From what I’ve researched in the last few days it about power.
Russia is positioning itself to gain plenty of revenue once this Norm 2 pipeline is permitted.
Russia about to triple it supply LNG to Europe without heavy taxes going through Ukraine.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, a semi-partnership.... leading to full membership, with conditions, would've kept someone like Putin from coming to power.
This scenario in Ukraine is happening, because we didn't plan or prepare for the collapse of a country or regime change...often that we were responsible for.
There's wayyy too many to list...but the highlights are, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, and the biggest one...the Soviet Union.
Regime changes like those cause a vacuum in power. Often with the new regime being worse than the previous. We know it, but we fail to address it EVERYTIME!
I'm not debating ONE THING you wrote about the pipeline.
Putin is the biggest, richest energy czar in the world....with nukes.
