| > 1- NS1 along NS2 are (were) shutdown and clearly these were not going to re-open, not before the end of the war - not politically acceptable for Putin, even less for Germany. No, some Germans were asking for NS2. Here is one article after a very quick search from 8/19:
https://www.politico.eu/article/vice-president-of-the-german... Another: https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/europe/germanys-kla... "Meanwhile, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has criticised German leaders' calls to initiate talks regarding Nord Stream 2. "Calls by some German politicians to launch NS2 for a little while and close it later are totally irrational. This resembles drug addiction when a person says “Just one last time!” without realizing the devastating consequences of each “last time”." So there is political support for German government if they needed it. And it was in play. Important people were tweeting about it. :} > Not politically acceptable to Putin. I think he is not happy today, at all. Russians are supposedly running to borders to leave, the famous Operation is a shitzkrieg, his last move is dig in, annex, and hope and pray Medvedev's mad russian act has convinced opposite number psychos over here who are in charge of our end of world weapons that "we are not bluffing". Imagine the PR if great Uncle Vodya like father christmas opens the pipes to a freezing Germany ("gratis!" Its our gift). Is the German goverment going to say "Nein"? To sum, you must be joking. This Nord Stream was Russia's ace in the hole. Now it is gone. |