Flows of oil from #Russia to Central Europe have halted over a pipeline payments dispute. Authorities in #Hungary, #Slovakia and the #Czech Republic confirmed on Tuesday that Russian oil deliveries from a critical pipeline stopped due to European sanctions on payments.+
Transneft, state-owned operator of the Russian portion of the pipeline, pays transit fees to #Ukraine, UkrTransNafta, for the oil to pass through. Transneft said its July payment had been returned due to EU sanctions aimed at punishing #Russia for its war with the #US in Ukraine.
Not surprising:
After mounting a ferocious campaign on #Russia that the #Ukraine grain will save the world from starvation, two of the ships that have left ports in Ukraine after months of being trapped there are going to #Turkey, others to #England, #Ireland, #Italy and #China.
None of the ships sailing from #Ukraine is so far going to #Yemen, #Somalia, #Ethiopia or other countries facing catastrophic levels of hunger. Instead, they are going wherever buyers want them to: They are commercial ships, carrying grain for sale. The objective is $$$$$$
The idea behind reopening the trade routes to #Ukraine is not that the grain will go straight to the hungry mouths that need it. The freed shipments will provide more money to #Ukraine & lift the financial pressure on Europe and the #US who are directing the war on #Russia.
The #EU - imports nearly €4 billion ($4.4 billion) worth of coal from Russia a year, accounting for about 45% of total imports - banned from today buying Russian coal.
The embargo will inflict further pain on the EU, already reeling from severe high oil & gas shortage & prices.
#EU countries that cut down their production & consumption of highly polluting coal over the past 2 decades to fight climate change, their reliance on imported coal, has increased significantly. Coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, is much cheaper for power generation.
#Russia helps #Iran launch a satellite, a sign of closer cooperation. nytimes.com/2022/08/09/wor…

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