Russia’s energy giant, Gazprom, said the critical Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Europe wouldn’t reopen as planned, raising fresh concerns in Europe over scarce energy supplies. Russia had pledged to restart gas flows starting early Saturday after three days of maintenance, but yesterday Gazprom claimed it found an oil leak that would require the pipeline to be shut down indefinitely. EU leaders are skeptical of these maintenance problems, and accuse Russia of withholding gas as payback for Western sanctions.
Pod krinkom ostecenja cijevi , rusi zatvorili plin na neodredeno. Štok i vjeverica. Ali evo i malo kontre ↓↓
The group of wealthy countries is moving ahead with a unique solution to dent Russian oil revenue and stabilize energy markets: It’s going to ban the insurance and financing of Russian oil shipments unless they’re priced at a certain level or below (TBD: what that level is). Western countries believe this can work given their stranglehold over the maritime insurance market—a London-based association insures more than 90% of the world’s ships, per the WSJ.
