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Ruben Gallego: “Russia basically is a massive country that only exists…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Published | Video Starts at 05:48

And it's just not the way that we should be doing things in the United States. It's not all bad news. Finally, Donald Trump imposed some very heavy sanctions on two Russian oil companies. What does that matter? Russia basically is a massive country that only exists because it could pump gas. It has got no other innovation. It wasn't for the fact that it could pump gas. It had nuclear weapons. It would be a backwater country. (05:48–05:56)

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Asserts that Russia's economy heavily relies on its gas production.

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