions. Thus, the unelected European Commission president is taking it upon herself to write a suicide note for the whole of Europe.
Essentially, the proposed loan reparation scheme is based on using Russian immobilized investments in EU banks as a guarantee to give €140 bn in an interest-free hand-out to Ukraine. The financial life-line is necessary because Ukraine is bankrupt after four years of fighting a proxy war on behalf of NATO against Russia.
Ukraine and its NATO sponsors have lost this conflict as Russian forces gather momentum with superior military force. But rather than meeting Russia’s terms for peace, the Euro elites want to keep on “fighting to the last Ukrainian”. To sue for peace would be an admission of complicity in a proxy war and would be politically disastrous for the European warmongers. In covering up their criminal enterprise and lies, they are compelled to keep the “defense of Ukraine” charade going.
Given the rampant graft and embezzlement at the core of the Kiev regime as indicated by the recent firing of top ministers and aides, it is certain that much of the next EU loan will end up in offshore bank accounts, foreign properties and being snorted up the noses of the corrupt regime.
Von der Leyen’s artful deception of theft claims that the Russian assets are not confiscated permanently but rather will be released when Moscow eventually pays “war damages” to Ukraine. In other words, the scheme is a blackmail operation, one that Russia will never comply with because it is premised on Russia as a guilty aggressor, rather than, as Moscow and many others see it, as acting in self-defense to years of NATO fueled hostility culminating in the CIA coup in Kiev in 2014 and weaponizing of a NeoNazi regime to provoke Russia. Therefore, under von der Leyen’s scheme, Russia’s frozen funds will, in effect, never be returned and, to add insult to injury, will have been routed through to the benefit of Kiev mafia.
Such a criminal move is highly provocative and dangerous. It could be interpreted by Moscow as an act of war given the huge scale of plunder of the Russian nation. At the very least, Russia will pursue compensation under international treaties and laws that could end up destroying Belgium and other EU states from financial liabilities. How absurd is that? Von der Leyen and her Russophobic ilk are setting up Europe for bankruptcy by stealing Russia’s wealth for propping up a corrupt NeoNazi regime that has already sacrificed millions of Ukrainian military casualties?
Alternatively, if the EU leadership does not get away with its madcap robbery scheme at the summit on December 18-19, the “Plan B” is for the EU 27 members to take out a joint debt from international markets to carry the Kiev regime through another two years of attritional war.
The insanity of the EU leaders is unfathomable. It is driven by ideological, futile obsession to “subjugate” Russia. Von der Leyen, as well as Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz, are descendants of Nazi figures. For these people, there is an atavistic quest to defeat Russia and assert European “greatness”.
They lost their proxy war in Ukraine with much blood on their hands. But instead of desisting from their destructive obsession, they are desperately trying to find new ways to keep it going.
The criminal, irresponsible Euro elites like von der Leyen, Kallas, Merz, Macron, and NATO’s Rutte, are lashing the EU financially to a sinking ship. They are bringing the entire European bloc down with them, splintering as they go.
What these elites are doing is destroying the European Union as we know it, and they profess to uphold. Ironically, it is they, not Russia, that is the biggest enemy to democracy and peace in Europe.
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/ ... l-out-war/