"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.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
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    15 days ago

    After seeing what Western “support” did to Afghanistan and how long it takes to get anything to Ukraine, it’s not surprising. The West is barely able to provide the minimum for Ukraine and they are on the same continent. If Russia turned its sights on Mongolia, they’d be fucked.

    How the hell would the Mongols to fend off the Russians? How would supplies from Western allies even reach them? Fly through Russian airspace over the polar circle? Fly through Russia? Through Kazakhstan?