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Ukraine’s dirty trick and blackmail over Nordstream 2 shows you can’t trust them
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Ukraine’s dirty trick and blackmail over Nordstream 2 shows you can’t trust them
Ukrainian energy executives and Kiev’s national security officials launched a coordinated lobbying campaign in Washington that put the US on a collision course with EU countries over a new gas pipeline.
The Wall Street Journal reported on how spin doctors working for Kiev-based Naftogaz and at least one representative of Ukraine’s National Security Council pressed for four years to influence White House officials to oppose the Nord Stream 2 project.
Ukrainian politicians fearful that Kiev stood to lose the $3 billion it makes from transit fees it imposes on Russian gas flowing through the pipelines built by Moscow during the Soviet era. Nord Stream 2 would allow Russia to send supplies to the EU without paying the levy. Ukraine’s annual budget is around $40 billion, represents a significant source of income.
So when it comes down to it all, stopping the pipelines was never about the environment, never about energy freedom, it’s solely down to the greedy Ukrainians demands for Russian money.
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