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This is pretty far afield from the current conversation, but I think that there would be far far more support for Ukraine if Russia didn't have massive amounts
by epistasis 3y ago
This is pretty far afield from the current conversation, but I think that there would be far far more support for Ukraine if Russia didn't have massive amounts of fossil fuels. Russia's ability to withhold them is a source of economic and political power.
- hkt 3y agoIt is absolutely related to the current conversation, though - fossil fuels as diplomatic leverage. Russia's economy couldn't support the war without trade in fossil fuels either.