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Two stunning explosions deep below the Baltic Sea last month set off one of the greatest whodunits in the long history of US-Russia hostility.
The explosion ruptured a pipeline that was built to bring liquid natural gas from Russia to …
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When I heard that several sections of the Russian-owned Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines had been blown up with hundreds of pounds of TNT, I remembered the James Bond film, “You Only Live Twice” (1967).
In that film, the …
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the attacks on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia to Germany offer a “tremendous opportunity” to end Europe’s dependency on Russian energy.
“It’s a tremendous opportunity to once and …
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European officials said they believe the two explosions along the pipeline that transports Russian natural gas to European countries were intentional acts. One report stated the explosions, which occurred Monday, “did not have an immediate impact” on the continent’s energy …
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When leapfrogged and pushed to the wall, both business and political leaders often make bets with small chances of winning. But if they do win, the business avoids bankruptcy and the management is richly rewarded, and the political leader strengthens …
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The U.S. administration is talking up its ability to impose “swift and severe” sanctions on Russia that will deter it from military action against Ukraine. The problem is that economic sanctions are a two way street — and Russia has …
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For years, the European Union tried to loosen Russia’s iron grip on its gas supplies by fostering a competitive import market. Those efforts have boomeranged this year as supplies run short, setting off an energy crisis across the Continent.
European …
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Nowadays in Washington and Brussels, practically any internal or external problem is blamed on Russia and the evil President Putin, who somehow has accumulated unprecedented superhuman powers to manipulate the world’s events, including this one, to his advantage. According to …
