guess our need for non-Russian oil has finally unblocked it
There's an interesting Radio 4 (?) documentary on that whole tank debt and how various foreign secretaries have tried tackling it and getting it paid (and legally how it would even be possible to pay it, given the various sanctions in place)
Essentially seems to have depended on how personally interested the relevant minister was in terms of getting it paid, the UK MoD not being happy about it, and also the US Government's appetite to letting it happen (which varied up or down, and plummeted after the US did a similar deal to bad domestic PR).
Interesting insight into internal government politicking.
Posted By: CWC on March 16th 2022 at 14:23:30
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- Some positive signs for a peace deal in Ukraine 🙏 (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 16, 11:01:10
- Everything crossed SCC. Of course there’s absolutely (General Chat) - Chopper, Mar 16, 17:07:21
- good to see - the post about ukraine counter attacks was interesting (General Chat) - pinkney, Mar 16, 11:52:15
- Yeah if they give Russia what they wanted to start with (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Mar 16, 11:24:16
- Looks like Ukraine have rejected the neutral status proposal (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 16, 11:26:45
- For now. Zelenskyy already softening up Ukrainians with his remarks about (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Mar 16, 11:59:56
- That would have to be one hell of a disinformation campaign to explain away all the death (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Mar 16, 12:06:26
- Yep. Would be a massive one. Like convincing people that covid wasn’t real, (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Mar 16, 13:38:37
- I think you'll find the real world is a little more complicated than that... (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Mar 16, 14:22:10
- Sometimes it really isn’t. (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Mar 16, 15:00:30
- Haha 😂 (n/m) (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Mar 16, 14:17:59
- I think you'll find the real world is a little more complicated than that... (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Mar 16, 14:22:10
- It works quite well here every four years (n/m) (General Chat) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Mar 16, 12:32:14
- Just use simplistic meaningless 3 word slogans (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Mar 17, 01:32:03
- how true ^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - pinkney, Mar 16, 13:33:24
- Yep. Would be a massive one. Like convincing people that covid wasn’t real, (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Mar 16, 13:38:37
- That would have to be one hell of a disinformation campaign to explain away all the death (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Mar 16, 12:06:26
- Needs to be some sort of guarantee of territorial integrity for rUkr (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 16, 11:49:58
- For now. Zelenskyy already softening up Ukrainians with his remarks about (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Mar 16, 11:59:56
- Looks like Ukraine have rejected the neutral status proposal (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 16, 11:26:45
- 🤞 What have you heard? Thrilled with the Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe news 🥰 (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Mar 16, 11:16:12
- Didn’t see this earlier. It’s amazing. (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Mar 16, 14:07:39
- i think we always wanted to (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 16, 15:04:05
- guess our need for non-Russian oil has finally unblocked it (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 16, 14:23:30
- Yep that’s fantastic (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 16, 11:21:17
- Didn’t see this earlier. It’s amazing. (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Mar 16, 14:07:39
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