Electricity and coal supplies Ukraine has a developed system of nuclear and thermal power plants. Although many thermal plants are not in the best shape, the country even used to export energy to the EU. The last time Ukraine had problems...
The Federal Grid Agency of Germany (BundesNetzAgentur, BNetzA) has admitted Ukraine’s state oil and gas company Naftogaz and Ukraine’s gas transmitter to participate in the certification process of the Nord Stream-2 pipeline. A...
Europe is facing an unprecedented surge in natural gas prices, threatening a large-scale energy crisis. The targeted actions of Gazprom have caused this shortage of natural gas on the eve of winter: the Russian state concern thus puts...
The current situation in the European market is unprecedented. Both natural gas and electricity prices have soared dramatically to levels never been seen before—almost ten-fold higher for natural gas (Finance.yahoo.com) or three- to...
Two high-resonance processes have been simultaneously unfolding in Europe in the last few weeks: the sharp increase in the prices on natural gas (see EDM, August 11) as well as the fierce contestation in the parliamentary elections in...
The endgame to Kremlin’s blackmail In resorting to direct blackmail, the Kremlin effectively demonstrates its power over the EU. “It seems one Russian state company is now ruling over the entire European Commission,”...
On 23 September, the Democrat-controlled lower house of the United States Congress voted for amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Among other things, the changes introduce mandatory sanctions on Russia’s Nord...
On September 10, the project company Nord Stream 2 AG informed that the last weld has been finished, making the Nord Stream Two natural gas pipeline fully complete from a technical perspective (Nord-stream2.com, September 10). At the same...
What is the decision about and how will it affect NS 2? EU rules demand that the sources of production, transportation and distribution of gas are diversified and 50% of a pipeline’s capacity must be given to other companies. This...
“Minister Lavrov got lost in the three pine trees of Russian history. Until the 18th century, his state had one name: Muscovy. In the 10th century, it was Rus who was baptized in Kyiv, not Muscovy. Stealing someone else’s...
In August 2022, CBS released its documentary on military aid to Ukraine, filmed in April. The film claims that a major portion of Western military help goes missing in Ukraine but provides no proof other than short remarks from one...
