Re:Over 100 ships have sailed with fake insurance from the N...
by Kbelicius on Friday September 12, 2025 @03:13PM
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Why would Russia voluntarily give up money by constraining the supply during the war? That makes absolutely no sense.
Re:Over 100 ships have sailed with fake insurance from the N...
by Sabinus on Saturday September 13, 2025 @05:39PM
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Coersion. A comparatively small amount of revenue being given up could scare Europe away from supplying Ukraine with materiel. The Russians put out ads about how Europe would be freezing through winter.
The increases in energy prices mostly came from voluntary attempts to find alternatives to Russian energy and from Russia constraining the supply.