Military and politics both serve the economy! Although Russia has taken military strikes against Ukraine , there is still a energy and economic battle behind it.
Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia has embarked on the path of getting rich by buying oil and natural gas energy. Now with the operation and joint construction of natural gas channels such as Beixi 1, Beixi 2, and Turkey flow, Russia and Europe It has become a grasshopper on a rope. If European sanctions lead to the cutting off of Russian gas supply channels, while Russia will suffer losses, Europe will also face a natural gas gap.
At that time, Europe will have to buy high-priced gas from the United States, which is unacceptable to Europe. Therefore, although the EU followed the United States and imposed severe sanctions on Russia, it let the Beixi 2 project go. This was a correct decision based on real interests.
It must be pointed out that natural gas is Russia's main tool for earning foreign exchange. Once Europe stops using Russian gas, the Russian economy will inevitably suffer heavy losses . Because of this, even if the relations between Russia and Europe are fierce and contradictory, Putin has not cut off natural gas and turned against the West.
On the other hand, the United States has always wanted to monopolize the European energy market, and then deeply tied up European . If the Nord Stream 2 project is cut off, the US plan will succeed. In this way, Europe will lose its independence. How can we talk about getting rid of US control in the future?
It is precisely because of the complementary interests of Russia and Europe that the sanctions imposed by the G7 countries have become smaller.
On the other hand, Russia is de-dollarizing very quickly. It holds a large amount of euros and gold, totaling more than 630 billion U.S. dollars. This is a huge wealth for a country with GDP only 1.5 trillion U.S. dollars. With these Bottom line, Putin is not afraid of Western sanctions.
Without worries, Putin will use force against Ukraine. As for why he wants to attack Ukraine, Putin made it very clear in his televised speech on the 24th. He mainly emphasized the following three points.
First, this is Russia’s intolerable self-defense counterattack .
Because, in the past 30 years, Russia has been holding back and constantly trying to reach a peaceful consensus with the West, but what has been waiting is only deception and force intimidation. NATO ignores Russia’s security interests, continues to expand, and places weapons at Russia’s doorstep. Russia can only fight back for its own security.
Second, it was forced by the West, led by the United States.
Why there are wars and famines in the current international order? These are all caused by the West, led by the United States. For their own interests, they bombed Yugoslavia , invaded Iraq , Libya and Syria , causing countries to become a breeding ground for terror. A hotbed of socialism, it has fallen into a humanitarian crisis and a large number of refugees have been displaced.
Today, the evil West is trying to lead the war to Russia, destroy Russia, and harvest Russian wealth. Russia can only be forced to resist.
Third, eliminate Nazism and terrorism.
According to Putin, with the support of NATO, Ukrainian extremists and Nazis adopted a terrorist policy against the Slavs in eastern Ukraine and close to Russia, resulting in the massacre of many people.
Therefore, if Russia wants to rescue these victims, it must send troops to eliminate the Nazis supported by the West, bring them to justice, and create a peaceful environment.
For this reason, between 2000 and 2005, the Russian army eliminated terrorists in the Caucasus region. In 2014, Russia took action to prevent Crimea from becoming a vassal of the West. In 2015, Russia sent troops to Syria and successfully prevented terrorists from flowing into Russia from Syria.
The people in eastern Ukraine are facing the same situation. Russia can only take this approach to prevent terrorism from spreading into Russia.
Of course, Russia will not occupy Ukraine and will withdraw from Ukraine after eliminating the forces and groups that endanger Russia's security.
From these three points, we can see that Putin is forced to resist by sending troops, because if he does not resist, he will be dismembered by the West and become the next Syria. Russian territory will become the territory of terrorists and Western colonists. causing great harm to the world.
Putin said this, of course, hoping that the anti-war Russian and Ukrainian people would understand the country's difficulties and not be blinded by Western propaganda. The people should support the Russian army in attacking extremists and saboteurs in Ukraine and completely driving Western interference forces out of Russian soil. Without a safe geopolitical peace, how can Russia develop?
Over the past 30 years, Russia has been surviving cautiously under Western sanctions and pressure, but it has only received deception and blows, so it can no longer endure it. Only by fighting can the crisis facing Russia be resolved. These are Putin’s three main reasons for sending troops!
