Accoring to Vladimir Putin, the US orchestrated the war to benefit one of it's presidential candidates, though he had no evidence to back it up nor said which one.
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Oy, this situation is becoming a disaster with all the progress made since the end of the Cold War on the precipice of going down the toilet....[/QUOTE]
Fool, the cold war didnt end, it just looked different for awhile.
[quote name='dmaul1114']True. "End" is too strong of a word. But progress had been made and that progress is being severely challenged by current events.[/quote]
If oil had stayed around $12 a barrel, there wouldn't be a Russia anymore.