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US Hints At Naval Blockade Of Russian Energy Exports Which Moscow Warns Would Be “An Act Of War”<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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In a interview\u00a0about fracking and the implications of making the United States less dependent on foreign sources of energy,\u00a0Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told the Washington Examiner\u00a0<\/em>that the US Navy has the ability to blockade Russia from controlling energy supplies in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

“The United States has that ability, with our Navy, to make sure the sea lanes are open, and, if necessary, to blockade… to make sure that their energy does not go to market<\/strong>,” Zinke said on Friday<\/a> at a Consumer Energy Alliance event in Pittsburg.<\/p>\n

The comments came as Russia, Germany and other European partners move forward on the Nord Stream II pipeline\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/em>something President Trump has vehemently opposed because of the leverage it gives Russia over Europe, and something which US officials have discussed sanctions over if Russia decides to play\u00a0dirty with the pipeline.<\/p>\n

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaking at an industry event on Friday. Image source: State Impact Pennsylvania<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zinke continued, “Russia is a one trick pony,” and explained Russia’s ability to sell energy is paramount to its economic survival:\u00a0“I believe the reason they are in the Middle East is they want to broker energy just like they do in eastern Europe, the southern belly of Europe,”<\/strong> he said.<\/p>\n

While Russia has been engaged in military action in Syria since 2015 at the request of the Syrian government, the West has long accused Moscow of seeking a permanent presence in the Middle East to ensure oil and gas access.<\/p>\n

In the process, Moscow and Tehran have grown closer as the two come under aggressive US sanctions and gained international pariah status. Secretary of the Interior Zinke explained<\/a> of the Iran situation:\u00a0“National security-wise, how are you going to deal with Iran?” Zinke asked. “Well, there are two ways.”<\/p>\n

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US Hints At Naval Blockade Of Russian Energy Exports Which Moscow Warns Would Be “An Act Of War” In a interview\u00a0about fracking and the implications of making the United States less dependent on foreign sources of energy,\u00a0Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told the Washington Examiner\u00a0that the US Navy has the ability to blockade Russia from controlling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[2184,281,359,522,542,22027,18975,694,17895,827,1127,865,22026],"class_list":["post-38516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-2","category-geopolitics","tag-energy-supplies","tag-europe","tag-germany","tag-middle-east","tag-moscow","tag-naval-blockade","tag-nord-stream-2","tag-russia","tag-ryan-zinke","tag-united-states","tag-us-navy","tag-washington","tag-washington-examiner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38517,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38516\/revisions\/38517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}