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BannonsLiver

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5. I'm starting to wonder if this whole thing is an effort to boost Russian oil prices.

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 06:19 PM

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Putin has lost a source of cheap drones but can probably build those on their own at this point. But the oil? They’re making a mint, just as Russia’s economy was seriously wobbling after Putin used all of their money in the NWF to pay for that war. It’s awfully convenient.

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