Russian natural gas and its influence in Europe.
While there has more recently been a price war between Opec (more specifically, Saudi Arabia) and Russia, it has recently been diffused. The tension involved in Russia’s dealings with the European Union particularly regarding Nord Stream is at a similar level, although it is somewhat different in nature. However, the main motivation for Russian President Vladimir Putin, that of rebuilding and expanding the Russian empire with himself as a latter-day Tsar, is identical. While the nations of Europe are not confronting Russia in the direct manner in which the Kingdom did, there are still a number factors which have caused concern, which has recently increased. Russia energy pre-history precedes the Soviet Union. With resources in both the Asian and European regions of the Russian nation, Nord Stream would play a role in restoring the former empire in which Putin had been a Soviet counter-intelligence officer. In the late 1980s and 1990s, the USSR’s eastern European client states were