Tagged: Nord Stream 2 project
Fears of an energy war between Russia and the West grew on Tuesday after the United States pushed its allies to ban Russian oil imports as punishment for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, where talks...
Backdrop The cold war 1.0 may have been declared to be over with the disintegration of the USSR, but the NATO – Russian tug of war kept it alive, leading to an avoidable conflict,...
Big brother of Eastern Europe The Post-2008 global financial crisis, the Russian economy was expanding by only about 2% annually in the three years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic Even with a downfall...
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline would be halted if Russia invades Ukraine and stressed unity with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as the West rallies to...
As western powers prepare to drop “MOAS” i.e. mother of all sanctions on Russia to ensure proper motivation through potential heavy economic losses in case of any unfortunate occurrence that can lead to violent...
Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 turned Ukraine into a thorny issue that has partly shaped US-Russia relations for over half a decade now. The insecurity of dealing with a hostile incoming leader –...
WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to disagree on Thursday about a Russian pipeline project that Washington opposes, while vowing to stand together against aggression...
The chances of the sanctions war around Nord Stream 2 to rage on after the construction of the pipeline is finally over seem to be high. That said, we have to admit, with regret...