Comment by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK
15 days ago
These consumer side sanctions are idiotic. When a Russian buys a European beer, he spends money which goes from Russia to Europe, and in addition he damages his health.
On the other side, Europe buys billions of dollars of oil and gas from Russia. That money goes in the opposite direction, from Europe to Russia, and is used toward soldier salaries, Iran drones and North Korean mercenaries.
Has this been a recent change? In 2023 NL announced they're not dependent on Russian energy anymore https://nltimes.nl/2023/02/10/netherlands-longer-dependent-r...
$1.7b in August 2024 + $2.3B exports to Turkey, much of which is just transshipment to Europe.
https://energyandcleanair.org/august-2024-monthly-analysis-o...
Maybe true for the Netherlands, I apologize, I meant all of EU.