Misguided Foreign Policies Against Russia And Others Damage The U.S. And Its 'Allies' https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/10/misguided-foreign-policies-against-russia-and-others-damage-the-us-and-its-allies.html

Does anyone have a list of Donbass or other Russian businesses on the net that people can support?

Manipulated Ukrainehttps://www.globalresearch.ca/manipulated-ukraine/5796140

Serbia and Hungary have found a way to shirk the Russian sanctions package's consequences, but at a high cost.

While the European Union, coupled with the Ukrainian president, is squawking for intensifying sanctions, Serbia and Hungary are endeavoring to resolve the seventh sanctions package's consequences.
As Readovka has previously noted, all the attempts to impose a price ceiling on Russian oil sea deliveries hit Serbia the most. Incidentally, no attempts to curb the prices of British or Norwegian energetic companies were even considered: sacred cows should not be offended.
Although the EU has made an exception for oil supplies from Russia to Japan until 2023, for example, such a generosity cannot be extended on Serbia, so that she was allowed to find solution on her own. All of the Serbian President's attempts to find favor in the eyes of EU officials, even by means of holding a gay pride parade in Belgrade, or his non-recognition statements about the referendum results in Novorossia, were all for naught.

Hungary has come to the rescue - the countries made an agreement to build the “Druzhba” oil pipeline. In this way, Russia will change the logistics and delivery method of fuel for Serbia.
The EU, which thoroughly seeks energetic independence from Russian fuel and gas, has signed up two European countries to build an expensive, labour-consuming section of the pipeline, 300 kilometres length roughly.

Experts estimate the cost of a 100-kilometre section to be $50 million - the cost of the pipe alone, and for every 70-150 kilometres there should be oil transfer stations (OTS). The approximate cost of one such station is $15 million.

At least one oil pipeline tank farm would be needed for that distance, at a cost of another $17.5 million. The most conservative estimate is that the cost of building a pipeline between Hungary and Serbia would be over $80 million.

The problem is that even successful construction, which will take time (at least three months according to the most optimistic forecasts), cannot guarantee the energy security of Serbia (as well as all European countries). An uneasy reason is that the peacefully disposed and law-abiding Ukrainian government may blow up the pipeline with yet another terroristic attack at any moment. No risks at all, even if it’s made on Ukrainian territory: Russians are always to blame.

In fact, the construction of an oil pipeline between Hungary and Serbia is a legal way out of the sanctions imposed by the last package. The price regulations are applied to the sea delivered oil only; that means that only some countries that transfer Russian oil to "unfriendly states" gain no profit. Final consumers will pay a pretty penny for Russian fuel. Russian oil suppliers will benefit from that after all, since the Urals price is growing steadily, but the most important point is that some European countries are willing to pay any price for Russian energy resources. Surprisingly, despite all the fines, sanctions and animosity, the price remains more reasonable than that of amiable European partners.

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