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===Europe===

===Europe===

:{{see also|Gazprom}}

:{{see also|Gazprom}}

Biden reversed the Trump administration's opposition to the [[Nordstream pipeline]].  This was a serious blow to [[Polish]], [[Hungarian]], and [[Ukrainian]] independence. The Russian project is designed to ship gas and oil directly from Russia to [[Germany]] under the [[Baltic Sea]]. Russia has attempted to pressure Ukraine numerous time since the break-up of the [[Soviet Union]] to abandon its bid to join [[NATO]] by cutting off oil and gas supplies.  In doing so, Russia inadvertently also cuts off supplies to Germany. The Nordtream pipeline is intended to counter this collateral effect, while pressuring Ukraine, Poland and Hungary to remain in the Russian orbit, as well. The pipeline itself is a massive scandal in Germany, with for [[Democratic Socialist]] [[Gerhard Schroeder]] chancellor heading the Nordstram pipeline company and a major stockholders.<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/opinion-schroders-russian-sell-out/</ref>  The reversal of Trump-era policies made Biden appear to be a [[Putin]] puppet.<ref>https://dennismichaellynch.com/daily-newsletter/</ref>  CDMedia reported,

Biden reversed the Trump administration's opposition to the [[Nord Stream II]] pipeline.  This was a serious blow to [[Polish]], [[Hungarian]], and [[Ukrainian]] independence. The Russian project is designed to ship gas and oil directly from Russia to [[Germany]] under the [[Baltic Sea]]. Russia has attempted to pressure Ukraine numerous times since the break-up of the [[Soviet Union]] to abandon its bid to join [[NATO]] by cutting off oil and gas supplies.  In doing so, Russia inadvertently also cuts off supplies to Germany. The Nord Stream pipeline is intended to counter this collateral effect, while pressuring Ukraine, Poland and Hungary to remain in the Russian orbit, as well. The pipeline itself is a massive scandal in Germany, with former [[Democratic Socialist]] chancellor [[Gerhard Schroeder]] on the board of the Nord Stream pipeline company, and a major stockholder.<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/opinion-schroders-russian-sell-out/</ref>  Biden also waived sanctions on its CEO, Matthias Warnig,<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/18/biden-sanctions-nord-stream-pipeline-489437</ref> a former [[East German]] [[Stasi]] agent who partnered with the [[KGB]] while Putin served in [[Berlin]] in the 1980s.<ref>https://www.dw.com/en/who-is-nord-streams-matthias-warnig-putins-friend-from-east-germany/a-56328159</ref>  The waivers were issued only one week after a cyberattack emanating from Russia shut down the Colonial Pipeline, resulting in shortages and gas lines in the eastern United States—for which Biden absolved Putin before an investigation started.<ref>https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/05/20/what-we-know-about-darkside-the-russian-hacker-group-that-just-wrecked-havoc-on-the-east-coast/</ref>  The reversal of Trump-era policies made Biden appear to be a [[Putin]] puppet.<ref>https://dennismichaellynch.com/daily-newsletter/</ref>  CDMedia reported,

{{quotebox-float|"CDMedia wrote in the summer before the 2020 election about Joe Biden, and his energy and gas genius son Hunter, meeting with Russian gas executives in the United States, weeks after Russia [[Ukrainian crisis|annexed the Crimean Peninsula]], and Obama/Biden were crowing in the news about how America needs to ‘get tough on Russia’....The ‘tough on Russia’ thing is a hoax. Biden just ensured billions of hydrocarbon revenue for the [[Kremlin]]. He just weakened the NATO alliance."<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/analysis/2021/05/20/biden-is-not-tough-on-russia-quite-the-opposite/</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"CDMedia wrote in the summer before the 2020 election about Joe Biden, and his energy and gas genius son Hunter, meeting with Russian gas executives in the United States, weeks after Russia [[Ukrainian crisis|annexed the Crimean Peninsula]], and Obama/Biden were crowing in the news about how America needs to ‘get tough on Russia’....The ‘tough on Russia’ thing is a hoax. Biden just ensured billions of hydrocarbon revenue for the [[Kremlin]]. He just weakened the NATO alliance."<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/analysis/2021/05/20/biden-is-not-tough-on-russia-quite-the-opposite/</ref>}}

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