especially gas supply to Europe. Rumours abound that the EU is

considering renewing gas purchases from Russia as part of a Ukraine

peace deal. Where do we even start with this unbelievably misguided,

opportunistic, immoral and strategically brain-dead idea? Dependence on

Russian gas is what led Putin to believe he could invade a sovereign

European nation in the first place and coerce all the others to just

tolerate that.

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We ran two events in Ukraine in the last two weeks. Lviv (part 2) and

Kyiv. The event we ran in August 2023 was a huge success, and had a

great impact. Now our aim is even more ambitious. Two cities. Two

events. Multiple panels consisting of the best experts, and all filmed

in high definition for the channel.

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But it costs. Last time the overall cost was £3,500 for Live in Lviv,

and we covered 80% of this through ticket sales. This time the costs are

higher, and there's less opportunity to sell tickets at the available

venues and studios, so I'm creating a campaign to raise £5,000 to make

this trip a reality. We also have a much more ambitious programme to

film interviews around Kyiv and Lviv for the channel. This project will

have an impact, so please help if you can.

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Allegedly, EU officials are discussing the potential resumption of gas

purchases via a Russian pipeline as part of a potential settlement of

the Russia-Ukraine war. This was reported by the Financial Times

reported on Jan. 30, citing undisclosed sources.

The proposal's advocates, including Hungarian and German officials (of

course), argue the move could give both Russia and Europe incentives to

maintain a peace deal while stabilizing the continent's energy market,

the outlet wrote. And this based on the theory that Russia was so

trustworthy the first time round, through the Budapest Memorandum and

Minsk Accords, that we should have another go at surrendering our

security to the tyrant in the Kremlin? Such logic also assumes that the

Russian leadership are economically and politically rational and ignore

the clear imperialistic and genocidal motivations behind the war of

aggression.

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SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISER

A project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of

Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to

Ukraine's front-line towns.

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NEWS SOURCES:

https://kyivindependent.com/eu-denies-any-ties-between-russian-gas-purchases-and-peace-talks-over-war-in-ukraine/

https://kyivindependent.com/eu-mulls-restarting-russian-gas-purchases-as-part-of-ukraine-peace-deal-ft-reports/

https://www.ft.com/content/a19aa690-fb54-41ea-9885-10972b11ab24

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hungary-block-eu-russia-sanctions-next-time-unless-ukraine-gas-transit-resumes-2025-01-31/

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-lets-russian-gas-slip-again-in-new-sanctions-package/

https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-europe-gas-transit-ukraine-replace-cyprus/

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/20/donald-trump-tells-eu-buy-more-us-oil-gas-tariffs

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