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Why some see the hand of Russia in Europe’s gas price crisis

Critics call for investigation of state-backed monopoly pipeline exporter Gazprom

Russia’s position as a reliable gas supplier to Europe is in the dock.

Record prices across the UK and continental Europe have drawn attention to lower supplies of natural gas from Russia this summer, leaving many questioning whether a quiet squeeze of the market has been executed by Moscow.

The aim, the theory goes, would be to boost prices to such a level that Germany rushes through the approval of the politically controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline, the construction of which — now completed — was beset by US sanctions and opposition from countries in eastern Europe.

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