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Ted Cruz: “Russia is selling the bulk of their oil and gas to China and…”

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President Trump is Bringing Peace to the Ukraine War, plus DC Crime Plummets

Published | Video Starts at 20:41

And Putin has demonstrated he will use that leverage to engage in economic blackmail. So it's not in Europe's interest to be dependent on Russia for energy. Now, right now, Russia is selling the bulk of their oil and gas to China and to India. And this is one of the lever points President Trump has, is that he has threatened or imposed sanctions against both India and China if they continue buying Russian oil and gas. (20:41–20:46)

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Asserts that Russia's primary oil and gas customers are China and India.

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