I think the biggest fault of all the discussions about Russia is that there is no impartiality. Everybody either wants Russia to prevail or to fail, with various degrees of vehemence. Thus, discussion is fundamentally obstructed, what we get more often than not is just Schadenfreude.
It's all in good fun, I believe, between myself, Helgo and Sheb.
I'd still like to go for a drink with you guys sometime. Maybe after the as-of-yet hypothetical war, at a veteran's meeting - but maybe two will be drinking to the memory of the third...
What I like about you and Sheb is that you are treating me fairly and are not blaming me for doing what you are doing yourselves - supporting my country.
Still, we can expect no blanket sanctions because everybody needs Russian oil and gas.
I'd say gas. And Europe is not everybody. Oil is not hard to substitute with current world supply.
There's been a lot of talk about expanding LNG capacities lately.
Plenty of talk does not mean plenty of work, unfortunately.
And speaking of American oil and gas, I really do wonder how does the shale oil industry like all those insanely low prices. There are plenty of articles around saying that it doesn't, but they all come from rather emotional sources, so I am disinclined to trust them. And unlike the topic of Russia, the topic of shale oil is bound to have some impartial opinions.