One big reason for this war ( among others)
Posted: June 4th, 2022, 12:25 am
Ukraine has a lot of natural gas under Crimea and Donbass but no technology to extract it. It was about to sign some contracts with some big Western companies to start exploring it after its pro EU revolution.
If Ukraine started selling it, it would become very rich, ala Qatar, and Europe would not need Russian gas anymore.
Russia will lose their main source of income. Gazprom would go bankrupt, and the Russian elite would go kaput.
Russia is afraid of this competition. Having a rich, democratic Slavic country next to them instead of a bunch of farmers who they have always treated as hicks would be a major nuisance.
As long as Ukraine was pro-Russian, it was not a threat, and its presidents would not have become such competition - as they would do Russia's bidding. Once it became a pro-Western country, Russia got scared.
So, Russia invented some fairy tales about Ukrainians killing Russian speakers and started the war. Now, it has killed tens of thousands more Russian speakers in Ukraine than Ukraine ever would.
Follow the ( gas) money trail.
If Ukraine started selling it, it would become very rich, ala Qatar, and Europe would not need Russian gas anymore.
Russia will lose their main source of income. Gazprom would go bankrupt, and the Russian elite would go kaput.
Russia is afraid of this competition. Having a rich, democratic Slavic country next to them instead of a bunch of farmers who they have always treated as hicks would be a major nuisance.
As long as Ukraine was pro-Russian, it was not a threat, and its presidents would not have become such competition - as they would do Russia's bidding. Once it became a pro-Western country, Russia got scared.
So, Russia invented some fairy tales about Ukrainians killing Russian speakers and started the war. Now, it has killed tens of thousands more Russian speakers in Ukraine than Ukraine ever would.
Follow the ( gas) money trail.