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Germany got hooked on Russian gas at its own doing. However, it is in the interest of the entire EU, including Poland, to help it become independent of this source. The latter has the right to expect help in return, because that’s how European solidarity works to benefit the entire continent, Russia excluded – writes […]

If the German government does not return to nuclear power, at some point it may return to the disputed Nord Stream 2 pipeline despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The first option would be a victory of reason, and the latter of the interests of companies associated with Russians – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

– The better we prepare, the less problems we will have. I think that if we are properly prepared, Putin will not stop gas supplies – says Georg Zachmann from the Bruegel in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

Mariusz Marszałkowski, editor at BiznesAlert.pl, explains how a halt on LPG exports is affecting oil extraction in Russia.

Gas prices are approaching the peak last seen right after Russia attacked Ukraine. The fate of deliveries via Nord Stream 1 is uncertain, despite concessions to the disputed turbine. Gazprom is pursuing the Kremlin’s political goal of paralyzing the West with uncertainty. It can turn off the gas tap at any time anyway. Paradoxically, this […]

The conclusions of the NATO summit are generally positive, but this opportunity has not been used to improve upon problems that severely limit its functioning today, including issues with decision-making, says major general Bogusław Pacek, director of the Institute for Security and International Development in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

„Hopes that being agreeable will keep the flow of Russian gas to Europe are false. Moscow is escalating to reduce support for Ukraine. The remedy is the seventh package of sanctions undermining the Russian gas sector and preparing for the worst,” writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

The decisions taken by NATO at the Madrid summit show that the Alliance, contrary to what’s been said in recent years, is a very effective organization able to adapt to challenges – says Łukasz Wyszyński, PhD, from the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl. 

The sanctions imposed high costs on the entire economy and society of Russia, and are inhibiting and blocking the economic ability of the Russian state to continue its aggression against Ukraine, says Paweł Turowski, an analyst at the National Security Bureau, in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

Climate has always taken a back seat, but the narrative pushed it to the front. The war in Ukraine has revealed that security is the priority, says proffesor Mariusz Ruszel from Rzeszów University of Technology, President of the Ignacy Łukasiewicz Institute for Energy Policy in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.