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Originally Posted by Dmitry Markov
Gents, what are we talking about? What Stalin? What Putin? In any case only working deduction method is "cui prodest". The only side who gains proftit from this situation is US (plus some EU officials). The sides that bear maximum costs are Russia and Germany. Putin isn't insane to shoot our own leg. This is an under-table game of US against North Stream. File closed.
However I cannot fully reject the possibility of some kind of treason inside our officialdom as Skybird sais - but that's again works only in favor of US, not in interests of Russia and our people...
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Funny you should mention NordStream, on 30 September 2020 the New York Times ran article also thinking it may have had something to do with that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/w...5b1d9810638625
I dont think it really matters to Germans if they get their energy from the U.S. Saudis, Russia via Ukraine or Nord Stream 2, they need outside sources to drive their economy and heat their homes in the winter, without it they will collapse. In my opinion thanks to Schroeder and his old east German contacts and current Russian connections. Putin able to give Russia better control over their own product and prevent U.S. use of Ukraine as leverage against Russia. I'd bet big money the Biden's are very upset right about now.