Some of us are old enough to recall the Cuban Missile Crisis....and the resolution that involved Kennedy agreeing to remove Missiles from Turkey as part of the "deal".
The Russians have a struggling economy....and moves by Trump in trying to create a better bargaining position have of course been undone by the current Administration.
The one thing Trump understood was the need to negotiate from a position of strength....something the Russians understand as well.
If the Russians gain control of the Natural Gas supply to Europe Putin gets a Twofer for that....improved economy and an ability to withhold the supply of Natural Gas once the Western European countries become dependent upon that supply.
My question is why this renewed "hostility" between Russia and the West....are the committed Communists there seeking to regain their once powerful status post WWII but was lost with the breakup of the Soviet Union?
If so...to what gain....what is their ultimate goal?