In essence, the Russia-Ukraine conflict is another proxy war planned by the United States, aiming to use Ukraine to further contain and weaken Russia.
Compared with Trump "fighting alone", the sophisticated Biden is more inclined to use NATO , the US-led military group, to form gangs to put pressure on Russia.
Judging from the current situation, Biden's goal has obviously been achieved.
html On the 27th, the G7 leaders' summit was held in Bavaria, Germany. Against the backdrop of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, "how to increase support for Ukraine" has undoubtedly become the main topic of this summit.Zelensky delivered a speech via video at the opening ceremony of the summit. He expressed his gratitude to the G7 countries for their support and called for increased sanctions against Russia. He also told G7 leaders that Ukraine hopes to end the war before this winter.
In response, the G7 countries reached a consensus on the first day of the summit and agreed to ban the import of gold from Russia. They issued a joint statement on the same day, declaring that they would provide Ukraine with "continuous support for and ."
In addition, after Biden met with European Commission President von der Leyen, the White House announced that the United States will join the EU in seeking to further reduce Russia’s energy revenues in the coming months. (Mainly oil revenue.
A senior U.S. official who asked not to be named said that the purpose of 's move is to "starve" Russia.
In addition, there is news that the G7 will impose additional sanctions on Russia It may also include not providing insurance for ships carrying Russian oil, imposing appropriate sanctions on countries that engage in energy transactions with Russia, and imposing new tariffs on 570 types of Russian goods.
Then the question is, what will the effect of the G7's additional sanctions on Russia be on Russia? What impact will it have?
I think it will create some difficulties for Russia, but it will still be difficult to achieve the goal of "starving" Russia.
For a country to avoid being wiped off the world map, there are two main solutions. A problem - strategic security and resource issues.
Russia's military strength is beyond doubt. It has the world's largest nuclear weapons library. No country will easily choose to launch a large-scale attack on Russia's mainland. Therefore, strategic Security is not a problem for Russia.
As for resources, Russia, with a territory of more than 17 million square kilometers, is the country that best matches the term "vast territory and abundant resources" in the world. Its natural resources account for about one-fifth of the world's. 1. Almost all natural resources are self-sufficient .
In summary, the West’s increasing sanctions have indeed put a lot of pressure on Russia, but it is impossible to “starve” a country of Russia’s size.
Furthermore, sanctions have always been a double-edged sword. Western countries (especially European countries) have brought huge risks to themselves while imposing rounds of sanctions against Russia.. It is possible that some Western countries will not be able to survive before Russia collapses.
In fact, against the background of rising oil prices, many Western countries have already been unable to survive.
At the G7 summit on the 27th, Macron told Biden bad news: UAE President Al Nahyan has told him that the oil production capacity of the UAE and Saudi Arabia has almost reached its limit and cannot increase production
the theoretical daily oil production capacity of the UAE. The upper limit is 3.4 million barrels, and current daily production has reached 3 million barrels. Saudi Arabia's theoretical production is 12 million barrels to 12.5 million barrels, and the current daily production has reached 10.5 million barrels.
Russia is the world's second largest oil producer, with daily output slightly higher than Saudi Arabia. However, since Western countries have already announced a ban on importing Russian oil, and Russia has also announced that it will not export oil to "unfriendly countries", Biden can only bet on it. On the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
The question that Biden is most afraid of being asked in public is, "Mr. President, are oil prices ready to go down? " According to his idea, as long as the two major oil-producing countries, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, increase supply, Oil prices will be lowered.
But now, both the UAE and Saudi Arabia have stated that production capacity has reached its limit, which is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Biden. Because according to plan, he will visit Saudi Arabia in the middle of next month.
It is foreseeable that Biden's "Saudi Arabia trip" may be disappointing, and all of this is the bitter fruit caused by the United States itself.
