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:::::One needs to look at the volume of oil production, not just export. The Soviet oil industry was drilling with 1930s technology, and lacked modern technological upgrades. The Soviets didn't even know the size of its reserves; it wasn't until after the collapse of the USSR that oil prospectors could enter Russia and assess. With the discovery of North Slope oil in Alaska in the 1970s it was speculated that the USSR might have vast reserves on its Arctic shoreline, and was only confirmed decades later. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a chance'']]} 13:06, July 11, 2023 (EDT)

:::::One needs to look at the volume of oil production, not just export. The Soviet oil industry was drilling with 1930s technology, and lacked modern technological upgrades. The Soviets didn't even know the size of its reserves; it wasn't until after the collapse of the USSR that oil prospectors could enter Russia and assess. With the discovery of North Slope oil in Alaska in the 1970s it was speculated that the USSR might have vast reserves on its Arctic shoreline, and was only confirmed decades later. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a chance'']]} 13:06, July 11, 2023 (EDT)

:::::The Wikipedia article on the 1986 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk_Summit Reykjavik Summit] says this: Reagan "also promised to share SDI technology, a promise which [[Gorbachev]] said he doubted would be fulfilled, as the Americans would not even share oil-drilling technology." Had the US shared oil drilling technology prior to the end of the Cold War, and the USSR allowed to sell oil to IMF member states, the USSR might possibly been able to compete with the Reagan defense buildup. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a chance'']]} 13:34, July 11, 2023 (EDT)

:::::The Wikipedia article on the 1986 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk_Summit Reykjavik Summit] says this: Reagan "also promised to share SDI technology, a promise which [[Gorbachev]] said he doubted would be fulfilled, as the Americans would not even share oil-drilling technology." Had the US shared oil drilling technology prior to the end of the Cold War, and the USSR allowed to sell oil to IMF member states, the USSR might possibly been able to compete with the Reagan defense buildup. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a chance'']]} 13:34, July 11, 2023 (EDT)

::::::Put succinctly, the [[Cold War]] was one big, gigantic [[Russia sanction]]s package throughout its entirety, embargoing the Soviet Union and the [[Eastern bloc]] nations from the [[Bretton Woods]] system of global trade. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a chance'']]} 00:24, July 12, 2023 (EDT)

::::::Put succinctly, the [[Cold War]] was one big, gigantic [[Russia sanctions]] package throughout its entirety, embargoing the Soviet Union and the [[Eastern bloc]] nations from the [[Bretton Woods]] system of global trade. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a chance'']]} 00:24, July 12, 2023 (EDT)

==Protesters shut down LGBTQ festival in Republic of Georgia (VIDEOS)==

==Protesters shut down LGBTQ festival in Republic of Georgia (VIDEOS)==