Why didn't Vladimir Putin wait until the warmer months to invade? Why now?
Why didn’t Vladimir Putin wait until the warmer months to invade? Why now?
Sylvain Saurel, inbitcoinwetrust.substack.com at In Bitcoin We Trust (2017-present)
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Europe is highly dependent on Russian gas. However, it is in this winter period that Europe needs gas from Russia the most.
It is therefore now that the gas weapon is the most strategic for Putin.
I even think that Putin would have attacked Ukraine earlier without the Olympic Games in Beijing in February 2022.
During the summer, the Russian gas argument remains important to replenish reserves for the following winter, but this leaves more time to try to find alternative solutions, even if it is difficult.
If Putin cuts off Russian gas now to Europe in retaliation for the economic and financial sanctions against his country, the situation will be catastrophic for many European countries.
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▌评论:
ubert Okari:
Putin is a reasonable person and won’t do that, however, if it were some politicians from the west, especially the US, they would have cut it without blinking an eye.The action he took in Ukraine was a must for any reasonable leader because a one sided government had been using excessive force in the Eastern Ukraine against people who had a contrary political opinion and the Western politicians did nothing, except supply weapons to the government.
Even now, the Western countries don’t want to get to the root of Ukraine crisis, except label Russian as an expansionist.
▌词汇:
- replenish: /rɪ’plenɪʃ/ to put new supplies into something, or to fill something again 补充; 重新装满
- reserve: a supply of something kept to be used if it is needed 储备（物）: $10 million in cash reserves 1000万美元的现金储备
- retaliation: /ri,tæli’eiʃən/ action against someone who has done something bad to you 报复，反击;
- sanctions: /‘sæŋkʃən/ official orders or laws stopping trade, communication etc with another country, as a way of forcing its leaders to make political changes〔对某国的〕制裁
- expansionist: when a country or group increases the amount of land or power that they have – used especially to show disapproval 领土扩张（主义）的人〔尤含贬义〕
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