Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt🇺🇦 @BLSchmitt Twitter profile

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Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt🇺🇦

2 years

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦I had the honor to provide Congressional testimony to Senate & House Members of the @HelsinkiComm We need to finally learn from & correct EU energy security mistakes of the past to hold Putin to account & help Ukraine win now. My opening statement:

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Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt🇺🇦

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End Nord Stream 1

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🇺🇦REMINDER: Crimea is Ukraine🇺🇦

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🚨BREAKING🚨 Berlin looking to expropriate the section of #NordStream2 in German waters, *CUT IT APART* from rest of pipeline & use it to import non-Russian LNG‼️ A smart move signaling to Putin that there won’t be a return to business as usual with NS2, as I told @HelsinkiComm :

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There can’t be any Russian ownership of European critical energy infrastructure anymore. Period.

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End Nord Stream 1

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More ATACMS for Ukraine‼️

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🚨BREAKING🚨 Russian oil & gas firm Surgutneftegaz has failed to attract any bidders for two cargoes of 100,000 tonnes of Russian Urals crude from Russian Baltic Sea ports. 👏👏Private sector, keep it up! #SayNoToRussianUralsOil #NotJustACommercialDeal

Surgutneftegaz fails to award spot tender for March Urals oil in Baltic - traders

Russia's Surgutneftegaz did not award its spot tender for 200,000 tonnes of Urals oil from Baltic ports in March as the company received no bids from buyers, three traders said on Monday.

www.reuters.com

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🇺🇦REMINDER: Crimea is Ukraine🇺🇦

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Stop Nord Stream 1 #NotJustACommercialDeal

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🇺🇦REMINDER: Crimea is Ukraine🇺🇦

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Dear 🇺🇸 and 🇪🇺 Lawmakers: Time to get off holiday break and back up the heroic #Ukrainian defenders who for nearly two years have been defending the democratic world from #Putin ’s authoritarian aggression! Signed, #ArmUkraineNow

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🚨ALERT🚨 At press conference just now, #Finnish investigators release first subsea images of the #Balticconnector pipeline damage site, along with images of the “extremely heavy object” they found near the pipeline and subsequently recovered, appearing to be an anchor.

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦Today is the day to: 1️⃣ Label Russia a state-sponsor of terrorism 2️⃣ Send Ukraine all the heavy weapons it needs to push Russia from its sovereign territory 3️⃣ Aggressively enforce Russian technology export controls & sanctions to deprive Putin of materiel & cash

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🚨BREAKING🚨 @CNN reports EU security officials observed Russian naval vessels in vicinity of #NordStream1 & #NordStream2 leak sites earlier this week, while Russian subs seen in the area last week, further increasing likelihood of Russia’s responsibility

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🇩🇪🇪🇺With Putin making excuses to press for return of #NordStream2 , Berlin should expropriate section of NS2 in German waters, *CUT IT APART* from rest of pipeline & use it to import non-Russian LNG Will signal to Putin there can’t be a return to business as usual, as I testified

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ATACMS for Ukraine‼️ NOW‼️

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦It’s been a month of heroism from the Ukrainian armed forces& people but further defensive military aid remains vital to help Ukraine *win* the war! ▪️Transfer NATO MiG29s ▪️UAVs ▪️Anti-Ship Missiles & Coastal Defense ▪️Stingers/Javelins ▪️Air defense systems ▪️Counter UAS

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 For those keeping score at home, Putin has now cut gas to: ◾️Poland ◾️Bulgaria ◾️Finland ◾️Netherlands ◾️Denmark ◾️Germany ◾️Italy ◾️France Russian energy is #NotJustACommercialDeal ‼️

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦Remember: this is the absolute bare minimum we should be doing to support Ukrainian victory. ATACMS & F-16s must be sent or else we will end up in the same place just months from now. Likewise time to step up energy sanctions & tech export controls!

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🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦 Standing with Ukraine in Boston #StandWithUkraine #CrimeaIsUkraine #KyivNotKiev

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Today would be a good day to: 1️⃣ Label Russia a state-sponsor of terrorism 2️⃣ Send Ukraine all the heavy defensive weapons it needs #ArmUkraineNow 3️⃣ Fully sanction Russian energy export pipelines 4️⃣End ownership of EU critical energy infrastructure by Kremlin-backed entities

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🚨BREAKING🚨 Prime Minister Trudeau announces that Canada will ban ALL Russian crude oil imports, and supply more lethal aid to Ukraine! 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇨🇦🇺🇦The True North Strong And Free! #SayNoToRussianUralsOil #NotJustACommercialDeal

Canada banning crude oil imports from Russia, sending anti-tank weapons to Ukraine

nationalpost.com

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Every second is vital to save Ukrainian independence! Ukraine is standing up to authoritarianism, let’s keep backing ‘em up so Ukraine can *win* this war! ▪️Transfer NATO MiG29s ▪️UAVs ▪️Anti-Ship Missiles & Coastal Defense ▪️Stinger/Javelins ▪️Air defense systems ▪️Counter UAS

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[1]🚨BREAKING🚨Calls for Manuela Schwesig to resign reemerged today, after revelations that she promoted a deal to sell helicopter & drone parts to Russia in 2018, despite the fact that the CEO of the receiving firm, Russian Helicopters, was already under EU sanctions 👇Thread👇

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🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 I am *GRATEFUL TO UKRAINE* for its heroic defense of the frontlines of Europe from the revanchist authoritarian aggression displayed by the Putin regime, and the manner it strengthens Transatlantic security more broadly. #ThankYouUkraine Are you grateful to Ukraine too??

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🇺🇦Every second is vital to save Ukrainian independence against the Putin regime! The Ukrainian military & people have shown the guts: let’s keep backing ‘em up! ▪️Stingers/Javelins ▪️UAVs ▪️Anti-Ship Missiles ▪️Transfer NATO MiG29s ▪️Air defense systems ▪️Counter UAS capability

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 “The perpetrator of the crime needs to pay for the crime” Current #Transatlantic delays in funding #Ukraine ’s fight against #Russian invasion only emboldens #Putin . But while that funding is deliberated on, nations should focus on what they can do *NOW* to weaken Kremlin

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🚨ALERT🚨 Oil field service provider SLB - formerly Schlumberger - has announced today that it has no plans to cease operations in the Russian Federation as many other firms have. Since moral arguments don’t work on firms like SLB, it’s time for the US & EU to announce sanctions

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There can be no return to energy business as usual with Putin’s Kremlin. Ever.

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UPDATE: Today I was sanctioned by the Russian Federation.

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦Today would be a good day to: 1️⃣ Label Russia a state-sponsor of terrorism 2️⃣ Immediately send Ukraine more ATACMs & move forward with F-16 transfers 3️⃣ Tighten military & dual-use tech export controls on the Kremlin, using secondary sanctions to close loopholes

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 The United States Congress passed a new lend-lease act to support Ukraine: it should be the first of a long line of global democracies to do so‼️ Every second is vital to save Ukrainian independence - which parliament will act next⁉️ #ArmUkraineNow #StandWithUkraine

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Western democracies really need to understand that #Russia ’s invasion of #Ukraine is the first phase of what is likely to be a long and protracted conflict between Western democracies and authoritarian systems. We need to make sacrifices now and rise to the challenge.

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🚨BREAKING🚨 #NordStream2 AG the pipeline project company 100% owned by Kremlin-controlled Gazprom has filed for bankruptcy & fired all 106 employees following US sanctions, effectively ending project for good. #StoppedNordStream2 #NotJustACommercialDeal

Operator of Nord Stream 2 denies it filed for bankruptcy

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has suspended the certification of the $11 billion natural gas pipeline.

www.axios.com

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🇺🇦SAME REMINDER FOR 2024 as 2023, 2022, 2021…🇺🇦 ✅Crimea is Ukraine ✅Luhansk is Ukraine ✅Donetsk is Ukraine ✅Kherson is Ukraine ✅Zaporizhzhia is Ukraine

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🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸 More military aid to Ukrainian defenders fighting right now to protect independence and democratic values in the face of an illegal autocratic invasion 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸

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🚨BREAKING🚨Kremlin-controlled Gazprom will further reduce gas deliveries to Germany via #NordStream1 , bringing cut to 60%, while separately, Gazprom will cut gas deliveries to Italy by 15%. Russia is further weaponizing energy against Europe. As usual. #NotJustACommercialDeal

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🇺🇸🇨🇦🇩🇪Now that Moscow openly admits to weaponizing energy by halting gas flows via #NordStream1 in a bid to try to get Western sanctions on Russia lifted, it’s time for #Canada to reverse its turbine sanctions waiver, with political support from #Berlin & #Washington .

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There can’t be any Russian ownership of European critical energy infrastructure anymore. Period.

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Guess what? 🇺🇦Crimea is Ukraine🇺🇦 Pass it on!

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 “There can’t be any Russian ownership of European critical energy infrastructure anymore. Period.” As I told US Congress @HelsinkiComm , ending such ownership is vital for EU to avoid a gas crisis later this year & have latitude to push back on Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

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🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇦Excellent (if long overdue) move by 🇩🇪 to align w/ EU’s structural Energy Union framework to reduce Russian gas dependency (started in 2015) Next step? Berlin should publicly outline an end date for Kremlin’s #NordStream1 pipeline #StopNordStream1

Germany clinches long-term gas supply deal with Qatar

Berlin and other EU countries seek alternative suppliers to Russia and ways to shield consumers from rising prices

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🚨IT’S HAPENING🚨 The US Senate is advancing bipartisan measures to end the ability of former senior @StateDept officials to work for adversaries like Russia, following service. Big step to set norms against strategic corruption I’ve long called for w @cjcmichel & @apmassaro3 ‼️

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦My thoughts for @CEPA : Coordinated Russian oil sanctions need to take a rapid, multi-phased approach & be coupled with strategic action to ramp down dependence on Russian gas in Europe - including plans to stop #NordStream1 - as soon as is possible

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🚨BREAKING🚨Kremlin’s Gazprom announces it will again slash gas volumes to EU via #NordStream1 representing 80% total cut Germany’s Econ Ministry confirms there is “no technical justification” for the cut Enough Let 2022 be the final chapter for EU dependence on Russian energy

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 Question: Are you a Western policymaker unsure of how to best support #Ukraine ? Here’s a helpful matrix to guide you: #ArmUkraineToWinNow #IncreaseRussiaSanctions

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🚨🚨 Global shipping certifier, Norway’s DNV, exits business in Russia. DNV was certification provider of now defunct #NordStream2 pipeline & provided classification services to 🇷🇺’s hydrocarbon shipper Sovcomflot: could impede 🇷🇺’s oil export capability.

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Ukraine needs to win. The Putin regime needs to lose. It’s as simple as that.

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🇺🇦My rebuke of @JakeSullivan46 , @BWallaceMP & any other #NATO leader calling on Ukraine to be more “grateful”: “You will never have to thank the Transatlantic alliance for what it has done to support Ukraine, because it is absolutely in our national security interest to do so.”

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Label the Russian Federation a state-sponsor of terrorism‼️

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Label Russia a state-sponsor of terrorism‼️

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🤷🏻‍♂️ Another significant #NordStream claim from German & U.S. media that is (again) missing significant evidence to back up: 1️⃣ the certainty conveyed by headline (the word “alleged” seems to be missing) 2️⃣ the feasibility of the underlying technical operation suggested

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Ukraine needs to win and restore its sovereignty within its internationally recognized borders. Russia needs to lose and depart Ukraine. It is really that simple.

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🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 @USTreasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has just officially added: Last Name: Putin First Name: Vladimir Vladimirovich Address: Kremlin, Moscow to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) sanctions list.

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👀 Gosh - anybody else notice how much effort pro-Russian bots are suddenly expending on the narratives that “sanctions don’t work” and disinfo on using frozen Russian assets to help #Ukraine win? Seems like policymakers should: 1️⃣ Use frozen #Russian assets to help Ukraine win

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I’ve always been proud to have worked for #AmbassadorYovanovitch but especially today! #BravoMasha #FSProud “Such conduct undermines the U.S., exposes our friends, and widens the playing field for autocrats like [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin.”

Defiant Yovanovitch says she was ‘kneecapped’ amid Trump 'smear campaign'

The ousted ambassador to Ukraine delivered key testimony to impeachment investigators.

www.politico.com

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 My latest with @CEPA on tech sanctions: “In a struggle this dire, Putin and his authoritarian cronies need to see a wall of strength from democracies. Technology export controls against Russia are working; democracies should keep expanding them.”

Don’t Stop Now — Tech Sanctions Can Wreck Putin’s War Machine

Despite the devastating impact of tech sanctions on Russia, some leaders are too keen to echo “Ukraine Fatigue.”

cepa.org

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🚨ALERT🚨 German gas storages have reached their 75% target level ahead of the Sep 1 deadline set by the German government‼️ Next targets are 85% by Oct 1 & 95% by Nov 1. Berlin needs to keep up this momentum to defeat Putin’s energy weaponization‼️

Germany reaches 75% gas stocks target ahead of schedule

German gas storage facilities were slightly more than 75% full last Friday, a couple of weeks ahead of target, data from European operators group GIE showed on Sunday.

www.reuters.com

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Even now, former 🇩🇪 Chancellor Merkel yet again stands by decision to increase German gas dependency on Putin regime, even rolling out a mantra of the pro #NordStream crowd defending that Russia was a “reliable” energy supplier. Sehr peinlich. 😳

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🇺🇦REMINDER: Crimea is Ukraine🇺🇦

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🤯 Surreal 1️⃣ Scholz visits Canada. Canada agrees to waive Russia export controls restrictions on subsequent 5 #NordStream1 turbines. 2️⃣ Kremlin’s Gazprom claims those 5 turbines are are not for #NordStream1 . Enough - cancel the waiver & restore tech sanctions unity on Russia.

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ATACMS for Ukraine‼️

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Don’t get too excited about the House Ukraine aid bill - it’s the minimum we should be doing - here are a few more steps that are nearly two years overdue: 🚨Label Putin’s Russia a state sponsor of terrorism 💰Unlock frozen Russian central bank assets to fund Ukraine’s military

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🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸 My latest URGENT APPEAL w @CEPA : “Right now, the Russian Urals oil benchmark price is cratered. An urgent appeal to global oil traders: avoid discounted Urals imports and pressure the Putin regime.”

Energy Traders: Do the Decent Thing and Support Ukraine

Right now, the Russian Urals oil benchmark price is cratered. An urgent appeal to oil traders: avoid discounted Urals imports and pressure the Putin regime.

cepa.org

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Hungary’s shameful alliance with Putin regime continues, among other areas, with Foreign Minister Szijjarto’s travel to Moscow this week to increase gas imports from Russia An act counter to EU energy & security that won’t be forgotten #StopTurkStream2

Hungary's FM visits Moscow to up gas supplies as EU calls for curb

Budapest is keen to buy up to 700 million cubic metres of gas from Russia, said foreign minister Peter Szijjarto.

www.euronews.com

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🚨🚨Canadian government will reimpose sanctions on Russia’s #NordStream turbines‼️ Calling for reimposed sanctions is exactly why I traveled to Ottawa to testify before 🇨🇦Parliament alongside @Kolga & @BalkanDevlen . Putin’s energy weaponization can’t undermine sanctions unity!

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 There can’t be any Russian ownership of European critical energy infrastructure anymore. Period.

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Time to label the Russian Federation a state sponsor of terrorism‼️

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🚨ALERT🚨 The #German government will strip former Chancellor Schröder of his taxpayer-subsidized office space across from #Russian Embassy in Berlin given his continued refusal to end positions at #Kremlin -controlled energy firms & ties to #Putin regime.

Germany set to strip Gerhard Schröder of office space — but he can keep €8K allowance

The former German chancellor refuses to distance himself from old friend Vladimir Putin despite the war in Ukraine.

www.politico.eu

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦Every second counts as heroic #Ukrainians fight for their independence against the #Putin regime. Ukraine has shown the guts, let’s keep backing ‘em up! CONGRESS: BACK ‘EM UP, PASS THE SUPP! #ArmUkraineNow

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🚨BREAKING🚨: @StateDept @SecBlinken issues press release affirming @JoeBiden ’s strong opposition to #NordStream2 , defines NS2 as a “Russian geopolitical project” & warns firms advancing NS2 to “immediately abandon work” or face mandatory sanctions. 👏👏👏 #StopNordStream2

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🚨ALERT🚨Russian & Chinese entities are regularly performing high-risk ship-to-ship oil transfers in the North Atlantic. To curb this dangerous practice & increase pressure on Putin regime, need further sanctions on ship-to-ship service providing firms.

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🇺🇸🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦In #CanadianParliament , I called for a Western #SanctionsCounteroffensive to match Ukraine’s military one. Includes transferring $300 billion in frozen Russian state assets to support 🇺🇦 - The perpetrator of the crime needs to pay for the crime‼️ @MatthewGreenNDP

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🚨ALERT🚨 Former German Chancellor Schröder resigns from Rosneft board (disgracefully-late). But don’t call it a #Zeitenwende : Schröder *still* chairs the shareholders committee of Kremlin-backed Nord Stream AG & has nomination pending for Gazprom board.

Russia's Rosneft says German ex-chancellor Schroeder quits board

Russia's state-owned oil company Rosneft said on Friday that former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and German businessman Matthias Warnig were stepping down from its board of directors.

www.reuters.com

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 Boston Stands With Ukraine‼️ Boston has put up this powerful mural by Ukrainian artist Nina Dzyvukska & is calling for donations to Boston-based humanitarian nonprofit @SunflowerFund to help Ukraine. And separate from humanitarian support, we must also #ArmUkraineNow ‼️

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🚨BREAKING (news that should surprise nobody)🚨 Kremlin’s Gazprom announced that the #NordStream1 pipeline, which it cut flows through by up to 80% all summer, will now be shut down “indefinitely.” There can be no return to energy business as usual with Putin’s Kremlin. Ever.

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦Instead of endlessly lamenting the self-fulfilling prophesy of “Ukraine fatigue” in global democracies, how about we come together to pile on sanctions & give Ukraine more heavy weapons it needs to win? Then the only one with “Ukraine fatigue” in the end? The Putin regime

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🇺🇦 #Ukraine needs to win and restore its sovereignty within its internationally recognized borders. #Russia needs to lose and depart Ukraine. It is really that simple.

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦Powerful call by the always wise @McFaul and @Kasparov63 ‼️ Sanctions, particularly technology export controls are having a real impact on Putin’s war machine, but democracies need to keep expanding & plugging holes especially on energy sanctions‼️

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🚨BREAKING🚨: @POTUS @JoeBiden will impose mandatory sanctions on Nord Stream 2 AG – the entity controlling the #NordStream2 pipeline, which is fully-owned by Kremlin-controlled Gazprom. NS2 has long threatened energy & national security of EU & Ukraine.

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🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦Honored to testify before the Canadian Parliament House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee on how to counter Putin’s energy weaponization against the EU & called on Canada to reverse its #NordStream1 turbine sanctions waivers My opening statement:

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🚨ALERT🚨 Today the Russian Urals crude oil benchmark price 5 day rolling average hit *$25.09 below* the global Brent oil benchmark as traders mostly avoid Urals, dropping from -$24.57 last week. 📉 Every day this continues pressures Putin! Keep it up! #SayNoToRussianUralsOil

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 For those keeping score at home, Putin has now fully or partially cut gas to: ◾️Poland ◾️Bulgaria ◾️Finland ◾️Netherlands ◾️Denmark ◾️Germany ◾️Italy ◾️France ◾️Austria ◾️Czech Republic ◾️Slovakia There can never be a return to “business as usual” with Putin’s Kremlin.

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🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦Global democracies have three big jobs right now: 1️⃣ Support Ukraine with more arms to ensure it continues to reclaim its sovereignty. 2️⃣ Energy & critical infrastructure support to help Ukrainian society through the Winter. 3️⃣ Reject the concept of “Ukraine Fatigue.”

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🇩🇪 pressuring 🇨🇦 to exempt #Siemens turbines from sanctions to transfer to #Russia for #NordStream1 only emboldens Putin’s policy of energy weaponization. But what actually blunts #Putin ’s energy weapon? The completion of the long-awaited Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria! 👏👏👏

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🚨ALERT🚨 Today, the Russian Urals oil benchmark price 5 day rolling average dropped below the $30 less than Brent milestone, now *$30.58 below* the global Brent oil benchmark! 📉 Private sector & governments: keep making Kremlin oil a toxic commodity!!! #SayNoToRussianUralsOil

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 AND THERE YOU HAVE IT! After six months of irresponsible & needless delay that placed the lives of Ukrainian service personnel & civilians in further danger & degraded European security more broadly, US Congress finally, officially passes the next tranche of security

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🧵 [1] JUST OUT: A statement from the @FSIStanford @McFaul -led International Working Group on Russia Sanctions calling on Canada to reverse #NordStream1 turbine sanctions waiver decision & for German & US governments to politically endorse the reversal👇

Statement on European Energy Security and Siemens Turbines.pdf

drive.google.com

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🧵 [1] JUST OUT: The 2nd report I’ve coauthored with the recently-formed International Working Group on Russia Sanctions, coordinated by @FSIStanford @McFaul outlining urgent comprehensive energy embargoes & sanctions on Putin’s regime. 👇Highlights👇

The International Working Group on Russian Sanctions

fsi.stanford.edu

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With former 🇩🇪 Chancellor Schröder’s nomination to Kremlin’s Gazprom board, next week’s US-EU Energy Council would be a perfect moment for a joint statement calling for a halt to former Western officials taking positions at authoritarian state owned enterprises. #Schr öderization

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🧵 🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 [1]JUST OUT: Report that I’ve coauthored with the recently-formed International Working Group on Russia Sanctions, coordinated by @FSIStanford @McFaul outlining an urgent comprehensive sanctions package on the Putin regime. 👇Highlights below👇

The International Working Group on Russian Sanctions

fsi.stanford.edu

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Putin is waging the largest ground war in Europe since the Second World War. The current #Transatlantic response of delayed military aid and unenforced sanctions measures is insufficient and will only play into the hands of those in the West cynically complaining about “Ukraine

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 For US & EU lawmakers that decided to take a holiday break instead of funding urgent Ukrainian defense against Putin’s authoritarianism… …it’s time for you to watch the powerful Oscar-shortlisted documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” - & get back to work and #ArmUkraineNow !

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Every member of Congress who won’t vote to support Ukraine should have to watch this tragic “Darkest Hour” scene on loop, where Churchill pleads with FDR for material support but is rebuffed due to Congress… We can’t make this mistake again! WATCH NOW:

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🧵 [1] ALERT: Kremlin-controlled #Gazprom informed #Polish & #Bulgarian officials that it suspended natural gas deliveries to both countries, once again demonstrating how #Moscow continues to weaponize energy against Europe. 👇Details below & in thread👇

Poland, Bulgaria say Russia suspending natural gas supplies

Officials in Poland and Bulgaria say Russia is suspending deliveries of natural gas to their countries starting Wednesday.

apnews.com

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 Hoping this is the first of many steps EU govs take to evict Kremlin-controlled Gazprom/Rosneft from gas storage & other EU critical energy assets. If unaddressed, would present strategic security threat of Kremlin control across EU energy system.

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🚨ALERT🚨 Reuters: Finland’s Gasgrid & Estonia’s Elering state survey work will begin soon after sudden drop in pressure of #Balticconnector natural gas pipeline spanning Gulf of Finland yesterday, suggesting a leak. Elering affirms that no cause “including sabotage” can be

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🚨ALERT🚨German Econ Min Habeck publicly declares in no uncertain terms that the Putin regime is weaponizing energy against EU democracies. A true assessment of the Kremlin’s energy games that would have been unthinkable from previous German governments.

Russia "weaponises" gas supply, Germany could cope with halt by winter – econ min

www.cleanenergywire.org

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🇺🇸🇪🇺 Former senior government officials should never again be allowed to leave the public trust to work for authoritarian state owned enterprises or their subsidiaries again. US & EU leaders can announce a norm to end this practice today. It’s not controversial. Get it done.

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