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Is the western boycott of Russian oil backfiring?

15 June 2022

10:10 PM

15 June 2022

10:10 PM

Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against the Russian invasion has surprised almost everyone outside the country, none more so, presumably, than Vladimir Putin. As for the West’s efforts to harm Russia through sanctions on its fossil fuel exports, that is a very different matter. Sanctions have not been entirely useless.

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