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phrxmd t1_j76kg4v wrote

Reply to comment by ElleRisalo in Renewables surpass gas and coal despite Putin’s attempt to blackmail Europe by rmuktader

> How is Putin blackmailing Europe?

By unilaterally reducing, then stopping gas supplies through the existing pipelines between July and September, paired with statements by Russian political figures to the end of "winter is coming".

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ElleRisalo t1_j76m6a5 wrote

And they went to Norway instead.

As I said Putin has no leverage. So how is it blackmail?

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phrxmd t1_j76n7q5 wrote

> As I said Putin has no leverage. So how is it blackmail?

When you don't have leverage, but you think you do, it's still blackmail.

Most of the autumn and winter the messaging from Russia has been that Europeans will soon freeze to death.

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ElleRisalo t1_j77s7op wrote

That's not how blackmail works.....

That is called a threat.

And Europe said ok we will just buy from Norway instead...and they did. If you don't have leverage, you can't extort anyone.

If you can't extort, you can't blackmail.

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