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Well, blowing up Nordstream was clearly against Russian interests, so yeah, nobody believe that the Russian government did. This one? Anything that messes up w
by Yoric 2y ago
Well, blowing up Nordstream was clearly against Russian interests, so yeah, nobody believe that the Russian government did.
This one? Anything that messes up with the credibility of NATO governments (and France is one of the pillars of NATO) could help Russia. Which of course doesn't prove that it is Russia, either.
- ptjahb 2y agoThat is not the case. The initial Western reaction in the weeks after the event was: - Russia did it as a false flag operation to sow distrust between NATO members. - Russia did it because the long term contracts for Nordstream 1 required them to supply cheap gas, whereas they'd get market prices for the remaining pipeline of Nordstream 2. It is remarkable that all Western agencies have backed off from both claims.
- kagdf 2y agoInitial reaction (of course only one side always has to source their assertions, while the people calling for a nuclear retaliation do not): https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/qa-nord-stream-gas-sabotage-whos-being-blamed-why-2022-09-30/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/qa-nord-stream-gas-sabo... Plenty of people claiming that Russia did it.
- Yoric 2y agoSure, initial reactions were all over the place. But that doesn't detract from what I wrote.
- dralley 2y agoIt's not "clearly" against Russian interests given that Russia was already withholding supply with a myriad of various transparent excuses at the time, and using their German-based but Russian-owned companies to prevent Germany from stockpiling natural gas (they owned the storage), which ultimately resulted in Germany nationalizing those companies.