Quote from: Sithara007 on April 10, 2022, 02:32:12 AM

Quote from: Ozero on April 09, 2022, 06:43:38 AM

Russia supplied this amount of gas to European countries earlier. Now the situation is rapidly changing not in favor of Russia because of the aggressive war unleashed by it and the desire to seize Ukraine. If just a week ago some European states were not ready to impose an embargo on supplies of oil, coal and gas from Russia, then after the publication of those terrible atrocities that the Russian invaders perpetrated against the civilian population in the Kiev region, Europe is almost ready to impose such an embargo even to the detriment of own interests. This is facilitated by the end of the heating season, and the previously proclaimed reorientation to "green" energy from alternative sources as a measure against a sharp climate change. European countries have realized that they need to get rid of their energy dependence on Russia, and therefore Russia will gradually lose its positions in this regard.

Despite all the propaganda, Russian crude oil deliveries for the month of May was sold out well in advance. Obviously the Europeans are reducing their purchases from Russia. But refiners in India, Indonesia and most importantly China have stepped up theirs. Saudi Arabia is making optimal use of this situation and the premium set for Saudi oil is at an all time high. European losers are wasting their tax money by buying super-expensive crude from "peaceful" and "non-aggressor" countries such as Saudi Arabia (let's ignore their ongoing military campaign in Yemen for a moment), and many of the countries in the EU are inching closer to bankruptcy.

It definitely would be convenient to forget Saudi Arabia's ongoing military campaign in Yemen and other crimes against humanity it has committed so as to be able to get expensive crude oil. The war in Yemen has been going on for years but no one seems to notice and send equipments and machinery to help. Perhaps if Yemen was to be an EU member state, it may have well been different than what it is now.