You must have been at the Vanderbilt history department at a great time. Jacques Voegli was probably my favorite professor of all time there. Just a wonderful instructor, and even more wonderful man. Could use a few more like him there now.
Russia's dependency on oil is, in my view, the primary reason for the invasion of eastern Ukraine- The world is getting less dependent on oil which is a mainstay of the Russian oligarchical petrol-state. All the Putin/Russian propaganda about oppression of speakers of Russian and Ukrainian Nazis is just cover for Russian desire to pillage Ukraine's natural resources
In addition to petroleum and natural gas, eastern Ukraine has numerous mineral resources including: Titanium, Lithium, Iron Ore, Gallium, Neon Gas, beryllium, manganese, uranium, zirconium, graphite, apatite, fluorite, nickel, aluminum, and cobalt. The areas containing these mineral deposits align with land targeted or already occupied by Russian forces, including Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
You must have been at the Vanderbilt history department at a great time. Jacques Voegli was probably my favorite professor of all time there. Just a wonderful instructor, and even more wonderful man. Could use a few more like him there now.
We did overlap. I share your sentiments.
Russia's dependency on oil is, in my view, the primary reason for the invasion of eastern Ukraine- The world is getting less dependent on oil which is a mainstay of the Russian oligarchical petrol-state. All the Putin/Russian propaganda about oppression of speakers of Russian and Ukrainian Nazis is just cover for Russian desire to pillage Ukraine's natural resources
In addition to petroleum and natural gas, eastern Ukraine has numerous mineral resources including: Titanium, Lithium, Iron Ore, Gallium, Neon Gas, beryllium, manganese, uranium, zirconium, graphite, apatite, fluorite, nickel, aluminum, and cobalt. The areas containing these mineral deposits align with land targeted or already occupied by Russian forces, including Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions.