• NoiseColor @lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    If if if.

    Right now Putins main goal is to stop weapon deliveries to Ukraine - a country struggling to defend themselves from a tyrannic imperalist force. The Linke want that too.

    I don’t see how anything else matters in this situation.

    • Saleh@feddit.org
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      11 hours ago

      I don’t see how anything else matters in this situation.

      Russia is exporting about 500 Million € worth of Crude Oil, refined Oil and LNG per day with its ships, mostly through the Baltic Sea. A significant amount of that stuff either ends up in the EU directly or indirectly through India and Turkiye.

      On top of that are still double digit Million € worth of pipeline Gas to the EU.

      If you think that handing Russia 500 Million € every single day does not matter, you either don’t know what you are talking about or you don’t care about Ukraine as soon as it interferes with business.

      https://energyandcleanair.org/december-2024-monthly-analysis-of-russian-fossil-fuel-exports-and-sanctions/
      https://www.politico.eu/article/how-turkey-become-vladimir-putin-pit-stop-sell-camouflage-fuel-eu/

      for comparison Germany has approved arms exports worth about 14 billion € to Ukraine in 2024. So Germany has sent about 38 Million € of weapons to Ukraine per day, while sending about a 100 Million € to Russian proxies or even Russia directly in case of LNG per day.

      Tell me. If you give one side in a war 2,5x the money than the other side. Which side are you on?

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        10 hours ago

        Deflect much?

        Answer why Linke and Putin both want to stop weapon deliveries to Ukraine?

        Edit: I don’t actually think the Left is working with Putin. I think they are idiots that are helping Putin unknowingly. Plus, often tankies are in the most left parties, so it’s plausible there is some affection there.