Posted on 07/29/2019 10:01:04 AM PDT by Cronos
A Russian-led project to bring a new gas pipeline to Europe has taken the European Union to court to challenge new rules it says are meant to stall the project.
Nord Stream 2 — a new undersea gas pipeline being built by Russia’s energy firm Gazprom and backed by five European energy companies — said on Friday it had asked the Court of Justice of the European Union to annul an EU gas directive, which dictates the pipes cannot be directly owned by a gas supplier.
The owner of the pipeline is Russia's energy firm Gazprom, who will also be its operator even though 50% of the funding comes from various European energy companies, including Germany's Uniper and BASF, the Anglo-Dutch Shell, Austria's OMV and France's Engie.
The EU tightened regulations on Nord Stream 2 out of concerns the pipeline would give too much control of the EU's energy supply to Russia.
Critics are also worried that the pipeline could deliver a major blow to Ukraine's economy because, along with its TurkStream (a pipeline that runs from Russia to Turkey), Russia would be able to completely bypass Ukrainian lines, leaving Kyiv without gas transit fees.
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Who to support???
LOL.....
“” “” Critics are also worried that the pipeline could deliver a major blow to Ukraine’s economy because, along with its TurkStream (a pipeline that runs from Russia to Turkey), Russia would be able to completely bypass Ukrainian lines, leaving Kyiv without gas transit fees.”” “”
Who cares but Ukraine and Hunter Biden? If Muslim invasion won’t bring Merkel down the opposition to this project certainly will.
where's all the green weenies outraged about an underwater pipeline???
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