Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Russia cuts off the gas: What Next? - TLDR News" video.

  1. More likely that Putin saw it was going to happen and wanted to get the foot in first, European countries have been reducing what they buy from Russia from month to month and it's not hard to see where it was going over the next year or 2, this is just speeding up the process but it was going to happen anyway, the irony is, this kinda helps the EU because they wanted to do this but some EU members didn't, this forces the matter so real change can happen. Longer term, this is doing a lot of harm to Russia, no country, not even China or India will want to be too dependent on Russia with the games they are willing to play and it's unlikely Russia will get European countries back onboard, this is massive economic self harm for Russia.
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  2. It's doable, it's having the political will to do it, ironically, Russia is helping to speed that up at its own demise lol.
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  3. Putin's logic is this, look, we might as well do it before they do it, European countries are reducing what they buy from Russia so Russia is just getting in there beforehand, the end result is meaningless because it's going to happen regardless, the only thing that changes is that it happens sooner rather than later whiles making Russia less trustworthy and credible. So yes, a bit of short term pain around the world with high energy prices but this is really going to focus minds to really push for alternative energies a lot sooner than it would be, in a sense, Putin could be killing the fossil industry sooner than it would be, maybe by a decade sooner. The rule of thumb in business is to never threaten your customers, otherwise they will look for alternatives and in this case, the alternatives can kill many industries, so Russia is speeding up its own demise with how dependent it is on natural resources. As for the EU countries and the world overall, they'll be fine, the fossil industry knows they can't afford high prices for longer than 2 years, otherwise real action kicks in that could threaten their businesses, after all, people and governments will only accept high prices for a short time before real change happens, in other words, the longer the prices stay high, the quicker they will kill the fossil industry and the good thing is about this, it's a global issue, meaning there is a lot of money to throw at the problem. In an ironic way, Putin might have done more for the world going green then the greens themselves could have every done lol, so it's going to be interesting to see the next 10 years in how the world shapes up in our energy mix. Anyway, looks like Putin is getting sour over the EU opening the door for Ukraine and Moldova to join the EU so Putin did what Putin does best, shoots himself in the foot, it might not seem it in the short term but longer term, what Putin is doing is a lot of damage to the Russian economy and trust that even the likes of China won't want to buy too much natural resources from them because they don't Russia to play games with them, so even thought they might buy more, they will limit what they buy, that's what happens when you play games with trust and that is really damaging long term for Russia.
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