Quite Right. The International Financial Cabal has been waging a war against the Russian Federation for a long time. Trilateral founder and Russophobe Zbigniew Brzezinski implemented the so-called 'Encirclement Policy' regarding Russia to act as a constrictor designed to increasingly isolate and strangle Russia for the ultimate goal of collapsing the Russian economy and fomenting the overthrow of Putin and then dividing the spoils of Russian territory up to control its immense mineral wealth.

Nord Stream is the Russian answer to the Russian pipeline bottleneck in the Ukraine that was created as a result of Soros funded the color [Orange] revolution. First, the Russian government attempted SouthStream, but the Brzezinski/Neocon policy makers that Victoria Nuland fronts bribed South Eastern European leaders to back out of the SouthStream Russain contract.

Syria has long been targeted as an outlet for a pipeline for Iraqi Kirkuk Oil field oil. The sovereignty of Syria has since been at stake. The dynamics of the region include positioning by Turkey, Israel, and Iran. The opposing force saving Assad's government from collapsing is presence of Russia having a naval base there.