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OPINION:
Doesn’t blasting its own pipeline amount to Russia shooting itself in the foot (“Leaks on Russian gas pipelines raise concerns about sabotage,” Web, Sept. 27)? The move hinders the flow and sale of Russia’s own fuel to Western Europe and cuts the cashflow it now needs more than ever for its planned military conquest in Ukraine.
Really, how does Russia benefit? And if its intention was to disrupt its fuel flow to Europe, why not save itself all that trouble and great cost by just shutting off the flow via the controls on its own territory?
The U.S., on the other hand, does have motive — and its navy was in the area in June, performing military exercises. Not to mention that President Biden said publicly earlier this year that the U.S. could (and would if Russia continued misbehaving) disrupt Russian fuel flow to Europe, thereby taking away much-needed funding for Russia’s war machine.
FRANK STERLE JR.
White Rock, British Columbia
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