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"Mongolia be givin' Captain Putin a hearty twist o' the blade, arrr! A fine jest on the high seas!"

2024-08-29

Arrr, matey! As ol' Vlad grapples with Ukraine stormin' his shores, Mongolia be throwin' a sneaky jab! In their grand scheme, they’ve left out the doubloons for that fancy Power of Siberia-2 pipeline! Gazprom be reckonin' it could've filled their holds with 1.8 trillion treasures, but alas, no gold for ye, Vlad!

"Mongolia be givin' Captain Putin a hearty twist o' the blade, arrr! A fine jest on the high seas!"

Avast ye, mateys! Gather 'round as I spin ye a yarn 'bout a raucous ruckus brewin' in the land o' the Rus! While good ol’ Vladimir Putin be wrestlin’ with them pesky Ukrainians, a new tempest brews from the East, fer Mongolia be givin’ him a right economic smackdown! Aye, ye heard me right! The Mongols, in their cunning ways, have scrapped the doubloons for what was to be the grand Power of Siberia-2 pipeline, meant to be the lifeline linkin' Russia to the great red dragon, China! Arrr!

Now, this be no small matter, me hearties. Gazprom, the scallywag energy giant, had high hopes for this scheme, estimatin' it could deliver a whopping 1.8 trillion cubic meters of natural gas! But alas, it seems Mongolia be playin’ the trickster, leavin’ that plan to drift like a ship without a sail. So, while Putin’s tryin’ to weather the storm with Ukraine, he’s also got Mongolian winds blowin’ in his face! The seas be rough, me friends, and it seems like the pirate king of the North be in a right pickle!

So, raise a toast to Mongolia, the unexpected buccaneer in this grand tale of political shenanigans! Yarrr!

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