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Re:Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea by type0 on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @05:11PM (#33001180)
> This makes zero sense to me. What does Russia get by destroying their own pipeline?

1. To do the repair EU needs to lift sanctions

2. Gas prices spiked = short term monetary gain

3. Not so subtle message: hey Norway-Poland nice pipeline you opened here today, you should hope that nothing bad can happen to it.

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Re:Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea by type0 on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @07:09PM (#33002306)
4. Gazprom needs to pay financial penalties to companies that signed contracts with them because they have stopped supplying gas, now they can claim force major situation and extend this indefinitely due to lengthy trials
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