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Russia accuses US of hiking up LNG prices after Nord Stream gas leaks



Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that the U.S. had increased prices and sales of liquefied natural gas (LNG) after gas leaks in the undersea Nord Stream pipelines.

A total of four leaks were discovered last month on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in the Baltic Sea near Denmark and Sweden. Russian President Vladimir Putin last week blamed the United States and its allies for blowing up the pipelines, an accusation dismissed by the White House.

“There are parties — or a party — that in the absence of the functioning of these gas pipelines, is able to sell more LNG at a higher price,” Peskov said. “This side is well known, it is the United States.”

Peskov stopped short of saying who the Kremlin thinks was behind the leaks, adding: “there are also countries that have the military-technological capabilities to carry out such sabotage.”

In the Kremlin’s view, European countries — the gas buyers — and Russia as a gas seller would not be interested in the gas infrastructure stoppage.

A senior Russian official said on Sunday it was technically possible to restore the Nord Stream gas pipelines, with Peskov saying on Monday they needed to be repaired but that seabed assessments had to be done first.

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33 Comments

  1. Ok so is blaming going to save all that is being killed right now … no shod all work together and solve problem quickly before it’s to late

  2. Columbia Univ.'s Jeffrey Sachs: "The destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline, which I would bet is a U.S.-Poland action [because] first of all, there is direct radar evidence that U.S. military helicopters that are normally based in Gdansk were circling over the area …"

  3. "The day after Nordstream was sabotaged, Israel said on Bloonberg news that this gives them a tremendous opportunity to supply Europes gas. The Leviathan and Tamar gas fields though are actually off the coast of Gas, Lebanon and Turkey's Cyprus, Israel is stealing it."

  4. Looks like russia is going to do what they always do… spread lies to promote discord and dissent. Unfortunately for the Kremlin tho, their lies are creating that dissent in their own country.

  5. If the US did it, then they are playing an extremely dangerous game. Not only is a direct attack tantamount to declaring war on Russia, but it's also tantamount to declaring war on Germany.

  6. putin should mention the apartheid tribesmen being behind all of this. If they are not stopped and removed from every position of authority and significance, they will the world to nuclear war. They worship the shayateen and want to help them regain the vicegerncy of the earth from mankind with wars, "too many people" and climate plots.

    Allah سبحانه وتعالى said,

    كُلَّمَا أَوْقَدُوا نَارًا لِّلْحَرْبِ أَطْفَأَهَا اللَّهُ ۚ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا ۚ وَاللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُفْسِدِينَ
    Every time they (i.e. the Jews) kindled the fire of war, Allah extinguished it; and they (ever) strive to make mischief on the earth. And Allah does not like the Mufsidun (mischief-makers). [Al-Maa'idah 5:64]

    وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكَ لَيَبْعَثَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ مَن يَسُومُهُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَسَرِيعُ الْعِقَابِ ۖ وَإِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
    And (remember) when your Lord declared that He would certainly keep on sending against them (i.e. the Jews), till the Day of Resurrection, those who would afflict them with a humiliating torment. Verily, your Lord is Quick in Retribution, and certainly He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

    وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ أُمَمًا ۖ مِّنْهُمُ الصَّالِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذَ‌ٰلِكَ ۖ وَبَلَوْنَاهُم بِالْحَسَنَاتِ وَالسَّيِّئَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
    And We have broken them (i.e. the Jews) up into various separate groups on the earth: some of them are righteous and some are away from that. And We tried them with good (blessings) and evil (calamities) in order that they might turn (to Allah's Obedience).

    فَخَلَفَ مِن بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ وَرِثُوا الْكِتَابَ يَأْخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هَـٰذَا الْأَدْنَىٰ وَيَقُولُونَ سَيُغْفَرُ لَنَا وَإِن يَأْتِهِمْ عَرَضٌ مِّثْلُهُ يَأْخُذُوهُ ۚ أَلَمْ يُؤْخَذْ عَلَيْهِم مِّيثَاقُ الْكِتَابِ أَن لَّا يَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ إِلَّا الْحَقَّ وَدَرَسُوا مَا فِيهِ ۗ وَالدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
    Then after them succeeded an (evil) generation, which inherited the Book, but they chose (for themselves) the goods of this low life (evil pleasures of this world) saying (as an excuse): "(Everything) will be forgiven to us." And if (again) the offer of the like (evil pleasures of this world) came their way, they would (again) seize them (would commit those sins). Was not the covenant of the Book taken from them that they would not say about Allah anything but the truth? And they have studied what is in it (the Book). And the Home of the Hereafter is better for those who are Al-Muttaqun (the pious – God-fearing). Do not you then understand? [Al-A'raaf 7:167-169]

    فَبِظُلْمٍ مِّنَ الَّذِينَ هَادُوا حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ طَيِّبَاتٍ أُحِلَّتْ لَهُمْ وَبِصَدِّهِمْ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَثِيرًا
    For the wrong-doing of the Jews, We made unlawful for them certain good foods which had been lawful for them – and for their hindering many from Allah's Way;

    وَأَخْذِهِمُ الرِّبَا وَقَدْ نُهُوا عَنْهُ وَأَكْلِهِمْ أَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ بِالْبَاطِلِ ۚ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِرِينَ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
    And their taking of Riba (usury) though they were forbidden from taking it and their devouring of men's substance wrongfully (bribery). And We have prepared for the disbelievers among them a painful torment. [An-Nisaa' 4:160-161]

  7. It is not the "u.s". The u.s is occupied by the apartheid tribesmen. They are behind all mischief on the earth and before nuclear wars happen, they have to be stopped and banned from politics, media and banking.

  8. Thank you USA 🇺🇸 now Europe can buy oil and gas from you as the Ukraine Russia war drags on and on keeping the military complex wealthy

  9. My take is it was definitely Russia as a 'Distraction Operation' for the annexations .. here's why :

    Both NS1 and NS2 pipelines were not even operational at the time of the explosions… Putin knew selling to the west was over by the end of the year so the pipelines were useless now .. so what better way to (1) distract the west while they are annexing parts of Ukraine with their sham referendum and (2) claim they are the 'victims of terrorism' to galvanize a home population to support an unpopular mobilization, and blame the US for this attack on them on the world stage .. Moreover, they can claim 'force majeure' for not fullfilling gas contracts and avoid billions of dollars in penalties (which they could not avoid if they simply 'turned off the gas valves').. 

    Of course people will ask "why would they blow up their own pipelines?" and people are falling for it making it a well spent propaganda operation by Russia to keep the West's eyes away from the illegal annexations..

    What is even scarier is this could all just be a pretext for a retalitory strike later on the new Norwegian Baltic pipeline that was, coincidentaly, just opened at the exact same time …

    Putin is systematically taking out energy infrastructure as a weapon.. he has already shelled hydroelectric and nuclear plants and now he has blown up gas pipelines to Europe… essentially Putin is scorching the earth since he knows he is finished and is similar to when Sadam blew up oil wells in his retreat…

  10. Americans: it’s just business. Easy, bro. It’s not ur money. By the way, we buy our LNG is $7 per cubic meter. For our European allies its $58😘

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