> on various occasions he threatened to cut the supply because he wanted to be paid in rubles (backed down) or he wanted sanctions lifted (backed down) or the caps on resource imports to be lifted too (backed down) i need sources for these claims. from what i recall, russia created a bank specifically to facilitate trade because europe had seized russian assets in european banks. and no, russia didn't back down. i've never heard any other threat from russia except claims that ukraine was stealing as(again), or other disputes over payment. if you can imagine this war from russia's point-of-view, you would understand why russia threatening europe would be a retarded policy. as i said, russia's goal for the last 30+ years was to replace american influence in europe with russian influence by making europe dependent on russia, while also appearing to be non-threatening. which is precisely why america has been trying to provoke a conflict with russia everywhere.   rzezinski.html   rcccdphc
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