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"Trump threatened to stop weapons for Ukraine unless Europe joined Hormuz coalition
Nato’s top official urged key alliance members to offer help to US to reopen key waterway"

FT.com
 
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
 
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
 
"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.
 
Scof said:
For those of you who lead simple lives & haven't yet found it, this site gives a visual plot of ships locations. Zoom in on the straights & you can see what is moving. Click on the icons to reveal details of the ship.

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noseall said:
Have a wild guessHis name surname starts with a T and he's a rapist, a liar, a coward, a cheat, a loser, a misogynist, an adulterer, a fraudster, a scrounger and a bubully
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Yes, but who and what stops the ships? A man with a clipboard? Soldiers? Blockades? Threats? Traffic cones?
 
SPLINE said:
Yes, but who and what stops the ships? A man with a clipboard? Soldiers? Blockades? Threats? Traffic cones?
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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'.

Get the message?
 
noseall said:
Get the message?
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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?
 
JohnD said:
"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.
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The EU spent £18 billion on Russian oil and gas in one year.

Who would have thought it?

EU spends more on Russian oil & gas than financial aid to Ukraine, according to new report - Business and Human Rights Centre

Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Centre
www.business-humanrights.org www.business-humanrights.org
 
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