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The U.S. and France bought Russian uranium until 2024, long after the Nord Stream pipeline was blown up. They bought Russian oil via the so called shadow fleet

by qdwejh 2y ago

The U.S. and France bought Russian uranium until 2024, long after the Nord Stream pipeline was blown up. They bought Russian oil via the so called shadow fleets. Pure hypocrisy. Just now Biden sanctioned Rosatom and the shadow fleets in order to make things more difficult for Trump. Just last month The U.S. coerced Ukraine to stop transit of Russian gas (while collecting transit fees).

ericmay 2y ago
> The U.S. and France bought Russian uranium until 2024, long after the Nord Stream pipeline was blown up. Unfortunately in times of conflict like this, things aren't exactly clear cut, and our need for Russian uranium may be too high to stop buying. It is what it is. > They bought Russian oil via the so called shadow fleets. Pure hypocrisy Cite your source. > Just now Biden sanctioned Rosatom and the shadow fleets in order to make things more difficult for Trump. How does this make things more difficult for Trump? You mean it makes things more difficult for Russia? Or should we buy oil from Russian shadow fleets? I'm not following your point here. > Just last month The U.S. coerced Ukraine to stop transit of Russian gas (while collecting transit fees). Weren't you complaining about the United States and France buying Russian uranium?
boringg 2y ago
Uranium contracts are long lived contracts. It doesn't make sense to kill off a contract in the middle. They also buy uranium from many other countries since it is available only in certain countries.
- rhatsf 2y ago
  Nord Stream was a very long lived contract that is attacked viciously in this thread.
  - ckozlowski 2y ago
    Because it was a project negotiated by a German Chancellor in the waning days of his office as a way to bypass countries the gas would have otherwise transited through. That chancellor immediately took a job on that project's firm, then later became an executive in those same Russian energy companies. It was extraordinary conflict of interest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Schr%C3%B6der#Views_and_controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Schr%C3%B6der#Views_an...
marcinzm 2y ago
The US probably bought uranium because of fears it’d otherwise get sold to North Korea, Iran or terrorists. Just like it basically financed the Russian space program for decades to ensure those rocket scientists didn’t take a nice salary from Iran.

by qdwejh 2y ago

ericmay 2y ago

> The U.S. and France bought Russian uranium until 2024, long after the Nord Stream pipeline was blown up. Unfortunately in times of conflict like this, things aren't exactly clear cut, and our need for Russian uranium may be too high to stop buying. It is what it is. > They bought Russian oil via the so called shadow fleets. Pure hypocrisy Cite your source. > Just now Biden sanctioned Rosatom and the shadow fleets in order to make things more difficult for Trump. How does this make things more difficult for Trump? You mean it makes things more difficult for Russia? Or should we buy oil from Russian shadow fleets? I'm not following your point here. > Just last month The U.S. coerced Ukraine to stop transit of Russian gas (while collecting transit fees). Weren't you complaining about the United States and France buying Russian uranium?

boringg 2y ago

Uranium contracts are long lived contracts. It doesn't make sense to kill off a contract in the middle. They also buy uranium from many other countries since it is available only in certain countries.

rhatsf 2y ago
Nord Stream was a very long lived contract that is attacked viciously in this thread.
- ckozlowski 2y ago
  Because it was a project negotiated by a German Chancellor in the waning days of his office as a way to bypass countries the gas would have otherwise transited through. That chancellor immediately took a job on that project's firm, then later became an executive in those same Russian energy companies. It was extraordinary conflict of interest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Schr%C3%B6der#Views_and_controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Schr%C3%B6der#Views_an...

marcinzm 2y ago

The US probably bought uranium because of fears it’d otherwise get sold to North Korea, Iran or terrorists. Just like it basically financed the Russian space program for decades to ensure those rocket scientists didn’t take a nice salary from Iran.