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bottleboy8 t1_j1y3akp wrote

>The European Union was forced to realize that they can no longer rely on imported fossil fuels.

They are importing natural gas from the US now.

"In January 2022 imports reached the highest monthly, amounting to 4.4 billion cubic metres."

It's a shame that Russian pipeline mysteriously blew up.

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Borkido t1_j1yiakl wrote

Yes while the us undoubtedly benefited from this i have serious trouble believing they would risk a diplomatic incident of this magnitude. Sabotaging the energy infrastructure of a nato ally would put the alliance at rist and i dont think even the turbo capitalists across the pond would rist that for some short term financial gain. The us also benefits from the ukraine war as a whole but i think its a stretch to assume cia put putin up to it.

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random_shitter t1_j1z2vah wrote

I expect it was agreed beforehand in a very backroom agreement that this was the best method to deny Russia its pressure tool & making something that was almost certain but unpredictable into a predictable certainty & stopping political fallout for the receiving countries from "we don't want to dance to Putin's tune even though he could alleviate current inflation".

It costs some extra euros but that more than weighs up for the prevention of active societal unrest.

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StateChemist t1_j2260yb wrote

So you are saying you think NATO all agreed and killed the pipeline?

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random_shitter t1_j234mse wrote

This was a NATO(supperted) military operation, yes. Only way to pull it off.

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StateChemist t1_j25go7m wrote

I have no objections if it was a unanimous NATO decision then. Good for them.

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thehoagieboy t1_j1zm0or wrote

This is why my electricity is going through the roof. A significant amount of my electricity is generated with Natural Gas. Good ole supply and demand. Thanks Putin.

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darth_nadoma OP t1_j1y3l0p wrote

I always knew that the Americans did it.

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ovirt001 t1_j1zjdnq wrote

It was Russia. They had the motive (reduce supply further) but didn't want to do it outright.
For anyone ignorant to how Russia operates, I'd suggest reading Red Notice and Freezing Order.

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xTheShrike t1_j1zze68 wrote

Biden literally said the US would "shut down" the Nordstream pipeline if Russia invaded Ukraine. When asked how the US would do that he said in his characteristic weird fashion "We have our ways".

The guy admits the US did it but what he said is ignored.

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bottleboy8 t1_j1y419k wrote

It's one of those "who had the motive" mysteries.

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Kryosite t1_j1yd94r wrote

I mean, plenty of pro Ukrainian groups and anti-government Russian groups also have plenty of motive.

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Jack04trades t1_j1yy653 wrote

Wait. But everyone told it was our country who destroyed our own gas pipeline. Obviously to freeze europeans and lower the money flowing into Russia 's budget. No. It cant be that other countries lying as well.

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