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Originally Posted by MrBaldBastard
Dollar for dollar spent, Germany gets more control over Russia from NordStream than anything they spend on NATO, money talks..
from the linked article:
"the German market is the largest buyer of Gazprom’s exports, accounting for 27 percent of Gazprom’s European exports. The loss of customers in Germany would cripple both the company and Moscow’s budget."
Gas on, gas off.. Putty be good.
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not quite.
"During a visit to Poland earlier this month, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said that Germany isn’t linking Nord Stream 2 and the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal.
“Both developments have to be strictly separated,” said a spokeswoman for the German ministry of economy and energy. “Our position has always been that Nord Stream 2 is a commercial project promoted by companies, which have to abide by the applicable national and EU rules.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/germ...oreign-policy/