Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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Mandalore76 said:

Ryuu96 said:

BREAKING: President Biden says the U.S. will ban Russian oil imports in response to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. “Americans have rallied to support the Ukrainian people and made it clear we will not be part of subsidizing Putin’s war.” https://t.co/pmNnQU7GRq pic.twitter.com/C8Kca3Pib2

— CNBC (@CNBC) March 8, 2022

And all it took was two weeks of war and atrocities for him to do it.  It's sad that it took Ukrainian officials publicly pointing out that the US and its allies were basically funding Russia's war effort by continuing to buy their invader's main export despite sanctioning everything else.

It's the right move, but it shouldn't have required Ukraine begging/pleading for it to happen.

A lot of European countries are going to continue to buy Russian oil. Germany's Olaf Scholz has stated bluntly that Germany will not be participating in any bans on Russian oil. Germany is Russia's third largest customer after China and the Netherlands. And of course, China sure doesn't care enough about Ukraine to pass up the opportunity to get its hands on Russian oil. China alone accounts for 32 percent of Russian oil exports. 

The US accounts for less than a percent of Russian oil exports.