Posted on 03/31/2022 4:01:13 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
The German economy ministry is considering expropriation of Gazprom and Rosneft units in the country amid concerns about security of energy supply, business daily Handelsblatt reported on Thursday, citing government sources.
The discussions between top ministry officials and Chancellor Olaf Scholz aim to prevent massive power cuts if either of these companies, which are systemically important for Germany, gets into difficulties, the newspaper reported.
Both companies are irreplaceable on the German energy market with Gazprom Germania operating large gas storage facilities and Rosneft Deutschland being a key player in the petrol, diesel and kerosene refinery markets, Handelsblatt reported.
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Socializing energy supplies. Worked great in Venezuela
Yea that will do the trick. Germany is Russia’s bitch and they just don’t want to admit it!
It’s risky to steal Russia’s oil and gas.
They might get mad enough to do something about it.
Like ignite it.
More like the opposite is true. Russia proved to be a very reliable partner over time, Europe is the opposite.
Would Russia and Putin acting whimsical happened to coincide with the United States building biological labs in the Ukraine?
Those things were there in 1991. They were supposed to be gone long ago, the question is why. And if they were a casus belli, they have been so for decades.
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