When I worked at State, during the invasion of Crimea, we belived Russia was balking at the pipeline fees which made war with Ukraine more possible. We already had two breakaway provinces in Ukraine and fully expected Putin to advance to the River midway across that nation.
In future years we will hear about those fees Ukraine demanded as payment all this time for Russian Oil.... Bookmark this.
Got some kind of link? Because your writing is a tad incoherent.