EU Observer: Nord Stream - The Sequel
Summer is the time for movie blockbusters and some film studios prefer safer sequels over original plots, often independent of the success of the original.
So it is perhaps appropriate that Gazprom recently proposed to expand its Nord Stream gas pipeline to ship more gas directly to Germany.
This latest episode in the ongoing drama of Russian pipeline politics follows a popular (perhaps even correct) script of Russian proposals ‘with political strings attached’, designed to use national self-interest to undermine European solidarity on Ukraine and on Russia sanctions.
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