A ship carrying Russian crude transferred from three smaller tankers that are under U.S. sanctions unloaded last week at a Chinese port, shiptracking data shows, ending an unusual month-long voyage highlighting the efforts of producers and traders to keep Moscow's oil flowing despite tightened curbs.

The Panama-flagged Daban, one of dozens of non-sanctioned vessels drawn to the Russian oil trade by fat margins following the January 10 U.S. sanctions, was received at a berth run by the privately-controlled Qingdao Haiye Group at the port of Qingdao, two people familiar with the matter said.

China has said it opposes unilateral sanctions.

Any move the EU and US makes tends to have a 1-3 month temporary effect and Russia/China/India adjust.

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US ready to take control of Ukrainian nuclear power plants "for the sake of achieving peace" — US Energy Secretary Chris Wright

➖"We have a huge technical expertise in the United States to operate these plants. I don't think the military is needed for that. How do we bring peace to Ukraine? How do we get this fighting to stop? What does it take for both sides to lay down their arms? But if that's what it takes to achieve that goal, let the United States operate nuclear power plants in Ukraine. No problem, we can do that," Wright said.

▪️Yesterday, the White House spokesperson said that Trump believes that if the US owns Ukraine's energy facilities, this will be the best means of protecting the infrastructure.

These are VVER reactors that only Russia builds...

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🇷🇺🇫🇷Shoigu - that France should be grateful to Russia for its existence:

✔️ Of course, we paid attention to the recent statement by French President Emmanuel Macron, who, referring to some sort of agreement with other European leaders, declares himself personally the main defender of Europe against Russian aggression invented by himself. At the same time, declaring our country an aggressor, Macron forgets that Russia has repeatedly saved France from total collapse.

✔️ The very fact of rattling weapons on the part of the leader of a nuclear power poses a direct threat to the entire world community. This is also of particular importance in the context of France's membership in the club of the parties to the START Treaty.

✔️ We see that his domestic policy has already led to a series of socio-economic, political, parliamentary and governmental crises, and the French president's domestic rating is steadily declining - only 21% of participants in social surveys approve of his actions.

✔️ As a result of the Congress of Vienna in 1815, which drew a line under the long and bloody era of the Napoleonic Wars, France not only did not lose significant territories and resources, but actually remained in the status of a great power. The main merit in this belongs to the Russian Emperor Alexander I. Another episode in which our country helped France to defend its statehood dates back to the era of the First World War. Showing solidarity with friendly France, Russia entered the war with Germany and at the cost of the lives of thousands of Russian soldiers saved Paris from German occupation. French Marshal Ferdinand Foch recalled, "If France was not wiped off the face of Europe, we owe it primarily to Russia."

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Medvedev - on the fact that future German Chancellor Merz is "already lying":

Future Chancellor Merz has declared the aggressive war that Russia is waging in Europe on a daily basis, in the form of arson, contract killings, vandalism and disinformation. He hasn't worked a day yet, and he's already lying like Goebbels. Yes, this is exactly the kind of war your Nazi country waged against ours in 1941-1945, Mertz. We know how it victoriously ended. You're off to a bad start, Fritz! And hopefully you'll finish like that as well.

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JUST WHEN IT COULDN'T GET MORE ABSURD: Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on TikTok invites 18-24 year-olds to sign a contract paying 1 MILLION hryvnia's — which can buy you more than 15k cheeseburgers!

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The Limitations of the US Naval Air Defense System will Force the US to Withdraw from the Red Sea https://sonar21.com/the-limitations-of-the-us-naval-air-defense-system-will-force-the-us-to-withdraw-from-the-red-sea/

🇮🇱🇮🇷🇺🇸 A senior Israeli delegation is expected to visit the White House early next week for strategic consultations about Iran.

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