Somebody

 

has been trying to tell you what this is all about for a while now.

‘Our product, our rules’: Russia sends alarm bells ringing over Europe’s winter gas supplies

"Fears of a severe winter gas shortage are driven by the risk of a full supply disruption to the EU — which receives roughly 40% of its gas via Russian pipelines. The bloc is trying to rapidly reduce its reliance on Russian hydrocarbons in response to the Kremlin’s nearly four-month-long onslaught in Ukraine."

(Good luck with that)

"Indeed, Moscow has already cut gas supplies to Finland, Poland, Bulgaria Denmark’s Orsted, Dutch firm Gasterra and energy giant Shell for its German contracts, all over a gas-for-rubles payment dispute."

(Russia's mineral wealth wasn't worth what it was worth, it was worth what the $ was worth ( and we made the $ worth less, more on that in a minute) and they finally saw a moment in time to do away with the World Financial System and they went for it, and they are succeeding)

"What’s more, in fiery comments likely to have sent alarm bells ringing throughout the bloc, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said Thursday that Russia will play by its own rules after the firm halved supplies to Germany.

“Our product, our rules. We don’t play by rules we didn’t create,” Miller said during a panel session at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, according to The Moscow Times.

("Our product, our rules. We don’t play by rules we didn’t create." See above)

"Miller reportedly said the return of equipment at the Portovaya compressor station — part of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that carries Russian gas to Germany — had been hampered by an unprecedented barrage of economic sanctions. He added that he saw no solution to the problem."

(Thats not the only problem theres no solution for believe me.)

"A spokesperson for the bloc described the move as “yet another example of Gazprom and Russia’s use of its energy supplies as an instrument of blackmail.”

(Oh, you mean like we did with the weaponization of the $ to coerce countries into doing we want from them from a foreign policy standpoint? Interesting...What exactly is the difference here again?)

"It is not yet known when or if Nord Stream 1 gas flows will return to normal levels."

(Sure it is...Never.)

Sanctions gave them an excuse to blame this on. If it was done on purpose? Or if the sanctions caused it? Or if it was some combination of both of those factors? Let me ask you this, Whats gonna be the difference long term?