Germany is reliant on Russia for a significant part of gas, oil and coal supplies.
Alternative sources can be developed in time, but infrastructure would not be a quick fix. Prices in the short term would undoubtedly increase in Germany and may impact on world market prices.
The Germans will be reluctant to back sanctions on Russia should they invade Ukraine. Putin may form the view that:
- Germany will anyway continue to buy Russian energy, or
- he will use withdrawal of supply as a tool to create division within NATO
Either is a win for Russia.
We should not assume that the Russians think like politicians in a largely democratic West, NATO and EU. They have a very different history and are effectively a one party state, with a strong leader, whose decree is all but absolute. Dissent and opposition internally is not an option.
99% of the time a pacifist entering a boxing ring with a committed, trained, violent thug is likely to lose the argument , no matter how principled and morally right their arguments.
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24 Feb 22 15:46 |
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