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by warner_of_doom 1533 days ago
Not everyone shares those sentiments -- and that's all they are, just sentiments.

And, why hasn't the EU shut off all oil and gas purchases from Russia immediately?

Why should a poor country support this sanctions regime and then witness massive internal disruption?

Most of the countries and populations of the world have in fact NOT imposed sanctions.

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> And, why hasn't the EU shut off all oil and gas purchases from Russia immediately?

Because they let themselves get too dependent on foreign energy, so doing so would have meant letting their own people freeze.

And, India needs cheap oil and gas to make fertilizers to feed its population.

You are free and rich enough to do this, be my guest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD_6L_ktkM8