Posted on 07/31/2025 8:48:36 AM PDT by delta7
Most of the US allies continue to buy Russian gas even after the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine War. The EU and NATO member states are close to Washington, and they have bought natural gas worth hundreds of billions of dollars from Moscow since the beginning of the war.
Has President Donald Trump exposed the US hypocrisy over trade by imposing a 25% tariff on Indian goods plus a penalty for doing business with Russia? Though he has not said explicitly what it means and how much penalty India will have to pay for buying crude oil and military hardware from Russia, it is clear that he wants to punish New Delhi for having business ties with Moscow.
However, a cursory study reveals that most of the US allies continue to buy Russian gas even after the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine War. The EU and NATO member states are close to Washington and they have bought natural gas worth hundreds of billions of dollars from Moscow since the beginning of the war. These countries have bought Russian oil despite the US sanctions imposed on Russia.
How much Russian gas do US allies buy? According to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), Russia has sold fossil fuels worth more than $315 billion since the beginning of the Ukraine War. It has sold nearly half, or $149 billion, to the EU nations and even more to the NATO countries.
It is interesting to note that the EU’s largest economy and one of the founding members of NATO, Germany, is the second-largest importer of Russian fossil fuels. It imported natural gas worth more than $12 billion. Besides, Germany also bought crude oil worth $13.3 billion and coal worth $0.7 billion. In total, Germany purchased Russian fuel worth $26. billion from February 2022 to February 2023…
Dont forget to tithe.
BTW. There will never ever be another president the likes of Ronald Reagan.
Other than Washington, he was the greatest.
“Because in their cult machinations, political factions will rob people of thier sensible independent thought and drag them down into the depts of depravity.”
Seek competent psychiatric help.
And use spell check.
L
What’s the matter FF? Cant handle it?
Another worthless peice of trash mouthing off behind his PC.
The word is “can’t” as in “unable to”. It’s a contraction of the words “can” and “not”.
“Cant” means to lean to one side or another. Example: “His hat was canted to the left.”
You’re welcome.
L
Handle it FF.
The correct way to structure that sentence would be:
“Handle it, FF.”
Again, you’re welcome.
L
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