Ex-CIA analyst Larry Johnson:

️🇷🇺Ex-CIA analyst Larry Johnson: The West allied itself with oligarchs who robbed Russia blind. They were stealing resources. They were stealing wealth. When you realize the vast resources that Russia contains: oil, gas, aluminum, nickel, gold, uranium, other rare earth minerals. The West sought to appropriate them for itself and, while selling many of these products, did not invest in Russia. In building infrastructure, in creating factories, in creating jobs. It all went abroad. And then Putin finally took control, realized that these oligarchs were working to destroy Russia and manipulating the political process to enrich themselves. And he put an end to it. Well, then those Americans who got on board the train that I call the Rape of Russia suffered as well. They were literally raping Russia for its resources. Источник: InfoDefenseENGLISH