Would a Russian asset green light Nord Stream 2?

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/18/nord-stream-2-the-russian-pipeline-that-everybodys-talking-about.html 


Would a Russian asset green light Nord Stream 2? Trump’s comments don’t seem to controversial, “provocative” or “invective” now do they? (CNN). In 2020 “about 43% of the total gas imports” going into Europe came from Russia. Nord Stream 2 was built purposefully to bypass Ukraine and Poland. This article claims that this pipeline is nothing more than a “business deal” between Germany and Putin. Wouldn’t the Russian economy/government benefit financially from this “business deal”?   

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The gas pipeline is finished, but it is waiting regulatory approval before it can start providing the 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Europe every year.

Lubmin, GERMANY – Remote, quiet but energy-rich: the coastal area of Lubmin in north Germany hosts the world’s most controversial gas pipeline.

Nord Stream 2 stretches for 1,200 kilometres from Vyborg in Russia through the Baltic Sea to Lubmin in Germany, bypassing Ukraine and Poland.

“We want to break out from this [Russian energy] dependence,” Morten Petersen, a Danish lawmaker at the European Parliament, told CNBC’s “Street Signs Europe” on Friday.

Nord Stream 2 brings up different geopolitical aspects. On the one hand, the U.S. has always opposed the pipeline, saying it increases Europe’s dependency on Russia. President Joe Biden’s administration has been criticized by lawmakers from both parties, however, for not doing enough to halt the project.

Poland and Ukraine are opposed to the pipeline, citing energy security concerns. For Kyiv, it is feared the pipeline could lead to fewer natural gas flows via Ukrainian pipes and hence fewer revenues to its ailing economy. Critics also argue the pipeline is not compatible with European climate goals and will most likely strengthen Russian President Vladimir Putin’s economic and political influence over the region.

For Putin, and many lawmakers in Germany, Nord Stream 2 is nothing more than a business deal.

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