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by 1ris 1359 days ago
That's not right, this is isn't even wrong.

German policy has always been that this pipeline is a stranded assert once russia shuts it down.

Keeping this as a lever and credible threat is vastly important for maintaining a somewhat secure supply of gasoline for east germany. When speaking about a energy catastrophe you really, really want this pipeline shut.

In fact germany has taken measures to make sure that the pipelines will not become operational again. Confiscating and removing compressors and reuse them for the planned LNG terminals.

If anybody profits from these explosions, it's germany.

And russian natural gas revenues hit ground and are now searching for oil themselfs, now.