(March 1, 2025 at 2:52 pm)Leonardo17 Wrote: Pocaracas:
Is there any one of these minerals that is not already present inside Russia’s enormous territory?
Probably not, but they will always want more. Or, at least, to control more.
(March 1, 2025 at 2:52 pm)Leonardo17 Wrote: Besides: If there were so enormous amounts of rare earths in Ukraine, why is it that no one even explored them since the Soviet era?
https://www.spglobal.com/market-intellig...e-87318842
Apparently, the survey in that area was done between the 1960's and 80's... and, by the late 80's, it was obvious that the USSR couldn't continue, so they couldn't explore anything.
(March 1, 2025 at 2:52 pm)Leonardo17 Wrote: No Putin wants to expand and restore as much of the Soviet Union as possible. He simply sees Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova as “in his sphere of influence”.
As Annalena Baerbock said today: We cannot have a world in which every weak country has to be afraid of its mightier neighbor. That would be a return to the time before the two world wars.
This is why everyone is supporting Ukraine. This is why everyone is standing with Zelensky and no one is standing with Donald Trump.
As far as I see it, it's very similar to what the US has been doing since the 50's, where they just want to have that "sphere of influence"... oh, and resources.
Remember that they had a framework in place that imposed on Saudi Arabia that they would have to sell their oil in US dollars... that lasted for 50 years and ended last year.
