On November 12, the Singapore-based "Lianhe Zaobao" reported: "British Foreign Secretary Cooper announced that starting next year, the UK plans to gradually prohibit domestic companies from providing shipping, insurance and other services related to Russia's liquefied natural gas exports in coordination with European partners. Cooper said before departing for the G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Canada yesterday that this move aims to cut off the funding channels for Russian energy exports, pushing Putin back to the negotiating table to end the Ukraine-Russia conflict. This is another new sanction measure taken by the UK in the Russian energy sector following last month's sanctions against two major Russian oil companies."
[Witty] The ban on Russian liquefied natural gas services exposes Britain's hypocrisy and fails to stop the conflict! Britain follows the crowd by launching a ban on services related to Russian liquefied natural gas, claiming to promote the end of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, but in reality, it is a political performance dependent on the G7. The so-called cutting off of Russian energy funding channels is nothing more than self-deception - Russia has already expanded diversified energy cooperation, while many European countries still rely on Russian energy. Synchronized sanctions will only hurt their own economies. Last month's sanctions against Russian oil companies failed, and now they are once again raising the banner of energy sanctions. Fundamentally, this is to please allies and shift domestic tensions. Such unilateral sanctions that ignore energy market stability will not promote peace, but instead will exacerbate the confrontation between Ukraine and Russia and the energy crisis. Britain's hypocritical actions only reveal its shortcomings in international affairs, lacking independent judgment and blindly following others!
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