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Gazprom stopped the flow of natural gas through a major pipeline early Wednesday, a move it signalled in advance and says will be temporary.

Eurocrats in Brussels are looking to force EU member states to cut gas usage by 15 per cent in the hopes of surviving the coming cold winter.

Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, slammed Joe Biden for energy policies that he said are benefiting Vladimir Putin and his war on Ukraine by enriching his fossil fuel portfolio.

An unrepentant Angela Merkel has refused to accept any blame for failing to prevent or indeed enable the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

An overwhelming majority of voters in the United States support a temporary break from paying federal and state taxes on gasoline as one method of reducing the skyrocketing price of gas, according to a Morning Consult/Politico poll.

Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), a Democrat who has consistently opposed measures to make America energy independent again, took thousands in donations from a lobbyist for the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

Putin-Friendly leftist Schröder, now a member of Russian gas company boards, allegedly flew to Russia for unofficial, ‘secret’ peace talks.

Democrat President Joe Biden’s U.S. ambassador to Germany, Amy Gutmann, has spent more than two weeks back in the United States of America rather than working in Germany, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

Former GOP President Donald Trump is bashing his Democrat successor President Joe Biden for enabling Russian President Vladimir Putin by opening up the Nord Stream 2 pipeline for Russians to pump natural gas into western Europe — something Trump blocked during his presidency.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), a Democrat who has consistently opposed measures to make America energy independent, took thousands in donations from lobbyists for the Russian Nordstream 2 pipeline.

You’re either with Putin or against him, and if you oppose domestic energy production, you are with him.

The national average price for a gallon of gas has skyrocketed to $4.00 – the highest national average in nearly 14 years.  

Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) appears to have flip-flopped on his anti-American-energy record, as he cheered on President Joe Biden for releasing barrels of oil from the strategic reserve and is now saying he supports the “all of the above” expansion of American energy.

700 of the Communist-era missiles Germany’s Defence Ministry planned to send to Ukraine were deemed outdated and no longer usable.

Former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder should resign from his board positions on several state-owned Russian energy firms, current chancellor Olaf Scholz has said.

A number of U.S. lobbying firms have terminated contracts with Russian banks and enterprises that President Joe Biden recently sanctioned.

President Biden’s “weakness” and “inadequate response” to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has “emboldened” adversaries while destabilizing Europe and undermining U.S. national security, according to Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA).

In May 2021, Biden lifted sanctions for the pipeline, arguing it would be difficult if not impossible for him to block the project.

Gas prices are set to soar across Europe and the UK following Germany’s decision to block the approval of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that his government will block the approval of Russia’s natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Faulkner Focus,” House Foreign Affairs Committee member Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) stated that Russia’s aggression “started in Afghanistan and Putin saw weakness, and then waiving the sanctions on Nord Stream 2 to allow

Chancellor Olaf Scholz shied away from backing Biden’s pledge to “bring an end” to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline should Russia invade Ukraine.

During a Tuesday interview with Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” former President Donald Trump predicted Germany would “break up NATO” as a result of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

Joe Biden repeated his threat despite some skepticism from the German media at the press conference.

On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Cavuto Live,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that President Joe Biden didn’t lift sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, he just chose not to impose the

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told reporters in Moscow on Tuesday that he was seeking to expand an already 15-year contract with Gazprom, Russia’s natural gas energy company, following a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Ukrainian participation in NATO should be “off the table,” according to retired Army Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, who warned that President Joe Biden had to be willing to “take the political heat” of acceding to the reality that NATO will never allow Ukraine to join — thus allaying Russia’s main concern — and potentiality averting a war that would not accomplish any American national security objectives.

President Joe Biden spoke with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Thursday to discuss their ongoing tensions with Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly asked President Joe Biden to impose sanctions on Russia before an invasion begins, and has been denied every time.

Former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has claimed that elites in Germany have been bought off by Russia to “betray” Ukraine.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who helped block sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 project, received campaign donations from corporate PACs affiliated with two of the European companies that helped fund the pipeline, according to a report from the Washington Free Beacon.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday asked for the Biden administration to impose sanctions on Russia immediately, rather than waiting for a Russian attack on his country. Zelensky made a similar request of President Joe Biden personally during a phone conference in December, without success.

On Friday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show,” Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) said that he thinks the cyberattack in Ukraine “portends an invasion. I would call this preparation of the battlespace right now.” And argued that Democrats gave Russia “a gift” by blocking

Biden will have been president officially for one year next Thursday and has “never been less popular nationally.”

Democrats used the Senate filibuster, which they are busy trying to eliminate, to block a bill by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Thursday that would have sanctioned companies associated with Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The bill had 55 votes.

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Thune (R-SD) expressed disappointment that Democratic opposition kept Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) measure to reimpose sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from meeting the 60-vote threshold