Unfortunately for Pooty, your general already has been assassinated by the (gas) detail.
Unless you can show us actual data otherwise, there is just no existing infrastructure / transport to get much over half the gas Russia was exporting to Europe, to China and India. This “can” be addressed, but it will take about a decade. The West with far greater resources (money, tech, expertise, experience, etc.) and shorter routes to cover will beat Russia to it (getting infrastructure built). And even if / once Russia catches up, you end up with global oversupply capacity, which is a very bad scenario for Russia.
This summer, prices were high enough for Pooty to maintain high revenues. But as alternate supplies come online, the global shortage eases and prices come down (assisted ironically by those very shipments you mention.) If you don’t think the real message from Xi and Modi to Pooty a couple days ago was “We want better discount!”, you are exceedingly naïve.
Europe of course has a nasty price problem at present, abetted by their own green policies and energy sanctions, which I do not agree with. Trump is right: Vigorously opening up supply would have choked Russia and benefitted the West (esp. the US) immensely. Putting the costs of the sanctions into that effort would have had a huge return.
So, where are your real loyalties: Should we have taken Trump’s advice?
Unfortunately for Pooty, your general already has been assassinated by the (gas) detail.
Huh?
No one has been “assassinated by any gas detail” let alone some random general.
Unless you can show us actual data otherwise, there is just no existing infrastructure / transport to get much over half the gas Russia was exporting to Europe, to China and India.
Again, from Bloomberg, Russia is ALREADY exporting natural gas to China through pipelines and LNG NOW.
Go read it yourself here:
This “can” be addressed, but it will take about a decade.
Its already happening NOW.
Stop gaslighting Mister Ukraine Troll!
The West with far greater resources (money, tech, expertise, experience, etc.) and shorter routes to cover will beat Russia to it (getting infrastructure built).
The Russians actually built the Gazprom 1 and Gazprom 2 pipelines to Western Europe.
They KNOW how to build and operate gas/oil pipelines.
And now they have the mighty Chinese industrial machine helping them to build even newer faster gas pipelines from Russia to China.
Moscow unveils details of new gas pipeline to China’
https://www.rt.com/business/562882-russia-china-gas-pipeline/
‘Russia, China to Break Ground on Gas Pipeline Via Mongolia in 2024 – PM’
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/07/18/russia-china-to-break-ground-on-gas-pipeline-via-mongolia-in-2024-pm-a78323
What more you got?