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I have to say that starting from today (August 31), a piece of heavy news has been officially implemented, that is, " Beixi-1" has begun maintenance, and the gas supply to Europe has been completely "reset to zero."
This marks the intensification of an invisible energy war. The real victim is not Russia, but the European Union and other Western countries that have followed the United States in imposing sanctions on Russia.
Gazprom announced that the only turbine still operating in the "Nord Stream-1" natural gas pipeline will be shut down for maintenance for three days starting from August 31. During this period, the "Nord Stream-1" pipeline will Stop the air supply.
According to information and data disclosed by Gazprom, the specific time for maintenance will start at 4 a.m. on August 31, Moscow time, and end at 4 a.m. on September 3, for a total of three days.
Before these three consecutive days of supply cuts, only "Beixi-1" supplied gas to European countries, and it was only one-fifth of its full rate.
Because of this, EU countries have paid a heavy price for their uncontrolled sanctions on Russia. The price of natural gas has increased seven times compared with before the "sanctions war", which is equivalent to a sudden surge from 2 yuan to 1 yuan. Not only has it given The lives of ordinary people have been burdened with heavy burdens, which has also affected the industrial development of these countries to a certain extent.
This is the price of the sanctions war. Regarding this point, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov made it very clear on the 30th.
"The United States, Canada and European countries have imposed sanctions on Russia, which has made it impossible for Russia to carry out routine maintenance and complete the registration and assembly of returned parts." On the 30th, Peskov emphasized that there were no other factors. hindering Russia’s supply of natural gas.
The answer to why Russia has to reduce its natural gas supply to countries such as the European Union has long been known to the world. What’s important is that Russia’s natural gas supply to the EU and other countries is reaching zero, and the United States and the West are shooting themselves in the foot.
In this energy war, the United States and the West originally attempted to "trap" Russia economically by imposing sanctions on Russia's energy output. As a result, what the United States and the West, especially the European Union, did not expect was that not exporting energy would become Russia's counterattack against the European Union. The hardest trump card.
Previously, due to "man-made reasons" such as a turbine of the "Nord Stream-1" being sent to Canada by Germany's Siemens for maintenance, Russia was always in a passive situation of being led by the nose.
Crisis and opportunity often change in an instant.
Ironically, after Russia significantly compressed its gas supply, although Canada has repeatedly stated that it will return all five turbines of Russia's "Nord Stream 1" project, Russia seems to be no longer interested in this. , has yet to respond.
This continuously escalating "energy war" has caused the EU to encounter an even colder "winter". At present, European natural gas prices have increased by more than 750% compared with the same period last year.
In order for to get out of the upcoming winter dilemma, leaders of major EU countries have begun to visit Africa, Canada and other countries, hoping to find other alternative solutions. However, from the current point of view, the EU's plan has once again failed. Not only does the gas price think It is no longer possible to return to previous levels, and even high prices cannot buy the required natural gas.
The epidemic is coming one after another, the heavy damage caused by natural gas has not been eliminated, and the new trouble of high electricity prices has come to our door again. Some media pointed out that an "electricity price crisis" is quietly coming to Europe.
At present, the latest data shows that the price of electricity in most countries in Western Europe has increased by more than 800% compared with the same period last year, and has soared to more than 600 euros per megawatt hour, a record high, exceeding the price increase of natural gas.
Currently suffering from the impact of electricity, natural gas and other energy sources, some EU countries are struggling to cope and have even had an impact on overall development. For example, the expenditure on short-term electricity price response measures in Greece is now close to 4% of GDP. According to expert analysis, this number has hit a record high and is unimaginably high, but this has actually happened. Why is
in such a passive situation? The world will have a common answer, with the only exception being the European Union itself. As the saying goes, just because it is in this mountain, the EU not only failed to reflect on today's embarrassing ending that it was the initiator of this energy war, but instead launched a new attack on Russia.
"Under the current circumstances, the EU is planning an emergency intervention in its electricity market to curb the surge in electricity prices." On the 29th, the EU announced measures to respond.
On the same day, European Commission President von der Leyen publicly stated that countermeasures must be taken. But she did not see the root of the problem clearly, or was simply unwilling to admit that it was the "bitter fruit" of the EU's sanctions on Russia.
Russia has cut off power supplies to several Eastern European countries. In this regard, von der Leyen was unwilling to admit the impact, but defended, "Now the competition mechanisms of many countries are no longer in line with market development, so the EU The decision to carry out structural reforms in this field is also in line with the expectations of many countries. "
An open crisis is that the current EU countries are "grabbing electricity" from each other at high prices. For example, Czech companies offer 400 euros to buy electricity. Polish companies that want to buy electricity must pay a higher price, 430 euros to win. Germany, as a major industrial country, has a greater demand for electricity. If the gap is large, a bidding of 470 euros must be spent to ensure basic demand. Such "robbing" of high-priced electricity is gradually turning the external energy war into an "energy war" within the EU countries. It must be said that this is a very serious situation. A tragedy with Western characteristics.
Some netizens said that EU countries followed the United States and not only contributed money and efforts, but also sucked in "exhaust gas". Some netizens also asked: Doesn’t the EU closely follow the United States in advocating a free market economy? The current surge in electricity prices, natural gas prices, and oil prices is due to the automatic adjustment of market supply and demand. If the EU wants to intervene, isn't it a slap in the face?
Whether it is natural gas or electricity prices that have increased eightfold, these are just the costs that the EU has to face. However, there are greater costs, and EU countries must pay for their own impulses!
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine allowed the United States to successfully sell American energy to EU countries at high prices. Some analysts pointed out that the United States is the only winner in this energy war. However, in the long run, America's crazy actions are just digging its own grave!
