As an employee of a neutral newspaper Washington Post, I would just like to loudly say that WE ARE PROFITING FROM THIS WAR, THAT IS WHY THIS WAR IS GOOD.
this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2023
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Germany hasn't weaned itself off Russian gas though.
https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/harold-pinter-had-it-right
Yes.
For Turkey: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220106-russia-turkey-energy-companies-sign-four-year-gas-deal/
India seems to be concerning itself with oil rather than gas. Searching it brings up multiple articles about India importing a lot more oil from Russia than usual, with European oil imports from India also increasing. No article I've found admits it outright but it's easy to see what's going on.
I wouldn't be surprised. Seymour Hersh had a tidbit about how Germany would sell excess gas from the pipeline to other European countries at a premium, when they didn't use as much as their agreement with Russia had them take delivery for