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 Originally Posted by OngBonga
Still, worth watching for an insight into Germany's energy dependence on Russia. And it further supports the idea that Russia were using Nord Stream to strongarm Germany into concessions, rather than outright cut them off.
I'll have a look but before that circle back to this:
Originally Posted by cocco
[Putin]has been using his leverage since the early summer, and has it changed EU's stance regarding Ukraine?
Russia closing down Nord Stream 1 since August was already them going all-in, using the maximum leverage they had regarding their energy supply. It had no effect, Germany or the EU hasn't budged. There is no more leverage left for them to use. Blowing up the pipes would create if not outright terror, at least tension and confusion in the west, divert attention from the annexations, send a message that these actions are now on the table and will continue if EU keeps supporting Ukraine, and could just be seen as scorched earth policy that they have a history of using. Germany had paid for half of the pipe and Russia wasn't getting money from it.
Now, I'm not saying Russia did it, but I would say it's definitely a possibility. If within the next couple weeks we see sudden explosions in eg. Norway's gas pipelines or let's say the Baltic Sea data cables, I'm gonna be quite confident in saying yep, Russia.
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