News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

bnhjt

bnhjt on Hacker News

Re:Not Even a Recession: The Great German Gas Debate in Retrospect [pdf] on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @07:29PM (#36052136)
Why single out Germany? War hawk Tony Blair condoned a BP deal after the invasion of Chechnya:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1046295978238979863

There is a pipeline from the Nord Stream terminal in Germany to the UK. Nord Stream is owned by Russia, Germany, France, and The Netherlands. Gas was resold to plenty of EU countries, including Eastern European ones.

Poland and Ukraine collected transit fees for Russian oil/gas long after Nord stream was blown up.