Arctic Oil, Russian Nuclear Submarine Incident, VP Pence & Putin Change Plans Today
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- Russia Submarine Fire Kills 14, Sparks Concern As Vladimir Putin and Mike Pence Change Plans At Same Time, 7/2/19.
(Newsweek) The fire that killed 14 sailors onboard one of Moscow's research submersible vehicle Monday may not have had major geopolitical implications, but Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision the following day to cancel his appearance at a scheduled event coinciding with a separate schedule change by Vice President Mike Pence initially sparked concerns that an international incident was underway...
More, https://www.newsweek.com/russia-submarine-putin-pence-1447190
- Daily Kos Diary, 'The Arctic will not survive Russia's wave of industrialization; nuclear submarine in flames.' 7/2/19.
(Daily Kos)...I had been in the process of composing a diary on the Russian industrialization of the Arctic when the news of the submarine broke. I see that a diary is on the rec list now. My diary does not attempt to cover the submarine crisis in Siberia. (See annieli’s diary which does a good job explaining the event.) Instead, I want to share some information that I have learned about what the hell is going on up at the roof of the world.
We know Putin wanted Trump in the White House to rid himself of sanctions. As Representative Maxine Waters would say — follow the oil. We also know Putin made it clear to Trump that he wanted Exxon’s Rex Tillerson instead of Romney for Secretary of State per a lesser known second Steele Dossier. Putin wants control of the Arctic, he has been rattling sabers for a while now.
Japan’s Abe buys into Arctic LNG2. You see, just about all countries want a slice of the Arctic pie now that the climate emergency has made the region ripe for development. So the exploitation of the Arctic is Putin’s dream for world economic domination. Of course, Trump and Pompeo are blind to the issue. They just salivate over all of that oil and natural gas just waiting to be tapped and, put into their coffers. Perhaps this is the reason Pence returned to the WH? Pence and Putin canceled their plans at the same time. Coincidence? I think not...
Read More, https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/2/1868625/-The-Arctic-will-not-survive-Russia-s-second-wave-of-industrialization-nuclear-submarine-in-flames?utm_campaign=trending
Russian nuclear submarine Losharik.