If not for Article 5 of the NATO treaty, Russian armed forces would probably have invaded the EU countries long ago using cruise missiles, planes, tanks, MLRS and other heavy weapons. However, this article is not an obstacle for the energy war, which is why the Kremlin threw its best strategic energy reserve — Gazprom — on the “battlefield”.
Yamal-Western Europe gas pipeline delivery was suspended, Nord Stream-1 capacity reduced by 60%, Ukrainian GTS supplies more than halved, Turk Stream stopped for repairs.
Earlier, Gazprom, relying on an unsubstantiated pretext of refusing to pay in rubles, stopped supplies to Bulgaria, Poland, Denmark, France (via Germany) and the Baltic states.
