On September 27, 2022, the 2 pipelines carrying Russian fuel to Europe have been destroyed within the Baltic Sea. For the second, it’s troublesome to measure the ecological, financial and geopolitical penalties.

The controversy is agitating worldwide strategists. Who had an curiosity in sabotaging the 2 large tubes carrying Russian fuel to Europe?
Earlier than the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the European states consumed about 400 billion cubic meters of pure fuel, 45% of which got here from Russia, that’s to say 155 billion m3. The principle prospects have been Germany and Italy. This pure fuel was transported by way of the Nord Stream 1 (NS1) pipeline in operation since 2012 (1,000 km on land and 1224 km underneath the Baltic). One other pipeline, Nord Stream 2, (1,200 km underneath water) geared toward doubling the volumes of fuel transported to Europe, was accomplished in 2021. Loaded with fuel, it has by no means actually made any deliveries. As well as, NS2 was supposed to do away with the industrial taxes on passage via Poland and Ukraine. As well as, the financing of the infrastructure was supported for half by Gazprom, the remainder by 5 European firms together with Engie.
On March 1, 2022, Nord Stream 2 SA filed for chapter, following the sanctions determined by Germany, the European Union and the USA in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

American hostility

The Faculty of Financial Warfare remembers that fuel imports have been distributed as follows: 74% is transported by pipeline, 31% from Russia, 28% from Norway. 26% is transported within the type of LNG from Qatar, 20%, 16% from the USA, 12% from Nigeria and 5% from Algeria (transported to Spain by the Maghreb-Europe or Pedro Durand Farrell fuel pipeline). It additionally remembers “American interference in a European debate: Washington was all the time against the NS2 mission within the title of European vitality independence.
The least we will say is that, for the reason that starting of the development of Nord Stream 2, the USA has been hostile to this mission. In an article of April 11, 2022 entitled “Water within the fuel between Washington and Moscow” Bruno Husquinet defined the numerous causes that Joe Biden had for sabotaging the Russian-European fuel pipeline.
Europe, the USA and Russia have diverging pursuits on this matter. Certainly, for the reason that invasion of Ukraine, “exports of liquefied pure fuel (LNG) from the USA to the European Union have nearly tripled,” declared Ursula von der Leyen in July 2022. As of June, the U.S. had exported about 57 billion cubic meters of LNG, 39 billion of which went to Europe.

“A terrorist assault”

So who sabotaged NS1 and NS2 on September 27? All eyes instantly turned to Moscow. In Kiev, the advisor to the Ukrainian presidency, Mykhaïlo Podoliak, denounced “a deliberate terrorist assault” by Moscow. With out proof. The Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, accused the Russians. “We see clearly that that is an act of sabotage that in all probability marks the following step within the escalation of the state of affairs in Ukraine.”
It seems clear that the explosion was attributable to a deliberate act requiring using state means. No terrorist group is able to such sabotage.
The Kremlin, for its half, retorts that it could be “silly and absurd” for it to destroy one among its foremost sources of earnings, not less than for the long run.
Furthermore, Moscow is asking for a gathering of the UN Safety Council to search out out whether or not the USA has carried out its threats.

Biden’s reckless feedback

Certainly, on February 7, 2022, Joe Bident acknowledged that he would do what was vital to cease Nord Stream 2 if the Russians invaded Ukraine. Actually, the USA appears to be the first beneficiary of the sabotage operation. By disconnecting Europe from Russian fuel, they will promote their LNG to the EU at prohibitive costs whereas additional subjugating European economies.
This harmful will of NS 1 and a couple of will not be new: it was revealed in 2008 by wikileaks in a declassified cable
However there’s something extra shocking. In response to the I.E. Portal, “sources” point out the presence of the US Authorities Vessel 3, an American warship, within the neighborhood of the explosion from the interactive map of world maritime flows.
Is that this true? Not true? It’s troublesome to verify even when this presence raises questions.

#Biden en février 2022 : Si la #Russie envahit…alors il n’y aura plus de #NordStream2 . Ns y mettrons fin. » Journaliste : « Mais remark allez-vous faire…c’est sous le contrôle de l’Allemagne ? » Réponse du président américain « Je vous promets que nous pourrons le faire. » pic.twitter.com/3ONPhNsAQG

— LIBERTÉ ✊🏽🇨🇵 (@lamar_ianne) September 27, 2022