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  • EU targets Russian LNG, banks, crypto and 'shadow fleet' in new round of sanctions

    From euronews.com

    The European Commission has unveiled a fresh round of sanctions on Russia just as the country intensifies its barrage of drones and missiles against Ukraine, hitting the bloc's own delegation, and Vladimir Putin ignores calls to sit at the negotiating table. The proposal, presented on Friday by President Ursula von der Leyen, targets banks, 118 vessels from the "shadow fleet" and, for the first time, the cryptocurrency platforms that Moscow uses to launder transactions in the global financial market. If approved by member states, it will mark the 19th package of sanctions since February 2022. Discussions among ... (full story)

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Polimini
Sep 21, 2025 2:16am
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Stupid Europe - they keep shooting themselves in the foot over and over again. they stop buying cheap Russian oil and gas to buy expensive US oil and gas - just plain stupid and yet the sheep think it is a good thing to pay more?????????? just pure comedy - makes me laugh so much
It also doesn't make sense to send money to Russia and Ukraine at the same time.
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Polimini
Sep 21, 2025 5:24am
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{quote} But it is ok to buy energy from the US who bombs countries in peace talks (IRAN) and bombs boats that kill people without a court trial for their guilt (venezuela) - a war crime - US is bad as the rest sanctions is the same as the mafia do when they turn up at your front door with baseball bats and want protection money - a giant scam. if countries want to buy russian oil it is not europe 's or US business to tell them what to do . time for them to butt out - it is why europe and the US are going downhill
i have to agree with Nick, you skip all the complexity, on purpose or not, it's irrelevant.
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Steven1
Sep 20, 2025 3:59pm
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Stupid Europe - they keep shooting themselves in the foot over and over again. they stop buying cheap Russian oil and gas to buy expensive US oil and gas - just plain stupid and yet the sheep think it is a good thing to pay more?????????? just pure comedy - makes me laugh so much
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Nick.
Sep 21, 2025 12:58am
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Quoting Steven1
Stupid Europe - they keep shooting themselves in the foot over and over again. they stop buying cheap Russian oil and gas to buy expensive US oil and gas - just plain stupid and yet the sheep think it is a good thing to pay more?????????? just pure comedy - makes me laugh so much
It's a little more complicated than that. Some people can't grasp the complexity, so it's understandable.
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Steven1
Sep 21, 2025 2:21am
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{quote}It's a little more complicated than that. Some people can't grasp the complexity, so it's understandable.
when europe's industrial base depends on cheap energy than it is clear. after energy went expensive industry is either closing or going overseas to US - alothou the leaders want that to reach the 2050 scam targets - there goes good paying jobs. seems u can't get logic and common sense
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Steven1
Sep 21, 2025 2:25am
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Quoting Polimini
{quote} It also doesn't make sense to send money to Russia and Ukraine at the same time.
But it is ok to buy energy from the US who bombs countries in peace talks (IRAN) and bombs boats that kill people without a court trial for their guilt (venezuela) - a war crime - US is bad as the rest

sanctions is the same as the mafia do when they turn up at your front door with baseball bats and want protection money - a giant scam. if countries want to buy russian oil it is not europe 's or US business to tell them what to do . time for them to butt out - it is why europe and the US are going downhill
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The Fool
Sep 20, 2025 11:56am
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Sep 20, 2025 5:21am
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Sep 20, 2025 5:52am
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Sep 20, 2025 9:44am
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