Ah, tankie. Neither of your links prove what you say. That’s an absurdly weird propaganda.

These headlines have been popping up frequently in recent months, but this topic is hopelessly overstated in my opinion. There is no such thing as an "associate EU membership’. What is much more important is the fact that Canada will come closer to the EU than ever, and it will be very close. THIS is much more important than how we call it.

This is what India’s officials have been saying since July, but Indian imports of Russian crude dipped in the third quarter. I don’t say India should or shouldn’t buy, but what they say and what they doesn’t match if you look at the data.

Addition: Ah, the article is two months old …