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"already-proven-unreliable" How so?

• jcranmer 4y ago
  Russia has switched off the gas before, such as when Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014. Hell, there's a Wikipedia page listing all of the Russia-Ukraine gas disputes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_gas_disputes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_gas_dis...). One of the stated motivations for Nord Stream 2 was to improve reliability of gas to Europe in case Russia decided to cut off the gas because of a spat with one of the transit countries.
  • CapricornNoble 4y ago
    >>>Russia has switched off the gas before, such as when Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014. Russia switched off the gas 7 years after Putin was screaming from the rooftops that the US sticking ABMs in Eastern Europe was a red line for Russia. That's Russia being an unreliable partner?
    • jcranmer 4y ago
      Russia switched off the gas essentially because a pro-Russian Ukrainian government was insufficiently pro-Russian.
      • gdy 4y ago
        You mean, he was actually pro-Ukrainian?
  • gdy 4y ago
    The only thing this wikipedia page shows is that the Ukraine is an unreliable transit country stealing gas intended for the Europe.
    • rasz 4y ago
      So is Poland, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamal%E2%80%93Europe_pipeline#Disruptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamal%E2%80%93Europe_pipeline#...
      • gdy 4y ago
        What do you mean specifically?
        • rasz 4y ago
          Are you pretending to not understand your own arguments?
          • gdy 4y ago
            No. Which disruption particularly you blame on Russia?