Only a handful of companies worldwide make chemical additives for mechanical lubricants – motor oil for tanks and cars. Almost all of them stopped selling the chemicals to Russia at the start of its full-scale invasion, leading to widespread shortages and complaints from motorists.
Dekleptocracy found that one Chinese company, Xinxiang Richful, now satisfies a large part of Russia’s demand, supplying up to eight million kilograms a year.
So something that can’t be done, yet they talk like it can be.
it’s still something that the western nations are turning a blindeeye to, perhaps intentionally. it’s mentioned in the article that this chinese chemical company has a headquarters in Virginia. if the US state department wanted to they could impose a sanction on them if they continue to do business with russia.
the lack of any action taken is not a result of there being no action to take, it is a result of systemic apathy, or worse, complicity.
No it says they set up an office in Virginia.
sorry. i brought some of my own research into this after reading this article. the office is their headquarters of north american operations. but whatever the case is, they do business in the united states. this is not something Ukraine’s western allies have zero control in. this corporation is available to sanction. whether or not this comes to pass is another question
Headquarters of North Amercan operations is not the same as the headquarters of the company. You are talking and acting as if they are.
The US operations can be impacted, what goes on between China and Russia can not be. Now whether or not they care about US operations is a different queston. Sanctions are not magically in place across the world just because they have a US office. I’m sorry but you have no idea how things work, so I’m going to peace out.
yes. i know this. i’m not acting as you’re saying. yes, they likely will continue to do business with russia if they are sactioned by the united states, but it’s still going to damage their bottom line, impacting their decision making process. that’s all i’m saying. every little bit counts and to ignore this opportunity to slow down the russian war machine is to ignore an opportunity to make a better future a little bit more possible. sanctions and boycotts are not instant wins or silver bullets. i am not trying to imply this at all. just that the company set up an office to do business in north america. that’s something the company wants to do. we can block them from that if they continue to aid russia. that’s all i am saying, not any of what you say i’m saying
I’d love to see them crawling to a stop because they have no more lubricant. That’d be a seriously ingenious way to stop a war.
Wouldn’t really stop it. They’d find fake companies in other countries to import it, they’d try to copy it themselves maybe, and if none of it worked, they still have loads of infantry. At the end of the day they’re more likely to replace all their logistical vehicles with human mules than stop the war. Unfortunately.
it would still impact their capacity to carry out the war as they’ve been doing
true
I don’t think it’s an accident. They’re missing them. They want to be seen like they’re doing something while not actually accomplishing anything of note
this is how i view this too… the three great imperial powers enable eachother’s genocides
