I’m not one for the news unless it directly affects the people of the United States. When Russia began to invade Ukraine, I didn’t pay it much attention, I only knew that it was happening. But weeks later as gas prices raised in the U.S. and I was suddenly paying nearly $4 a gallon, I needed to know why. Gas prices raised because of Russia, and this sent me on a mission to learn more about what was really going on.
The U.S. supports Ukraine; the two countries are allies, but that doesn’t mean the U.S. wants to necessarily get involved in what’s going on directly. The solution? The U.S. begins to apply pressure to Russia.
Though majority of U.S. oil comes from a Saudi-Arabia company, the rest of the world gets a lot of oil from Russia. So, when Russia invaded Ukraine, everyone started buying more oil from Saudi-Arabia and not Russia. In short, when demand rises, supply falls, and prices rise.
Then I heard about people in Russia not having access to ApplePay and that sent me down another rabbit hole. Similar to the gas situation, U.S. based companies began to pull products from Russia. Car companies like Ford have stopped producing vehicles in Russia, restricting Russia’s cash flow. Streaming services like Disney have also paused business in Russia. With companies stopping business in Russia, Russians are losing access to things that are almost deemed as necessities in the modern world.
The U.S. isn’t the only country pulling products either and it’s putting a lot of pressure on Russia. No longer are countries turning to murderous wars, it has turned in to economic warfare and that’s what intrigues me most.
