And the natural gas pipelines run right through the country of Ukraine. And he didn't want to jeopardize his ability to get gas to Europe. Right. So In 2015, Putin started a project called Nord Stream 2. Did anything happen in 2014. In terms of what? Wasn't there a coup in Ukraine run by the Obama administration? Let me finish telling that. I told you. (1:39:47–1:39:52)
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Asserts that Putin initiated the Nord Stream 2 project in 2015.
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