• zeppo@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    It’s not possible for them to acknowledge it because that would be too much like Trump criticizing Russia, and he isn’t allowed to do that.

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        True in general (see the India sanctions debacle), but why in this specific case? This war is giving Russia tons of extra oil revenue to fuel their war machine.

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          For Russia it’s a win-win situation. Oil revenues go up and their enemy is busy in a potential forever war with Iran, wasting its stockpile

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      That pee pee tape must be pretty wild if Donald is as worried about it as the Epstein Files