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Russia’s gas war against Ukraine
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The scope of the EU energy dependence on Moscow and practical ways out
[editorial]Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the EU has paid Russia 20 times more for…
Triple disconnection: how Russia seeks to destabilize Ukraine’s gas, electricity, and coal markets
[editorial] Russia has halted coal and electricity imports to Ukraine starting from 1 November, along with critically limiting…
The Kremlin could instantly end Europe’s gas crisis by restoring transit through Ukraine
[editorial]Increasing gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine’s gas transmission system (GTS) could solve the European gas crisis, manifested…
Russia hopes for a U-turn in the EU’s energy policy
The current situation in the European market is unprecedented. Both natural gas and electricity prices have soared dramatically…
Russian gas, German elections, and US sanctions
Two high-resonance processes have been simultaneously unfolding in Europe in the last few weeks: the sharp increase in…
Hungary to continue blocking Ukraine’s NATO membership talks
Gergely Gulyás said it on 29 September at a government briefing, commenting on Ukrainian objections to the Hungarian-Russian…
Nord Stream 2 сonstruction сompleted, but gas flows unlikely in 2021
On September 10, the project company Nord Stream 2 AG informed that the last weld has been finished,…
What next for Nord Stream 2? The legal battle in Europe begins
In a landmark development for European energy security, on July 15, Germany lost its appeal of the General…
How Ukraine can still defeat Nord Stream 2
Mykhailo Gonchar, President at Center for Global Studies “Strategy XXI,” provides eight steps Ukraine and the West should…
Two keys to defeating Nord Stream 2 lie in Poland
Poland and Ukraine vow to oppose Nord Stream 2 After the text of the deal was published on…
US-Germany Nord Stream 2 agreement — a victory for Russia
At the same time, European gas storage levels are at only 53 percent of their capacity, or nearly…
Mitigating the Nord Stream 2 impact on Ukraine
Read also: FAQ: Everything you wanted to know about Nord Stream 2 but were afraid to ask (2018)…
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…
Ukraine to decide whether to buy US liquefied natural gas
[editorial] Russian gas blackmail is one of the Kremlin’s political influence tools abroad and Russia has had multiple…
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…
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…
Is freedom from the Russian gas needle possible for EU & Ukraine?
Last year, the Russian company Gazprom supplied Europe with more than 200 billion cubic meters of gas, of…
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…