I don't think Russia is still providing gas to Germany, but I'm not certain of that. From some news reports I've heard, I got the impression that the United States is still buying Russian crude oil, though. That's an impression though, not a hard data point.

I'd count that. China (the CCP) makes money off of the Olympics, so choosing not to watch decreases the advertising revenue they'll get a portion of. I believe.

The Ukrainian flag is all over Facebook, even on the profiles of people with the political activity level of, "I only vote in the presidential election every four years." But they have to show how ardently they support the poor, innocent, blameless (but heroic) people of Ukraine for this unexpected & "unprovoked" attack by the "madman" Putin. As though he hasn't been warning about this possibility for the last 10 years, and NATO hasn't been poking the bear with a stick for even longer … But none of that matters — to them, no one is to blame for this but Putin.

I agree, this is a dual-pronged atrocity. Clearly, you don't want Russian soldiers invading Ukraine and inflicting collateral damage. The death of civilians is horrible to contemplate. And — this is weird, I acknowledge — but the brutality seems to be made even more vivid when one sees dogs caught in the crossfire. Maybe that's because there's no question as to whether they are innocent or "collaborators." They're just dogs. And by pointing that out, of course I don't mean to minimize any of the other bloodshed.

Back to the idea of a dual-pronged atrocity, though: even though US news sources are trying to squelch the message, Ukraine has been infiltrated by both Nazi & New World Order-minded people. I'm inclined to think you're right in this instance. Even though Putin is an authoritarian, he's not a globalist. I think they might've done well to submit to a lesser evil rather than accept what the cadre of the powerful in the West are preparing to inflict.