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Russia Warns Of “Brave New World” Of Higher Gas Prices After Germany Halts Nord Stream 2
Russia Warns Of “Brave New World” Of Higher Gas Prices After Germany Halts Nord Stream 2 Update (0900ET): Europe’s energy crisis deepened Tuesday as Germany halted the process of certifying the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline. Putin’s right hand man, Dmitry Medvedev responded to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s comments about the certification of the controversial […]
Biden Presses Reluctant German Chancellor On Halting Nord Stream 2, Imposing Russia Sanctions
Biden Presses Reluctant German Chancellor On Halting Nord Stream 2, Imposing Russia Sanctions Macron was in Moscow in talks with Putin, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was in Washington meeting with Biden on Monday. Despite Germany lately coming under heavy criticism from the more hawkish corners of the NATO alliance for its less than muscular response to the […]
European Gas Prices Hit Record High As Germany Blocks Nord Stream 2
European Gas Prices Hit Record High As Germany Blocks Nord Stream 2 European gas futures surged to a record high on Tuesday after Germany blocked Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline from launch because it did not comply with European law. German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said all three parties that make up the new government […]
Winter Is Coming: Russia Signals No Extra Gas For Europe Without Nord Stream 2
Winter Is Coming: Russia Signals No Extra Gas For Europe Without Nord Stream 2 The big picture was clear to anyone who bothered to keep their eyes open: back in August, when we first reported that Russian supplies of nat gas via the Yamal pipeline had collapsed and when the first stirrings of the upcoming […]
Europe Needs Nord Stream 2 More Than It Likes To Admit
Europe Needs Nord Stream 2 More Than It Likes To Admit When construction began on the second Nord Stream pipeline that was going to double the volume of natural gas ships to Europe—most of it to Germany—the European Union wasted no time in voicing its opposition to more Russian gas. Led by Ukraine, which fears […]
Sanctions or Sucking Up? US Grovels in Ukraine
Sanctions or Sucking Up? US Grovels in Ukraine The US sent Energy Secretary Rick Perry to the inauguration of the new Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to announce the sanctions bill on Gazprom’s Nordstream 2 pipeline would pass. I can’t tell what’s more pathetic at this point, the neocons in Trump’s administration thinking that sanctions actually […]
Nord Stream 2 Could Still Be Derailed By U.S. Sanctions
Nord Stream 2 Could Still Be Derailed By U.S. Sanctions The potential for more tensions in relations between the U.S. and Russia continue to mount. Late last week, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said that Washington could still impose sanctions related to the building of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which would bring Russian […]
Germany Clashes With The U.S. Over Energy Geopolitics
Germany Clashes With The U.S. Over Energy Geopolitics The United States and the European Union (EU) are at odds over more than just the Iran nuclear deal – tensions surrounding energy policy have also become a flashpoint for the two global powerhouses. In energy policy, the U.S. has been opposing the Gazprom-led and highly controversial […]
US Hints At Naval Blockade Of Russian Energy Exports Which Moscow Warns Would Be “An Act Of War”
US Hints At Naval Blockade Of Russian Energy Exports Which Moscow Warns Would Be “An Act Of War” In a interview about fracking and the implications of making the United States less dependent on foreign sources of energy, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told the Washington Examiner that the US Navy has the ability to blockade Russia from controlling […]
US Energy Secretary Visits Moscow: Threats and Accusations Used as Foreign-Policy Tools
US Energy Secretary Visits Moscow: Threats and Accusations Used as Foreign-Policy Tools US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry visited Moscow Sept. 11-13 to hold talks with Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov and Energy Minister Alexander Novak. After discussing a wide range of problems, the parties agreed to restart the dormant US-Russia Energy Working […]
Fate Of Key Gas Pipeline In The Balance As Putin, Merkel Begin Meeting
Fate Of Key Gas Pipeline In The Balance As Putin, Merkel Begin Meeting “Russian influence will flow through that pipeline right into Europe, and that is what we are going to prevent,” an unnamed U.S. official told the Wall Street Journal just as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chancellor Angela Merkel meet outside of Berlin on Saturday centered […]
Nord Stream 2’s Confusing Endgame
Nord Stream 2’s Confusing Endgame The summer of 2018 will go into history as the moment when a US president fundamentally and decisively changed the international world order which its predecessors worked hard on during the past decades. Within approximately a week from 11 July until 16 July, President Donald Trump achieved to insult its […]
Washington Threatens Sanctions For Nord Stream 2
Washington Threatens Sanctions For Nord Stream 2 While Germany tries to make sure Ukraine will not suffer too badly from the addition of Nord Stream 2 to the European natural gas pipeline network, a senior State Department official has threatened sanctions for the controversial project. Speaking to media in Berlin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State […]
Who Needs Enemies?
Who Needs Enemies? Vittorio Matteo Corcos Conversation in the Jardin du Luxembourg 1892 Obviously, there are tensions between Europe and the US. Just as obviously, these tensions are blamed on, who else, Donald Trump. European Council President Donald Tusk recently said: “With friends like Trump, who needs enemies?” EU Commission chair Jean-Claude Juncker even proclaimed […]
Attack Against Nord Stream 2 Renewed with Vigor: Whose Interests Does It Meet?
Attack Against Nord Stream 2 Renewed with Vigor: Whose Interests Does It Meet? Economics dictate national interests. Foreign policy is the tool used to advance it. Moscow has to fight back on all fronts, but the truth is that Washington does not care much about chemical attacks in Eastern Ghouta, the Salisbury poisoning, election meddling, […]
