Put down the crack pipe, Beau-Bo Biden.
“the Netherlands and Denmark struggle to understand basic economic facts...”
“the Dutch government, said it had contracted elsewhere for the 2 billion cubic metres of gas it had expected to receive from Gazprom”
Poland is also not renewing its long term contracts for Russian supply. They have also contracted with other suppliers. No one who was cut off (or cut themselves off, in the case of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia), is planning on a future dependent on Russian supplies.
Even the other European customers who have agreed to pay in rubles in the near term, are rushing to sign long term supply contracts with other suppliers. Qatar won’t agree to any more that run less than 20 years.
Once these customers are gone, it will be very hard to lure them back, except for reduced quantities at discount rates. No European Country will allow itself to be dependent on Russian supply, and vulnerable to Russian policy, after this initial transition is complete. The danger of relying on Russian supplies is no longer questioned.
Russia doesn't CARE about the rocket surgeons in the Euro-peeing Onion.
EVERYONE wants to buy energy.
The Euroweenies will get nothing, and like it.
They'll sail those Russki-oil tankers around for a while, changing owners, flags and manifests - until the same Russian oil shows up in Europe at 20 times the price...
Put down the crack pipe, Beau-Bo Biden.