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Bas resigns from her positions as Minister of Labor and SPD chairwoman, while Chancellor Merz intends to present the future direction of the CDU after the state elections, and the EU foreign ministers decide on the largest sanctions round against Russia, while the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to Robert Hall and Michael Woodford. #Politik #Sanktionen #Nobelpreis (translated)

Daniele Ganser wrote that Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 9, 2026, and agreed with him on extensive diesel deliveries. Russia is supposed to provide more than 300,000 tons of diesel for the world market and the USA in October, and an additional 500,000 tons in November. Ganser interpreted this as the lifting of US sanctions against Russian diesel. Ganser cited Trump's domestic political pressure due to high diesel prices before the congressional elections on November 3, 2026, as the reason for the move. The economic war of the USA and the EU had not forced Russia to its knees, he wrote. Instead, the populations in the USA and the EU were suffering from high energy prices because they had cut themselves off from Russian oil and gas. Ganser advocated for Germany to end the economic war against Russia, to resume imports of Russian natural gas and oil, and to repair the Nord Stream pipelines. Chancellor Friedrich Merz does not want this and continues to beat the war drums, while high energy prices heavily burden Germany, Ganser wrote. #Wirtschaftskrieg #Energiekrise #Russland (translated)

The Kiel shareholder wrote that the EU has imposed a record number of sanctions against supporters of Russia, but is still purchasing incredibly large amounts of Russian gas and oil through indirect means. That is actually hard to believe, he added. https://t.co/uiWrkZWXI2 #EU #Sanktionen #Russland (translated)

The European Union set a record at the meeting of foreign ministers in Luxembourg with a comprehensive sanctions package against nearly 1,600 supporters of the Russian war machine, responding to hybrid attacks and the manipulation of Duma elections in occupied Ukrainian territories. #EUSanktionen #Russland #Kriegswirtschaft (translated)

"We would call on the USA to implement the sanctions so that we can actually end the war." Kallas initially expressed skepticism about the "energy ceasefire" announced by US President Donald Trump between Russia and Ukraine. #RusslandSanktionen #EUAußenministerrat #Kriegswirtschaft (translated)

Despite a "energy ceasefire" announced by US President Donald Trump, Russia has continued to attack energy facilities in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, leading to new EU sanctions against Russia. #Energiekrise #Selenskyj #RusslandUkraineKonflikt (translated)