[oil and gas] so sorry to shut you down but ...

I made reference in an earlier article about Russia playing with a full hand. Look at this innocuous story about the Druzhba oil link and judge for yourself. Bear in mind that ‘Druzhba’ is Russian for ‘friendship’.

The president of Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft Simon Vainstock said on Thursday, Aug. 17, that the branch of its Druzhba oil link that supplies crude to Lithuania’s Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery may be shut down for years in order to conduct much-needed repairs.

“This could happen,” Vainshtok said in ... read more and comment here.