Why do you think the U.S is meddling in the middle East. It is Putin and his mob that cause this strife in trying to dominate world markets.
You say 'european nations'...you say your are a European. Europe is a continent. To you have a country that you are living in.. are you living as a sovereign member of that country.
Putin the gangsters in Russia wish to dominate the world in a new type of Globalism. They aim to control the World Island. They aim to banrupt and kill the Christian west.
The middle east is ripe with the zealotry of Islam...
Why do I think U.S is meddling in the middle east? Money and influence. Putin? Oh come on. I do understand that Russia has similar desires in the middle east (money and influence). Both USA and Russia should leave middle east alone, although that's not gonna happen. But atleast after Afghanistan it's not Russia that has imposed most wars in middle east. That place is a mess, with all those islamist groups competing with each other. What these nations in the middle east need is secular governments and stable economy. And the Saudi influence should also decrease.
I'm not doubting what you say about Russia and Putin channeling money for himself. I do know Russian history well enough to know what happened after the collapse of Soviet Union. (By the way, the rise of Russian mafia during the 90s is very interesting topic). But you do still understand the harm that US interventions have brought to middle east? Overthrowing dictators just to prolong the ongoing profitable situation. Funding the terrorist groups. And all that because of Russia?
Everything about Russia and its economy seems to be linked to gas. (English term "sweet gas" was new for me). In the middle east and in Ukraine for example (European dependency of Russian gas, US intervention there and so on...) And everything about USA seems to be linked to oil.
But I don't think that Russia could be a real threat for US, not economically not militarily. These two are in the whole different league. Russia is not a superpower, like USSR was. But of course Russia has financial interests in the area.
It takes two to play this game... I don't think that everything has something to do with only Putin...