Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran';

Re:Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran'; by wojciii on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @03:45PM (#45351831)

I meant sanctions which are bombing russian refineries.

So they stories no fuel in Russia are just propaganda?

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Re:Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran'; by orbital-decay on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @06:56PM (#45353877)

Oh, makes sense.

Depends on the claim - some are, some aren't. The problem obviously exists, but the coverup is good enough to make lots of people think that the war happens on another planet and doesn't affect them (e.g. gasoline export ban).

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Re:Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran'; by wojciii on Thursday September 25, 2025 @10:43AM (#45373207)

"In breaking news, Russia is extending the complete ban on all petrol exports through the rest of 2025 for producers and distributors, and is banning diesel exports for distributors. Fuel shortages have spread to almost all of Russia, with the Ministry of Energy insisting that “all necessary measures are being taken to ensure the timely and uninterrupted supply of all essential fuel.”"

This story is getting better and better.

The above quite is from Malcontent News.

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Re:Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran'; by int_19h on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:59AM (#45356470)

That's not sanctions, that's just warfare.

And yes, if US and EU were serious about helping Ukraine win, this would have already happened back in 2022. Or better yet, back in 2014.

As it is, US & EU sanctions seem to be more of a theater mostly for the benefit of the population of those countries, so that their politicians can sincerely say that they "support Ukraine".

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