Stream 2 is not a matter of some kind of compensation program, ” Vitrenko said.... Next month's massive

Ukraine's state energy firm Naftogaz has said that its gas transit deal with Russia is under threat of not being renewed....

The plea comes after Mr Putin reportedly restricted gas flowing into Europe.... He is said to have done so as the newly built Nord Stream 2 pipeline awaits approval from German regulators in thehope of avoiding EU law from being implemented.... The line travels from Russia into Germany through the Baltic Sea, bypassing Ukraine and Poland, and many hoped Mr Biden ould step in toprevent it being used as a “ geopolitical weapon ”....

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s control of the European gas market is hard to ignore, given the significant amount of gas pipelines that runs from Russia into Europe.... These include Nord Stream Pipeline, which was completed in 2012, the Yamal-Europe pipeline, completed in 1997, the Brotherhood pipeline, finished in 1984, and the Northern Lights pipeline, completed in 1969. And things could be set to get worse as Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has joined Russia by playing a hand

The embittered member states have called on the European Commission to open its coffers to prevent the crisis from further spiralling out of control.... Dwindling gas supplies and record-high prices have put the economic bloc in a precarious position before winter, and the cracks in Europe's united front are beginning to show.... Denying the reality or deluded people to thinking otherwise will result in energy crises.".....

The President of the European Commission hasstruck up a deal with Ukraine following the 23rd summit between the EU in Kyiv on 12 October.... She met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for talks, along with Charles Michel, President of the European Council.... The meeting comes after Vladimir Putin tightened supplies of gas transiting through Ukraine into Germany....

The Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which will see gas delivered from Russia directly to Germany, has recently finished construction and awaits approval from German regulators before gas flow can begin.... After Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel struck a deal for the pipeline in the face of intense opposition, the Russian President is hoping to avoid the Chancellor from implementing EU laws across the system. Under EU regulations, Russian operator Gazprom will need to auction off secti

The US imposed further sanctions on Monday on Nord Stream 2, the newly built gas pipeline that will see gas transited from Russia to Germany, bypassing Poland and Ukraine via the Baltic Sea.... Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that the sanctions were targeted at Russia-linked Transadria Ltd and its vessel.Mr Blinken said that the State Department submitted a report to the US Congress that listed two vessels and an entity, Transadria Ltd, that are involved in the pipeline. B

The Russian President, who had already been putting pressure on the West by reducing gas supplies, ramped up the tension further when he sent over 100, 000 troops to the Ukraine-Russia border.... Naftogaz, the Ukraine gas giant, warned Russia was using gas as a" geopolitical weapon" when he slashed supplies of gas travelling into the country to speed up certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The controversial pipeline will transit gas from Russia into Germany, and it bypasses Ukraine and

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