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As an EU citizen living next to Russia I can assure you, I'm DELIGHTED that people can no longer buy gas from a mass murderer like Putin. Anyone who buys gas from Russia is essentially supporting genocide of Ukrainian civilians, if suffering is what we're talking about.

Besides, things are going on pretty okay. Electricity prices are stabilizing and Europe will eventually become greener as well. No matter who did it, blowing up the pipeline was a good thing.

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> Anyone who buys gas from Russia is essentially supporting genocide of Ukrainian civilians, if suffering is what we're talking about.

Weekly snapshot: Russian fossil fuel exports 16 to 22 January 2023:

* The week of 16 to 22 January 2023, the EU was the largest importer of Russian fossil fuels.

* The EU imported pipeline gas, oil products and LNG, as well as crude oil via pipeline or rail.

* The top five EU importer countries last week were the Netherlands, Slovakia, Germany, Belgium and Italy. [1]

[1] https://energyandcleanair.org/weekly-snapshot-russian-fossil...

And yet, the situation has drastically changed from one year ago. Russian gas went from being 50% of EU gas imports to 10%.

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infographics/eu-gas-suppl...

https://www.bbc.com/news/58888451

> Russian gas went from being 50% of EU gas imports to 10%.

That's expected as there's no longer the pipelines everyone is discussing in this comment section.

The second string of NS2 is undamaged (but denied operation from the German side). In addition Russia there are several land-based pipelines from Russia to central Europe (only used for small volumes at this point - much below capacity).

Of course you can still buy gas from Russia. It flows in transit through Ukraine:

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russian-gas-europe-v...

So Ukraine is "essentially supporting genocide of Ukrainian civilians"?

Not sure MBS is actually any better, when we ignore the bigger, geopolitical angle for a second and just look at the people leading certain countries.

> Anyone who buys gas from Russia is essentially supporting genocide of Ukrainian civilians, if suffering is what we're talking about.

Recent reports suggest the US and certain European nations sabotaged peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. Are those nations supporting the genocide of Ukrainian civilians?

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