n investigation revealed the control of an $850 million Uzbek gas-storage development, linked to a sanctioned Russian tycoon close to Putin, has been transferred to an Uzbek insider with complex international ties.
Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of Russia's Security Council described, in an April 26, 2022 interview with Ivan Yegorov of Rossikaya Gazeta titled " Patrushev: the West Created an Empire that Aims to Destroy Russia," the current fighting as Russia's fight for survival as a sovereign nation.