Europe begins to go back to burning coal to offset Russian natural gas cuts….
China is buying un claimed natural gas for Russia whose energy sanctions appaer to be make MORE money for them….
The EU is trying to figure out how to get embargoed Ukraine grain from the Russians….
NATO works to get Turkey to ok Finnland and Sweden into the fold……
POW’s are being used as political pawns by Russia….
As the conflict goes on?
It appears Presidrnt Biden’s soft power snctions actions are wearing thin against the Russian economy overall…
They do seem to hurt the Russian consumer….
In response to Peskov’s comments, the State Department said in a statement: “We call on the Russian government — as well as its proxies — to live up to their international obligations in their treatment of any individual, including those captured fighting in Ukraine.” Earlier this month, a Russia-backed tribunal in the separatist Donetsk region ignited international outrage when it handed down death sentences to fighters from Britain and Morocco. Peskov told NBC that the Americans’ fate “depends on the investigation.”
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