correct.
And what did the US Do?
Send Cheney to peripheral states to start lecturing Russia about 'democracy'...

I have always said, a nuclear tipped, oil and gas rich Russia will have us by the balls , should it so choose.

But also, Russia itself will ramp up internal oil consumption for its higher standard of living. Other countries too will have less oil for market as either they ramp up internal consumption or deplete to levels that match existing levels of internal consumption.

Oil will not be the fungible commodity that the WTO and Globalists think it is.

Cheney: ''The American Way of Life is not negotiable''

Putin: ''Lets see''

Cheney is a neocon nutbar who thinks that he can make reality happen by projecting power and propaganda.  Like all neocons he has total contempt for the reality based community of which Putin is a member.  The more Russia is assaulted with hate the more it will ignore the west's desires.