Like with any war, there is profiteering. But it's not a fabricated war like the one in Iraq. Russia's imperial ambitions are very real.
That's interesting, I didn't know about this. But with everything going on, do you think Russia would care about fines? I mean they took the western leased aircraft and just kept them. The pipeline was still useful for Russia, the idea for them was to cause short-term pain to Europe but long-term profits were still the goal. In Europe there were two sides who pushed hard for this pipeline - Germany and Russia, others were against it for various reasons.
The opposite in fact. I'm saying you are 9/11 truthers presenting a conspiracy w/o evidence. You've made the claim, now back it up or fail like 9/11'ers have done over and over. FWIW: I am on record being OK w/us blowing the pipeline so it's not like I'm eager to cover for the US.