DISINFO: US benefits from destroying of Nord Stream because it can now sell more liquefied natural gas to Europe
SUMMARY
Blinken spoke frankly and unabashedly about the motives of the United States and its NATO partners for destroying the Russian gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2. During a joint press conference with Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Jolie, he talked about the progress made in the production of liquefied gas in the United States, with which Washington plans to replace Russian gas in Europe.
In the end, this is a great opportunity for the US. It is a chance to get rid of Russian energy dependence once and for all. This is very important and opens up huge strategic opportunities for the US in the coming years.
RESPONSE
Disinformation strongly implying that the US is behind the recent sabotage explosions on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines.
Denmark, Sweden and Germany have started investigations to establish the cause of the leaks and explosions. Denmark and Sweden, in whose exclusive economic zone the explosions occured, are going to inspect the sites of the leaks after the gas stops coming out into the sea. This is the first step in determining what caused the leaks.
Pro-Kremlin media are promoting a number of different claims alleging that the leaks were planned by US, UK, Poland or Ukraine. This is similar to the Kremlin's disinformation campaign in the situation with MH-17.
The claim that the US and its NATO partners might benefit is speculation. European gas prices, which had been going down in recent months, went up 12% the days after the leaks. Gazprom has been reducing the supply of gas to Europe since spring 2022, blaming Europe and calling for sanctions to be lifted. In early September. Gazprom announced an indefinite shutdown of NS1 after days and weeks of scheduled repairs. NS2 has never been operational. It was sanctioned after Russia launched its military aggression against Ukraine.
In fact, the US is not interested in rising gas prices. The largest NATO economies joined the oil price cap-initiative in order to drive down energy prices.
See more disinformation cases related to Nord Stream: the US is instigating war in Ukraine to boycott the NS2 project; Nord Stream 2 is the only guarantee of Europe's energy security; the EU's gas problems are a result of its fight for "energy independence".