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Fuel Prices Could Go Parabolic as Putin Raises Stakes in Eastern Europe

Fuel Prices Could Go Parabolic as Putin Raises Stakes in Eastern Europe
Cars queue at Tesco near Stanwell, Middlesex, England, on Sept. 27, 2021. Steve Parsons/PA
J.G. Collins
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Clearly, Russian President Vladimir Putin is aligning the chess pieces for either an invasion of Ukraine or to deter NATO and the EU from considering Ukraine as a member. With over 125,000 troops and thousands of pieces of armor massed on the Russian/Ukrainian border, comes news this week that Russian forces will also be “conducting an exercise” in Belarus.
J.G. Collins
J.G. Collins
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J.G. Collins is managing director of the Stuyvesant Square Consultancy, a strategic advisory, market survey, and consulting firm in New York. His writings on economics, trade, politics, and public policy have appeared in Forbes, the New York Post, Crain’s New York Business, The Hill, The American Conservative, and other publications.
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