“” “” After making sure they can’t be blamed for people freezing to death in the EU this winter, I figure Russia will cut all use of the Ukraine route and tell the European countries to work with them on alternative routes or find other suppliers before next winter.”” “”
That’s the whole point. Why do you think there were wars in Libya and Syria? Why there are LNG terminals built in Poland and Baltics?
If I were Russia I wouldn’t give up. I’d address the German people directly over Merkel’s head.
Why should they pay four times as much for hydrocarbons only because someone paid to Clinton foundation to pull these tricks and their beloved commie Chancellor is silent on that.
They've put up with so much BS from Ukraine for so long there's no reason for them to continue to care what the rest of Europe wants unless those countries are willing to work on new pipelines that leave the thieves in Ukraine out of the loop. That's not giving up, it's sobering up.