Putin really wants to "freeze" Europe. Why will it play with him an evil joke

Video of the day in Germany and other European countries do not believe in these explanations. In Berlin, they did not forget how in Gazprom insisted on the immediate return of the turbine, which was on repair in Canada and emphasized that without this necessary details of restoration of gas supply would not happen. But when Germany agreed with Canada on the actual violation of the sanction regime and the return of the turbine, it turned out that "Gazprom" she . . .

is not needed, - writes Vitaliy Portnikov for Radio Svoboda. The case came to the anecdote. Russian President Vladimir Putin, this great turbine specialist, publicly expressed doubts about… the quality of repair in Canada. And Federal Chancellor Olaf Soltz even went to Siemens Energy in Mulheim-Na-Ruri and was photographed with a turbine to demonstrate: she can already be handed over to Russian experts.

But the Russian turbine did not take away! And all because in Moscow they decided to use the situation with the North Stream-1 for the sake of blackmail of the West and Ukraine. The event-to start launching the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline and thus get rid of the technical need to use the Ukrainian gas transportation system. Ukraine - to worsen relations with European allies, to force them to abandon Ukraine's support. Of course, their goals in the Kremlin do not hide.

Back in July, Vladimir Putin warned that the supply of gas to Europe by the Nord Stream gas pipeline could be reduced and proposed to compensate for this reduction in the launch of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline. At the same time, the Russian president was absolutely not interested in the fact that Gasogin is not certified by the German state and there is no legal grounds for allowing its use. Putin, a graduate of the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University, is in general peculiar.

And it is this disrespect for the rules that can play with the Russian ruler an evil joke and destroy his regular plans. Putin really wants to "freeze" Europe. However, European countries have already filled their gas storage facilities to critical norms. Yes, in the case of cold winter, gas shortages and an increase in the price of it can be felt.

However, this will once again convince Europeans of the unreliability of Gazprom as a fuel supplier - all the scenery, which has been built for decades, has been destroyed since the Soviet times. The spokesman of the Chairman of the European Commission, Eric Mamer, has already stated that the Nord Stream stop indicates the unreliability of the Russian Gazprom. "It is also the proof of Russia's cynicism, as it prefers to burn gas instead of performing contracts," the mammer said.

Europe will have to switch to alternative suppliers and alternative energy sources - that is, to do what Europeans have called for both American politicians and their own experts and journalists who were confident in the Kremlin's treachery. In response, these "pessimists", as a rule, heard that in Moscow they would not risk such a huge and profitable business - especially since for several decades in a row, Gazprom was considered a "wallet" of Putin.