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Re:Three Nord Stream gas pipelines damaged in one day by LatteLazy on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @07:38AM (#32994047)
The USA are the obvious answer. They've refused export licenses for gas for years specifically to keep US energy cheap so the US can compete with german industry.

China are another answer. If they can't get the gas, there is less incentive for peace so more chance of the conflict rolling on and distracting from their activities. Plus, more gas for them to buy more cheaply etc.

Chunks of the middle east as well, they want to replace Russian gas in European markets despite their higher prices.

The list really is quite long.

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Re:Three Nord Stream gas pipelines damaged in one day by sudden_dystopia on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @07:57AM (#32994214)
China seems to want this war to end sooner rather than later based on recent comments from their politburo.
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Re:Three Nord Stream gas pipelines damaged in one day by Gare on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @07:41AM (#32994074)
I doubt that Chinese submarine could enter Baltic sea without being detected.
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Re:Three Nord Stream gas pipelines damaged in one day by LatteLazy on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @08:00AM (#32994239)
Isn't the whole point of subs is that they can go almost anywhere undetected, Chinese or otherwise? Hence all the fuss about Russian subs (possibly) entering Swedish waters over the last few decades, but no one being sure if it happened or whether the sub in question was actually Russian...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_submarine_incidents#Af...

Though I doubt there is any foul play here at all...

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Re:Three Nord Stream gas pipelines damaged in one day by Gare on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @08:15AM (#32994377)
Almost anywhere, yes. But there are only three narrow, shallow straits connecting Baltic sea to the North sea, all under NATO control.
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Re:Three Nord Stream gas pipelines damaged in one day by LatteLazy on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @09:57AM (#32995307)
Do nato actually "control" them in the sense of making subs surface etc then? I didn't know that. Cool.
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