(August 24, 2024 at 8:53 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(August 24, 2024 at 1:56 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Ukraine Has Its Foot On Gazprom's Throat
As long as Ukraine holds onto this, they've got Gazprom by the short and curlies. By extension, this is a problem for the Russian war coffers, since Gazprom can't pay taxes on gas they can't meter.
Boru
There are still a couple of European nations which rely upon Russian gas. If Ukraine cuts off the gas flow, they risk alienating those countries, which could harm their application to join the EU.
It isn’t a question of them cutting off the gas flow. Speculation (and that’s all it is at this point) is that, since they have control of the metering station, Ukraine could actually increase the flow without Gazprom knowing. Gazprom loses money, so they pay less taxes, which means the cash-strapped Russian war effort loses money.
Boru
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