Russia needs that European money too. It's 35% of their GDP and selling to Europe is more lucrative than selling to allies. They currently have record gas pric

Russia needs that European money too. It's 35% of their GDP and selling to Europe is more lucrative than selling to allies. They currently have record gas prices, so it doesn't look like they mind selling gas. They sell gas to theirb close allies at ( almost) cost to reduce unrest. Peak of the conflict was obviously not in 2015... There are multiple reasons why he didn't do it sooner. Here's one: https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/foreign-exchange-reserves#:~:text=Foreign%20Exchange%20Reserves%20in%20Russia%20averaged%20285055.20%20USD%20Million%20from,Million%20in%20December%20of%201992 https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/foreign-exchange-reserve....