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  • Russia is on track to make more money off oil and gas exports this year than it did in 2021, and it's got the EU to thank

    06/05/2022 8:24:03 AM PDT · by Erik Latranyi · 61 replies
    Business Insider ^ | 2 June 2022 | Huileng Tan
    Russian oil and gas sales could hit $285 billion this year, outstripping last year's takings by 20%. Europe is a major buyer of Russian energy products, accounting for about 50% of its crude oil exports and 75% of its natural gas exports in 2021. Germany was the biggest buyer of Russian energy in the first two months of the war. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is entering its 100th day on Friday, with no clear end to the war in sight. Despite intensifying sanctions, Russia could still rake in $800 million a day from oil and gas revenues this year amid...
  • Biden says Ukraine might have to give Russia land in ‘negotiated settlement’

    06/04/2022 12:53:43 PM PDT · by JonPreston · 104 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/3/22 | Steven Nelson
    President Biden on Friday declined to rule out Ukraine having to cede part of its territory to Russia in order to end Moscow’s more than three-month-old invasion.“Does Ukraine have to cede territory to achieve peace?” a reporter asked Biden after his remarks on the May jobs report.“But it appears to me that at some point along the line, there’s going to have to be a negotiated settlement