• T00l_shed@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Ok, so ignoring the fact that you can’t take a word bondi says truthfully, the argument i see here is tenuous at best. Some vagueness about links to the russian guy, and at one point the boat may have possibly been used for oil smuggling.

    All of this happening while trump is pushing Venezuela makes these claims suspect

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      7 days ago

      Russia and Iran have been sanctioned since the beginning of the war. This ship was sanctioned in 2022 before Trump was elected.

      Russia is obviously mad that their shadow fleet is getting captured.

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        7 days ago

        Yes, and they should be sanctioned. I know it was sanctioned before trump.

        I have no doubt if this tie to that russian is legit that the Russians are pissed. However the timing of this is not coincidence