US and European leaders are preparing “painful” sanctions on Russia, which could include sabotaging Germany’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline & hitting Russian gas giant Gazprom

They're fueling the Ukraine crisis to justify the economic attack

via @Multipolarista
multipolarista.com/2022/02/20/wes…
The US has been desperate to stop Germany's Nord Stream 2 pipeline with Russia

Hawkish FM Baerbock, of the pro-war Greens, let the cat out of the bag:

“All options are on the table, including Nord Stream 2”

"We are prepared to pay a high economic price"
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen declared that "Everything is on the table" for sanctions, including Russia’s state-owned gas giant Gazprom, the largest company in the country
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi boasted that the US and NATO allies are preparing sanctions on Russia that will be "painful"

“There is a price to pay,” she said. “It won’t be a long time for the Russian people, sadly, to feel the impact of the [sanctions]”
So why is the US so aggressively fueling conflict in Ukraine? It wants sanctions on Russia to maintain US hegemony over Europe, preventing Europe from economically integrating with Russia (and China)

The US wants Europe dependent on its goods and energy

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