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#US #senators started the #EnergyWar against #EU and #Russia'n #NordStream2, after their #LNG production exceeded the demand, the production costs were too high and #GasPrice collapsed in 2019. 
#EnergyCrisis and #sanctions halts the #EU countries?
- Russia Exports to #US was US$17.75 Billion during 2021, according to the #COMTRADE database on international trade.
- data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on September of 2022.
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- Russia Exports to #US was US$17.75 Billion during 2021, according to the #COMTRADE database on international trade.
- data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on September of 2022.
tradingeconomics.com/russia/exports…
#US planned the #war and the #EnergyCrisis in #Europe | Sep 13
- In what appears to be an exceptional internal leak from the close-to-gov think tank #RAND Co., known among other things to have been behind American strategy for foreign and defense policy
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- In what appears to be an exceptional internal leak from the close-to-gov think tank #RAND Co., known among other things to have been behind American strategy for foreign and defense policy
nyadagbladet-se.translate.goog/utrikes/chocke…
Why NOT to use trade statistics for gas trade
Many commentators intuitively turn to trade statistics to comment on the #embargo of oil and gas from 🇷🇺. With @CeciliaBellora and @PierreCotterlaz, we naturally did the same. But digging deeper we found problems. Here is why: a 🧵
Many commentators intuitively turn to trade statistics to comment on the #embargo of oil and gas from 🇷🇺. With @CeciliaBellora and @PierreCotterlaz, we naturally did the same. But digging deeper we found problems. Here is why: a 🧵
Looking at the main databases #COMTRADE, #COMEXT and #BACI, we first found that 🇩🇪 did not import any natural gas from 🇷🇺 in 2019. In fact, 🇩🇪 does not report any bilateral information on gas imports, only a total in Comtrade and no information at all in Comext.
We compared trade data to figures from Eurostat’s energy statistic, which is based on questionnaires filled by grid operators. We look at the 5 biggest gas importers (🇩🇪🇮🇹🇳🇱🇫🇷🇪🇸). Of our 5 countries 4 do not report imports from 🇷🇺. The problem exists for many countries in 🇪🇺
