Nord Stream 2.

When making the decision to apply for the certification, Russians may have two goals in their mind. The first one is a quiet acceptance of the gas directive that they officially criticize and try to challenge at various tribunals. The second one is probing how Berlin, the German regulator BNetZa and the European Commission will […]

Francois Fillon, Karin Kneissel, Gerhard Schröder are the tip of the corruption iceberg, whose common denominator is Russian money, influence, „understanding” and energy projects. They are the perfect puppets, that not only serve the Kremlin propaganda, but also have real impact on policies – Mariusz Marszałkowski, editor at BiznesAlert.pl, writes.

On the 10th of June, the Nord Stream 2 AG company announced it had completed the so-called „golden weld” on the B line of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. This means 1234 km of one of the pipe’s strings now constitutes an integral whole. However, the operational launch of even one line will not […]

Two weeks after the Biden administration waived congressionally mandated sanctions on Nord Stream AG, the company behind the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the first link of the subsea line is completed and ready for testing (Vesti.ru, June 4). But the Russian president knows it is too early for a […]

If Russia was not Russia I would trust their government announcements and would say that we need an agreement for hydrogen imports. But we need to remember about Chechnya, Georgia, Crimea, Donbass and many different issues. It is not that I do not want. We cannot blindly trust – Jean-Michel Glachant, Florence School of Regulation […]

Russia wants to again use gas for political purposes and force Ukraine to make concessions in turn for maintaining gas transit across its territory, even if Nord Stream 2 is completed. The outline of the deal is now emerging before the Biden-Putin summit in Geneva. In this game Poland may become the guardian of the […]

If Poland fails to expand the potential of its renewable energy sources to ensure sufficient green hydrogen generation, or doesn’t find safe sources to import this fuel from, the planned hydrogen valley near Rzeszów may be one day running on hydrogen from Nord Stream 2 – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

The Orthodox Easter in Ukraine was marked by questionable staff reshuffles at Naftogaz, the counterpart of PGNiG. These adjustments may complicate the dispute over Nord Stream 2 at a key moment and undermine the efforts of, among others, Poland – Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl, writes.

Russia’s allegations about the incidents near the construction area of the contentious Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline take on a different meaning in view of the escalating tension on the Ukraine-Russia border, which could threaten the Baltic Pipe when it crosses paths with Nord Stream 2. This issue needs to be addressed by NATO, which […]

On the 1st of April 2021 the Interfax agency published a statement by Andrey Minin, head of the local Nord Stream 2 AG branch in Kingisepp in the district of Leningrad, who complained about the activities of „external entities” that threaten the security of the Nord Stream 2 construction. What is Russia up to and […]