“the German People must learn how the intrinsic signalling that came along with the continued failure by Merkel’s government to terminate #NordStream2 was perversely interpreted by putin as a green light to attack Ukraine.” Writes M. Gonchar for @EURACTIV
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“With the pipelines of death, the Kremlin had two objectives: to squeeze Ukraine out of the gas transit and cement Gazprom’s hold over European gas markets – controlling transit routes and the commodity. This was never about commerce.”
“As long as Russia depended on Ukraine for gas transit, Putin’s hands were tied, and he couldn’t wage his war. When Nord Stream 1 was launched in 2011, transit via Ukraine was cut. Turk Stream started flowing gas to Europe in 2020. The same story repeated itself.”
“Ukraine completely reformed its energy market in the first five years of the post-Yanukovych period (2014-2019), meeting the EU’s every demand. Germany continued to back Putin’s pet project even though the existing transit network exceeded Germany’s needs for gas imports.”
“In 2020-2021 it was apparent to every objective observer that NS2 (55 bcma) was not needed because 🇺🇦’s transit network, through which gas to 🇩🇪 was supplied for decades, had a spare capacity of roughly 100 bcma. 🇺🇦’s pleas to terminate the bypassing routes were dismissed.”
The Kremlin knew that Germany knew his ultimate goal: to squeeze Ukraine out of gas transit. Yet, Germany’s political leaders were willing to partake in the naked hypocrisy – calling it a “commercial deal.”
No matter what I do, the voice in Putin’s head whispered, Germany has my back, their support for the pipeline of war, the pipeline of Ukraine’s isolation, tells me so.
In May of 2021, when Joe Biden waved the sanctions as a gesture of goodwill towards Germany, Putin concluded, we have a tacit understanding. No one minds that I take Ukraine.
speaking to the @Bundestag, 🇺🇦President put it plainly: “When we told you that #NordStream was a weapon and a preparation for a great war,” you refused to hear us. Please don’t bury your head in the sand again. To find salvation, we have to reckon with the truth first."
Via @visegrad24 
Meanwhile, EU spent 22B on #TerroRussia’s fossil fuels, since #WarCriminalPutin launched his all out attack on #Ukraine 🇺🇦
Please consider #Energieboykott now, not later. Please reduce Germany’s reliance on #nordstream1
Source of data: @BeyondCoal
Please consider #Energieboykott now, not later. Please reduce Germany’s reliance on #nordstream1
Source of data: @BeyondCoal
Who needs Nord Stream when the existing transit network is operating 2/3 empty? Same gas from the same source to reach the same customers. Who ever needed #NordStream?
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