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Poland opens proceedings against Gazprom’s "consortium" over Nord Stream 2
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Poland’s competition authority UOKiK has charged Gazprom and six other companies linked to the construction of Nord Stream 2 on May 9, saying the companies keep jointly implementing the controversial project despite having been banned from form- ing a consortium to do so.
Poland is eyeing the Nord Stream 2 project – which will allow Russia to pump some 110bn cubic meters of gas to Western Europe annually – with utmost suspicion. Ukraine and the Baltic states oppose the pipeline, which would cut them off from billions in revenues from Russian gas
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transit through their respective territories. The pipeline will also solidify Russia's dominance on the European energy market, and compete with the US ship- ments of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to Europe, the eastern countries say.
Dependence on Russian gas supplies is seen as an important vulnerability by
those countries that fear Moscow might use Nord Stream 2 to manipulate supplies to the CEE region for political gains.
“The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection has initiated proceedings against Gazprom and five international entities responsible for financing the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline,” UOKiK said in a statement.
“Ukraine and the Baltic states oppose the pipeline, which would cut them off from billions in revenues”