Issue Position: Russia

Issue Position

2013 saw the highest Russian government spending for military build-up since the end of the Soviet Union. 25% of the Russian Federal Budget was dedicated to advanced military spending. At the same time as the largest military build up the United States has dictated a retreat policy internationally that signaled weakness to our classic nation competitor. The Russian Federation still has half the world supply of Uranium and is aggressively dictating to the world what it wants in the international arena. Russia laid claim to Crimea recently and our President responded with Sanctions. Why Sanction? Sanction is an act of war, like a bullet or a spear one hurls at its enemies. Our Russian policy should first be focused on securing United States interests in Liquid Natural Gas. Our prices for Henry Hub Natural Gas beat every single LNG developed country in the world. Russia is the world's largest energy supplier, and we can undercut their cost of production drastically. It costs America $4.28 Dollars per Million Metric British Thermal Unit (BTU). Russian Liquid Natural Gas Prices are $10.83 per Million Metric BTU. We can beat their cost by $6.55 per Million Metric BTU. Our foreign policy towards Russia must involve win Western Europe as a client. 30% of European LNG comes from Russia and that business would not only cripple the Russian Economy, but also it would greatly add tax revenue to the US economy, creating jobs domestically and bringing more vital Tax Revenue into the US economy.

Once we have adopted a foreign policy based on assuming our rightful place in the marketplace, we can then begin to position ourselves in a taunting fashion to Russian President Vladimir Putin if we so need to at that time.

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