Probably the gases from Nord Stream 1 and 2.
Russia has a full right to scale up war due to this single act of war.
You're delusional if you think that the ball hasn't been in their court since that day.
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You're delusional, if you think he needs an excuse to have a war.
trying to explain this since they anected gruzia
He's been the Russian dictator for over a quarter century, and before that he was in the KGB for 15 years.
A Putin does what a Putin does. It's naive, to think that we can control him by being nice.
It's naive that we can control him by any means.
(btw. I'm very familiar with his whole "career", 1968 was a big deal for us)