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To: Lurker

You should get informed before commenting.


30 posted on 06/04/2024 5:42:43 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: McGruff
Follow the money, McGruff.

May 17, 2014

When Russia seized Crimea in March, it acquired not just the Crimean landmass but also a maritime zone more than three times its size with the rights to underwater resources potentially worth trillions of dollars.

Russia portrayed the takeover as reclamation of its rightful territory, drawing no attention to the oil and gas rush that had recently been heating up in the Black Sea.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/world/europe/in-taking-crimea-putin-gains-a-sea-of-fuel-reserves.html

37 posted on 06/04/2024 5:47:14 PM PDT by deks (Deo duce, ferro comitante ยท God for guide, sword for companion)
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