[canuck_conservative]

fortunately, those exports to China and India are (a) only a fraction of what Russia lost in Europe, and (b) sold at a steep discount anyway

so Russia has, overall, lost a lot of revenue (about 30%?) with the European cutoff

[yuleeyahoo]

Meanwhile European energy subsidies, which are shielding businesses and citizens from the increased costs of the Russian energy boycott is now at $800 billion Euros. Germany hit hardest at 270 billion.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/02/13/energy-crisis-europes-spend-to-shield-consumers-nears-800-billion-where-is-the-money-going

So increasing the cost of European energy and lowering the cost of China’s is a good thing?