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Originally Posted by Alex_Ivanov
Looks like it needs to be repeated 1000 times... Rising prices is hardly a blackmail for three reasons:
1. previous price was lower than any imaginable market price.
2. Step-by-step transition to market prices was proposed.
3. Nobody forced customers to buy products they did not want to buy.
And finally, let's not forget, that supply interruption was caused not by Russia in both cases, but by those who stole gas of european customers (Ukraine's case), or simply shut the valve (Belorus' case). That's why Russia proposed projects like Nord Stream, to guarantee supply of Europe regardless of inadequate behaviour of bankrupt countries between us.
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I have a strong feeling that there will be a pipeline running from the Caucusus to Europe, completely skipping Russian BS. At the end of the day, they don't care why you're shutting it down, the Europeans simply want the supply not to be shut down. The NGO I'm working for is actually involved in a project in Georgia doing just that, bypassing the Russians.