NORSAR: Balticconnector pipeline between Finland and Estonia damaged by explosion
Balticconnector ensures gas transportation between Finland, Estonia, and Latvia, helping these NATO countries reduce dependence on Russian gas.
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Obey the Kremlin or pay up: why the EU’s heating bills will skyrocket this winter
The endgame to Kremlin’s blackmail In resorting to direct blackmail, the Kremlin effectively demonstrates its power over the…
Can the vessel Akademik Cherskiy finish Nord Stream 2 pipeline construction?
At the beginning of October 2020, the Akademik Cherskiy—the only Russian pipe-laying ship capable of completing the construction…
Russia pushes to complete Nord Stream 2 challenging US sanctions
While the United States struggles with the coronavirus pandemic, Russia has deployed two pipe-laying vessels to the Baltic…
The Baltic Pipe case: disinformation at the service of the Kremlin’s energy policy
A new gas supply corridor is under construction in the European energy market. The Baltic Pipe – a…
Portnikov: The break in Putin’s pipe
According to the organizers of the commissioning ceremony of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, the participation of Vladimir…
Portnikov: Who in Ukraine is being bribed by Putin and Gazprom?
Even if literally the next day after the press release about reaching an agreement between Russia and Ukraine…
Portnikov: Why Berlin saves Putin’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
The German tabloid Bild informed its readers about the decision by the Bundestag’s ruling coalition to change the…
Nord Stream 2 harming environment inside Russia, Greenpeace Russia says
Environmental activists have warned that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline threatens the Baltic Sea; now, Greenpeace Russia…
Portnikov: A big war and the “streams”
The US Senate Committee on International Affairs supported the introduction of sanctions against the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline…
Moscow hopes to ‘Belarusianize’ Ukraine by dangling possibility of lower gas prices, Portnikov says
In January 1992, Moscow told Estonia that henceforth, the Baltic nation would have to pay Russia world prices…
A single methane ‘bubble’ explosion from global warming could cut Russia off from 89% of its natural gas
Eighty-nine percent of Russia’s natural gas production comes from the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District in the Russian Far North…
Is Russia planning “a new Donbas” in the Balkans?
A few weeks ago the Associated Press published a widely syndicated article about a Russian ‘spy base’ located…
Putin’s “Turkish Stream” fiasco
The “Turkish Stream” idea provides additional evidence of Putin’s self-delusion in foreign policy. Russian President Vladimir Putin intends…