idea why > minerals and energy, tons of it. But primarily to maintain global hegemony (strong purchasing power of the dollar), That's why any hint of a Eurasian trade block EU-Russia must be nipped in the bud.

Reed the pre-war -2019- RAND report where they talk of, I quote : "geopolitical measures to bait Russia into overextending itself and ideological measures to undermine the regime's stability". Yep, it's all there in the big wide open. Shameless.

.https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html