Thing is that Russia already demonstrated they’re perfectly capable and willing to simply turn off the tap at the source. There is no pressure from US or EU that can force Russia to send gas to Europe. This why it’s a bargaining chip for Russia, they are the ones who get leverage from the pipelines.
So, while both Russia and US have the capability, it’s pretty clear US has a much clearer benefit from this. With the pipelines out of the way, Russia can’t use them to pressure Europe to back away from the war. Meanwhile, US LNG companies get a big market.
They don’t need any additional leverage, and they’ve already turned off flow without having to bomb their infrastructure. They literally have no motive here. Your American masters decided that you shouldn’t get any gas this winter.
Pipes had obvious value given that the gas flow could be resumed which made them a big bargaining chip with Europe going into a cold winter. Imagine lacking intellectual capacity to understand this.
It’s an observation and surprise that somebody could lack basic reasoning skills to understand that there is zero benefit for Russia to blow up their own infrastructure.
Oh wow that sure is more skepticism than you’ve ever shown regarding any rumor about Russia. It’s like you have some sort of a bias here. While we don’t know definitively who is responsible, it’s pretty easy reason about who has a history of blowing up pipelines, has threatened to stop the pipeline, and who most benefits from the pipeline being destroyed.
I understand perfectly, but precisely cutting off gas to Europe allows Russia to put pressure on it, since it forces Europe to pay these horrendous prices to the US and they cannot get money to support Ukraine. It’s an easy game for Russia to send a submarine to put a couple of torpedoes into the pipelines, since they have it patrolling the Baltic and North Sea anyway.
Both Russia and the US have plenty of reasons to cut off the tap to the EU, albeit for different reasons. In Spain and Portugal we are luckier as we do not depend on Russian gas, because we have a good infrastructure of our own renewable energy and because we receive gas from Algeria, but the rest of Europe expects a long winter.
They don’t have destroyed the own infrastructure, the destroyed the infastructure that carried gas to the EU. The gas bill of Russian consumers is less than $1.50 per month
The pipelines were built by Russia at the behest of Germany though, and it cost Russia billions to do that. Destroying this infrastructure to cut themselves off from being able to sell gas to Europe seems far fetched.
Thing is that Russia already demonstrated they’re perfectly capable and willing to simply turn off the tap at the source. There is no pressure from US or EU that can force Russia to send gas to Europe. This why it’s a bargaining chip for Russia, they are the ones who get leverage from the pipelines.
So, while both Russia and US have the capability, it’s pretty clear US has a much clearer benefit from this. With the pipelines out of the way, Russia can’t use them to pressure Europe to back away from the war. Meanwhile, US LNG companies get a big market.
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They don’t need any additional leverage, and they’ve already turned off flow without having to bomb their infrastructure. They literally have no motive here. Your American masters decided that you shouldn’t get any gas this winter.
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Everything is US’ fault
Pipes had obvious value given that the gas flow could be resumed which made them a big bargaining chip with Europe going into a cold winter. Imagine lacking intellectual capacity to understand this.
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It’s an observation and surprise that somebody could lack basic reasoning skills to understand that there is zero benefit for Russia to blow up their own infrastructure.
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Oh wow that sure is more skepticism than you’ve ever shown regarding any rumor about Russia. It’s like you have some sort of a bias here. While we don’t know definitively who is responsible, it’s pretty easy reason about who has a history of blowing up pipelines, has threatened to stop the pipeline, and who most benefits from the pipeline being destroyed.
Who’s investigation?
I understand perfectly, but precisely cutting off gas to Europe allows Russia to put pressure on it, since it forces Europe to pay these horrendous prices to the US and they cannot get money to support Ukraine. It’s an easy game for Russia to send a submarine to put a couple of torpedoes into the pipelines, since they have it patrolling the Baltic and North Sea anyway. Both Russia and the US have plenty of reasons to cut off the tap to the EU, albeit for different reasons. In Spain and Portugal we are luckier as we do not depend on Russian gas, because we have a good infrastructure of our own renewable energy and because we receive gas from Algeria, but the rest of Europe expects a long winter.
What does Russia gain from destroying their own infrastructure?
They don’t have destroyed the own infrastructure, the destroyed the infastructure that carried gas to the EU. The gas bill of Russian consumers is less than $1.50 per month
The pipelines were built by Russia at the behest of Germany though, and it cost Russia billions to do that. Destroying this infrastructure to cut themselves off from being able to sell gas to Europe seems far fetched.