By Kutalmis Gurbuz * As a result of the explosions, the Nord Stream 1&2 pipelines that stretch all the way from Russia to Germany got out of service permanently. Both Russia and the European governments announced that sabotages had occurred on the pipelines. The pipelines, construction cost more than 10 billion Euros each, were damaged seriously. German officials stated that ...
US media reports that up to hundreds of pounds of TNT equivalent explosives were used to blow up the Nord Stream pipeline. The actual destruction of Europe’s critical energy infrastructure raises more and more questions. On September 26, damages to the gas pipelines Nord Stream and Nord Stream-2 became public. The pipeline was shut down at the time of the ...
United World International expert Onur Sinan Guzaltan evaluated Turkish-Russian relations, the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline and the future of the war in Ukraine in a Russia Today broadcast. Stating that the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline was organized by the USA, Guzaltan drew attention to the possibility of similar attempts of attack against the TurkStream in the ...
United World International expert Mehmet Perinçek spoke to Turkish daily newspaper Aydınlık on Western sanctions against Russia, their effects on European countries and future frictions within the European Union. Below we publish the interview as printed by Aydınlık. The original interview can be read here. What kind of a roadmap will the EU and NATO follow after the start of ...
The increase in electricity prices is often presented today as just another supply shock, which is not exactly the case. For British households, the observed price increase, the highest since 2018, means a decrease in available income, and thus in consumption and aggregate demand. It is also one of the main catalysts of rising inflation seen across Europe. However, since ...
International politics is getting a new definition for an act of aggression: Not using a country a transit space for gas transfers and consequently not paying the according fees. The newly elected Foreign Minister of Germany, Annalena Baerbock presented the argumentation in a recent interview to the German TV channel ZDF. Asked about the operation of the Nord Stream 2 ...
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on August 20. This has been the last meeting between the two leaders, as Merkel will not be a candidate in the September parliamentary elections in Germany. Still, the meeting was much more that a “farewell visit”, as the German press commented. The list of topics on ...
By Tunç Akkoç The US and Germany have come to an agreement on the Nord Stream project, which had caused tensions and evolved to an issue of biggest bilateral crisis between the two countries during a long time. Representatives of both governments have announced to have achieved an agreement. Some details of the agreement are becoming already public. US sanctions ...
The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum took place June 2 – 5, 2021. The forum was the largest event on economics in the post-pandemic world. 13,500 participants from 141 countries attended the forum. 43 ministers from foreign nations, 93 diplomats (84 of which were top ambassadors) participated alongside 9 Russian Deputy Prime Ministers and 6 Ministers. 5,000 of the total ...
By Tunç Akkoç Nord Stream 2 is a project that aims to increase the natural gas supply from Russia to Europe. The construction was agreed upon in 2015. But since that day, discussions between the US and European countries have not stopped. The conflict went beyond discussion, and the involved Western countries and politicians have entered a fierce power struggle ...