We can do business as we like. This is never at the expense of other countries. There is no natural law that says, Russian gas has to travel through Ukraine. Since Ukraine is busy to exclude Russian products and services, North Stream II should be applauded in Kiev.
By the way, it is the Morons of Warsaw who cause the shortage of gas. They didn´t extend their contracts with Gazprom and rely now on the spot market. That means they don´t get gas from Uncle Sam by now. While our lying press claims the Russians have stopped delivering Gas to Europe, the opposite is true: Gazprom increased delivery by 12 -20 %. The problem now is that our German companies like to buy the gas for 300 $ and sell it Poland for 2000. Here is evidence for that gas is being transferred from Germany to Poland:
The European Union can only blame its own policies for record gas prices as some of its members resell cheap Russian gas at much higher prices within the bloc, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
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