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Poles and Ukrainians traded energy on the border despite the invasion of Russia for the first time in the European standard using the appropriate allocation platform.

„It is crucial for the entire NATO and Poland to build the ability to repel conventional and hybrid aggression,” Michał Piekarski, PhD., tells BiznesAlert.pl in response to the news that Germany is exercising a scenario where Russia attacks NATO’s eastern flank, including Poland.

One of the two threads of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline survived the 2022 sabotage and Gazprom and the pipe’s owner, on which the US has imposed sanctions, have a year left for a reset with Russia to save the project. Its opponents have a similar time frame to finish the Russian-German pipe off […]

The energy crisis initiated before Russia invaded Ukraine may be the final one thanks to Gazprom’s impressive suicide in Europe. Russia may resort to hybrid war tools more frequently considering the growing number of incidents with „unknown perpetrators” – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk spoke on Wednesday about the security of Poland and Europe. He said that in the strategic perspective, Europe is the target of Russia, and it will attack if it is stronger.

2023 was marked by the continuation of changes following the termination of gas supplies from Russia to Poland. The Yamal gas pipeline’s eastern entry point will be closed, while the Baltic Pipe is upping supply from Norway – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Belarus has raised the tariff on oil supplies through the Friendship pipeline, including the northern thread, which transports fuel classified as from Kazakhstan to Germany. The increase by almost half prompts a search for a route outside Russia.

„On the one hand, our hearts go out to the people who are hiding in the forests and are in danger of freezing. However, pragmatism makes us realize that this is an artificial situation created by Putin. On top of that we cannot let the institutional legal order be undermined just because there are many […]

„Strengthening and integrating the Three Seas area would improve the geopolitical situation of the European Union. The Nordic, Baltic, Polish and Romanian states are most interested in creating a common deterrent force against Russia. This group is also devoid of collaborators willing to sell the sovereignty of their allies for oil or gas,” writes Izabela […]

Danish Energinet.dk, which is responsible building the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline from Denmark to Poland, together with the Polish Gaz-System, has admitted that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine increased the the pipe’s cost, but it paid for itself anyway.