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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1 ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: So. Many of you want the Ukraine in NATO.
Date: 03/03/25 4:32 PM
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Cool. That means US troops ready to fight the Russkies.

Next question. How much business should our NATO allies be doing with Russia? And what should they be buying from them?

theguardian.com - EU spends more russian oil gas than financial aid ukraine report

EU spends more on Russian oil and gas than financial aid to Ukraine – report
Europe estimated to have bought 22bn of fossil fuels from Russia in 2024 but gave 19bn to support Kyiv

Hmmm. This seems upside down somehow:

The EU is spending more money on Russian fossil fuels than on financial aid to Ukraine, a report marking the third anniversary of the invasion has found.

EU member states bought 21.9bn (£18.1bn) of Russian oil and gas in the third year of the war, according to estimates from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (Crea), despite the efforts under way to kick the continent’s addiction to the fuels that fund Vladimir Putin’s war chest.

The amount is one-sixth greater than the 18.7bn the EU allocated to Ukraine in financial aid in 2024, according to a tracker from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).

Vaibhav Raghunandan, an analyst at Crea and coauthor of the report, said: “Purchasing Russian fossil fuels is, quite plainly, akin to sending financial aid to the Kremlin and enabling its invasion. [It’s] a practice that must stop immediately to secure not just Ukraine’s future, but also Europe’s energy security.”
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