Thread: Russia launches Ukraine invasion

Originally Posted by sabang

You cannot make a credible case that the Poll is biased, or falsified given that it comes from the NYT, and was carried out by the Levada Center- declared a 'foreign agent' by Russia. So your assertion that the participants were 'chosen by Russia' is nonsense switch. Which leaves us the sample group vs. population size, for which the margin of error is declared to be 'not more' than 3.4%. This is conservative, as you would expect from a decent pollster. So in short, if you think 'our' media blitzkrieg is winning hearts and minds in Russia- you are sorely misguided. Putin's popularity has in fact risen, just as it did during the Crimean Referendum.

So add this to a long list of Polls that you disbelieve &/or rubbish if they don't 'go your way', be it the Crimean secession Referendum, Venezuelan elections, Syrian elections, Chinese gov't popularity ratings, Brexit (remoaner), Thai elections (yellowshirt), or indeed the US Presidential elections- rigged by either 'Russian hackers' or 'Venezuelan voting machines', depending on which one your side lost.

Stay clarsy TD.

I made no such assertion. I asked the question, like any critical analyst would. The Report is not ‘from’ the NYT! They reported and questioned the make up of the report. Who gave the pollsters a clean bill of health? The Russians did by intimating they were anti Russian?
My criticism is based on what it not said about this poll, not what the Kremlin is telling us to believe.

Is it real? Is it worthy? The Russians clearly think so, and you have swallowed it without question!

Nice try with your attempt to blame me for your perception of my politics. I am apolitical, and question both sides propaganda.

The margin of error does not reflect the population disparity versus the sample size. The comment is quite ludicrous. A bit like your irrelevant grab with the hearts and minds bollox.

My objection to your post is based on your deliberate blindness in favour of both Russia and China. In short, you and the links that you assume support for your nonsense, are not investigated and are lacking in reality because you refuse to question anything that might fit your personal bias.

Epic fail again Sabang.

Originally Posted by sabang

YIKES

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation surged to 7.5% in March, hitting another record high with months still left before it is set to peak, raising pressure on the European Central Bank to rein in runaway prices even as growth slows sharply.

Consumer price growth in the 19 countries sharing the euro accelerated from 5.9% in February, Eurostat said on Friday, far beyond expectations 6.6%, as war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia pushed fuel and natural gas prices to record highs.

Although energy was the chief culprit, inflation in food prices, services and durable goods all came in above the ECB's 2% target, further proof that price growth is increasingly broad and not merely a reflection of expensive oil.

With the ECB having persistently underestimated inflation over the past year, the figure will come as a shock to policymakers, some of whom are already calling for tighter policy to avoid high price growth becoming entrenched.

"The inflation data speak for themselves," Joachim Nagel, president of the German Bundesbank, said on Friday. "Monetary policy should not pass up the opportunity for timely countermeasures."

The central bank governors of Austria and the Netherlands have already called for rate hikes this year, worried that rapid price growth is becoming broad-based, an argument supported by underlying data from Friday's release.

Inflation excluding volatile food and fuel prices, closely watched by the ECB, picked up to 3.2% from 2.9% while a narrower measure that also excludes alcohol and tobacco products jumped to 3.0% from 2.7%.

Any cut in Russian gas supplies would also quickly feed through to customers, boosting prices even as governments are putting in place subsidy measures to offset some of the cost.

INFLATION SOARS, GROWTH STAGNATES

Euro zone inflation hits new peak, deepening ECB's dilemma (msn.com)

Inflationary pressures are currently a global issue mate. Yet another failure to relate to reality, using an obscure, off topic blame game.

Originally Posted by sabang

Love from Sybil no less!! Now that is Classic.

Happy for you to take one for the team, but given his dislike for my posts, it could easily have been aimed at me.
You just never know with him.

So add this to a long list of Polls that you disbelieve &/or rubbish

Just a wee lil' point- I didn't real mean 'you' as in You switch- probably would have been better to have put y'all. I rattle off these posts pretty quickly. We have some TD specialists in disbelieving/ rubbishing any poll and election data that does not conform to their confirmation bias.
That poll margin of error is fine- you can check it yourself actually, using one of several free margin of error calculators here on the interweb. Salient point anyway- no Vlad is not in immediate threat of being deposed. It's amerka in reverse- rally to the flag.

Who cares if the poll is accurate. The fact is that there is no free press in Russia. All the news outlets push the Kremlin narrative, and speaking out against the government can and will get you arrested. Do you really think that people are going to openly say how they feel in some public poll and risk being exposed as anti-government? If you do think so, you are a fool.

So accurate or not, the poll is still rubbish.

Remember the video of the guy who hung the picture of Putin in the elevator that David posted? All the snide comments that were made under people's breath when they stepped into that elevator were almost all negative. Speaks volumes more than a stupid poll.

Secret intelligence has unusually public role in Ukraine war

LONDON (AP) — The war in Ukraine is the conflict where spies came in from the cold and took center stage.


Since Russia invaded its neighbor in late February, intelligence agencies in the U.S. and Britain have been remarkably willing to go public with their secret intelligence assessments of what is happening on the battlefield — and inside the Kremlin.


The U.S. this week declassified intelligence findings claiming Russian President Vladimir Putin is being misinformed about his military’s poor performance in Ukraine by advisers scared to tell him the truth. On Thursday a British spy chief said demoralized Russian troops were refusing to carry out orders and sabotaging their own equipment.


Jeremy Fleming, who heads Britain’s electronic intelligence agency GCHQ, made the comments in a public speech where he said the “pace and scale” at which secret intelligence is being released “really is unprecedented.”

Mark Galeotti, a Russia expert at University College London, agreed that the very public intelligence campaign “reflects the fact that we now live in a different age, politically and internationally. And this is a different kind of war.”

Officials say the stream of declassified intelligence — which includes regular briefings to journalists in Washington and London and daily Twitter updates from Britain’s defense ministry — has several aims. Partly it’s to let Putin know he is being watched, and to make him question what he’s being told. It’s also designed to embolden the Russian military to tell Putin the truth, and to convey to the Russian public that they have been lied to about the war.


The U.S. and Britain also have released intelligence assessments in a bid to deter Russian actions. That was the case with recent warnings Russia might be preparing to use chemical weapons in Ukraine.


It’s all part of a closely coordinated trans-Atlantic strategy that has been in the works for months.


Biden administration officials say they decided to aggressively share intelligence and coordinate messaging with key allies, including Britain, as U.S. concerns about Russian troop movements in autumn 2021 put the intelligence community on high alert.


In early November, President Joe Biden dispatched CIA director William Burns to Moscow to warn that the U.S. was fully aware of Russian troop movements. The White House has typically been tight-lipped about the director’s travels, but the Biden administration calculated that in this situation they needed to advertise the visit far and wide. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow announced that Burns had met with top Kremlin officials shortly after his trip was over.


Soon after Burns’ Moscow mission, U.S. officials decided they needed to accelerate intelligence sharing.

Officials shared sensitive intelligence with other members of the Five Eyes alliance — Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — and also with Ukraine. Director of national intelligence Avril Haines was dispatched to Brussels to brief NATO members on intelligence underlying growing American concerns that Russia seemed intent on invasion, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive issue.


Some allies and analysts were skeptical, with memories lingering of past intelligence failings, like the false claim Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction that was used to justify the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.


Late last year, France and Germany led a group of European countries that appeared to be seeing similar military intelligence as the U.S. and Britain, but were less convinced that an invasion of Ukraine was imminent. At NATO, Germany initially blocked the use of a system for helping Ukraine to acquire certain military equipment. France and Germany also blocked NATO from launching an early crisis planning system in response to the buildup, before relenting in December.


This week, French media reported that the head of France’s military intelligence agency, which failed to anticipate the Russian invasion, has been removed from his post.


Eric Vidaud’s departure comes amid soul-searching among France’s leadership about why it was taken by surprise by the war — which was particularly embarrassing for President Emmanuel Macron, who speaks regularly with Putin. Some see Vidaud as a scapegoat, and note that his removal comes just ahead of this month’s French presidential election.


In January, as Russia amassed troops near Ukraine’s border, Britain’s Foreign Office issued a statement alleging that Putin wanted to install a pro-Moscow regime in Ukraine. The U.K. said it was making the intelligence assessment public because of the “exceptional circumstances.”


Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24 largely silenced the doubters, and drew a unified response from NATO. The release of U.S. and British intelligence is partly designed to shore up that Western unity, officials and analysts say. Both Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson doubt Putin is serious about negotiating an end to the war and want to keep up the West’s military and moral support of Ukraine.


The impact inside Russia is hard to measure. The U.S. official who spoke to the AP said the White House hopes divulging intelligence that Putin is misinformed could help prod the Russian leader to reconsider his options in Ukraine. But the publicity could also risk further isolating Putin or make him double down on his aim of restoring Russian prestige lost since the fall of the Soviet Union.


The official said Biden is in part shaped by a belief that “Putin is going to do what Putin is going to do,” regardless of international efforts to deter him.


Galeotti said Western intelligence agencies likely don’t know how much impact their efforts will have on Putin.


“But there’s no harm in giving it a try,” he said. “Because when it comes down to it, in this kind of intensely personalistic system (of government), if one line, or one particular notion, happens to get through and lodge itself in Putin’s brain, then that’s a really powerful result.”


Secret intelligence has unusually public role in Ukraine war | AP News

EU to hit Russia with fresh sanctions after Bucha killings

The European Union announced Monday it's working on further sanctions against Russia's government "as a matter of urgency" following allegations that Russian forces committed war crimes in Bucha and elsewhere in Ukraine.

What they're saying: The EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said in a statement that the 27-nation bloc "condemns in the strongest possible terms" the "reported atrocities."

• "Haunting images of large numbers of civilian deaths and casualties, as well as destruction of civilian infrastructures show the true face of the brutal war of aggression Russia is waging against Ukraine and its people," Borrell said.
• U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken tweeted Sunday that the U.S. "strongly" condemned the "apparent atrocities by Kremlin forces in Bucha and across Ukraine," adding: "We are pursuing accountability using every tool available, documenting and sharing information to hold accountable those responsible."

The big picture: Ukrainian President said in a televised address late Sunday after a mass grave was discovered and bodies were found strewn on the streets of Bucha, some with their hands tied behind their back, that what to place in the city, northwest of Kyiv, and elsewhere in Ukraine was a war crime.

• French President Emmanuel Macron concurred with this assessment on Sunday in an interview with the broadcaster France Inter and said more sanctions were needed in response to the latest allegations of war crimes.

Meanwhile, the prime ministers of Poland and Spain separately repeated Zelensky's earlier allegations that Putin's forces were committing "genocide" in Ukraine and demanded a global investigation, per AFP.

For the record: The Kremlin denies Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine.

• Russia's chief investigator on Monday ordered an investigation into what he described as Ukrainian "provocation" following Kyiv's allegations that Russian forces massacred civilians in Bucha, according to Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...re-2022-04-03/

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U.S. said to seize mega yacht owned by oligarch who's close to Putin

Palma de Mallorca, Spain — The U.S. government seized a mega yacht in Spain owned by an oligarch with close ties to the Russian president on Monday, the first in the government's sanctions enforcement initiative to "seize and freeze" giant boats and other pricey assets of Russian elites.

Spain's Civil Guard and U.S. federal agents descended on the yacht at the Marina Real in the port of Palma de Mallorca, the capital of Spain's Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. Associated Press reporters at the scene saw police going in and out of the boat on Monday morning. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-...or-vekselberg/

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On Monday, Russia is due to pay $552 million on maturing 2022 Eurobond and $84 million in a coupon payout on 2042 Eurobond. https://www.reuters.com/business/rus...ns-2022-04-04/

US ramps up oil imports from Russia, pursues own interests at expense of European allies amid Ukraine crisis

In a contrasting move to its pressuring of European allies to not buy Russian oil against the backdrop of the ongoing Ukraine crisis, the US increased crude oil supplies from Russia by 43 percent, or 100,000 barrels per day, over the past week, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Mikhail Popov told Russian media on Sunday, with critics pointing out that the US pursues its own interests at the costs of its European allies.

According to the Russian official, Europe should expect similar "surprises" from the US.

"Moreover, Washington allowed its companies to export mineral fertilizers from Russia, recognizing them as essential goods," Popov added.

The US and European allies have been exploring banning imports of Russian oil since Russia-Ukraine conflict started, despite the fact that Europe relies on Russia for crude oil and natural gas.

Europe faces pressure from both the US and the UK to impose a ban on Russian oil. Britain has announced that it would phase out Russian oil imports by the end of the year.

Meanwhile, US Treasury has set deadline to end deals on oil and coal imports from Russia until April 22.

Cui Heng, an assistant research fellow from the Center for Russian Studies of East China Normal University, told the Global Times that the US policy toward Russia is centered on two aspects - one being liberalism to counter Russia's political system and collective ideology and the other being pragmatism to serve US national interests.

"Out of the need to ideologically confront Russia, the US woos allies to sanction Russia, while out of the need of reality, the US buys Russian energy at a cheaper price and sells them to Europe at a higher price to serve the interests of domestic oil interest groups. In the end, Europe becomes the victim - European wealth flows to the US and helps consolidate the dollar's advantage against euro," Cui said.

US liquefied natural gas exports rose nearly 16 percent last month to a record high, according to preliminary Refinitiv data, with shipments to Europe continuing to dominate.

US LNG is in high demand as European countries try to cut gas imports from Russia after its military operation in Ukraine, while also looking to rebuild diminishing inventories.

Local media reported that Europe has been the top importer of US LNG for four consecutive months, taking about 65 percent of US exports.

In a joint agreement, the US announced on March 25 to provide at least 15 billion cubic meters more of liquefied natural gas to Europe this year, seeking to end the bloc's dependence on Russian energy exports. These additional volumes of LNG are expected to increase going forward, the White House said in a statement.

Mick Wallace, a member of the European Parliament, tweeted a video of his parliamentary speech, saying that Europe should indeed wean itself off its dependence on Russian energy, but must not replace it with "filthy fracked Gas" of the US, which has invaded other countries more than any other country in the world, according to media reports.

Analysts said the biggest beneficiary from Russia-Ukraine crisis and ban on Russian oil is the US while some netizens mocked the US move as ensnaring its European allies.

"I believe the target of the US [in sanctioning Russia] is not Russia at all, but European countries," commented one Chinese netizen.

By buying oil from Russia and reselling it to Europe, the US can make a profit, said some Twitter users.

US ramps up oil imports from Russia, pursues own interests at expense of European allies amid Ukraine crisis - Global Times

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More BS from a total shit source. Give the propaganda a rest, sabang.

Today, President Biden will sign an Executive Order (E.O.) to ban the import of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas, and coal to the United States – a significant action with widespread bipartisan support that will further deprive President Putin of the economic resources he uses to continue his needless war of choice.

The United States made this decision in close consultation with our Allies and partners around the world, as well as Members of Congress of both parties. The United States is able to take this step because of our strong domestic energy infrastructure and we recognize that not all of our Allies and partners are currently in a position to join us. But we are united with our Allies and partners in working together to reduce our collective dependence on Russian energy and keep the pressure mounting on Putin, while at the same taking active steps to limit impacts on global energy markets and protect our own economies.

This announcement builds on unprecedented economic costs the United States and our Allies and partners have imposed on Russia. As a result of our historic, multilateral coordination, Russia has become a global economic and financial pariah. Over 30 countries representing well over half the world’s economy have announced sanctions that impose immediate and severe economic costs on Russia, cut off access to high-tech technology, sap its growth potential, and weaken its military for years to come. The Russian ruble is now worth less than a penny and has hit an all-time low after losing almost half of its value since Putin announced his further invasion of Ukraine. By isolating Russia’s Central Bank and cutting off the largest Russian banks from the international financial system, we have disarmed his war chest of foreign reserves and left Putin to soften the blow of our sanctions. U.S. and allied export controls are impacting industrial production in Russia, Russian commercial aviation, and other key sectors of the Russian economy. The United States and governments all over the world are going after Putin’s cronies and their families by identifying and freezing the assets they hold in our respective jurisdictions – their yachts, luxury apartments, money, and other ill-gotten gains.

Today’s Executive Order bans:

• The importation into the United States of Russian crude oil and certain petroleum products, liquefied natural gas, and coal. Last year, the U.S. imported nearly 700,000 barrels per day of crude oil and refined petroleum products from Russia and this step will deprive Russia of billions of dollars in revenues from U.S. drivers and consumers annually.
• New U.S. investment in Russia’s energy sector, which will ensure that American companies and American investors are not underwriting Vladimir Putin’s efforts to expand energy production inside Russia
• Americans will also be prohibited from financing or enabling foreign companies that are making investment to produce energy in Russia.

Putin’s brutal war has led to higher energy prices and raised costs for Americans at home. Today, President Biden made clear that he will keep working to mitigate the pain American families feel at the pump and reduce our dependence on foreign oil and fossil fuels:

• The Administration has already committed to releasing more than 90 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve this fiscal year, with an emergency sale of 30 million barrels announced just last week. After intensive around-the-clock coordination and consultation by President Biden, the International Energy Agency (IEA) Member countries agreed to a collective release of an initial 60 million barrels of crude oil from our strategic petroleum reserves, with the United States committing half of that in the emergency sale. We are in conversations with a range of energy producers and consumers on further steps we can take to ensure a stable global supply of energy.
• U.S. oil and gas production is approaching record highs, while thousands of drilling permits on federal lands go unused. Federal policies are not limiting the production of oil and gas. To the contrary, the Biden Administration has been clear that in the short-term, supply must keep up with demand, at home and around the world while we make the shift to a secure clean energy future. We are one of the world’s largest producers with a strong domestic oil and gas industry. Natural gas production has never been higher, and crude oil production is expected to hit a new high next year. Oil and gas companies, and the finance firms that back them, should not use Putin’s war as an excuse for excess price increases or padding profits, and, as major energy company leaders have themselves said, they have the resources and incentives they need to further increase production in the United States.

• In the long run, the way to avoid high gas prices is to speed up – not slow down – our transition to a clean energy future. We cannot drill our way out of dependence on a global commodity controlled in part by foreign nations and their leaders, including Putin. The only way to eliminate Putin’s and every other producing country’s ability to use oil as an economic weapon, is to reduce our dependency on oil. So, even as President Biden does everything in his power in the short term to make sure we can readily access the oil and gas necessary to protect American consumers and allied countries– including through greater U.S. domestic production that is expected to hit record highs next year – this crisis reinforces our resolve to make America truly energy independent, which means reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. This is a shared goal with our European allies, that we will work together to achieve.

FACT SHEET: United States Bans Imports of Russian Oil, Liquefied Natural Gas, and Coal | The White House

^ That was released March 08 2022- the Global Times article is more recent, April 04 2022. It would seem the the US has scaled back it's 'boycott'. The ruble has significantly recovered since that article was released too. I guess a month is a long time in politics! A possible explanation for the declared uptick in crude oil exports to the US is that they have been releasing significant quantities of strategic reserves, to stabilise oil prices. Seems to be working too.

^A Russian spokesman decides to tell the world that USA bought oil from Russia? Did the USA pay in Rubles?

A less than reliable propaganda arm, The Global Times dutifully report the Russian spokesman? See anything suspicious in that? Or did you choose to ignore it like you have in the past?

Cue flippant or non existent response when caught with hand in the cookie jar, again.

Originally Posted by Switch

^A Russian spokesman decides to tell the world that USA bought oil from Russia? Did the USA pay in Rubles?

A less than reliable propaganda arm, The Global Times dutifully report the Russian spokesman?

^ ... THIS and below

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An executive order has been signed banning the import of Russian oil. Stop posting crap sabang.

BERLIN (Reuters) - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, long an advocate of Western rapprochement with Russia, expressed regret for his earlier stance, saying his years of support for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline had been a clear mistake.

Steinmeier, a Social Democrat who served as Foreign Minister under Chancellor Angela Merkel before being elevated to the presidency, said Russia's invasion of Ukraine meant he and others had to reckon honestly with what they had got wrong.

"My adherence to Nord Stream 2 was clearly a mistake," he said. "We were sticking to a bridge in which Russia no longer believed and which other partners had warned us against."

Steinmeier was a prominent member of a wing of his Social Democratic Party, led by former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, that argued close economic ties to Russia were a way of anchoring it within a western-oriented global system.

The now-cancelled Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which critics said would have weakened Ukraine by cutting it out of the energy transit business, was a centrepiece of that strategy.

That has triggered a growing backlash, with critics on social media repeatedly tweeting past pictures of him affectionately embracing Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, while Ukraine's ambassador Andrij Melnyk has been outspoken in his criticism.

When Steinmeier arranged a "solidarity concert" for Ukraine, Melnyk tweeted sarcastically that the only soloists appeared to be Russian. "An affront," he wrote. "Sorry, I'm not coming."

Germany's president is meant to be a unifying figure who stands above the cut and thrust of daily politics, one who enjoys the moral authority to exhort people to better behaviour.

"We failed to build a common European house," Steinmeier said. "I did not believe Vladimir Putin would embrace his country's complete economic, political and moral ruin for the sake of his imperial madness," he added.

"In this, I, like others, was mistaken."

I got Putin wrong, says chastened German President

Originally Posted by sabang

No gentlemen, THIS-


Russia oil imports size to US rise by 43 percent


According to a recent figure from the United States Energy Information Administration, the amount of Russian oil imports by the United States surged by 43 percent from March 19 to 25, in comparison to the prior week (EIA). According to data, the United States imports up to 100,000 barrels of Russian oil each day.

You're welcome, but don't expect me to do your Homework for you every time.

NO ... let me do the homework!

First up ... it's

DON'T go to the 'news' source when the 'original' source is available.


So, here is the most recent data ...

Weekly Preliminary Crude Imports by Top 10 Countries of Origin (ranking based on 2020 Petroleum Supply Monthly data)


The longer term trend is below ...

U.S. Imports from Russia of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products (Thousand Barrels)

As for ... "According to data, the United States imports up to 100,000 barrels of Russian oil each day." ...


The interesting thing for me was to learn that Trinidad and Tobago were Crude Oil/Petroleum Product exporters!

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I think I missed my calling in life ... I should have been a PI

Originally Posted by sabang

You're welcome, but don't expect me to do your Homework for you every time.

How about you stop doing your homework and just drop out. Sound familiar?

Why do you people make such children of yourself? The US Energy Information Administration is a part of the US Federal government. Are you suggesting they are lying? No they are not. Deal with it.

Why did you provide 4 weekly figures david, when my Post clearly referred to weekly figures? Not comparing like with like, tut tut. Following are the Weekly figures from the EIA for your elucidation-

Weekly Preliminary Crude Imports by Top 10 Countries of Origin (ranking based on 2020 Petroleum Supply Monthly data) (Thousand Barrels per Day)

Period: Weekly 4-Week Average

Download Series History Definitions, Sources & Notes
Country	GraphClear	02/18/22	02/25/22	03/04/22	03/11/22	03/18/22	03/25/22	View History
1- Canada		3,869	3,630	3,731	3,398	3,806	3,612	2010-2022
2- Mexico		768	497	412	645	641	731	2010-2022
3- Saudi Arabia		358	520	701	562	534	333	2010-2022
4- Colombia		332	144	71	279	72	284	2010-2022
5- Iraq		285	295	188	161	489	82	2010-2022
6- Ecuador		98	0	160	205	103	96	2010-2022
7- Brazil		273	57	71	191	150	72	2010-2022
8- Russia		106	0	148	38	70	100	2010-2022
9- Nigeria		25	43	96	0	2	148	2010-2022
10- Trinidad and Tobago		0	0	0	54	0	75	2010-2022
Algeria		--	--	--	--	--	--	2010-2022
Angola		--	--	--	--	--	--	2010-2022
Congo		--	--	--	--	--	--	2010-2022
Equatorial Guinea		--	--	--	--	--	--	2010-2022
Kuwait		--	--	--	--	--	--	2010-2022
Norway		--	--	--	--	--	--	2010-2022
United Kingdom		--	--	--	--	--	--	2010-2022
Venezuela		--	--	--	--	--	--	2010-2022

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_wimpc_s1_w.htm

As you can clearly see (if you can read a Table) Russian oil exports to the USA shot up enormously in the week ending 25/3/22 (the most recent week for which figures are available) to 100,000 barrels per day- up from 70,000 barrels per day the week before. No cigar.

The figures I quoted were real, and in an attempt to show them to be wrong you just made a fool of yourself again. End of- stop squealing like a baby and Man up.

This is actually more important anyway, the Big Picture- the US itself is not a major export destination for Russian oil, gas or coal-



Russia's March oil output down to 11.01 million bpd, analysts warn of further declines


Mon, 4 April 2022, 9:33 pm


Russian output of oil and gas condensate fell to 11.01 million barrels per day (bpd) in March from 11.06 million bpd in February, according to Reuters calculations based on an Interfax report on Monday that cited an unnamed source.
A Russian analytical unit affiliated with the Energy Ministry did not publish monthly oil and gas output data on April 2, according to two clients, the first delay in years amid reports of a production decline.
Russia's oil and gas condensate production was 46.57 million tonnes in March, Interfax news agency said, compared with 42.23 million tonnes in February, which was three days shorter.


Reports of lower production in March, though minor, come as exporters experience difficulties in placing some barrels amid Western sanctions over Moscow's military operation in Ukraine.
On Friday, sources said that on March 31, the oil output was down to 10.6 million bpd, the lowest daily level since September 2021. It was not immediately clear whether the reduction was a one-off factor or a sign of a more prolonged decline.
At the same time loadings of Russian flagship oil blend, Urals, fell from the Western ports in the Baltic Sea by 5% from the initial schedule last month due to cargo cancellations.
On Monday, citing a source familiar with the data, Interfax news agency said that Russian oil exports outside the ex-Soviet Union increased by 15.8% in annualised terms in the first quarter to 57.1 million tonnes (4.65 million bpd).
It said Russian natural gas output rose 0.8% year on year in March to 67.5 billion cubic metres.
The declines seen in oil production in Russia are related to changes in logistics and financing, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak was quoted as saying on Friday, without providing detail.
As European customers are taking a cautious approach when dealing with Russian oil, analysts expect that Russia may have to cut production this month by between 1 million bpd and 1.5 million bpd.
"I wouldn't vouch for how fast production will decline. On average (decline) by 1 million bpd looks plausible, but it could eventually be even more," Alexei Kokin from brokerage Otkritie said about expectations for April.
The energy ministry did not reply to a Reuters request for a comment on possible production cuts this month.
Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a "special operation" that it says is not designed to occupy territory but to destroy its southern neighbour's military capabilities and capture what it regards as dangerous nationalists.

Russia's March oil output down to 11.01 million bpd, analysts warn of further declines

We'll have to see how these sanctions will bite in coming months, but so far I'm afraid it is a bit of a m'ehhh, and of course then you have near record energy prices to boot.

Russian shelling allegedly sank the Dominican Republic-flagged civilian cargo vessel Azburg when it shelled the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry claimed on Tuesday.

"Pirates of the Sea of ​​Azov," tweeted the Defense Ministry. "During another barbaric shelling of Mariupol, Russia sank a merchant ship under the Dominican Republic flag. In terms of the number of peaceful ships sunk during last 40 days, [the] Russian fleet has already surpassed many Somali pirate captains."

Pirates of the Sea of ​​Azov. During another barbaric shelling of Mariupol, sank a merchant ship under the flag. In terms of the number of peaceful ships sunk during last 40 days, fleet has already surpassed many Somali pirate captains. pic.twitter.com/aiXxNlBP7k
— Defence of Ukraine (@DefenceU) April 5, 2022

The ministry posted pictures that allegedly showed the Azburg ablaze. The container cargo ship was last recorded by the maritime traffic database MarineTraffic as being moored at Mariupol.

The city of Mariupol has been encircled by Russian forces since the early days of the Russia-Ukraine War. Russian forces have been bombarding Ukrainian military positions, and allegedly civilian targets, within the city with surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, artillery, mortars, naval guns, and airstrikes. Many areas of the city have been left without basic utilities, and there have been multiple efforts to evacuate civilians through humanitarian corridors.

Several civilian vessels were seized, damaged or sunk under disputed circumstances. On March 3, the Estonian-owned cargo ship Helt sank near Ukraine's major Black Sea port of Odesa. The Helt was allegedly used by the Russian Black Sea Fleet as a human shield to protect its navigation, in what Ukraine called an act of "21st century piracy."

On the same day that the Helt sank, a Bangladeshi vessel was hit by a missile or bomb at another port.

On February 28, the Princess Nicole, a Ukrainian bulk carrier. with a sailor with Israeli citizenship, was detained by Russian naval forces.

A Moldovan vessel sailing under a Romanian flag was damaged by a Russian warship, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine alleged on February 25. The vessel, the Millenial Spirit, was reportedly traveling to Odessa when it was damaged.

On February 24, Two civilian ships were hit by Ukrainian missiles in the Sea of Azov, according to Russian media.

Commercial shipping has become perilous in the Black Sea since the Russia-Ukraine War began. The Black Sea is a major shipping route for grain and oil. Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia all have coastlines on the sea. Many shipping firms have suspended sailings to affected Black Sea ports and other terminals in Ukraine, with insurance premiums for voyages soaring.

The Russian Embassy in Cairo claimed on Tuesday that the Ukrainian military was preventing 67 foreign ships from departing in the Black Sea, TASS reported. The comments were reportedly in response to "Kyiv's unfounded statements about Russia's obstruction of the freedom of merchant shipping in the Black Sea."

Humanitarian corridors have reportedly been organized to allow merchant navigation of the sea.

NATO's Shipping Center warned on March 2 that there was "a high risk of collateral damage on civilian shipping in the northwestern part of the Black Sea," which included mines. Sea mines have been discovered in the coastal territory of Turkey and defused by Romanian and Turkish naval units, including near the key maritime chokepoint the Bosphorus strait. Russia and Ukraine have accused one another of laying the mines.

“In total, with gross violations of the rules and without mapping, about 420 mines of obsolete types, produced in the first half of the 20th century, were laid down,” the Russian embassy to Egypt asserted on Tuesday, according to TASS. “During storms, some of them also broke away from anchors and now drift freely in the western part of the Black Sea."

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-703317

Originally Posted by sabang

The figures I quoted were real, and in an attempt to show them to be wrong you just made a fool of yourself again. End of- stop squealing like a baby and Man up.

This is actually more important anyway, the Big Picture- the US itself is not a major export destination for Russian oil, gas or coal-



Russia's March oil output down to 11.01 million bpd, analysts warn of further declines


Mon, 4 April 2022, 9:33 pm


Russian output of oil and gas condensate fell to 11.01 million barrels per day (bpd) in March from 11.06 million bpd in February, according to Reuters calculations based on an Interfax report on Monday that cited an unnamed source.
A Russian analytical unit affiliated with the Energy Ministry did not publish monthly oil and gas output data on April 2, according to two clients, the first delay in years amid reports of a production decline.
Russia's oil and gas condensate production was 46.57 million tonnes in March, Interfax news agency said, compared with 42.23 million tonnes in February, which was three days shorter.


Reports of lower production in March, though minor, come as exporters experience difficulties in placing some barrels amid Western sanctions over Moscow's military operation in Ukraine.
On Friday, sources said that on March 31, the oil output was down to 10.6 million bpd, the lowest daily level since September 2021. It was not immediately clear whether the reduction was a one-off factor or a sign of a more prolonged decline.
At the same time loadings of Russian flagship oil blend, Urals, fell from the Western ports in the Baltic Sea by 5% from the initial schedule last month due to cargo cancellations.
On Monday, citing a source familiar with the data, Interfax news agency said that Russian oil exports outside the ex-Soviet Union increased by 15.8% in annualised terms in the first quarter to 57.1 million tonnes (4.65 million bpd).
It said Russian natural gas output rose 0.8% year on year in March to 67.5 billion cubic metres.
The declines seen in oil production in Russia are related to changes in logistics and financing, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak was quoted as saying on Friday, without providing detail.
As European customers are taking a cautious approach when dealing with Russian oil, analysts expect that Russia may have to cut production this month by between 1 million bpd and 1.5 million bpd.
"I wouldn't vouch for how fast production will decline. On average (decline) by 1 million bpd looks plausible, but it could eventually be even more," Alexei Kokin from brokerage Otkritie said about expectations for April.
The energy ministry did not reply to a Reuters request for a comment on possible production cuts this month.
Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a "special operation" that it says is not designed to occupy territory but to destroy its southern neighbour's military capabilities and capture what it regards as dangerous nationalists.

Russia's March oil output down to 11.01 million bpd, analysts warn of further declines

We'll have to see how these sanctions will bite in coming months, but so far I'm afraid it is a bit of a m'ehhh, and of course then you have near record energy prices to boot.

As of yesterday, the ‘Stan’s were independent nation states. Why are they referred to as Ex Soviet States. Russia does not gain anything from their exports of oil or anything else. Closing trade routes may prevent oil from leaving via Russia, but I’m sure those countries will find other routes for their oil and other exports if necessary.

A Presidential order gives Biden the legal framework to stop any company from breaking sanctions. It might take time toget the required support from both houses of government.

Posting reductions in Russian exports is not something you want to do. It does not help your case at all.

Russia does not gain anything from their exports of oil or anything else.

Oh but it does if it transits through Russia, and is embarked at Russian ports. Or do you think they do it for charity?
More complex would be if Russian interests, such as Gazprom, hold an equity in any of these projects. Certainly not unusual.