[353FMG]

“....then the collapse of Communism there two decades ago....”

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Communism did not collapse — it infiltrated the US, went underground and emerged in 2008.

[Navy Patriot]

You are both right, Communists co-opted the "environmentalist" movement (and animal "rights") and continued their anti capitalist tyranny through those venues.

Russia doesn't need to sabotage energy development in secret, their US baby boomer disciples do it for them for free.