What about the countries buying up Russian gas an reselling it to EU countries? Did they stop that or have those countries just gotten smarter in hiding the origins of the gas?
"India’s diesel exports tripled to ~1,600,000 barrels per day in March 2023, compared to a year ago, making diesel one of the largest components of India-EU trade."
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/India-Leads-In-Russian...
You forgot to mention that Europe imported almost all diesel from Russia.
https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insight...
"Although still high, Europe's dependence on Russian diesel has almost halved from pre-war levels when the region sourced 46% of its diesel imports from Russia, the data showed."
Russia has lost the single largest market they have for refined oil products, like diesel and gasoline. This is being replaced by increased production in European countries and emerging markets, like India. India is buying crude oil from Russia at a discounted price. Around a quarter of the cost of refined oil products is based on price of crude oil. Russia has more or less gutted it's entire refined oil industry. India, amongst others, are picking up the pieces.
So no, your assessment that Europe is pretending that they're not doing business with Russia is completely missing the mark.
Let's pretend those middlemen are Martians.
https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/trafigura-stake-nay...
I should have said natural gas, not gasoline.
> I should have said natural gas, not gasoline.
You need to sleep a bit more: "Spain Boosts Russia LNG Imports 84% While EU Urges Less Reliance"
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-14/spain-boo...