2022年2月21日，普京签署总统令，要求俄罗斯军队进入乌克兰东部地区进行“维和”。    NEW DELHI -- India’s top court on Tuesday refused to legalize same-sex marriages, passing the responsibility back to Parliament in a ruling that disappointed campaigners for LGBTQ+ rights in the world's most populous country. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud also urged the government to uphold the rights of the queer community and end discrimination against them. Earlier this year, the five-judge bench heard 21 petitions that sought to legalize same-sex marriage. Chandrachud said there were degrees of agreement and disagreement among the justices “on how far we have to go” on same-sex marriages, but a majority of the judges agreed that the court cannot grant LGBTQ+ people the right to marry as that is a legislative function. “This court can’t make law. It can only interpret it and give effect to it,” the chief justice said, reiterating that it was up to Parliament to decide whether it could expand marriage laws to include queer unions.One of the petitioners, Mario da Penha, said it was “a day to be disappointed but not to lose hope.”“There's been tremendous work that has gone into these petitions, and many hopes and dreams of the queer community attached to them - to lead lives that most other Indians take for granted. The fact that the dream could not come to fruition today is a disappointment for all of us,” he said.He added that it was not yet clear if the court had set a mandate or timeline for Parliament to act. “Without that mandate, there is no pressure on Parliament to enact any legislation.”“There are queer couples today that are already families and in relationships, and are pillars of society. That they are not afforded the dignity and rights that they are due is deeply disappointing,” said Karuna Nundy, one of the lawyers representing the petitioners. Legal rights for LGBTQ+ people in India have been expanding over the past decade, mostly as a result of the Supreme Court’s intervention. In 2018, the top court struck down a colonial-era law that had made gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison and expanded constitutional rights for the gay community. The decision was seen as a historic victory for LGBTQ rights, with one judge saying it would “pave the way for a better future."Despite this progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government resisted the legal recognition of same-sex marriage and rejected several petitions in favor. During the hearings, the government argued that a marriage is only between a biological male and a biological woman, adding that same-sex marriages went against religious values and that the petitions reflected only “urban elitist views”. Religious groups too had opposed same-sex unions, saying they went against Indian culture.Adish Aggarwala, the president of the Supreme Court bar association, said the court had done the right thing by recognizing that this was a job for Parliament, an argument the government also made during the hearings. Lawyers for the petitioners argued that marriage is between two people, not just a man and woman. They said concepts of marriage have gradually changed with time and laws should acknowledge that. By not recognizing such unions, the government was depriving same-sex couples of their right to equality enshrined in the constitution and rights enjoyed by married heterosexual couples, from adoption and medical insurance to pensions and inheritance, they argued. “This court needs to push society to acknowledge same-sex marriage,” one of the lawyers said.Petitioners were hopeful that the Supreme Court could challenge the government’s position.But even as some of the justices urged that the state must make sure queer couples don't face harassment or discrimination in accessing basic needs, like opening a joint bank account, they stopped short of granting legal recognition to same-sex unions. Instead, the court accepted the government's offer to set up a special panel that will explore granting social and legal benefits to same-sex couples. Homosexuality has long carried a stigma in India’s traditional society, even though there has been a shift in attitudes toward same-sex couples in recent years. India now has openly gay celebrities and some high-profile Bollywood films have dealt with gay issues. According to a Pew survey, acceptance of homosexuality in India increased by 22 percentage points to 37% between 2013 and 2019.But same-sex couples often face harassment in many Indian communities, whether Hindu, Muslim or Christian.India is estimated to have at least 2.5 million LGBTQ+ people, according to government figures from 2012. However, gay rights activists and global estimates believe they number at least 10% of the population, or more than 135 million.In May, Taiwan became the first jurisdiction in Asia to recognize same-sex marriages. In July, Nepal's Supreme Court issued an interim order enabling the registration of same-sex marriages for the first time. It is still not clear when the court would make its final decision on the case.。数小时之后，美国、英国等西方国家就纷纷公布了对俄罗斯的“制裁措施”。

之后的两年多时间里，美国对俄罗斯的制裁可以说层层加码，甚至连正常和俄罗斯做生意的第三方国家，也纳入了美国的“制裁名单”。颇有一种“谁不服就制裁谁”的架势。

然而，2024年的今天，美国人突然反应了过来，制裁了两年多，俄罗斯不但没受什么影响，反而是美国自己的利益大幅度受损了……

据俄罗斯卫星通讯社报道，近日，美国《国家评论》杂志，发表了一份署名为托马斯·杜斯特伯格的评论文章。

近些年来，因为受到战争影响，世界油价在蹭蹭上涨，美国的企业却无法从中分一杯羹，普通的美国人还得承受油价上涨的痛苦。

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偏偏11月份美国就要进行大选了，如果到时候还是没能稳定住油价，拜登势必会损失一部分的支持率。

现在拜登和特朗普的支持率相差无几，到时候说不定这部分支持率就能够起到决定性作用。

因此，比起援助乌克兰，稳定国内油价，才是现在的美国政府更应该做的事情。

然而，对于美国而言“很不幸"的是，美国想要做到这件事情十分困难，除非——放弃制裁俄罗斯。

杜斯特伯格在文章中提到，美国现在遇到的问题，和对俄罗斯制裁的失败有很大的关系。

众所周知，现在的俄罗斯已经堕落为了一个靠能源出口创造收入的国家。于是，美国就对这方面下死手，联合欧洲给俄罗斯定了个油价上限，希望能够降低俄罗斯出口能源创汇的同时，还能够保持原油的供应，不要让油价出现大幅度的变动。

更妙的是，因为俄罗斯不愿意限价卖，美国原油出口商就能趁此机会扩大在欧洲的市场。一石二鸟。

结果两年过去，美国人突然发现，这么做除了让自己国家的油价芝麻开花——节节高外，对俄罗斯并没有的影响。

诚然，因为限价，俄罗斯的确被迫降低了对欧洲的能源出口。但这个缺口很快就被中国和印度给补上了。

中国和印度都有大型工业，需要大量的能源，俄罗斯把大量的低价原油卖给了这两个国家，双赢。

尤其是印度，趁此机会发展原油加工能力，成为了原油加工产品出口国。

美西方需要针对中国的缘故，不可能拿印度怎么样，印度转手就将加工自俄罗斯的原油出口卖给欧盟，赚的盆满钵满。

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到了2024年，印度对欧盟的原油产品出口均量已经达到了超过36万桶/天

相较于美国而言，印度距离欧洲更近，运输成本低，它的原油价格也更加的低廉，反而成为了美国原油加工产品出口商最大的竞争对手。

中国虽然只有部分原油加工厂向欧洲出口产品，看起来赚的似乎没有印度多。

但别忘了，俄罗斯和印度交易原油是不用美元的，印度想要用卢比支付，结果俄罗斯却明确表示，他们不收卢比，因为俄罗斯不需要买印度的产品，根本花不出去，他们只愿意收人民币。

而美国就倒霉了，2024年年初，美国对欧洲出口的原油加工产品最起码减少了一半。因此，杜斯特伯格在文章中“痛心疾首”的表示：

“这两国凭借自俄进口的原油获得新的加工能力，这个‘有害环境’会降低美国工业的竞争力。”

事实证明，美国拉拢西方对俄罗斯进行的长达两年的制裁，不但没有伤到俄罗斯分毫，反而损失甚大。

欧洲要花更多的钱去买曾经低价就能够买到的能源，而美国不但没能分一杯羹，反而损失甚大，白白的为中国和印度做了嫁衣。

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美国政府不愿意在这个关头和印度闹掰，就痴心妄想的给中国施压，制裁和俄罗斯合作的中国公司。

希望通过这种方式切断俄罗斯的“后路”，让事情回到美国人自以为的“正轨”上去。

只有区区两百多年历史美国在历史底蕴上和中国差得远了，中国2000多年前的老祖宗就知道什么叫“唇亡齿寒”。

对于拜登政府来说，想要及时止损，似乎只剩下了解除对俄罗斯制裁这一条路。但是，这不就跟世界宣告，美国的制裁失败了吗？