Russia’s ruptured undersea Nord Stream gas pipelines are set to be sealed up and mothballed as there are no immediate plans to repair or reactivate them, sources familiar with the plans have told Reuters. …
Gazprom has said it is technically possible to repair the ruptured lines, but two sources familiar with plans said Moscow saw little prospect of relations with the West improving enough in the foreseeable future for the pipelines to be needed.
[Translation: Russia finally realizes that its plainly imperial ambitions require Western nations to divorce themselves from reliance on Moscow for energy. They have well and truly screwed the financial pooch with their ill-considered invasion of Ukraine and made their economic and strategic position far worse in the long term. — Ed]
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