Even Putin's daughter Maria lived not in Russia. She was living in the Netherlands, till a Russian rocket shot down a plane above East Ukraine and killing 298 people, mostly Dutch nationality. Putin was afraid for his daughter so she had to leave the Netherlands immediately. https://nypost.com/2014/07/25/putins-daughter-flees-home-in-the-netherlands/
I think it was a right decision. But I also think the pipeline is a great thing. EU is far too dependant on us. EU needs that pipeline. However, us played EU (delayed the certification and promised gas but dropped the promise as China offered more money) and Russia started to increase the prise as the political issues increased. Germany would have pay a huge political AND monetary price for the pipeline if the contract would have signed today. So better to postpone it to the spring 22 and negotiate new terms. And stop bashing Russia or other countries. Every country tries to play it's political game. And I think everyone of us would be ashamed if we knew how our country operates in the backyard. Hopefully we will know in 50 years what happened back then for real. Back to topic: will crude oil rise too now?
The truth is that, well, & that's it. No more. No less. Ying and yeng. Ping and pong. Wham bam and thank you mam. A perfect balance. For every smart member out there, there's one coder. Maybe ten. But whatever. Or Russia is running low on propaganda budget and have to recruit, basically, anyone, that can write. Another taliban alt acc from Germany ? (Smiles) All of these ,, Germans" all of the sudden, coming out of the woodworks to defend Russia. Like, seriously.