Posted on 08/12/2022 6:34:16 AM PDT by JonPreston
Russia now controls $12.4 trillion worth of Ukraine's key natural resources, according to an analysis for The Washington Post by SecDev.
If the Kremlin succeeds in annexing Ukrainian land seized during Russia's invasion, Kyiv would permanently lose almost two-thirds of its deposits.
Moscow controls 63% of Ukraine's coal deposits, 11% of its oil, 20% of its natural gas, 42% of its metals, and 33% of its rare earths.
If the Kremlin succeeds in annexing Ukrainian land seized during Russia's invasion, Kyiv would lose almost two-thirds of its deposits, the report said, denying the country of its essential economic pillars.
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No, you’re entirely right.
And therein lies the fight.
Soros and his buds want the black gold, Texas tea. And the Biden Syndicate just wanted their cut to deliver it.
The 45 million lovely people of Ookraine are just in the way...of both gangs.
Donbas is fighting for its independence...a word you globalist scum abhor.
There is no reason to think that the new Republics formed there will abide oligarchs of any stripe inside its boundaries.
Yes.
So was chechnya.
Donbas independent is laughable. A russian client state to be bled dry by putin
Nice to see at least 5 frequent pro Pooty posters lined up here all agreeing it is the theft of Ukraine resources that motivates their anti-gay, homo, Nazi, Jew, pseudo-macho, child belly kissing hero. The amount of gas and oil is seriously underestimated since your hero’s invasion of Crimea in 2014 ran off the US oil companies before they could find what they had contracted for in 2012—to explore for those very resources. In fact those contracts, not NATO fears, was probably the trigger for the Crimea theft. The gas is probably the big prize, and more favored by climate worriers as a transition fuel in a move to lower CO2 emmisions. Argue away friends of Russia, Pooty Pals, and trolls we see you and your occasional other supporters. True US patriots will never favor the kind of rapacious, theft, murder, and dishonor that Russia’s tyrant has now reverted to.
Have you ignored post #35?
Not at all, my question is; why do you collect the IP addresses of FReepers?
“Remind me again how much Putin is worth? 200 billion?”
Putin attained his wealth via 1-2% skim of all Russian state oil/gas enterprises. Some oligarch owned ones too. You are ultra-wealthy in Russia? The only way you got there is Under Putin’s patronage. You must give Bad Vlad his skim.
That should be enough to pay for Ukraine’s liberation. Good deal.
US politicians hardest hit
All war is about property and money
“When they say, “It’s not about the money”, it’s about the money.”
Good one...
A pretty fair amount of this $12.4 trillion is in areas already under Russki control (or de facto control) B4 this latest invasion, right?
Further, the large gas reserves found in Ukraine over the last decade, both in and outside of previously Russian controlled areas, are poison to Putin. Developed rapidly with Western tech and money, with almost all of the necessary pipelines already in place (key factor), they represent price-lowering competition that Pooty and his pals might not survive.
Hey gleeaikin - Pootie is not my hero, and as far as I am concerned, he can burn in hell. This a fight between Pootie wanting Unkrainr’s wealth, and the global elites and the big guy wanting Ukraine’s wealth. Take your crap somewhere else moron.
Unkrainr’s = Ukraine’s
You are next fool. What the thieving, raping, murdering global elites can't get from Ukraine, they will get from you. That is why Biden is hiring 87,000 IRS agents who will be willing to use deadly force. Get ready to write the checks.
No, it was just too small print to read.
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