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Russia did slow down and then stop gas through Nord Stream 1 in 2022. For example here’s an article about it resuming at a reduced rate in July [0], and here’s
by mcintyre1994 4y ago
Russia did slow down and then stop gas through Nord Stream 1 in 2022. For example here’s an article about it resuming at a reduced rate in July [0], and here’s one about it stopping in August [1]. Gazprom blamed Western sanctions for poor maintenance on the pipeline but didn’t deny reducing and then stopping the gas.
As for who blew up Nord Stream, I don’t think any of us know for sure. Last I heard the US were blaming a pro-Ukrainian group though. I haven’t heard anything about Norway, but haven’t looked into it a lot.
[0] https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/nord-stream-1-gas-pipeline-nominations-show-rise-july-21-operator-website-2022-07-21/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/nord-stream-1-gas-pi...
[1] https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/09/02/energy/nord-stream-1-pipeline-turned-off/index.html https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/09/02/energy/nord-stream-1-pipe...
- T-A 4y agoAs you say, Russia played overt stop-blackmail-start-repeat games with Nordstream in 2022, but they started reducing gas deliveries to the EU already in 2021. Myopic market "analysts" interpreted it as a trade tactic [1], but to those who were paying attention to the troop buildup around Ukraine and the increasingly frantic "diplomacy" (it's not often you see a CIA director travel to Moscow [2]), it was another ominous sign. In hindsight, it's obvious they wanted to "soften up" Europe by making it go into winter 2021-2022 with lower gas storage levels than normal. [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/19/energy-crisis-russia-opts-against-increasing-gas-supplies-to-europe.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/19/energy-crisis-russia-opts-ag... [2] https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/05/politics/bill-burns-moscow-ukraine/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/05/politics/bill-burns-mosco...