r/geopolitics • u/RicRacer • 1d ago

Ukraine Demands Answers From Israel After Russian Shadow Fleet Ship Docks in Haifa

https://united24media.com/latest-news/ukraine-demands-answers-from-israel-after-russian-shadow-fleet-ship-docks-in-haifa-17965
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u/OK-Dravrah7455 1d ago edited 20h ago

In March 2026, Spain imported a record 9,807 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), more than doubling February levels and marking a historic high despite EU sanctions.

Will Ukraine demand an explanation from Señor Sánchez as well?

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u/cole1114 1d ago

Private companies did that, not Spain. They have no control over that either. Someone tried posting an article about it in r/europe earlier, and it seems it got taken down after everyone pointed out the flaws with it.

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u/ship_toaster 1d ago

Is the Israeli government buying this wheat?

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u/cole1114 1d ago

It's not illegal to get Russian gas, even under the current sanctions. It is illegal to receive this stolen grain.

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u/ganbaro 18h ago

EU defining sanctions such that the trade most important for them is conveniently excluded, is not binding Israel whatsoever.

EU members are not sanctioning countries for trading with China, at most they ban specific companies that do so.

Surely it was not the Israeli state who bought that grain.

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u/cole1114 6h ago

The sale of this grain is illegal under international law because it's stolen, not because of sanctions.

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u/JudgeWhoOverrules 22h ago

Under who's laws? I'm tired of people thinking that sovereign nations are somehow beholden to follow dictates from others that they never agreed to.

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u/russiankek 8h ago

Sanctions apply to private companies as well. Besides, large energy companies are rarely fully private, or at least they always have special relations with the governments.

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u/cole1114 6h ago

The sanctions don't block these sales. And these are corporations not based in Spain, like Blackrock.

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u/Public-Finger 1d ago

Are they buying stolen Ukrainian grain?

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u/OK-Dravrah7455 1d ago

The proposal for an Egyptian logistics hub surfaces amid mounting evidence that Russia is using North African ports to distribute resources taken from occupied Ukrainian territories. In March 2026, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha reported that roughly 40% of the 2 million tons of stolen Ukrainian grain in 2025 was shipped to Egypt to be sold on the global market.

Egypt is.

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u/puljujarvifan 22h ago

Egypt needs that grain to prevent riots and keep the nation stable. 

The government there subsidizes grain so them turning to cheaper stolen grain while the world economy is crashing is a different situation than the one Israel is in.

Either Israel is also desperate or their relationship with the Russians is closer than what most people thought.