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What goes in Poland on 21st of December?
What goes in Poland on 21st of December?
In Poland it is very rare to hear about a minister president of a German state, but few of them are as engaged in international issues as Manuela Schwesig. She came under heavy criticism after granting her support to Stiftung Klimaschutz, a foundation which Nord Stream 2 wants to use to bypass U.S. sanctions. It […]
What goes in Poland on 14th of January.
Prospects of Nord Stream 2 are heavily complicated. Nevertheless, the NDAA 2021 provides an window of opportunity if not to completely l bypass sanctions, at least to greatly mitigate their effects – writes Madalina Vicari from University of Liege for BiznesAlert.com.
During his first year in office, Joe Biden will push for an energy transition, but if there is no political consensus on the matter, the administration will take the middle road, which roughly means maintaining the status quo – Marcin Zaborowski, PhD, editor in chief of Res Publica Nowa, says in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl. […]
Russians barely managed to put together a fleet that installed a little over 2.6 km of Nord Stream 2 in the shallow waters of the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Now the project is facing a more difficult test in the deeper waters of the German and Danish EEZs . It looks like the investors […]
The Kremlin is trying to imply its opponents are guilty of its own vices. It has again accused the U.S. of waging a hybrid war and pursuing a hostile policy against Nord Stream 2, because it is losing on all fronts and will not have many reasons to celebrate this Christmas. So it is acting […]
There are more important issues which could impact German-Russian relations than Nord Stream 2. We have a big reality check in Germany right now because of what Russia is doing – said Sarah Pagung from DGAP.
On December 11, project operator Nord Stream 2 AG restarted construction work on the Nord Stream Two natural gas pipeline after an almost year-long break. This development, however, does not mean that completion of the 55 billion cubic meter (bcm) gas transit line expansion is a forgone conclusion. Indeed, the just resumed work is being […]
The EU’s tacit acceptance of TurkStream is a serious and dangerous misjudgement of the perils this diversionary pipeline presents, writes Olga Bielkova, Director on Government and International Affairs, Gas TSO of Ukraine.