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May 14 • 26 tweets • 8 min read
🧵[1] The Kremlin & other defenders of #Russia’s state-owned oil & gas firms have long claimed variations on the theme that #Moscow’s energy projects are “just commercial” & “Russia has always been a reliable energy supplier”

Really⁉️

👇Roll highlights👇
cepa.org/natos-eastern-…
[2] 👀 “Russia has always been a reliable energy supplier”

(13 May 2022)

rferl.org/a/31848687.html
[3] 👀 “Russia has always been a reliable energy supplier”

(12 May 2022)

reuters.com/world/europe/r…
[4] 👀 “Russia has always been a reliable energy supplier”

(12 May 2022)

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
[5] 👀 “Russia has always been a reliable energy supplier”

(10 May 2022)

reuters.com/business/energ…
[6] 👀 “Russia has always been a reliable energy supplier”

(26 April 2022)

washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/…
[7] 👀 “Just commercial”

(23 April 2022)

nytimes.com/2022/04/23/wor…
[8] 👀 “Just commercial”

(18 April 2022)

thetimes.co.uk/article/german…
[9] 👀 “Russia has always been a reliable energy supplier”

(31 March 2022)

reuters.com/business/energ…
[10] 👀 “Just commercial”

(16 February 2022)

transparency.org/en/press/germa…
[11] 👀 “Just commercial”

(12 February 2022)

thetimes.co.uk/article/putins…
[12] 👀 “Just commercial”

(08 February 2022)

barrons.com/news/german-ex…
[13] 👀 “Just commercial”

(24 December 2021)

politico.eu/article/france…
[14] 👀 “Just commercial”

(02 June 2021)

rferl.org/a/karin-kneiss…
[15] 👀 “Russia has always been a reliable energy supplier”

(03 January 2020)

apnews.com/article/europe…
[16] 👀 “Russia has always been a reliable energy supplier”

(08 May 2019)

osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/…
[17] 👀 “Just commercial”

(30 March 2018)

vindobona.org/article/former…
[18] 👀 “Russia has always been a reliable energy supplier”

(02 March 2018)

kyivpost.com/business/russi…
[19] 👀 “Just commercial”

(26 October 2017)

occrp.org/en/daily/7179-…
[20] 👀 “Russia has always been a reliable energy supplier”

(10 July 2017)

nytimes.com/2017/07/10/bus…
[21] 👀 “Russia has always been a reliable energy supplier”

(25 November 2015)

washingtonpost.com/world/europe/r…
[22] 👀 “Just commercial”

(04 May 2015)

euractiv.com/section/global…
[23] 👀 “Russia has always been a reliable energy supplier”

(16 June 2014)

nytimes.com/2014/06/17/wor…
[24] 👀 “Russia has always been a reliable energy supplier”

(06 January 2009)

nbcnews.com/id/wbna28515983
[25] 👀 “Just commercial”

(12 December 2005)

theguardian.com/world/2005/dec…
[26] 🤷🏻‍♂️

Really⁉️

#NotJustACommercialDeal

#StopNordStream1
#StoppedNordStream2
#StopTurkStream2

#EmbargoRussianEnergy

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(P.S. The trend continues much further into the past, and this list is far from comprehensive, but, well, you get the idea here…)

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🧵 [1] JUST OUT: The 2nd report I’ve coauthored with the recently-formed International Working Group on Russia Sanctions, coordinated by @FSIStanford @McFaul outlining urgent comprehensive energy embargoes & sanctions on Putin’s regime.

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🧵 [1] ALERT: Kremlin-controlled #Gazprom informed #Polish & #Bulgarian officials that it suspended natural gas deliveries to both countries, once again demonstrating how #Moscow continues to weaponize energy against Europe.

👇Details below & in thread👇

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[1]JUST OUT: Report that I’ve coauthored with the recently-formed International Working Group on Russia Sanctions, coordinated by @FSIStanford @McFaul outlining an urgent comprehensive sanctions package on the Putin regime.

👇Highlights below👇

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🧵 [1] 🛰 Proud to announce the launch of @DukeU’s SPACE DIPLOMACY LAB - a new program I’ve co-founded at @DUCIGS from my perch @Harvard @CenterForAstro

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[2] Recently my @DUCIGS Space Diplomacy Lab Co-Director Prof Giovanni Zanalda & I hosted a roundtable focused on space issues posed by 🇷🇺‘s war on 🇺🇦 & long-term space security challenges w/ space media leaders @LorenGrush, @RaminSkibba & @Jeff_Foust:
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[3]🚀Recall in Nov, during Russia’s military buildup around Ukraine, the Russian military launched a reckless direct-ascent anti-satellite test, that created a major space debris event & endangered US, EU & Russian personnel on International Space Station

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[1] 🚨THREAD🚨 According to @NesteGlobal, Russian Urals crude oil continues to crater in price compared to the Brent crude benchmark. Trading at -$5.65 per barrel on 5 day average.

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Turkish owned ship was struck by a shell in Black Sea today.

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Feb 22
👇👇👇 THREAD:

[1] 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦 Germany’s announcement it has suspended certification of Kremlin’s #NordStream2 pipeline was an urgently needed step given Russia’s overt invasion of Ukraine’s Donbas region. Welcome & long overdue.
[2] Suspending the certification process for #NordStream2 should be seen as a first step by Berlin in deterring further Russian military action against Ukraine, followed by further action to block the pipeline for good.
[3] Berlin should next seek sanctions at the EU level ensuring that the Kremlin-backed #NordStream2 can never come online and be allowed to do lasting harm to European energy security and Ukrainian national security interests in the process.
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