Europe is on tenterhooks over whether or not Canada’s determination to bend its personal sanctions, permitting generators that energy the Nord Stream pipeline to be repaired and returned to Russia, is sufficient to prod Moscow to revive the move of pure fuel to Europe.
Nord Stream, the principle artery for Russian fuel to Europe, is shut through July 21 for maintenance that’s routine in peacetime. European governments worry Moscow received’t reopen the pipeline afterward, severing a lifeline for Europe’s financial system and escalating the confrontation with the West over the invasion of Ukraine.
