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>to further blackmail and coerce the European nations (particularly Germany and Italy) who depend on Russian gas to stop supporting Ukraine. How? This has lite
by IAmGraydon 4y ago
>to further blackmail and coerce the European nations (particularly Germany and Italy) who depend on Russian gas to stop supporting Ukraine.
How? This has literally removed their ability to blackmail Europe, as it's not even an option anymore.
- rmind 4y agoAs I wrote in the post above, they still retain the levarage through the Druzhba [1] and Yamal [2] pipelines (passing via Belarus and Ukraine). These combined have a MUCH greater capacity than Nord Stream 1. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druzhba_pipeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druzhba_pipeline [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamal%E2%80%93Europe_pipeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamal%E2%80%93Europe_pipeline