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Proguing says...

This is already the case in Europe where black refugees are prohibited to enter the EU from Ukraine:

"The appeal follows the intervention of the Nigerian and Jamaican Foreign Ministries last weekend to provide assistance to their citizens who were prevented from boarding trains while white women, children, men and even pets were allowed to leave Ukraine.

Harrowing video evidence has shown some Black and Brown refugees being subjected to violence as well as segregation.

South Asian refugees, Latina students and Sikhs have also been denied the chance to escape with priority given to white Ukrainians.

Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari said earlier this week: “All who flee a conflict situation have the same right to safe passage under UN convention and the colour of their passport or their skin should make no difference.

“From video evidence, first-hand reports and from those in contact with Nigerian consular officials, there have been unfortunate reports of Ukrainian police and security personnel refusing to allow Nigerians to board buses and trains heading towards the Ukraine-Poland border.”

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-new…

Proguing says...

Well please tell us why the price of oil is currently surging if you think it is not because of US sanctions? Are the US media and oil analysts also uneducated?

"Oil prices had jumped after the U.S., the European Union and the U.K. over the weekend said they would block some Russian banks from the SWIFT messaging system, a move that makes it more difficult for countries to purchase Russian oil.

“Geopolitical risks will remain high for some time,” Matthew Parry, head of long-term analysis at Energy Aspects, recently told MarketWatch. “Western sanctions are expanding as the conflict widens.” Parry expects the Brent price to average $101 this year.

The U.S. Treasury on Monday said it’s prohibiting any transactions with the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, as well as Russia’s national wealth fund and the Russian Ministry of Finance.

The “hurdles that these sanctions will create for financial payments are likely to exacerbate the recent Russian commodity supply shock, already visible as Western and Chinese traders halting shipments,” said analysts at Goldman Sachs.

The Goldman analysts hiked their one-month Brent price forecast to $115 from $95, arguing there would need to be up to 4 million barrels of demand destruction to offset the loss of Russian exports."

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-p…

Proguing says...

Somehow I am not surprised that you are incapable of having a discussion without resorting to insults. Just so typical of people who have no valid arguments to put forward.

Proguing says...

First I am not “shouting”, I am giving an analysis of the current oil crisis which affects the Bahamas. As this crisis affects our living standard and economy why should I not comment in the Tribune? Are you against freedom of speech? Nobody is forcing you to read the comment section.

Proguing says...

Biden is in panic now with the explosion of the price of oil due to his sanctions. He is now willing to make whatever concessions possible to the Iranians to get a peace treaty signed in the hope that this will bring oil prices down. This will be a highly controversial agreement and most probably the reason for the next war, with the compliments of Biden.

Proguing says...

Yep, and additionally they will soon be unemployed due to the sanctions. These sanctions will hurt everyone except Putin who will still be eating caviar everyday at the Kremlin.

Proguing says...

Just remember when you are paying these exorbitant gas prices, this is because of Biden's green energy transition and of “unprecedented sanctions” to punish Putin...

Anybody got those Biden stickers "I did this" to put on the gas pumps?

Proguing says...

Problem is most Vodka is not made in Russia, but in the USA apparently that detail is being ignored:

"Bar owners are protesting the invasion by dumping out Stoli Vodka. Problem is, it's only Russian by name, which is loosely translated as "capital city" due to its origins in Moscow. The vodka is actually made in Latvia, and the company's headquarters is in Luxembourg - a member of NATO which has spoken against the Russian invasion.

In a statement to CNN Business, Stoli Group said it "unequivocally condemns the military action in Ukraine and stands ready to support the Ukrainian people, our teams and partners."

"For decades, Stoli Group has supported the marginalized and those at risk of unwarranted aggression. We stand now with all Ukrainians and Russians calling for peace," a company spokesperson said.

Smirnoff is another brand being confused as being Russian. Although it traces its heritage to 19th century Russia, the company has long been owned by British spirits giant Diageo and is manufactured in Illinois."

Proguing says...

Current situation in the oil market:

Disruptions to Russian oil exports intensified on Wednesday with more countries and companies refusing to import and transport Russian crude and at least 10 tankers failing to find buyers, driving oil and gas prices higher.

The United States and the European Union have imposed harsh sanctions on Russia for the invasion of Ukraine but so far have refrained from direct measures on Russian energy exports after oil and gas prices have soared to multi-year highs.

Many Western buyers though have already refrained from buying Russian oil as they await sanction clarifications.

As a result, some 7 million barrels per day of Russian oil and products exports and an additional 1.2 million bpd of Kazakhstan's exports via Russia - amounting to a combined 8% of global supply - have been disrupted in recent days.

Canada said it would shut ports to Russian-owned ships and oil tanker company Frontline said it was unlikely to transport Russian crude.

One of the top Russian oil firms, Surgutneftegaz, failed to find buyers for nine tankers with 6.5 million barrels of crude, traders said.

The ship-owners of two crude oil tankers due to load Russian and Kazakh oil from the Black Sea cancelled the shipments, traders said.

As Russian oil export disruptions widened, buyers began to look for alternative supplies in an already tight market.

State-run Indian refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp. was seeking extra oil from the Middle East and Polish refiner PKN Orlen ordered five additional North Sea oil tankers from Saudi Aramco.

Inside Russia, the independent Novoshakhtinsk refinery suspended operations due to falling demand for Russian oil products.

Proguing says...

Only the crypto boys can save us now...