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Russian tankers that would normally carry oil to European customers are instead being rerouted through the Arctic to China.

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[–] HR_Pufnstuf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Bah, reporting this post just spins and never goes through.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Broke: Russia needed to annex Crimea to have a warm water port!

Woke:

[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Russia has ports on the sea of Assaf though.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't work during most of the year, though, unless you have an icebreaker and that's hella expensive.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The icebreaker is called global warming.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

That will definitely help, and Putin has stated he's excited about it. I'm not actually sure how long it will be until we have ice-free winters up there as well.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Their oil exports have really cooled in the last year.

[–] Fissionami@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And it will be only heating up over time

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It seems our temperature related puns have had a rather icy reception.

[–] Fissionami@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I'm fine with some icy reception
(too hot here these days)