The black-earth soil, first of all. Then there are coal and uranium mines, and arms plants, and warm water ports, and other strategic interests Russia desires evidently much (including 40 million people).
Not (only) bankers, but it's actively sponsored by oligarchs on both sides. Some literally formed military units, and one bank for example gave their armored cars to their militia. Poroshenko himself had been "king of chocolate" before he became the first war president.
Not to Russia's big-spender ally, that does all their business in USD - China.
They need a ton of coal, and since Australia cut them off, and they are in no way shrinking usage despite "promises" to be carbon neutral, Russia is their next best bet.
The black-earth soil, first of all. Then there are coal and uranium mines, and arms plants, and warm water ports, and other strategic interests Russia desires evidently much (including 40 million people).
Sheningans like https://www.dw.com/en/ukrainian-oligarchs-private-armies-flex-their-muscles/a-18346008
In more detail: https://warontherocks.com/2017/09/ukraines-volunteer-militias-may-have-saved-the-country-but-now-they-threaten-it/
Not (only) bankers, but it's actively sponsored by oligarchs on both sides. Some literally formed military units, and one bank for example gave their armored cars to their militia. Poroshenko himself had been "king of chocolate" before he became the first war president.
Not to Russia's big-spender ally, that does all their business in USD - China. They need a ton of coal, and since Australia cut them off, and they are in no way shrinking usage despite "promises" to be carbon neutral, Russia is their next best bet.