so, there is great pressure ongoing right now to cancel the pipeline and doing so would send a message to russia that there is a unified front amongst the west. we will not tolerate any pressure on european countries. whether military, or in the energy sphere. is there some way in which western countries can deal with putting this kind of pressure on russia? which depends a great deal on the sales of petrol chemicals, oil and national natural gas to other countries in a way that does not bounce back on them because europeans and up with feeling the pressure of getting less gas and oil. well, the thing about nord stream two is that it is not currently online and there is plenty of capacity from russia to europe. so, canceling it would have no effect on the european energy crisis. it would not lead to a reduction in gas to europe. russia says it will ship more gas to europe if nord stream
to urge diplomacy because if there is a conflict in ukraine, it is not going to be good for china either. there will be a significant impact on the global economy, will be a impact in the energy sphere and it will be all the harder for all of us to get back to what we should be doing, which is building back better. artyom lukin is an international relations scholar at the vladivostok far eastern federal university. thank you forjoining us. would that suggest that president xi in beijing does not want conflict between russia and ukraine? ~ ., , ukraine? well, actually, i m not sure ukraine? well, actually, i m not sure china ukraine? well, actually, i m not sure china is ukraine? well, actually, i m not sure china is not - not sure china is not interested in the conflict between russia and the west but cynically speaking, from the real politic perspective, china should be interested in a clash of ukraine, just because it
to use its influence with moscow to urge diplomacy. because if there is a conflict in ukraine, it is not going to be good for china either. there will be a significant impact on the global economy, there ll be a significant impact in the energy sphere and it will be all the harder for all of us to get back to what we should be doing, which is building back better. artyom lukin is an international relations scholar at the vladivostok far eastern federal university. earlier, iasked him how beijing is approaching the ongoing crisis. well, actually, i m not sure china is not interested in the conflict between russia and the west. unintelligible ..but cynically speaking, from the realpolitik perspective, china should be interested in a clash over ukraine, just because it would assure that russia would remain china s ally,
be good for china either. there will be a significant impact on the global economy. there will be a significant impact in the energy sphere. and it will be all the harder for all of us to get back to what we should be doing. but experts say beijing is unlikely to back washington on this issue. earlier i spoke with daniel russell, the vice president of security and diplomacy for the aegis society policy institute, and asked him about the reasoning behind china s position. i don t think there is any upside from china s point of view in putting pressure on putin on behalf of the united states. what putin and xi jinping have in common here is actually the desire to undercut u.s. credibility, to drive a wedge between washington and its allies. whether they re in europe or in asia. i think xi jinping likes the
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