Serious question.
We already saw a major warning from BASF: "Austria, Hungary Say No Substitute to Russian Gas as Germany’s BASF Warns of Worst Crisis Since WWII".
A gas cut-off lasting more than a couple days results in no work for 40,000 employees.
Here's more:
Russian copper export was US$5.65B in 2020, according to UN COMTRADE db on international trade. (last updated on April of 2022).
— SilverPhytoPatho (@PathoPhyto) April 2, 2022
Whoever imposed sanctions had to understand the consequences.https://t.co/9ocWi4cKiL
Volkswagen, the world’s biggest automaker,announced closure of European plants in Germany, Spain, Portugal, Slovakia and Italy. Facilities produce cars under brands including Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, Ducati, Porsche & Lamborghini.https://t.co/zoCnShdClW
— SilverPhytoPatho (@PathoPhyto) April 2, 2022
Murat Aksel, VW board member, told reporters at Wolfsburg: ~around 55000 employees would have to be trained in Maghreb for months & 90000 km2 of factory space filled with the necessary machines (which need months to deliver), to restart car production.https://t.co/yeIctZktgH
— SilverPhytoPatho (@PathoPhyto) April 2, 2022
BMW's plants in Munich and Dingolfing, Germany, has shut down as well as Mini factory in Oxford, England.
— SilverPhytoPatho (@PathoPhyto) April 2, 2022
Engine production at BMW's engine factory in Steyr, Austria, also. BMW's plants in Leipzig and Regensburg, are limited to a single shift.https://t.co/nFt8W8B2cx
And it just goes on and on and on.
In the meantime Ms Nabiullina at the Russian Central Bank has bridged old Mastercard and Visa cards:
Mastercard told Fortune via email that credit cards issued by Russian banks are no longer supported by its network. Instead, credit cards being used in Russia are now processed over something called a “switch,” run by the Central Bank of Russia. https://t.co/VnKkySq5FT
— SilverPhytoPatho (@PathoPhyto) April 2, 2022
People won't even have to get a new piece of plastic to get on the Mir-UnionPay system. How thoughtful.
And there go my dreams of expanding the use of the Karl MarxCard:
