CelloMom On Cars on Nostr: This is pretty wild. Europe, addicted, wants the fossil gas. Russia, at war, wants ...

This is pretty wild.

Europe, addicted, wants the fossil gas.
Russia, at war, wants the gas income.
Ukraine wants the toll it can levy on the pipeline.

They will try a "swap"; this is a big-money version of the cups and balls trick:
Russia sells gas to Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan sells gas to Europe.
Europe pretends it didn't see under which cups the ball went .

It would be funny if it weren't for the climate damage and, oh, an assault on Europe's doorstep.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-10/europe-in-talks-to-keep-russia-ukraine-gas-pipeline-flowing