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The USA are the obvious answer. They've refused export licenses for gas for years specifically to keep US energy cheap so the US can compete with german indust
by LatteLazy 4y ago
The USA are the obvious answer. They've refused export licenses for gas for years specifically to keep US energy cheap so the US can compete with german industry.
China are another answer. If they can't get the gas, there is less incentive for peace so more chance of the conflict rolling on and distracting from their activities. Plus, more gas for them to buy more cheaply etc.
Chunks of the middle east as well, they want to replace Russian gas in European markets despite their higher prices.
The list really is quite long.
- sudden_dystopia 4y agoChina seems to want this war to end sooner rather than later based on recent comments from their politburo.
- Gare 4y agoI doubt that Chinese submarine could enter Baltic sea without being detected.
- LatteLazy 4y agoIsn't the whole point of subs is that they can go almost anywhere undetected, Chinese or otherwise? Hence all the fuss about Russian subs (possibly) entering Swedish waters over the last few decades, but no one being sure if it happened or whether the sub in question was actually Russian... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_submarine_incidents#After_the_cold_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_submarine_incidents#Af... Though I doubt there is any foul play here at all...