Well it they use the same pipe, they will cut Germany quotas for example so if they continue to take some, it's on the back of other countries.
Ukrainian War Developments
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Man, the U.S. sure is an energy hog
China's demand for gas was never the problem here. The main issue is the lack of infrastructure to move Russian gas to China
I wonder how long it would take to have a new gasline up and pumping at China speed?
Russia doesn't have an industrial base that is geared towards becoming high-income. Putin has consciously steered the country towards "maximum resilience" for almost a full decade now, trying to derisk the economy and creating "Fortress Russia". The price paid was slow growth in exchange for building a country that is (almost) sanctions proof.
That gives Russia tremendous survivability, but it ensures that it will remain stuck in the slow lane for the foreseeable future. China can help somewhat, but it is unrealistic to expect every single private Chinese firm to sacrifice the much more lucrative Western markets for a country whose economy is smaller than Italy's. It will be a balancing act for Beijing, and Russia will have to accept that it won't get everything it wants from China as part of that balancing act.
That gives Russia tremendous survivability, but it ensures that it will remain stuck in the slow lane for the foreseeable future. China can help somewhat, but it is unrealistic to expect every single private Chinese firm to sacrifice the much more lucrative Western markets for a country whose economy is smaller than Italy's. It will be a balancing act for Beijing, and Russia will have to accept that it won't get everything it wants from China as part of that balancing act.
For transferring a lot of gas to China, 6-7 years I would say
The damage doesn't seem to be bad enough that people would be trapped inside. There was another circular building, which was where civilians were supposedly trapped. Now I think the whole thing was a Ukrainian lie.
That's why there're sanction proofed SOE specially designed for these type of situation
Infrastructure cannot do that. there 3 main routes landing three main locations so Russia can decrease the amount and say it is providing to so and so countries. People on the way can "steal" it as Ukraine did before.
The "Power of Siberia" started construction in 2017, and started pumping into China in 2019. Give and take a few months, I guess 3 years? They already announced "Power of Siberia II", when Putin was attending the Winter Olympics, IIRC.
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