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Soveirgn Nation....they can do what they want.
Nor are they just a patsy for the USA anymore, part of the BRICS and have a lot of trade relationships with other nations. The loss of Russian oil was also going to a bit painful to their economy and our solution of just buying our higher priced oil was not a solution.