Al Jazeera asked me how will the cut in gas to Latvia effect that country and other Baltic states?
I said they are much better prepared than Germany, for example. The Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, as well as Poland, had no illusions about Putin’s Russia eventually weaponizing the EU’s dependence on Russian gas as it is now during the Ukraine war.
Lithuania has a gas import floating terminal and also supplies non-Russian imports to its neighbors, including Poland. Poland also has an LNG import terminal, and is now completing a new non-RUssian-gas pipeline form Norway to Poland.
They are in a much better place, prepared much better than Germany in the event of a complete cut off of Russian imports.
Al Jazeera also asked about the cut in Nord Stream 1 supplies to (and through) Germany to only 20%. I said this will have a heavy effect on Germany and other EU states this winter. Germany will not be able now to fill storage for winter.
We discussed other aspects of this in the brief, 4.5 minute interview on the nightly news show.
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