In case anon's forgot about the pipeline wars nexus…..

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2018/11/13/sanctions-still-an-option-against-nord-stream-2-us-envoy-warns-a63481

Sanctions Still an Option Against Nord Stream 2, U.S. Envoy Warns

Sondland stressed that U.S. opposition was not based on hopes of exporting more U.S. gas to Europe but on concern that Russia could increase its leverage on key allies in the U.S.-led NATO alliance through its control of their energy supplies.

Let's not forget all the interconnections here.

Russia Gazaprom >Ukraine pipe engineering and manufacturing

Can you list all the players involved in that ? (HRC, CF, Biden, McCain)

Out to get Trump

Key Business players

Gazprom is the sole shareholder in Nord Stream 2, shouldering half of the 9.5 billion euro ($10.7 billion) construction cost.

Gazprom's Western partners are Germany's Uniper and Wintershall, Anglo-Dutch group Royal Dutch Shell, France's Engie and Austria's OMV.

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News

Polish President Andrzej Duda calls for stop to Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline

The Polish leader said the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, meant to transport Russian gas to Germany, would upset the "energy balance." He also called it a threat to central and eastern European countries.

https://www.dw.com/en/polish-president-andrzej-duda-calls-for-stop-to-nord-stream-2-gas-pipeline/a-46001118

As connected to the visit with President Trump today at the White House

https://www.dw.com/en/us-trumps-russian-gas-as-poland-eyes-gazprom-exit/a-45981553

Factor in Poland's awkward relationship with the EU and its cozying up to Washington, the role of LNG as a bargaining chip in the US-EU trade spat and Germany's gas links with Moscow and energy security starts to look more complicated

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