Immediately after the 2016 prognosis about the oil prices remaining low (and possibly going down to $20 per barrel) came out, Russian terrorists occupying the Donbass area of Ukraine became suddenly active. Within the past 24 hours, Russians shelled Ukrainian positions 12 times, using the kind of heavy artillery that the Minsk Agreements do not allow. Then they occupied a village that they’d left alone before.
It’s crucial that everybody understand that the fighting has been resumed because of the oil prices. I’m tired of people analyzing whatever happens in terms of what Obama said or Biden did. This is not about Americans at all.
Putin is freaking out about the oil prices. Russia’s economy only exists for as long as the country can sell oil and gas at a profit. If oil prices go down, people become even more impoverished. Putin has to distract them from their poverty with military exploits and “victories.”
I have already heard an intelligent person with a PhD suggest that Russians resumed fighting in Ukraine because Obama “sent weapons to Ukraine.” Which is a ridiculous fabrication.
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