Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "Russia's Gas Gamble: Four Risks Putin Faces with the Nord Stream 1 Pipeline Closure" video.

  1. Its called escalation. If he played the card in March he would escalate way, way too hard. Notice how they escalated closing off gas, 60% 40% 20% 0%.
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  2.  @Marvin-dg8vj  Spot on, this is a big permanent kick into EU and UK rear end. And imagine that now all these cheap resources are going to UK / EU competitors making their products cheaper!
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  3. Well, it seems Germany prepared well, they have good storage reserves. Poland did not prepare well OTOH as they have massive costs to the economy due to war next door.
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  4. What for? Line is dead.
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  5. Exactly - Russia did not need foreign currency to make 100k T-34! Its just idiotic thinking by the west.
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  6. what future relations? I doubt there will be willingness to have much of a relation for at least next 20 years if not more. From both sides.
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  7. No. Not really. Russia had hard time dealing with payments in Euros as they were "useless". Even conversion was an issue. It is far better to get paid in say yuan which can easily convert for goods.
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  8. Well, other then he brought down whole EU to its knees ;)
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  9. They are stopped more or less.
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  10. I doubt that - he seemed rather in good spirits on different videos from current massive Vostok drills in Asian part of Russia.
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  11.  @johngoldsworthy1925  I doubt that will happen. No one has appetitie to invade Russia. Also not even Navalny in his prison cell thinks Crimea is Ukraine. So there is no even super pro western leader that would end the war with Ukraine.
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  12. I would put the "report" as a fake, as well as NK weapons purchase. So remove that. I assume that simply Russia does not need to deal with Germany as it does not need Germany. west is just simply not understanding this - RUSSIA WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WEST. Its a full divorce. Nothing to do with. No gas, no business, no relations, nothing. Thus it has little care if Germany switches its energy supplies and never needs RU gas.
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  13. I do not see Russian gas or oil flowing to Europe even when there is regime change - Russia will in few years not even have capability to send any oil or gas to EU - all resources will go to Asia.
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  14. LOL! And whom will make Russia insignificant? You want to invade first? Their sheer size makes them big player.
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  15. I do not see any backfire for Russia - they do not want to sell gas to Europe. Their choice. EU wants RU more then the other way around & it acts as a girl that was dumped - how dare RU not like us anymore?! There will be consequences! I find a new BF!
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  16.  @VilleKivinen  The can build liquified gas terminals. Or just ... burn not needed gas off.
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