Construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Germany. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 17Germany may go for the “shameful” launch of Nord Stream 2 in the fall or winter amid a deteriorating situation with gas reserves in the country, Lukasz Kovanda, chief economist at Trinity Bank, wrote in an article for the Czech newspaper Lidovky. In his opinion, Berlin is likely to agree this step due to the ongoing drought and the drop in the water level of the Rhine, which hinders shipping and the supply of German power plants with coal.» This greatly increases the likelihood that Germany will be in an even worse situation in the fall or winter, and may have to go on the distribution of energy or the shameful launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline,» Kovanda suggested. The analyst believes that the difficulties that Germany may face will play into the hands of Moscow.
Spiegel urged «to spite Putin» to launch Nord Stream 2 «Greens and environmentalists, including from the ranks of German politicians, are trying to blame the sharp rise in electricity prices on Vladimir Putin, or rather on his special operation in Ukraine. , first of all, the result of the fatal failure of the energy policy promoted by them known as the «energy transition». It fatally aggravated Germany's dependence on Russian gas,» the economist said. It was supposed to pump 55 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia to Germany annually. The infrastructure was ready for operation as early as September 2021, but on February 22, 2022, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stopped the certification of the new pipeline. -content/uploads/2022/08/d63199af193116d8889812bdf0e6078d.jpg» />Scholz ruled out the use of Nord Stream 2 when the situation aggravated
