The Nord Stream, previously known as the North European Gas Pipeline, which later changed its name , received great attention when it was announced at a trade fair in Germany on 11 April 2005 that Russia and Germany had signed an agreement on constructing the pipeline. The official aim of ...
The Nord Stream Pipeline Maybe you heard, maybe you didn’t. But back in September something called the “Nord Stream Pipeline” unexpectedly exploded underwater because of some unfortunately placed explosives. The Nord Stream would have supplied Europe with natural gas from Russia. Now Europe—spec...
The guise of “peacekeeping” for separatists in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk also likely provides his decisions with a sense of legitimacy. International reactions Germany’s decision to halt operations related to the Nordstream 2 pipeline is, among other decisions, noteworthy. Some critics ...
Pretty simple, really. In 2022, the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines from Russia to Germany were damaged, allegedly by a Ukrainian national who remains at large. The suspected means of such damage are explosives placed by crack teams of underwater commandos, perhaps using ...
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is almost complete and operable, and the plan had been to funnel Russian gas exports into Germany in a move that Germany has maintained is critical for its natural gas supply. Now, fears that Russia will retaliate by withholding future natural gas supplies to all ...
The decision by Germany to suspend the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline for the time being was one of the first big developments on Tuesday.In light of “recent developments,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his government needed to “reassess” the future of the Russian pipeline. ...
Lithuania, like war-torn Ukraine, borders Russia and is situated on the Baltic Sea where the Russia-to-Germany Nord Stream gas pipelines were destroyed by explosions last year. This incident therefore will receive much attention worldwide. “...
The Russian end of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Europe. Germany halted its approval of the pipeline after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Credit: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty On 22 February, Germany scuttled its approval of a newly built gas pipeline from Russia, and is now planni...
First, Gazprom's decision to indefinitely suspend gas shipments through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline announced before the weekend saw the European natgas benchmark soar 23.7.Recall that in the week ending September 2, this benchmark plummeted 32%. The euro briefly traded to be 20-year lows, slip...
“That is not a good state of affairs.” Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak of Russia underscored that urgency, saying Moscow would have “every right” to halt natural gas shipments to Europe through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to retaliate against Germany for halting the parallel Nord Str...