Note - this is a slightly updated version, edited for clarity following comments by early readers. The map for Blue Stream was added As I wrote my PhD about the independence of Ukraine (in 1995) and spent 6 months in Kiev in 1994, the current attack by Russia hits very personally. But I also put on my hat of energy specialist - with my career as an energy financier kickstarted by my knowledge of the Soviet oil&gas sector built at that time to write the below.
An absolute must-read. Thank you Jerome!
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