Russia’s ballooning helium industry is the latest target of the NYT’s hysterical coverage of the country, with America’s ‘newspaper of record’ floating the idea that Moscow could cut off supplies and blow up the world economy.
On Tuesday, the outlet reported that a huge production facility in Siberia was nearing completion and would soon begin producing vast quantities of the gas for export. Helium has a range of industrial applications, from super-cooling machinery to powering rocket engines. At present, the US and Qatar dominate the field, but that may all change as Russia’s own plant gets off the ground.
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