Who really controls the raw materials valve at the hight of the Crimean crisis

Participants of the discussion: Stepan Pachikov, Joseph Raskin, Alla Fleming, Kiril Barkunov, Denis Lunin

We are not in lockstep with why the Cold War finished 25 years ago. Every student in the US will tell you that President Reagan adroitly ruined the Evil Empire: not only did he drag the Soviets into the needless Arms Race, he also left the Kremlin elders without their petrodollars, thus collapsing prices.