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What do you mean? For months there were many long detailed news articles and segments, government inquiries, international cooperation between the Baltic states
by Y-bar 2y ago
What do you mean? For months there were many long detailed news articles and segments, government inquiries, international cooperation between the Baltic states, Denmark, and Sweden. They are still ongoing. Scientists are still monitoring how much gas dissolved in the waters as we write this.
Previously when it was built, the environmental lobby was raging mad that it got green-lit (and even the military leadership sort of opposed it by saying that "it affects our security") but the commercial interests and ruling parties allowed it to go through anyway.
I think it was a Russian operation, it makes most sense to me that they would try to deprive Europe of gas and make Europe war-weary to stop supporting Ukraine sooner. But at the same time I would not be very surprised that a small group of Ukrainian operatives (as rumoured) did it to deprive Russia of income from the gas line.
- ajsnigrutin 2y ago> I think it was a Russian operation, But the russians have the valves, and the "just stop the sancions and we bring back the gas supply"... why would they destroy their own pipes. And again.. it's what "you think"... is there proof? > But at the same time I would not be very surprised that a small group of Ukrainian operatives (as rumoured) did it to deprive Russia of income from the gas line. Ok, so you don't know who it was... but it might be a biggest terrorist attack on german infrastructure, and the "antiterrorist" action by germany is to send them more weapons?
- Y-bar 2y ago> But the russians have the valves […] Why spout this nonsense? Gazprom were (are) contractually obliged to deliver gas through the pipe as long as they are able to do so. If they just shut if off Germany and Netherlands and USA could legally seize anything they needed to satisfy the contract from the company's international assets.
- forloni 2y ago[flagged]
- Y-bar 2y ago> Russia had already stopped the flow of natural gas to Germany. Mostly yes (it was turned off and on a few times in the period prior until Canada and Siemens told them to stop), but missing a crucial detail: Europe called their bluff and threatened to seize Gazprom international assets unless they restarted the line. Soon thereafter the sabotage happened.