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Inspired by Israel's apparent success in blaming the IDF's decimation of Gaza on Hamas, Russia has apparently taken a page from their book:
"The Russian gas monopoly, on Monday reduced deliveries of gas for transit through Ukraine to Western European customers, saying that it was seeking to make up for gas stolen by Ukraine. Gazprom, which had already cut off all fuel supplies to Ukraine in a dispute over pricing, said any countries that suffered shortages as a result should blame Ukraine for not paying a fair price for Russia’s natural gas.
The Russian announcement was, in essence, a partial Russian fuel embargo of Europe."
I thought this particular tactic went out of vogue in grade school, i.e., "why are you hitting yourself", but it seems an oldy but a goody.
