Ukraine Demands Everyone Else Boycott Russia While Still Raking In Billions From Russian Gas

One only has to look at the map of Ukraine to ask what is happening with their energy pipeline? Still flowing as usual is the short answer. Russia is still paying Ukraine Billions in transit feels. Ever since I included this map in a post recently, I have wondered what the deal is on the energy flow out of Russia. Now we know. Still flowing and Russia is continuing making transit payments to Ukraine. Yes, while the war rages. We of course buy Russian energy as well. Then we impose sanctions on Russia. I think I have it. “If Europe continues importing gas from Russia, why shouldn’t Ukraine benefit from it?” so goes the statement. Yet Zelensky demands constantly from all governments to stop the purchase Russian energy.

Daniel Greenfield tells us the details at Front Page Mag:

Why is Russia paying billions to a country it’s invading that can be used to finance its defense?

Why would Russia put its economic lifeline and massive amounts of gas at risk by using a country that it’s currently bombing with all the adroit aim of a drunk in a toilet as a transit point if it could be easily replaced? Neither Europe nor Ukraine are prepared to kick their addiction to Russian gas. Putin knows it, which is why behind the scenes business is going on as usual.

Europe and Ukraine are asking Americans to make sacrifices while they keep on doing business with Putin.

Why is Naftogaz, Ukraine’s state owned gas company, continuing to transport millions of cubic meters of Russian gas to Europe each month.

One answer is that Russia continues paying billions to Ukraine to transport its gas.

Ukraine earns about $2 billion in transit fees from the Russian use of its pipelines to move gas to Europe. Russia, and Putin’s cronies in particular, obviously make even more than that.

Russia cashes in an estimated $400 million a day from its gas exports to Europe.

$400 million a day would buy a whole lot of Lego bricks, Netflix fees, and Nike sneakers.

The Ukrainians claim that they would love to cut off the flow of Russian gas, but the Europeans are dependent on it. And the Europeans promise to build more windmills and solar panels to eventually one day kick the Russian gas habit, but it’s exactly that kind of green nonsense that addicted them to reliable energy supplies from Russia and helped bring on the current war.

Meanwhile Americans are expected to accept higher prices while Ukraine’s state-owned company collects billions from Russia. Zelensky stages Zoom calls with foreign governments accusing them of funding the Russian military if they don’t pull out of Russia while enabling Putin’s regime to make hundreds of millions of dollars a day. That’s a little awkward.

Meanwhile Russia’s state-owned energy company is paying Ukraine’s state-owned energy company in “hard currency”.

This is where I step in and say “follow the money.” This Ukraine thing is starting to wear.

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