Yeah...as has been stated why not just shut it off?
Why would Putin destroy his major source of revenue?
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Travis, of course Russia didn’t blow up their pipes and they didn’t attack themselves at their nuclear power plant either. Nor were they responsible for bucha, the maternity hospital, the theatre attack, etc. Russophobia is worse that Trump Derangement Syndrome. You can sell the ignorant on anything if they are afflicted with Russophobia...:-)
Our “deep state” government is very fortunate that there are so many gullible people who will believe anything so long as it meshes with their wishful thinking. We do not have an intelligent populace.
You can add the following fact to the other rather obvious facts that Russia would have absolutely no reason to do this and every reason not to.
“It doesn’t matter if Nord Stream 1-2 works, Germany is obliged to pay for the gas it didn’t take
Germany is contractually obligated to purchase at least 40 billion cubic meters of Russian gas per year until 2030. In case of refusal, Gazprom has the right to receive money without supplying gas.
Now, due to sanctions, Germany does not receive gas in the required volume, but is obliged to pay for it:
“There is one problem - long-term contracts that work on the principle of taking or pay ...”
https://t.me/intelslava/38039“
The pipes being bombed out of existence is going to save Germany from 7 more years of paying for gas it does not get “force majeure.”
What I wish someone could provide a plausible explanation for is why Russia apparently is still “in” the Saudi Arabia peace plan even AFTER NATO (read: U.S.) has committed an enormous terrorist attack on Russia. As part of this plan Russia has even delayed formalizing the referendums for 6 days. I would have thought the Nordstream disaster would have ended those negotiations. Instead, Putin’s spokesman today said that we would continue to liberate Donbass. Sounds like part of this Saudi plan is Russia stops then.