Another Russian Pipeline Bringing Oil From Kazakhstan Through Russia Has Closed Down 'Due To Damage'

The CPC pipeline carries oil from western Kazakhstan to a port on the Black Sea. (map: Transneft) 

Legal Insurrection: Germany, Europe Brace For Energy Crunch As Second Russian Pipeline Goes Down  

Reuters: “Europe faces fresh disruption to energy supplies due to damage to a pipeline system bringing oil from Kazakhstan through Russia that was reported by the pipeline operator on Monday.” 

As I arrived in Berlin today after a gap of almost a year, I noticed how big businesses and ordinary Germans are gearing up for a massive power crisis triggered by the dwindling Russian energy supplies. 

Government ministers, who haven’t done an honest day’s work in their lives, have taken it upon themselves to ‘educate’ hardworking Germans on how to save on electricity, room heating, and hot water. 

I have always considered German media and public debates, whether over Climate Change, Brexit, or pandemic, to be driven by wild hysteria and doom-and-gloom predictions. But this time, the German Angst is based on some challenging and bitter facts.  

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Update: Europe braces for more cuts in Russian oil and gas exports (Reuters) 

WNU Editor: I know the Europeans believe Russia is deliberately shutting down this pipeline to put pressure on Europe. But this pipeline does have a a history of problems .... Kazakhstan: CPC pipeline shutdown poses serious economic threat (Eurasianet.org)