“Right neocons are FORCING Putin to attack/annex more Ukrainian cities. Crazy.”
Yes, crazy, to the Neocons...but not the rest of the world.
By the way, have you guys had any luck getting China and India to join the ‘sanctions’? Seems like Russia is having a FIELD DAY selling them oil that they then refine and send to Europe.
there are no tankers full of refined gas products, Bob ... NatGas only comes via pipeline or LNG, and that’s now cut off
and any “refined oil products” that Russia manages to ultimately sell back to Europe via India or whatever, represent only a fraction of what Russia used to sell to Europe
1 year ago Russia was selling 155 billion m3 of NatGas every year
now ... less than 10% of that ... that’s a 90% drop in less than 1 year
Russia used to get half its revenues from O & G ... what country can survive that kind of cut in income?