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Subject: Re: Russia's Gas Threat Is a Bluff
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 11:35:58 +0300
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by: Oleg Smirnov - Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:35 UTC

> Russia's Gas Threat Is a Bluff
> By Gregory and Krishnamoorti, Aug. 24, 2022, WSJ

> the EU is booking substitutes for Russian gas from Qatar, Algeria,
> Azerbaijan and others, returning to coal and nuclear power, and expanding
> its liquefied-natural-gas infrastructure.

Read here <https://tinyurl.com/2gnujmgg>

> The threat to Russia's gas infrastructure from Mr. Putin is trivial compared
> with his sacrifice of Russia's reputation as a reliable supplier, which the
> Soviets began cultivating decades ago. As he jerks his EU customers around

As Europe had itself introduced unprecedentedly unfriendly measures
against its reliable supplier, such a talk about Russia's reputation
sounds pretty pathetic.

> Who will benefit? Mr. Putin's enemy No. 1-the U.S. and its burgeoning LNG
> behemoth.

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