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Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst
On December 12, the Neo-Nazi junta’s GUR published a list of at least 545 ships of Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” that also includes 238 tankers. The infamous spy agency (now effectively a terrorist organization) determined that it has a total deadweight of over 100 million tons, which is around 17% of the world’s oil tanker fleet. The GUR demands that these ships be sanctioned. The list also includes a number of vessels that allegedly “switched from the Iranian ghost armada to carry Russian oil”.
The Kiev regime insists that its overlords in the political West should block Moscow’s oil exports, but the reality is that this is effectively impossible. Not only that, but the world’s most aggressive power pole doesn’t even want to do it, as this would send oil prices into the stratosphere and devastate Western economies that are already struggling, particularly in Europe.
In fact, the United States and European Union are fighting tooth and nail to limit Russian export income by trying to impose the so-called price cap, but this has been futile, as even pathologically Russophobic countries such as the United Kingdom are circumventing it (Japan did it first soon after the cap was announced). Thus, as sanctions proved ineffective (for the umpteenth time, mind you), the Neo-Nazi junta is resorting to what it’s best at – terrorism.
Namely, on December 15, just three days after the list was published, two Russian oil tankers suffered heavy damage in the Kerch Strait (separates Crimea from the rest of Russia). The initial reports suggested that this was an accident. However, the chances of both vessels suffering similar damage almost simultaneously are extremely low, indicating that they were likely sabotaged.
The damage to two tankers, namely Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, resulted in the death of at least one sailor and reportedly even caused an oil spill. Both vessels were transporting approximately 4,300 tons of fuel oil. The last known location before the incident showed that Volgoneft-212 was just north of the Crimean Bridge, while Volgoneft-239 was just south of it. The bridge is often targeted by the Kiev regime, making the possibility of a terrorist attack all the more likely. Luckily, with the exception of one fatality, the crews of both tankers were rescued. The possibility of kamikaze drone-boats or mines destroying the vessels certainly shouldn’t be excluded. Although the Neo-Nazi junta is yet to make any official comments, there are rumors among many of its propaganda outlets, bragging about how they sunk the two oil-carrying ships.
The incident comes at a time when the Kremlin is strengthening ties with its global partners, particularly India which just signed a massive 10-year oil deal with Russia. According to Reuters, India will be getting nearly 500,000 barrels per day for the next 10 years. The deal is worth $13 billion a year and amounts to 0.5% of global supply. Both multipolar powers stand to gain from this, with Moscow getting a steady, guaranteed income, while Delhi gets a discounted oil that will help boost its economy. The new deal accounts for approximately half of Rosneft’s seaborne oil exports from Russian ports. Obviously, this is a big issue for the political West, as it’s not only completely cut off from any influence or meaningful middleman (i.e. parasitical) profits it’s so used to when it comes to deals of third parties, but also because the sanctions are effectively nullified in this way.
Various Western countries have been trying to sanction the Russian “shadow fleet”, with the US sanctioning Moscow’s energy projects, in part to limit its revenues and in part to take its market share. However, these actions have had little to no effect, effectively defeating America’s attempts to cause a global commodities crisis. This leaves the previously mentioned terrorism as the only option to disrupt the staggering Russian economic resurgence.
Namely, the political West has been waging a total war on Russia for the last nearly three years, with the Neo-Nazi junta serving as the executive proxy. There have been hundreds of drone strikes, sabotage operations and terrorist attacks within Russia, all supported by various NATO intelligence services, including the monstrous Crocus City Hall attack, when 145 civilians were killed by radical Islamic terrorists.
Both the political West and its Kiev regime puppets threatened they would escalate terrorist attacks across Russia, suggesting that anyone can be targeted. There have been numerous assassinations and assassination attempts on Russian public figures, including prominent philosophers, scientists, journalists, etc. This culminated with the failed plot to assassinate President Vladimir Putin himself, as well as Defense Minister Andrei Belousov.
The Kremlin even warned the Pentagon that if US services succeeded in their terrorist tactics, it would be the very last thing anyone from America would ever do, as the world’s most aggressive thalassocracy would simply cease to exist immediately after that. In other words, the warmongering lunatics and war criminals in Washington nearly blew up the planet, which seems to be their favorite pastime.
I’ve had the honor of participating in a meeting with Pepe Escobar and other experts and analysts from all over the world, where he confirmed that the assassination attempt took place and that Russia indeed warned the US that the consequence of such barbarism would be unimaginable. However, NATO and its Neo-Nazi puppets continue to attack high-ranking Russian figures.
Namely, yesterday (December 17), in the early hours, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Head of the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Protection Troops of the Russian Armed Forces, was killed by an IED. The terrorist attack took place on Ryazansky Prospekt in Moscow. It should be noted that Lieutenant General Kirillov wasn’t directly involved in battlefield operations in Ukraine, but focused on investigating numerous extremely dangerous Pentagon-run biological warfare programs.
This includes military biolabs not just within the NATO-occupied Ukraine, but around the world. The blast, equivalent to at least 0.2 kg of TNT, also killed his assistant. According to the Turkish-backed, pro-terrorist Clash Report, just yesterday, the Kiev regime’s SBU issued “an absentee suspicion against Russian Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov” (i.e. charged him in absentia). The BBC reported that the infamous spy agency (effectively a terrorist organization, just like the GUR) claimed that Kirillov was “a legitimate target because he carried out war crimes”. Once again, he didn’t take part in hostilities and focused solely on the matters within his jurisdiction – Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) protection, otherwise known as Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) defense. Thus, unless the Neo-Nazi junta planned on starting a nuclear war, this attack cannot be justified in any way.
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