The Karin, a 400-foot-long (120-meter-long) cargo ship, sat moored this week on Ireland’s boggy River Shannon estuary. Soon it set sail for Russia laden with a white powder that can be forged into weapons vital to Moscow’s war on Ukraine.
Alumina, the key ingredient in aluminum, goes into everything from toothpaste and lipstick to missiles and drones. A Russian-owned plant in southern Ireland is Europe’s biggest alumina refinery and regularly sends shiploads of the substance directly to St. Petersburg and other Russian ports.
Almost five years into Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, alumina has escaped European sanctions intended to hobble Russia’s economy. That leaves the refinery in Aughinish free to send its product to Russia, where some ends up in weapons, experts say.
Why the fuck are governments allowing OWNERSHIP of industrial production exploiting local resources to be in the hands of another country?
“We’ll pay you royalties and pay for construction and everything so that we can build a mine. You don’t have to do anything and we’ll give you money. Oh, and here’s a donation to your political campaign.”
About fucking time someone noticed.
Irish Govt. Has kicked this can down the road for years now as they aren’t willing to eat any loss or bad publicity for dealing with it.
Zelenskyy is here right now, what a perfect time for him to broach the subject to President Connolly. :)
Oh, come on, Ireland! You used to be cool!
These drunks are bitching about Israel nonstop while doing this shit. Lousy hypocrites.
Just a little garnish of random bigoted stereotype thrown in for good measure.
“Profit, profit, profit! But only until the world, and all it’s inhabitants, are dead. We have limits, you know.” /s
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