According to the Financial Times, weather forecasters are predicting that Europe will get a cold winter with relatively low wind and rainfall. This does not bode well for the continent's energy crisis.
The German magazine Der Spiegel has reported that, earlier this year, the CIA warned Germany about a possible Ukrainian attack on the Nord Stream pipelines. The warning was based on intercepted Russian communications.
Who sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines? There are four prime suspects: Russia, the U.S., Poland and Ukraine. We consider the evidence for and against each country having done it.
Europeans must hold their noses and open the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, argues Philip Pilkington. Doing so would give Russia an enormous political victory, but the alternative is the collapse of Europe's economy.
Since the Maidan uprising, the U.S. has taken an intense interest in Ukraine, and many of the decisions it has made seem almost designed to provoke Russia. Was this all in aid of sabotaging the Nord Stream 2 pipeline?
