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re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:16 am to Coeur du Tigre
Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:16 am to Coeur du Tigre
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Stavrolen" is one of the largest enterprises in Russia's petrochemical industry, part of the LUKOIL structure. The plant is a city-forming enterprise for Budyonnovsk and includes a gas processing complex with a capacity of about 2 billion m³ per year, commissioned in 2015.
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Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:23 am to Coeur du Tigre
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Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait will increase crude oil supplies to India in December as Indian refineries actively seek alternatives to Russian barrels.
At least one refinery will receive a month's worth of oil from Iraq for processing, and Saudi Aramco has also increased supplies to another refinery.
Kuwait Petroleum is also increasing the volume of oil supplied. Meanwhile, Indian refineries are trying to boost imports from Middle Eastern countries after Aramco and SOMO reduced export prices.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:34 am to Coeur du Tigre
Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:42 am to Coeur du Tigre
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A major inland Chinese refiner, Yanchang Petroleum, is seeking non-Russian oil as another state-run plant, Luoyang Petrochemical, closes its two crude distillation units following US sanctions, Reuters reports.
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Its decision to avoid Russian supplies marks a significant shift. China and India are the top buyers of Russian oil, but recent sanctions by the US and other Western countries have raised fears among buyers of falling afoul of secondary penalties. Yanchang has not responded to Reuters’ request for comment.
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At the same time, a separate Chinese state-owned refinery has suspended operations due to disruptions linked to those same sanctions. Reuters reports that Luoyang Petrochemical, a subsidiary of the Chinese state refining giant Sinopec, has shut down both of its crude distillation units for maintenance.
The halt comes after US authorities sanctioned a key oil terminal in eastern China in early October. That terminal handles roughly one-fifth of Sinopec’s crude imports.
The action forced significant diversions in crude shipments and affected operations at connected plants supplied by pipeline, including Luoyang. Three sources familiar with the situation told Reuters that Luoyang’s crude units, with a combined processing capacity of 200,000 barrels per day, have been offline since late October. The shutdown is expected to last through the end of November.
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Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:48 am to Coeur du Tigre
Putin remains the Master Strategist...
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US sanctions targeting Russian energy subsidiaries just triggered the largest wave of nationalizations in Europe since the Cold War.
Lukoil withdrew from refineries in Bulgaria, Romania, and the Netherlands after Washington made cooperation with Russian oil subsidiaries legally impossible.
Germany is moving toward permanent state ownership of Rosneft's Schwedt and Karlsruhe refineries, which supply roughly one-fifth of the country's fuel. Serbia's Gazprom-owned NIS lost access to international banking and faces a complete shutdown within weeks unless Russian ownership ends. Bulgaria is positioning to acquire the Lukoil-owned Burgas refinery, which supplies 80 percent of the nation's fuel, potentially at a steep discount.
What Moscow built over decades as political leverage is being dismantled in weeks. Russian companies used their energy infrastructure across Europe to gain influence and hard-currency revenue. That network is now viewed as a national security risk rather than a commercial asset.
Europe's dependence has turned into control. Russia's former refineries, pipelines, and distribution networks are becoming state property on European terms, marking a fundamental shift in the continent's energy sovereignty.
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Posted on 11/12/25 at 5:27 am to Coeur du Tigre
China has already begun shutting down refineries due lack of demand for refined products. PetroChina shutdown its 300,000 BPD Dalian refinery during the summer
Posted on 11/12/25 at 5:58 am to CitizenK
Russia introduces its first robot. Obviously, it is vodka fueled.
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If tweet fails to load, click here. Posted on 11/12/25 at 6:08 am to CitizenK
Funny that they use the Rocky theme song. Drago got hammered it seems
Posted on 11/12/25 at 6:12 am to Coeur du Tigre
It's always been more about making Europe dependent on Russia for hydrocarbons more than about profitability. For instance the Brotherhood natural gas pipeline system has yet to operate at capacity and could have carried enough natural gas so Nord Stream (1) had no purpose. It would have been far less expensive to lay a new pipeline from the hub in Austria
Posted on 11/12/25 at 7:16 am to GOP_Tiger
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Vol, you and I haven't had problems lately, but this is vile.
Human rights watch has had many issues with Ukraine's handling of the Russian Orthodox Church, take it up with them.
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Which one is actually restricting freedom of religion?
Both?
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The ROC has been implicated in dozens of spying and subversion ops in Ukraine.
Sources? legitimately would like to see it.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 7:18 am to singittomenafogimp
quote:reportedly has fled the country
Mindichi do the financial stuff
Posted on 11/12/25 at 7:19 am to CitizenK
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Things are not doing well in Russia.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 7:46 am to VolSquatch
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The ROC has been implicated in dozens of spying and subversion ops in Ukraine.
Sources? legitimately would like to see it.
" Since 2022, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has opened at least 174 criminal proceedings against clergy of the Moscow-affiliated Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC-MP), with 122 priests formally charged and 31 convicted for collaboration or propaganda in support of the aggressor state. "
How the Russian Orthodox Church Became a Weapon of Political Warfare
There are numerous documented cases. One of the recent ones.
Ukraine security service arrests Orthodox priest spying for Russian intelligence. He had Russian passport, Kalashnikov ammunition, and knives
from the link above...
Meanwhile, Russian propaganda has strategically infiltrated segments of the US, particularly influencing some Christian Republicans, telling them that Ukraine "persecutes" Orthodox churches. Moscow knows many Americans don't understand the difference between Ukrainian churches and Russian-controlled ones, so they exploit that confusion. However, in reality, Ukraine's recent laws and actions aim to protect religious freedom by restricting Russian-affiliated religious organizations that are seen as conduits of Russian state influence and espionage amid the ongoing war.
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Posted on 11/12/25 at 7:53 am to cypher
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Ukraine's recent laws and actions aim to protect religious freedom
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by restricting Russian-affiliated religious organizations
Posted on 11/12/25 at 10:28 am to VolSquatch
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by restricting Russian-affiliated religious organizations
In WWII if Germany propped up Nazi based religious organizations in the US what would we have done?
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Posted on 11/12/25 at 10:39 am to VolSquatch
Posted on 11/12/25 at 11:01 am to doubleb
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In WWII if Germany propped up Nazi based religious organizations in the US what would we have done?
Well we put about 120k Japanese people into internment camps (and BTW, never proved even a single one of them were actually spies) so probably something along those lines.
Hey, if you support the US government doing to mosques what Ukraine is doing to the ROC, I can respect it. That is logically consistent at least.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 11:11 am to VolSquatch
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Well we put about 120k Japanese people into internment camps (and BTW, never proved even a single one of them were actually spies) so probably something along those lines.
Hey, if you support the US government doing to mosques what Ukraine is doing to the ROC, I can respect it. That is logically consistent at
It’s not what you if I think is right of wrong. It’s about the extremes people go to keep from bring subjugated.
And who is talking about Mosques? I was talking about Nazis and how war becomes s as fight for survival.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 11:14 am to doubleb
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It’s not what you if I think is right of wrong. It’s about the extremes people go to keep from bring subjugated.
Sure, people go to extremes throughout history for various reasons. We can (and should) still make moral judgements though.
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And who is talking about Mosques? I was talking about Nazis and how war becomes s as fight for survival.
Who was talking about Nazis? You used them as an example. I used Mosques as an example.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 11:18 am to VolSquatch
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e can (and should) still make moral judgements though.
Walk a mile in my shoes.
Make a moral judgment all you want, but until you are put under the gun you don’t know what you could do.
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