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"Blood money is sent to Russia [from Austria] every day with the gas bill:" EU ambassador summoned for criticising Austria’s Russian gas dependence (www.euractiv.com)
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"Oh my God, 55% of Austria’s gas continues to come from Russia,” Martin Selmayr lamented in Vienna. Paying for continued Russian supplies was tantamount to helping finance its war against Ukraine, and no one protested, he added.

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[-] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 year ago

Because the money we send to Russia to pay for it is used in ways that end up costing us more money than we save by not buying the gas somewhere else.

Even if you are ok with overt acts of aggression, the economic argument is not hard to make.

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