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Safest ship in the Strait of Hormuz.View attachment 411946
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He's very fond of Vlad, whom he admires and models himself on.
Help Vlad sell banned oil
"Washington announced last week it was granting New Delhi a month-long exemption to buy Russian crude that was loaded on vessels before March 5, a move analysts at Nomura said could make available 20mn to 30mn barrels of oil to India."
FT.com
"Washington announced last week it was granting New Delhi a month-long exemption to buy Russian crude that was loaded on vessels before March 5, a move analysts at Nomura said could make available 20mn to 30mn barrels of oil to India."
FT.com
Here, mate, have some more money.
"Russia rakes in $150mn a day in extra revenue from surging oil prices
Middle East conflict boosts Vladimir Putin’s war chest as tankers carrying Russian oil head to India"
FT.com
"Russia rakes in $150mn a day in extra revenue from surging oil prices
Middle East conflict boosts Vladimir Putin’s war chest as tankers carrying Russian oil head to India"
FT.com
"Anastasia Stognei in Berlin, Rachel Millard in London, Krishn Kaushik in Mumbai and Andres Schipani in New Delhi
Published MAR 12 2026
Russia is earning as much as $150mn a day in extra budget revenues from its oil sales, making it the biggest winner from the conflict in the Middle East.
Moscow has so far earned an estimated $1.3bn-$1.9bn windfall from taxes on oil exports after the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz led to rising demand for Russian crude from India and China. The US also eased its Russia sanctions and its pressure on India not to buy Russian oil, prompting a significant number of tankers to head to the Indian Ocean.
The Russian government could receive $3.3bn-$4.9bn in overall additional revenues by the end of March, according to FT calculations based on industry data and several analysts’ assessments. That is assuming Russia’s Urals crude prices average around $70-$80 a barrel this month instead of remaining at a level close to the previous two months’ average of $52 a barrel.
It marks a stark reversal in fortunes for Moscow, which before the Iran war had been struggling with falling oil prices and the loss of most of its sales to India, largely due to pressure from Washington."
FT.com
Vlad is loving it.
Published MAR 12 2026
Russia is earning as much as $150mn a day in extra budget revenues from its oil sales, making it the biggest winner from the conflict in the Middle East.
Moscow has so far earned an estimated $1.3bn-$1.9bn windfall from taxes on oil exports after the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz led to rising demand for Russian crude from India and China. The US also eased its Russia sanctions and its pressure on India not to buy Russian oil, prompting a significant number of tankers to head to the Indian Ocean.
The Russian government could receive $3.3bn-$4.9bn in overall additional revenues by the end of March, according to FT calculations based on industry data and several analysts’ assessments. That is assuming Russia’s Urals crude prices average around $70-$80 a barrel this month instead of remaining at a level close to the previous two months’ average of $52 a barrel.
It marks a stark reversal in fortunes for Moscow, which before the Iran war had been struggling with falling oil prices and the loss of most of its sales to India, largely due to pressure from Washington."
FT.com
Vlad is loving it.
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Yes, but who and what stops the ships? A man with a clipboard? Soldiers? Blockades? Threats? Traffic cones?
Look up the words 'sitting duck'. Also the words 'large slow vessel vulnerable to attack'. And the words 'unarmed ships sailing through an ideal ambush pinch-point at sea'. And the words 'unprotected vessels bereft of armed escorts'.
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No, of course not, as usual you are not giving a strait answer. What is physically preventing some ships from passing a certain point, that hasn't prevented other ships? Is it just the threat? Can the ships not get insurance?