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Moscow turns off the tap
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Moscow turns off the tap

For the first time in six decades, Russian gas is no longer flowing to Europe via Ukraine. At 8 a.m. Moscow time on New Year’s Day, Russian state energy giant Gazprom ceased delivery through its Sokhranivka pipeline. Kyiv refused to renew its 2019 pipeline transit deal with Moscow while Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues.

Ian Explains: If the US steps back from Ukraine, can Europe go it alone?
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Ian Explains: If the US steps back from Ukraine, can Europe go it alone?

Two years into Ukraine's all-out war with Russia, Europe has had to cut off nearly all energy imports from Moscow. Can Europe secure its energy future and defend itself without relying on Russia or, depending on the November election, the United States? Ian Bremmer explains on GZERO World.

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Russia’s economy (finally) feels the burn of sanctions

It took a little while, but Russia’s economy is finally starting to unravel thanks to hard-hitting Western sanctions, according to a new Wall Street Journal report.

Did Ukraine blow up the Nord Stream pipelines?
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Did Ukraine blow up the Nord Stream pipelines?

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Have you seen the latest news on Nord Stream 1, 2? A New York Times piece has come out with direct sourcing from US senior officials, including intelligence officials, claiming that there is evidence that a Ukrainian organization was behind the explosion. That was my view over the last few months; if anyone was likely behind it would probably be Ukraine.

Nord Stream explosion mystery: We need proof, says Estonia's PM Kaja Kallas
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Nord Stream explosion mystery: We need proof, says Estonia's PM Kaja Kallas

How to demand accountability for the pipeline explosion no one is owning up to?

Ian Bremmer: The West is united on Russian energy, the rest of the world is not
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Ian Bremmer: The West is united on Russian energy, the rest of the world is not

With talk at this year’s Munich Security Conference from most of the world’s most powerful countries about decoupling from Russian energy, it can be easy to forget that most of the world’s population has other priorities. “What we're seeing is that a majority of the world's economic strength and certainly military strength really wants to put Russia back in a box, but a majority of the world's population does not,” said Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer during a Global Stage livestream conversation.

Who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines?
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Who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines?

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: I want to talk about Nord Stream one and two. These are the gas pipelines that the Russians had built, multi-billion dollar pipelines to bring gas from Russia into Germany and Europe. The United States had been very critical of these pipelines for years. They were only shut down after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and then sabotaged, blown up. So who did it?

What a mysterious pipeline attack says about European unity
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What a mysterious pipeline attack says about European unity

When segments of the Nord Stream gas pipeline linking Russia to Europe mysteriously exploded last September, all eyes were on Moscow, Ian Bremmer tells GZERO World.

Taiwan's secret shield against Chinese invasion: its semiconductor industry
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Taiwan's secret shield against Chinese invasion: its semiconductor industry

The Biden administration has recently doubled down on its efforts to delay China's push to dominate future areas of tech by squeezing the supply of semiconductors Beijing gets from Taiwan. Why? Because those tiny chips are "the greatest defense we have against Taiwan being invaded," New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.