We may ALL have natural resources.
That is NOT the point.
The point goes back to two things.
One being that the Ruskies have a product in HIGH demand and therefore in a stronger position to the buyer/s. Basic Economics 101!
The other is whether this has made the Ruskies weaker?
Maybe read this as you appear to be one-eyed:
Russia says Europe needs to ‘sober up’ — RT Russia & Former Soviet UnionBasically what Peskov (a Kremlin supremo) is saying to UE is to get its house in order and then we (Ruskes and EU) could get somewhere. Does not sound like someone in a weak position as espoused by the one-eyed posters on HC!!
Mending relations between Russia and Europe is still possible, but it will only happen when the latter “sobers up from the American bourbon” and gets rid of US influence, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday.
“There are always solutions. From any confrontation, from any difficult situation, there are always ways out,” Peskov told Russian media.
Russia-EU relations, however, are unlikely to improve in the near future, he admitted. Moscow expects that to happen only when Europe realizes that it, and not the US, is responsible for its own fate, he added.
“When the Europeans sober up from the American bourbon a little bit, and when they finally realize that we should on our own take care of the fate of our continent, Europe, maybe even Eurasia, then it will happen – that’s not a matter for the nearest future - but then the time will come for a reassessment of our relations,” Peskov stated.
