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My uninformed bet is that a) Russia likes money more and b) if they wanted to cut the delivery of gas they would have done it already They like playing the pan
by raverbashing 4y ago
My uninformed bet is that a) Russia likes money more and b) if they wanted to cut the delivery of gas they would have done it already
They like playing the panic angle of course, and closing the tap once in a while, but I think it's mostly hot air
- rebuilder 4y agoI’m guessing Russia will fully cut off gas to EU when it seems that either the EU is about to ban gas imports or turning the taps off will likely break the EU.
- pirate787 4y agoThis was also the argument about Ukraine in early February.
- rolobio 4y agoThe Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia to Europe is currently off. Its a planned maintenance however. But what if they run into "issues" and the maintenance takes a few weeks? A month? Pure speculation of course, but these things do happen. I doubt they would keep it off forever, Putin likes Europe being dependent on him.
- raverbashing 4y agoYes but there are other pipelines (and they still continue pumping)
- sorenjan 4y agoRussia is making more money on their oil and gas exports now than last year [0], due to higher prices. Imagine what could happen when winter comes and Russia shuts off the gas deliveries until EU pulls back sanctions. Would all countries stand united even though some are very dependent on that gas to heat their homes? Will people still care enough about a war that's almost a year old by then? [0] https://www.statista.com/chart/27615/daily-russian-fossil-fuel-revenues-in-may-2021-may-2022-and-components-of-change/ https://www.statista.com/chart/27615/daily-russian-fossil-fu...