"Mongolia imports 95% of its petroleum products and over 20% of electricity from our immediate neighborhood (Russia), which has previously suffered interruption for technical reasons. This supply is critical to ensure our existence and that of our people," the Mongolian spokesperson said in a statement to Politico.

Mongolia’s energy dependence complicates the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin under an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant, a Mongolian government spokesperson told Politico in a statement on Sept. 3.

  • Beaver [she/her]@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It’s hard to do the right thing when the west doesn’t even respect the global south.

    I mean even with Ukraine doing so many things right the west still languishes in out supplying Russia.