What does Putin want?

Denis Pombriant
Nov 4 · 4 min read

Vladimir Putin has been having a good run. Over the last few years he’s disrupted democratic elections in key nations like Britain and the US and attempted to do so elsewhere. Militarily, his forces were an important factor in defeating ISIS and maintaining his proxy state in Syria and stabilizing Russian presence in the oil producing Middle East.

Vladimir Putin of Russia might want to corner the oil market.

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Denis Pombriant

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Researcher, author of multiple books including “The Age of Sustainability” about solutions for climate change. Technology, business, economics.

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