Opinion: Germany in particular has no backup plan to replace Russian nat gas in the short term. If Russia moves quickly to restructure trade with BRICS OPEC Mexico etc, they could then shut their pipelines to EU (or threaten to), which in turn would pressure the EU to remove sanctions, and in the process de-dollarize collateral and commodity markets.@Forecast432Hz
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Luzhniki Stadium is packed. 180,000 people are attending a concert in honor of the eight-year anniversary of the reunification of Crimea with Russia. Putin expected to speak soon.

Does this look familiar?
Change a few things … national anthem and colors, language, Roman instead of Cyrillic … could be a Trump rally.
It sure doesn’t look like everyone in Russia is “protesting Putin”.
That’s what OUR propaganda media is parroting like traitorous, useful idiots.
The ending to this movie is going to be glorious!
NCSWIC.