{"id":59928,"date":"2021-10-16T12:13:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T17:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59928"},"modified":"2021-10-16T12:13:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T17:13:19","slug":"after-rapid-fire-blame-putin-headlines-european-commission-quietly-affirms-russia-is-not-manipulating-gas-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59928","title":{"rendered":"After Rapid-Fire “Blame Putin” Headlines, European Commission Quietly Affirms Russia Is Not Manipulating Gas Market"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After Rapid-Fire “Blame Putin” Headlines, European Commission Quietly Affirms Russia Is Not Manipulating Gas Market<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Putin earlier this week batted down as\u00a0“utter nonsense” widespread accusations among Western media pundits that Europe’s energy crisis is due to the Kremlin using gas as a ‘geopolitical weapon’.\u00a0 It now appears the\u00a0European Commission is quietly agreeing with him<\/strong>.\u00a0This as Nord Stream 2, which Washington has long battled to stop, is awaiting final approval from German regulators begore going online.<\/p>\n

As the\u00a0Economist\u00a0<\/em>summarized of the\u00a0ongoing accusations<\/a>: “Russia is responding to a view gaining currency in European capitals that Gazprom, the state-controlled energy goliath that is the continent\u2019s biggest supplier, has been\u00a0stoking the continent\u2019s energy crisis by withholding exports of natural gas<\/strong>. European parliamentarians are demanding that Gazprom be investigated for\u00a0not shipping more gas<\/strong>, allegedly as a ploy to secure final regulatory approval for the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline designed to ship Russian gas to Germany.”<\/p>\n

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Image via New York Times<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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