It's not (just) to flex. Russia shuts down gas pipelines basically once a year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_gas_disputes https://en.wik

It's not (just) to flex. Russia shuts down gas pipelines basically once a year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_gas_disputes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_gas_dis... There is absolutely nothing new about this, it's just about money. Ukraine wants to charge high transit fees, Russia wants Germany to turn on Nord Stream 2, which bypasses Ukraine. Russia also wants long-term contracts to lock in natural gas consumption-- phaseout of fossil fuel consumption is an existential threat to fossil fuel exporters.