Everyone I think is missing the forest for the trees.
What if Russia has realized it needs to kneecap its economic competitors especially China? But Russia cannot survive an open conflict with China...
So what do you do?
You're #Putin. You realize u need an event that shuts off your energy supplies to the world economy as the world economies inflations issues peak at crazy numbers & things like China's property bubble pop. The economic depressions there might cripple...