Timeline for Why would Russia damage their own gas pipelines?
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| Mar 15, 2023 at 9:03 | history | post merged (destination) | |||
| Feb 11, 2023 at 19:23 | vote | accept | ksinkar | ||
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| Jan 2, 2023 at 17:55 | comment | added | bandybabboon | As a footnote, the two lines cost 20 billion to gasprom and earned them 100-250 billion since 2011. | |
| Jan 2, 2023 at 17:02 | comment | added | o.m. | @Smith, first they threatened to shut it down and everybody got excited/anxious. Then the threat became the new normal. So next they did reduce the flow and everybody got excited/anxious. Then the reduction became the new normal. So next they shut it down and everybody got excited/anxious. Then the shutdown became the new normal. So next they blew it up and everybody got excited/anxious. This reasoning assumes that it isn't about gas, it is about controlling the public discourse in Europe. Note how nobody has delivered modern MBTs yet ... presumably because they worry Putin could panic. | |
| Jan 2, 2023 at 15:34 | comment | added | Smith | This post doesn't make sense. The Russians controlled the SUPPLY side of the pipeline. Therefore it was their negotiating tool to use, as they could control whether it shipped gas, and if so, how much. So why would they destroy the pipeline when they controlled it in the first place? | |
| Jan 2, 2023 at 13:31 | comment | added | TomTom | That answer makes no sense. Item 1: Even if I buy the argument, a fire in a station on land that is easier to repair is easier to do. Blowing up the pipeline assumes Russians are also idiots. Item 2: nope, they sold MORE than before as LNG. Item 3: No, Russia has not. At least TRY to research facts - most of their pipelines were stuck in sanctions and still are. | |
| Dec 30, 2022 at 19:03 | history | answered | o.m. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |