there’s no shortage of pipeline capacity for taking gas from Russia to Western Europe, including Germany,” Sikorski added. “Nordstream’s only logic was for Putin to be able to blackmail
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If there’s no shortage of. other pipeline...
..what is Putin supposed to have to blackmail with ?
Contradiction much ?
there’s no shortage of pipeline capacity for taking gas from Russia to Western Europe, including Germany
For now. Serial loser Putin has lost round one of the energy hybrid war. Europe has gas for this winter and he is escalating. But what happens when Russia bombs the other pipelines? You see now we deserve to have our pipelines targeted now according to Putin’s fan club. Could the same be said if those pipes sat their empty. Not as easily.
“ If there’s no shortage of. other pipeline...
..what is Putin supposed to have to blackmail with ?”
The purpose was to be able to blackmail and bully Eastern and Central European Countries, by being able to cut off their gas, while having alternate routes (Nordstreams) for Russia to keep making money from German gas sales.
There is a long history of Russia trying to tell those countries that their gas was cut off, but that by contract they still had to let the gas continue flowing through their Countries to Western markets. When push came to shove, they took what they needed. So Russia wanted Nordstreams, so they would be able to choke the Eastern and Central European Countries at will.