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Russia completely halts gas supplies to Europe via Nord Stream 1 citing maintenance works

Gazprom, the Russian state-owned energy giant, said the restrictions on the pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea, will be suspended from 31 August to 3 September.

Rise of a China-centric world order: Cold War 2.0 or World War III?

Confrontation appears inevitable to stop a revisionist power on the march. Quad is India’s partner. Alliances are necessary to ensure that India is not alone and can stare down China. Another great war looms uneasily on the horizon

Russia’s key pipeline restarts pumping gas to Germany: The significance of the Nord Stream 1

Nord Stream 1, which is Germany's main source of gas, resumed operations after it shut down on 11 July for maintenance work. There had been concerns across Europe that there could be a complete shutdown of gas supplies via the pipeline from Russia

Explained: Can Europe survive if Russia cuts off natural gas supply?

Before the Ukraine war, Russia supplied some 40 per cent of Europe's natural gas before the war. That has dropped to around 15 per cent, sending prices through the roof and straining energy-intensive industries

How Putin’s Russia has used the Ukraine crisis to redraw a red line across eastern Europe

Whatever be the outcome, any expansion of NATO towards Eastern Europe will not be easy