> is al-jazeera good enough or are they too close to europe? did you read it? if such payments [in roubles] are not made, we will consider this a default on the part of buyers, with all the ensuing consequences. nobody sells us anything for free, and we are not going to do charity either  that is, existing contracts will be stopped, putin said on thursday. this was literally a response to europe confiscating russian assets. potentially, the kremlin is acting from a fear that gazprombank will soon be sanctioned too, amid a wider bid by the european union to cut energy ties with russia completely, analysts at fitch solutions said. the issue wasn't that the gas was sold in rubles, but that the payment was through a special bank account that was controlled by russia because it feared getting its money seized(again). > they just shut down that bank branch where you convert your payment for gas to rubles this was almost three years after the fact(april 2022 vs december 2024). > you seem to be applauding that can't i fucking explain something without supporting it? > why do you cheer on your country losing influence? because america is the most anti-white country in the entire world. > do you seriously believe that your living standards will improve as your country slides back into obscurity? i honestly don't care about my living standards. in fact, i already live worse than people in third-world countries. i would rather be poor than watch europe filled with niggers. > starting a second largest conflict in europe and going "im gunna nook" sure is a great way to do it russia didn't start it. and russia technically never threatened nukes either. regardless, do you even know what this war is about? do you know what america is trying to do?
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