It’s about Ukraine. The new pipeline won’t run across Ukrainian territory, means Ukraine has no way to get transit revenue.
Ding ding ding
And about who owns the land and sea beds under which lie all those gas deposits
Putin - or western oil companies and European bankers
And Poland also. The German’s always talk about EU solidarity when it comes to fobbing off Muslim invaders invited in by Merkel, but shaft the neighbors mercilessly when it comes their perceived self-interest.
Then why not say that instead of the risky rhetoric being used?
Additionally, the Ukraine isn’t in the path of the Russian exit port to the German entry port. Is trump proposing a gerrymandered route?