Oil was the blessing and the curse of Russia. On the one hand, due to its rich reserves of "black gold" Moscow is in Europe, but the continent is not only to give their energy. On the other hand, the Kremlin does not affect the energy market and strongly depends on it. And this determines the fate of Russia and President Vladimir Putin.

According to the Censor.NET, according to German newspaper Die Welt, which causes the collapse of oil prices one of the major events of 2014. The market suffers from overproduction due to export a large number of "black gold" from the USA. For industrialized democracies, this is good news, because the energy costs of their enterprises decreased with decreasing prices per barrel. "But the trees don't grow to the sky. At $ 50 per barrel of cheap oil, obtained using freking would not be profitable. In addition, commitments for investments in cuaternario have to pay more than low income people," the article says.

However, these circumstances were nothing compared with the situation that was in Russia. The budget, which includes debt and social benefits will be spalanzani, only if the oil will cost $ 95. Thus, the Putin regime is forced to go through a serious test. The effect of a decline in oil prices increases, as well as Western sanctions, and sanctions, which the Kremlin introduced in response. Thus, the Russian economy is on the brink of disaster, similar to the USSR survived in 1986, when oil though not long, but fell to $ 10 per barrel, writes columnist. "Then the collapse in oil prices preceded the collapse of the Soviet system," the article says.

But Putin still, it seems, did not pay attention to it. Relying on military power of his country, he believes that control of the situation, which was created in Europe with its aggressive policy. And hybrid war, which he applies in Ukraine, will be included in the Arsenal of their political actions. "But oil is a blessing and prokleta at the same time as the browser on the dependence of the Russian economy. The price of a barrel of Texas oil WTI fell by 4% and is trading at $ 48. On the eve of the official press Secretary of the White house Josh Ernest stated that low oil prices are beneficial to the U.S. economy. According to Ernest, low prices stimulated autoproduce in the country and has increased the income of the typical American consumer.
Source: http://censor.net.ua/