I guess PUTIN is alot more intelligent than we give him credit for!
In PERSONAL FINANCES and INVESTMENTS!

What does Russia gain by taking Crimea?
Some military bases, access to the sea, and a little bit of ocean front property that used to the Ukraine's ocean front property.

And everyone was wondering what PUTIN was doing while all this was unfolding, as he was unseen and silent?

He was buying STOCK as the Dow Jones and every other major stock index took a BIG tumble when all this was announced.
PUTIN was holed up in his study, with his PERSONAL financial advisors, plotting what STOCKS to buy at a bargain price from a global sell off, from all the extra MONEY he was also making from Natural Gas prices spiking from the alleged invasion.

Hey, PUTIN could potentially own major stock(s) in some very lucrative and defense oriented companies for the USA and NATO, in the four to five days no one knew what he was doing and he wasn't seen.

OR, he was signing up for OBAMACARE and that perfectly explains his absence from the world stage for so long!

But think about it.

What if PUTIN did play the market after invading Crimea?
I can't say that I'd blame him for doing so!
Just imagine if he invaded  a BIGGER country or area, what that would do to the stock market!
He could clean up AGAIN, and really SWEETEN his portfolio.

Hey, they don't have 401Ks or Social Security in Russia, you know!

But he has to be laughing at Obama right about now.
While PUTIN was making some strategic buys, Obama missed out completely on any sell off because he was running around like a chicken with it's head surgically attached to it's phone calling other countries and the Ukraine for support and advice on what to do about Crimea.
Another victory over the United State's leader economically!

I just get the feeling that, PUTIN might be INTELLIGENT enough, or his PERSONAL FINANCIAL ADVISORS, to pull off something like this INTENTIONALLY.

I mean, he stole a very rare and valuable diamond encrusted ring, and got away with it in broad daylight, and no one really knows about that.
He stole the FIRST SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONSHIP RING FROM THE OWNER OF THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS.
Yeah, he's a little older than PUTIN, and PUTIN might be in better shape if they got into a brawl.
Trust me, if it was RAY LEWIS SuperBowl Ring, PUTIN would not have tried stealiing it, let alone succeeded.
Ray Lewis would be like, "YO! POOTIN! YA GOT MY RING!" and with that icey stare Lewis gave NFL Quarterbacks for so many Hall Of Fame years, PUTIN would have been like, "OOPS! I am so sorry. I make mistake. I not try to steal it. Would I lie?"

So, what did PUTIN gain from invading Crimea (or NOT invading Crimea, we really don't know yet WHO'S  invading Crimea because they're not wearing insignias, rank, name, or nationality on their uniforms, which if it WASN'T Russian troops in Crimea, PUTIN would be the one making all the noise and phone calls, saying "WTF Comrades!", but we know they're Russian because they speak Russian, or so they want us to think!)?

I'd say something FINANCIAL for which he PROFITED.
Like a kick back on Natural Gas prices to Europe for this, notice how these things never happen in SUMMER?
And some strategic buys on a down market, that, well, if it all works out for him in the long run...

We'll be doing this again when PUTIN wants to make some investments into the stock market.

Hmmmm.
What other Non-NATO countries can he pick on NEXT TIME which might bring better profits and a higher yield?

See. PUTIN has it all figured out in a post Soviet world.
And now he can PROFIT on these little Cold War reminding skirmishes.

Something alot of former Soviet and Russian leaders missed out on due to they didn't have the same opportunities because of Cold War, or they didn't have enough money to invest or a Super Bowl Championship Ring to sell on Russian eBay to jump start extra money to take advantage of the market during all this.

And again, PUTIN got what he wanted and more!

If this doesn't make sense to you, forget about it.
It doesn't make sense to me either.

But it does seem logical.
Doesn't it?
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