A Chess Match for the Control of Oil

... dependent on oil themselves, but chances of success could be improved if pressure is applied by other means, namely if economic sanctions are added to the equation. So, talking about the real targets, Russia is the only one really mentioned by the Minister,... ... foreign policy, there was no need to dissimulate this occurrence, because doing so would have simply confirmed the suspicions. The shale industry, on the other hand, is collateral damage, for reasons discussed above. However the shale boom was likely the original ...