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Eric73's avatar

Hey Charlie.

After listening to yesterday's podcast, where you posed a question to Tim O'Brien regarding why Putin is making this move now instead of during Trump's tenure, I believe David Frum in the Atlantic has the answer: the current tightness of the energy market:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/energy-crisis-russia-gas/622884/

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SandyG's avatar

Thanks for the link. Also the departure of Merkle last December, someone said (Ian Bremmer, I think).

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