I made no comment about the EU, only that 1. the US’s sanctions necessitate shadow fleets 2. The US’s sanctions are orthogonal to international law.

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I think a sovereign country should have a say in who they trade with and who they do not.

I am making no prescriptions of what should be, the question is “why does Russia have a shadowfleet”, I’m describing the fact that the US’s comprehensive sanctions have more teeth because they sanction countries for violating them and are unrelated to international law, hence why such a country requires a shadowfleet to trade with anyone who isn’t already sanctioned by the US.

The EU and UK have their own sanctions, but they only reflect the EU’s willingness to do business with Russia, not their willingness/ability to cut off anyone else who does business with Russia.

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I’m sure it’s win-win, just like the IMF loan that required Ukraine sell off state assets.

Huh, I thought Chinese was odd for using <#>day and <#>month instead of naming each one. Guess it’s just english and Italian/spanish/french that’s weird.

You wanna know how credible any media is? Look at the receipts.

Where did they stand on Libya? Iraq? Afghanistan? Kosovo/Yugoslavia? Iraq the first time? Panama?

If the closest thing to criticism they did when it mattered was “maybe it could be done more competently”, they’re only free in the sense that they’re publishing what the state department wants for free.