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New gas pipeline reduces dependence on Russia
[AlAhram] A 500-million-euro ($530 million) Lithuanian-Polish natural gas transmission pipeline was inaugurated Thursday, completing another stage of regional independence from Russian energy sources.The Gas Interconnection Poland-Lithuania pipeline that runs more than 500 kilometers (310 miles), comes ``at a time when Russia has once again tried to blackmail us using gas,'' Polish President Andrzej Duda said at the inauguration. Lithuania's Prime Minister Ingridas Simonyte added that ``any reduction or disappearance of this source of funding would have a very significant impact on the Russian economy and the ability to continue financing the war in Ukraine.'' The Lithuania-Poland leg is integrated with pipelines in the other two Baltic states _ Estonia and Latvia _ and Finland, and into the European Union  ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...gas transmission system. Before the pipeline was built, the four countries could only receive pipeline gas from Russia. It’s not clear to me who is supplying the gas that’s to fill this pipeline, except that it is not Russia. Any ideas, dear Reader? Posted by: trailing wife 2022-05-06 |
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