Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Putin’s Secret Plan to DESTROY the Suez Canal. Russia has just over 23,000 miles of coastline and almost 70 major ports. But despite having so much water space, the country is basically landlocked. This is because of one major issue: ice. Giant ice sheets essentially shut down most Russian ports for about half the year. Combine this limited port access with the crushing sanctions imposed by the West, and Russia has basically turned into a warehouse with nowhere to sell its stuff.
That is, until Putin decided the only way forward is to threaten the western dominance by overtaking the most important artery in global trade - The Suez Canal. But how?
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Putin’s Secret Plan to DESTROY the Suez Canal. Russia has just over 23,000 miles of coastline and almost 70 major ports. But despite having so much water space, the country is basically landlocked. This is because of one major issue: ice. Giant ice sheets essentially shut down most Russian ports for about half the year. Combine this limited port access with the crushing sanctions imposed by the West, and Russia has basically turned into a warehouse with nowhere to sell its stuff.
That is, until Putin decided the only way forward is to threaten the western dominance by overtaking the most important artery in global trade - The Suez Canal. But how?
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