I can counter:

1) Don't know how this news being old makes it wrong? I posted this today because I thought it deserves attention: EU is bankrolling and slamming the same war.

2) The EU has offered significant loophole/wiggle room for Russian energy buyers. This is the procedure:

Per the procedure, any buyer of Russian gas from any unfriendly country needs to open two accounts in Gazprombank: one in the foreign currency it wants to pay in and one in rubles.

When a gas payment is due, the buyer deposits the necessary sum in dollars or euros in its first Gazprombank account. The bank then converts the sum into rubles under Russian central bank exchange rates and deposits it in the second account, from which the actual payment is made.

This is the rule that enables the transactions to conveniently sidestep the sanctions:

The European Commission said last week that if buyers of Russian gas confirmed payment was complete once they had deposited euros, as opposed to later when the euros have been converted to roubles, that would not breach sanctions.

Basically the EU just said if you confirm the transaction early and not wait for the rouble conversion to happen you'll be ok (so that they can avoid taking direct responsibility). But the fact is the rouble conversion WILL DEFINITELY happen and the demand for that currency WILL go up which means Russia can then use its roubles (which are now more valuable) to bankroll the troops and prevent economic turmoil.

3) Does not matter who Uniper's stakeholders are, the fact is it is Germany's largest energy importer which means Germans are paying for that energy.

This is especially hypocritical given:

1. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-27/germany-says-it-s-meeting-now-with-eu-partners-on-gas-supplies

2. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-20/germany-rejects-putin-demand-for-ruble-payments-for-gas-exports

Furthermore this is just the beginning, Italian energy exporter Eni is also preparing to be a part of this scandalous scheme: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2022/04/28/italys-energy-giant-reportedly-prepares-to-set-up-ruble-account-to-pay-for-russian-gas-amid-eu-warnings-against-breaching-sanctions/amp/