U.S. Blew Up Russian Gas Pipelines Nord Stream 1 & 2, Says Former Polish Defense Minister

[Goldhedge]

Potential for nuclear response is grave unless cooler heads prevail... US midterm elections are a month away and they are desperate to change the narrative. A world war would do just that.
U.S. Blew Up Russian Gas Pipelines Nord Stream 1 & 2, Says Former Polish Defense Minister
Der Spiegel says CIA warned German government of potential sabotage weeks ago
Michael Shellenberger
Sep 27

A former Polish Defense Minister, Radek Sikorski, has attributed to the United States the sabotage of two pipelines, Nord Stream 1 and 2, which carry natural gas from Russia to Germany. “Thank you, USA,” Sikorski wrote on Twitter. Sikorski was Minister of National Defense from 2005 - 2007 and served as Deputy Minister of National Defense and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, previously. He is currently an elected member of the European parliament.

Nord Stream 1 and 2 lie on the bed of the Baltic Sea. Nord Stream 2 was finished last year but Germany never opened it because Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.

https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/us-blew-up-russian-gas-pipelines

 

[Lancers32]

You watch American television and they are claiming Russia did it.

 

[Goldhedge]

You watch American television and they are claiming Russia did it.

all in harmony no doubt?

I eschew MSM propaganda.

Logically, it makes no sense for Russia to do this when they could merely shut off the flow. It cost billions to build.

Cui Bono - who benefits? Occam's Razor - "It is generally understood in the sense that with competing theories or explanations, the simpler one, for example a model with fewer parameters, is to be preferred."

 

[pmbug]

I clicked on the twitter link in OP's report* attributed to the former minister and get a page not found error. As always, pics or it didn't happen....



Looks like his last tweet is from the end of July.

 

[Lancers32]

I clicked on the twitter link in OP's report* attributed to the former minister and get a page not found error. As always, pics or it didn't happen....



Looks like his last tweet is from the end of July.

Twitter took it down. Doesn't fit the narrative you see.

 

[Lancers32]

Meant YT took it down sorry.

 

[Goldhedge]

I clicked on the twitter link in OP's report* attributed to the former minister and get a page not found error. As always, pics or it didn't happen....



Looks like his last tweet is from the end of July.

Haven't been able to post pics yet... it's either a premium feature, or maybe because it's a home server and limited storage? Or it could be I haven't figured it out yet?

Here's the substack url:

U.S. Blew Up Russian Gas Pipelines Nord Stream 1 & 2, Says Former Polish Defense Minister

Der Spiegel says CIA warned German government of potential sabotage weeks ago

michaelshellenberger.substack.com

or you could just back into it...?

 

[pmbug]

You are still in the 'registered' user group.

Edit: Try now (shhhh.. don't tell anyone I helped you).

 

[Lancers32]

It seems as if I can now post pictures I have the attach files tab bottom left of the reply box.

 

[Goldhedge]

Yep, it works!

 

[pmbug]

Well, I'm convinced!

 

[Goldhedge]

Russian Foreign Ministry: Explosions at Nord Stream took place in the zone of control of American intelligence:
https://tinyurl.com/2f4og9cu

 

[Goldhedge]

If you trust wikipedia - the 'editable' blog...? Lots of fingers in this financial pie.
Costs and financing
According to Gazprom, the costs of the onshore pipelines in Russia and Germany were around €6 billion.[73] The offshore section of the project cost €8.8 billion.[74] Thirty percent of the financing was raised through equity provided by shareholders in proportion to their stakes in the project, while 70 percent was obtained from external financing by banks.[75]

There were two tranches of fundraising.[76][77] The first tranche, totaling €3.9 billion, includes a €3.1 billion, 16-year facility covered by export credit agencies and an €800 million, 10-year uncovered commercial loan to be serviced by earnings from the transportation contracts. A further €1.6 billion is covered by French credit insurance company Euler Hermes, €1 billion by German loan guarantee program UFK, and €500 million by Italian export credit agency SACE SpA. Crédit Agricole is the documentation bank and bank facility agent. Société Générale is intercreditor agent, Sace facility agent, security trustee and model bank. Commerzbank is the Hermes facility agent, UniCredit is the UFK facility agent, Deutsche Bank is the account bank, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation is the technical and environmental bank.[75][76] The financial advisers were Société Générale, Royal Bank of Scotland (ABN Amro), Dresdner Kleinwort (Commerzbank), and Unicredit.[78][79] The legal adviser to Nord Stream was White & Case, and legal adviser for the lenders was Clifford Chance.[76]

Nord Stream - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[nickndfl]

The Poles were able to verify the claim because they have screened windows on their submarines.

 

[TheRealZed]

You watch American television and they are claiming Russia did it.

...yes.. but when we follow the money it suggests...

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