The 1986 Oil Crash Explained — How Saudi Arabia Bankrupted The Soviet Union

I explain how a single collapse in oil prices was used as a strategic weapon to trigger the terminal decline of the Soviet Union. CHAPTERS 0:00 - The Death Sentence 3:40 - Addicted to Oil 7:15 - The Market Turns 10:20 - The Price Crash 13:40 - The CIA Strategy 17:20 - The Scapegoat 19:15 - The Chernobyl Blow 22:40 - The Empty Treasury 26:40 - Who Really Won? 30:00 - The Final Lesson