Where is the problem with that? Cry me a river!
Russia is openly an economic adversary of Europe and the United States, and is openly hostile to several countries in the east. Germany "went it alone", as far as I know, in order to get better prices.
My understanding of this topic is limited, so I admit my ignorance here. It simply doesn't make sense to give geopolitical strength to a rival by handicapping your nearer neighbors.
Germany sold these to them. Goes against my guts, but that's how it is. But theirs is not the only, and not even the largest storage.
So in principle them not owning that storage wouldn't change a thing.
So there are contracts. Which go by volume, and not continous uninterrupted flow. They delivered the volume and some more.
And now it isn't gone, burnt, and 'gone with the wind', but bought by others in anticipation of rising prices,
either still residing in that storage, just owned by someone else, or pumped to other storage, anticipating good sales opportunity.
How would you call that? Clever business? While lobotomizing Gazprom, Russia, whomever?
What's so hard to get about this? They are not the bad actors here.
Specifically against the Soviet Union, a communistic totalitarian regime that does not exist anymore.
Specifically it never included Ukraine as member, and specifically the US promised that NATO will never expand to more than the original members.
The only countries in Europe that are against the NS2 are those that have already pipelines or interests and are economically harmed by more competence.
>Claiming that the US is acting purely in self serving motives is wildly disingenuous.
Claiming that the US is acting purely in self serving motives is telling the truth. The US can mind its own business.
Specifically after signing Budapest Memorandum (Ukraine's nuclear disarming).
Specifically after signing Russian–Ukrainian Friendship Treaty.
Specifically without even admitting invasion!
This totally invalidates all the claims regarding NATO. That's defense alliance, everyone who has missed opportunity to join is a total fool.
Russian Federation is autocratic regime, just look at the last "elections".
East Europe countries were under USSR occupation for 40 years. Poland is going to switch to LNG to break dependency on RF gas.
Specifically after Ukraine made speaking Russian illegal and started treating Russian speaking population as second class citizens.
Specifically after Ukraine made plans to give Crimea to US to build a US military base.
I've recently switched to Ukrainian because of your kind. Fascists.
Half of my family lives in Ukraine. I speak with them several times a year. Before 2014 I visited them at least once a year.
They all want to move to Russia because of the rise of nazism. Some of them already moved and they're very happy that they did it.
Fascists.
Actually, fascists and Hitler are honored in Ukraine on the government level. There's no way to deny it.
People freely speak Russian language, though Russian language popularity greatly tanked because people like you. It is eights year of war, so many facts that confirm RF has occupied Ukraine, destroyed cities, killed thousands.
ctrl-f color revolutions