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Re:NATO leaves Black Sea exposed as Russia invades Ukraine by RealityVoid on Friday February 25, 2022 @08:51AM (#30467222)
They must be scared of losing gas access. And they need gas more than Puțin needs money. That's why he allowed himself this gamble at this time. And it seems to be working.
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Re:NATO leaves Black Sea exposed as Russia invades Ukraine by robert_foss on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:11AM (#30467459)
This is surely the cause. Germany has foot-gunned itself horrifically when they gutted their nuclear power generation. The idea was to replace it medium-term with natural gas.

Natural gas is also quite common in germany for building heating + cooking.

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Re:NATO leaves Black Sea exposed as Russia invades Ukraine by PickledHotdog on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:40AM (#30467740)
Bingo.
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