This is pretty wild.
Europe, addicted, wants the fossil gas.
Russia, at war, wants the gas income.
Ukraine wants the toll it can levy on the pipeline.
They will try a "swap"; this is a big-money version of the cups and balls trick:
Russia sells gas to Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan sells gas to Europe.
Europe pretends it didn't see under which cups the ball went .
It would be funny if it weren't for the climate damage and, oh, an assault on Europe's doorstep.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-10/europe-in-talks-to-keep-russia-ukraine-gas-pipeline-flowing
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2024-06-19 00:14:23
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