Posted on 10/12/2022 10:02:07 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday offered to resume gas supplies to Europe through the intact part of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
"The ball is in the EU's court. If they want to, then the taps can be turned on and that's it," he said in a speech at an energy forum in Moscow.
Germany, however,,said it would not take Russian gas via the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that has become a flashpoint in the Ukraine crisis.
Asked if Berlin would rule out the use of Nord Stream 2, German government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann said, "Yes."
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Cause collecting and buying firewood is so much more preferred.
Suicidal idiots doing what they do best.
It might not be nobler to give in to blackmail, but it’s certainly more practical.
Crafty move on his part. People will remember that when they are freezing this winter.
Give it another month.
Who is ‘blackmailing’ who here?
Gas from Norway = expensive
Gas from US = expensive
Gas from Russia = cheap
Apparently, getting bent over without KY is more preferred over that alleged ‘blackmail’?
Indeed. Protests across Europe, Germany and the UK are growing with each passing week.
Massivee pro-Russian anti-freezing-starving demonstrations taking place all over Europe and especially in Germany. Present German government is temporary.
So the foolish Germans that laughed at Trump are now laughing at themselves?
No political issue trumps staying alive...
Don’t worry, Steiner’s pipeline will soon be online.
Of course Putin is not sincere, but it is going to be hard for the EU poodles to blame him for blackouts if there is such an offer.
Russian supporters in action 🤢🤮
At the russian embassy in Washington, DC during the rally in support of #Ukraine today.#RussiaIsATerroristState pic.twitter.com/YYu5cFCtmE— Viktoriia Savchuk (@viktoriiasvchk) October 10, 2022
Interesting that I can’t easily find out how much the Norwegians are getting per MBU...
Yo, heads up, people waking up the BS....
A Pew Research poll shows that the share of Americans who are extremely or very concerned about a Ukrainian defeat fell from 55 percent in May to 38 percent in September.”
“Biden scrambles to avert cracks in pro-Ukraine coalition”
https://archive.ph/Uckd9#selection-273.0-273.56
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“Don’t Buy the Narrative on Ukraine”
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dont-buy-the-narrative-on-ukraine/
These mobiks were mobilised on 27 September and already 3 days later ended up in the trenches at Svatove, without any training or supplies. They were lucky to have stumbled upon a Ukrainian checkpoint on their way out, where they were able to surrender. pic.twitter.com/ItCseCNBLF— Dmitri (@wartranslated) October 12, 2022
Germany had already suspended certification of the pipeline on February 22.
I thought the pipe was blown up?
"Nice try."
Germany rejected a renewed offer by Russian President Vladimir Putin to resume gas supplies to Europe through the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, saying Putin had already made similar comments and Russia was no longer a reliable energy supplier. https://t.co/qVyVjX8WL8— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) October 12, 2022
‘German army has ammo for only two days of war – media’
https://archive.ph/mov4y#selection-903.10-903.63
“The German Army (Bundeswehr) has enough ammunition for only one or two days of warfare, the German edition of news website Business Insider (BI) reported on Saturday, citing defense industry and parliamentary sources.”
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