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Russia’s Gazprom has told customers in Europe that it cannot guarantee gas supplies because of “extraordinary” circumstances, according to a letter seen by the Reuters news agency, upping the ante in an economic tit-for-tat with the West over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian state gas monopoly said in a letter dated July 14 that it was retroactively declaring force majeure on supplies from June 14. The news comes as Nord Stream 1 (NS1), the key pipeline delivering Russian gas to Germany and beyond, is undergoing 10 days of annual maintenance scheduled to conclude on Thursday.
The letter added to fears in Europe that Moscow may not restart the pipeline at the end of the maintenance period in retaliation for sanctions imposed on Russia over the war in Ukraine, heightening an energy crisis that risks tipping the region into recession.
Known as an “act of God” clause, force majeure is standard in business contracts and defines extreme circumstances that release a party from their legal obligations. The declaration does not necessarily mean that Gazprom will stop deliveries, rather that it should not be held responsible if it fails to meet contract terms.
[...] Russian gas supplies have been declining via major routes for some months, including via Ukraine and Belarus as well as through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline under the Baltic Sea.
[...] The grace period for payments on two of Gazprom’s international bonds expires on July 19, and if foreign creditors are not paid by then the company will be technically in default.
(Score: 2) by Opportunist on Thursday July 21 2022, @03:11PM (13 children)
I have a pretty good idea who is that extraordinary circumstance that clogs the pipeline. Remove him and it should clear up that problem immediately.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by inertnet on Thursday July 21 2022, @03:29PM (7 children)
He's currently reviving old school youth groups, some sort of "Putin Jugend", who will consider him a god. Much like North Koreans worship their divine dictator. Removing him will result in more fanaticism.
(Score: 2) by Opportunist on Thursday July 21 2022, @03:32PM (4 children)
I remember some asshole that tried this around these parts here. It works pretty well 'til the kids have to go to war, then they suddenly don't like it that much anymore.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 21 2022, @04:13PM (3 children)
??? What parts are "here"? Who is the asshole?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 21 2022, @05:55PM (2 children)
If you have to ask who is the asshole...
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday July 22 2022, @11:48AM (1 child)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 22 2022, @06:58PM
Self awareness is beginning in khallow. I almost didn't point it out since it usually causes a regression, but that is likely anyway with conservatives. Libertarians are no different except for issues they don't care about, then logic and reason sometimes work.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 21 2022, @05:22PM (1 child)
We'll cross that bridge when we get to the river.
Mark my words: As long as Putin is alive, there will be no peace. You can't reason or negociate with a mad man, which is exactly what Putin is. However, that's probably not the case of all his entourage. Remember, he's just one man. One 70+ year old man who's defective psychopathic brain is stuck in the soviet era, when his sole reason for existence was to protect the integrity of the Soviet Union, at all cost. And that's what he's been trying to recreate for decades now. He will not stop until he's dead.
Once he's gone, his entourage will be more inclined to stop a bloodshed that is benefiting no one, sit at the negociation table, and solve this through diplomatic means. Russia, as a country, has legitimate grievances, but none of them justify slaughtering inocent civilians by the thousands.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 22 2022, @10:22PM
lmao! as if it;'s Putin's fault that The Jew won't be satisfied until all White Russians are dead.. They are so powerful Putin can't even name The Jew. he calls them "oligarch traitors", etc. While dumb Americans allow congress to send Billions to kill Whites in this contrived White genocidal war. The race traitors in congress even gave that subversive jew Zelenski a standing ovation. Pitiful cucks.
(Score: 2) by legont on Friday July 22 2022, @01:07AM (4 children)
You are mistaken. Whoever replaces Putin will be way more aggressive.
For example the former West darling Medvedev openly calls for nuclear strikes in his blog. I guess sanctioning his daughter was a bad idea.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Friday July 22 2022, @02:19AM (1 child)
That's what those calling for his removal don't understand.
Putin is the =moderate=.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Opportunist on Friday July 22 2022, @06:34AM
If that's the moderate, it only means that the excision has to be more extensive to get rid of the cancer.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by khallow on Friday July 22 2022, @03:50AM
Don't buy it. My take is that we should make a habit of getting rid of bad leaders rather than have some ridiculous fear that we'll somehow always get worse.
(Score: 1, Redundant) by Opportunist on Friday July 22 2022, @06:32AM
It's quite easy to bark when you don't have to follow through with it. For how many years do you think our socialists have been calling for UBI, only to conveniently forget about it as soon as they even come close to actually having to run the show?
You'll find that hardliners suddenly are curiously way, way less tough if they actually have to put their money where their mouth is.