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About time. Now stop buying Russian oil. If they are serious. Are they?
by worik 5y ago
About time.
Now stop buying Russian oil.
If they are serious. Are they?
- gedy 5y agoGiven they've had 8 years warning, no, probably not
- ukraineally 5y ago>Now stop buying Russian oil. This is precisely what will happen. How do you buy russian oil if you cannot transfer money to Russia? That's what SWIFT removal does. Effectively means Russia cannot import or export anything. China has made 1 exception, they will still import russian wheat and that's it.
- einrealist 5y agoOil and gas payments are not affected by blacklisting the already sanctioned banks in Swift.
- baq 5y agoa boatload of gucci moccasins and german luxury cars for a tanker full of crude, obviously.
- throwthere 5y ago> China has made 1 exception, they will still import russian wheat and that's it. Are you saying China won't import Russian oil?
- batterseapower 5y agoTheoretically possibly by bartering for oil. The EU already has such a mechanism in place for buying oil from Iran: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_in_Support_of_Trade_Exchanges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_in_Support_of_Trade...
- bhawks 5y agoWhat happens when winter comes? Europe is heated by gas from Russian pipelines. If nordstream 2 had come online they were going to get 80% of their fuel from Russia. Alternative energy sources weren't ready for the load and post Fukushima there were huge pressure to shut down nuclear power. We've been painting ourselves into a corner for awhile.
- SllX 5y agoWell this is the End of February and Spring is in a month. Decent chance the timing of this invasion on Russia’s part is for exactly the same reason. So, the question as I see it is: will this war continue into the next winter?
- netsharc 5y agoWhy is now better timing? Last few months I was reading Putin wanted to wait for the depth of winter, so Europe couldn't retaliate without risking angry and cold voters. But the mild winter has meant his plan wasn't working out. Maybe he got mad at the weather and got desperate...
- SllX 5y agoHadn’t honestly considered that angle of it. Historically Spring is prime war making time precisely because the winter cold is not conducive to an effective mobilization effort. Even if you’re better equipped to handle the cold, winter still sucks.
- T-A 5y agohttps://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/weather-is-clearly-a-factor-in-russia-ukraine-conflict-analyst-says https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/weather-is-clearly-a...
- nigerian1981 5y agoPlans are already underway to divert gas to Europe https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/25/us-europe-russia-gas-supplies-energy https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/25/us-europe-ru...