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Ireland faces pressure to stop sending Russia an ingredient vital to its war on Ukraine

Ireland faces pressure to stop sending Russia an ingredient vital to its war on Ukraine
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The Karin, a 400-foot-long (120-meter-long) cargo ship, sat moored this week on Ireland’s boggy River Shannon estuary. Soon it set sail for Russia laden with a white powder that can be forged into weapons vital to Moscow’s war on Ukraine. Alumina, a key ingredient in aluminum, goes into everythin...

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