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Did Russia Just Cut Gas Supplies To Germany?

Daily Mail: Russian gas pipeline starts flowing BACKWARDS taking fuel out of Germany as Biden warns Putin not to use resources as a political weapon - while troops movements near Ukraine alarm intelligence officials 

* Gas supplies in a major Russian pipeline started to move in reverse yesterday 

* Supplies in Yamal-Europe pipeline via Poland to Germany had come to a halt 

* But energy firm Gazprom said all European requirements were being met 

* Kremlin has faced accusations of restricting gas supplies for political purposes 

President Joe Biden has warned Vladimir Putin not to weaponise natural resources for political purposes after Russian gas pipeline starting flowing backwards out of Germany. 

Fuel supplies in the Yamal - Europe pipeline with goes from Russia to Germany via Poland had come to halt on Saturday, with the direction of gas actually reversing. 

But energy firm Gazprom played down concerns saying that all European orders were being fulfilled.  

Read more ....  

Update #1: A Russian Pipeline Changes Direction, and Energy Politics Come to the Fore (NYTimes)  

Update #2: Gazprom Gas Flows Reversed According to German Data (Bloomberg)  

WNU Editor: Russia's Gazprom says it is meeting its contract requirements .... Gazprom meets European consumers’ bids in full - company (TASS). 

So why is there no gas in Germany? 

The pipeline runs through Belarus, so there is a part of me that wonders if Belarus decided to divert some of it for its own use. I am just speculating, but long time readers of this blog know that I am no fan of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and his family.



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