Jakob Schirmer: Chancellor Merkel and President Putin recently saved the insolvent German shipyards Wadan by supporting its selling to a Russian investor. The media speculated about large scale orders by Gazprom and its affiliates. Although so far, Gazprom has not ordered any ship and the fate of Wadan is still unclear.
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Ryan R. Miller: Central European countries are, on balance, divided, not united, when it comes to Russian energy supply dominance. Washington should find ways to step up its involvement and combat both the symptoms of Central Europe’s energy security ‘schism’ as well as the disease itself.
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