Thread by @kamilkazani

According to the Russian news agency RIA, the Trans-Siberian railway connecting Moscow to the Far East was blocked today due to 19 cars derailed between Sgibeevo and Bolshaya Omutnaya. Some attribute this accident to the sabotage, but that's unconfirmed

While the best thing Westerners can do to undermine the Russian war effort would be pressuring German companies, especially Siemens and Heidenhain to disconnect their equipment on the Russian military factories, the best thing Russians can do is railway sabotage

Daily reminder that the German producers do not give the Russian consumers full control over their tools, so these tools require constant maintenance. Russians are not allowed to interfere much into their functioning, changing key parameters, etc

Example: cccp3d.ru/topic/137434-о…

Russian military industry is fully dependent upon the German machine tools and especially on CNCs. Even "Russian"/"Belarusian" tools have German CNCs. And judging from the Russian technologists' forums, German producers do not give Russians full control over these machines

There is no evidence that the German machine tools on the Russian military plants stopped working. Considering that the German producers are reported to have control over these tools, their role in keeping the Russian war machine afloat right now must be investigated

There are strong indications that the German machine tool producers are keeping the Russian military industry afloat. It's not enough to halt new deliveries. If they continue to do maintenance for any tools they have already delivered by 2022, they are complicit in Putin's war

If you fear the Putin's nukes, keep in mind that ballistic missile production depends on:

1. German CNCs
2. German software
3. German cutting fluids

It were the German companies that made Putin's rearmament possible. Now he can't produce missiles without their daily assistance

Russian military industry is fully reliant on the technological import from Germany. It can't be the other way. By the time Putin took power, Soviet machine tool industry deteriorated so much, it couldn't be resurrected. So Putin's military industry simply switched to import

That gives some context for otherwise "strange" behaviour of German public officials. Consider Scholz's reaction on a journalist question on whether he could specify the safety guarantees G7 can give to Ukraine:

- Yes, I could (laughter)

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck

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