Close-up of a serious man in a suit with a large oil pipeline in the background, symbolizing energy politics and leadership.

Close-up of a serious man in a suit with a large oil pipeline in the background, symbolizing energy politics and leadership.
Druzhba Pipeline shutdown by Putin’s Russia: two can play this game – Wiki Commons

Druzhba means ‘friendship’, which is nowhere to be found these days.

Today, Ukraine restarted the flow of Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia through the Druzhba pipeline that it kept shut to further boost the election of Péter Magyar.

In exchange for that, the EU was finally able to approve the long-awaited 90 billion Euro loan to Kiev – although it must be noted that both Budapest and Bratislava ‘opted-out’, meaning no Hungarian or Slovak money is part of it.

But there isn’t time to celebrate because, also today, Russia announced that it will close a major oil pipeline into Germany.

The Telegraph reported:

“Russia has announced plans to shut the Druzhba pipeline within nine days, cutting the Continent off from Kazakh oil as it faces supply disruption caused by the Iran war.

The planned closure poses a particular threat to Germany, where the Druzhba pipeline supplies 17pc of the crude oil processed by PCK refinery, which provides 90pc of the fuel used by Berlin’s cars.”

This immediately led to the German government having to cut its growth forecast for this year in half to 0.5%.

“The growth downgrade means the country is set for only a modest acceleration from last year’s GDP growth of 0.2pc, rather than a more solid recovery from its long slump.

The PCK refinery, which sits 60 miles north-east of the capital and is one of the largest in the country, is also the biggest supplier of kerosene and heating fuel to Berlin and its airport.”

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