{"id":6142,"date":"2022-08-25T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T07:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/?p=6142"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:38:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:38:50","slug":"weaponization-of-gas-russias-insidious-manipulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/it\/2022\/08\/25\/weaponization-of-gas-russias-insidious-manipulation\/","title":{"rendered":"L'uso del gas come arma: l'insidiosa manipolazione della Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-quick-download-button-download-button aligncenter qdbn-wrapper\"><div class=\"qdbn\" data-plugin-name=\"qdbn\" data-style=\"large\" data-file=\"hide-file\" data-size=\"hide-size\"><div class=\"qdbn-download-button-inner\"><button type=\"button\" data-button-type=\"large\" class=\"g-btn f-l\" style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;border-radius:25px;border:1px solid #e2e2e2\" data-attachment-id=\"14801\" data-page-id=\"8262\" data-post-id=\"\" data-have-external=\"false\" data-external-url=\"\" data-wait-duration=\"0\" data-target-blank=\"false\" data-msg=\"Please wait...\" data-member=\"0\" data-has-icon-dark=\"true\" title=\"Scarica il PDF in inglese\"><span class=\"download-btn-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M18 11.3l-1-1.1-4 4V3h-1.5v11.3L7 10.2l-1 1.1 6.2 5.8 5.8-5.8zm.5 3.7v3.5h-13V15H4v5h16v-5h-1.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span>Scarica il PDF in inglese<\/span><\/button><p class=\"up\" style=\"border-radius:0\"><i class=\"fi fi-pdf\"><\/i><\/p><p class=\"down\" style=\"border-radius:0\"><i class=\"fi-folder-o\"><\/i><span class=\"file-size\">350 KB<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><quick-download-button-info class=\"qdb-btn-info\"><\/quick-download-button-info><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oggi le guerre ibride richiedono pi\u00f9 del solo impiego di armi convenzionali. Il possesso di risorse vitali pu\u00f2 essere considerato uno strumento di soft power, pur risultando <strong>ancora pi\u00f9 dannoso<\/strong> per l'avversario delle armi pesanti. <strong>Ridurre la dipendenza<\/strong> dalle risorse dello Stato terrorista dovrebbe essere una priorit\u00e0 per il mondo sviluppato.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Expansionist Russia\u2019s policy and the total dependence of European nations on the import of Russian gas led to <strong>the disaster in <\/strong><strong>the <\/strong><strong>energy sector<\/strong> we observe now. The more countries were dependent on Russian gas the more they were loyal in the matter of continuing relations with the Russian Federation after the invasion to Ukraine. In 2020, 66% of Germany&#8217;s gas imports were supplied from the RF, while the same figure in France made up 16.9%, which explains the distinct policy of these states regarding the anti-Russian sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La grave crisi dei prezzi del gas \u00e8 iniziata nel 2021, molto prima dell'invasione su vasta scala. Tuttavia, solo nel 2022 hanno iniziato a emergere chiare <strong>prove<\/strong>, che indicavano come <strong>Gazprom<\/strong>, Russia&#8217;s large state-owned energy corporation, is among the reasons for the crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"893\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-41.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6144\" style=\"width:726px;height:365px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-41.png 893w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-41-600x302.png 600w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-41-768x386.png 768w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-41-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the data of Gazprom itself, the corporation supplied <strong>only 185.1 billion cubic meters of gas<\/strong> to the so-called &#8220;far abroad&#8221; (that is, countries outside the former Soviet space) in 2021, which is significantly lower than the annual exports of 2017-2019. The reduction of gas supplies to Europe in the second half of 2021 is also confirmed by the daily EU gas supplies statistics. Only in September-December 2021, Gazprom reduced supplies to the EU <strong>by 13.6 billion cubic meters<\/strong>, and gas supplies through the Ukrainian gas transportation network and the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline decreased <strong>by 58% <\/strong>e <strong>51 %<\/strong> respectively during this period. At the same time, Oleksiy Miller, the CEO of Gazprom, admitted in his speech <strong>the excess production capacity<\/strong> of 150 billion cubic meters of gas. Miller said that Gazprom&#8217;s gas production in 2021 was &#8220;the best in 13 years.&#8221;<br>Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, called the behavior of Gazprom &#8220;strange&#8221;, because, despite the high demand, the volume of supplies did not increase in 2021. &#8220;<em>A company that is owned by the Russian state raises doubts as to its reliability,<\/em>&#8221; she added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-43.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6146\" style=\"width:486px;height:146px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-43.png 777w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-43-600x181.png 600w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-43-768x231.png 768w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-43-18x5.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pertanto, Gazprom <strong>ha deliberatamente limitato le forniture di gas<\/strong> e ha fatto pressione sulla Germania e su altri Stati dell'UE affinch\u00e9 accelerassero l'avvio del gasdotto Nord Stream 2, aggirando la legislazione europea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, during the 2021 crisis, gas supplies from the <strong>Stati Uniti<\/strong> <strong>increased<\/strong>. Although the Russian Federation sought to undermine Europe&#8217;s energy security, the role of other actors <strong>rose<\/strong>. The data shows that in the second half of 2021 when Gazprom reduced supplies to Europe, U.S. exports to this same region surged significantly.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"689\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-44.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-44.png 689w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-44-600x277.png 600w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-44-18x8.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il 23 febbraio, quando la Federazione Russa aveva gi\u00e0 avviato una retorica aggressiva nei confronti dell'Ucraina, l'edizione tedesca di Bild ha annunciato che avrebbe censurato tutte le immagini dei calciatori dello Schalke 04, squadra tedesca, con pubblicit\u00e0 della russa Gazprom. Il quotidiano tedesco ha sottolineato che in precedenza non aveva considerato Gazprom <strong>un finanziatore della politica aggressiva del governo russo, contrariamente a quanto emerso in seguito.<\/strong> &#8220;It&#8217;s impossible to watch Gazprom commercials to the anthem of the Champions League when Putin&#8217;s troops are invading Ukraine\u201d claimed Bild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La guerra in Ucraina ha mostrato la vera natura dell'intero sistema terroristico russo. Considerata l'importanza del gas come risorsa, la Russia non esita <strong>a manipolare forniture precedentemente concordate<\/strong>, trasformando il gas in un'arma devastante e in un potente strumento d'influenza. <strong>L'inaffidabilit\u00e0 della Russia come partner \u00e8 stata confermata ancora una volta.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the only possible way to pay for natural gas for so-called &#8220;unfriendly countries&#8221; will be <strong>in rubli russi<\/strong>, e non in euro come previsto dai contratti. A sua volta, la Commissione europea <strong>si \u00e8 fermamente opposta<\/strong> the very scheme proposed by Putin: according to him, the European companies had to exchange its payment in euros for rubles and then transfer the rubles to Gazprom&#8217;s account. This scheme involved contact with the Central Bank of Russia, which is <strong>una completa violazione delle sanzioni<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nevertheless, it did not eliminate the total dependence of some countries on gas supplies which were foreseen by already signed contracts. Gazprom then proposed another scheme according to which European companies pay in euros, as it was before, and then the Russian side changes euros into rubles, transfers them to the European company&#8217;s account, and after that sends these rubles to Gazprom. Taking everything into account, the European Commission concluded that this form of payment does not violate sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ma in realt\u00e0, <strong>si trattava di un'altra<\/strong> <strong>provocazione della Russia<\/strong>. Questo caso dimostra che la Russia non intende rispettare le regole e pu\u00f2 facilmente <strong>ricattare<\/strong> le economie occidentali. Purtroppo, alcuni Paesi europei hanno ceduto a questa provocazione e la leadership russa \u00e8 riuscita <strong>a gettare fumo negli occhi<\/strong> alla propria popolazione, presentando l'idea di una fantomatica influenza russa sul mondo occidentale. Di conseguenza, alcune aziende europee hanno accettato di modificare i termini dei contratti a proprio vantaggio. A maggio, Italia e Germania hanno consentito alle aziende di aprire conti in rubli per l'acquisto di gas russo, cercando contemporaneamente fornitori alternativi <strong>per liberarsi della dipendenza<\/strong> dalla Federazione Russa entro la fine dell'anno. Ad agosto, la Turchia ha accettato di pagare il gas russo parzialmente in rubli, mostrando il desiderio di tenere un piede in due scarpe, cosa inaccettabile in una situazione simile.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-45.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6148\" style=\"width:298px;height:167px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-45.png 321w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-45-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Nel frattempo, la Russia ha smesso di fornire gas agli Stati che si sono rifiutati di pagare in rubli. Tra questi vi \u00e8 la <strong>Finlandia<\/strong>, che non ha tardato ad annunciare che avrebbe importato gas naturale da altre fonti attraverso <strong>il gasdotto Balticconnector<\/strong> (che collega Finlandia ed Estonia). In effetti, la perdita del fornitore russo non \u00e8 stata un disastro per i finlandesi. Hanno respinto il nuovo meccanismo del Cremlino e si sono liberati dalla dipendenza, come avevano fatto ad aprile <strong>la Polonia<\/strong> e <strong>la Bulgaria<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La Russia non ha pi\u00f9 bisogno di cercare di mantenere l'immagine di fornitore affidabile: <strong>l'ha gi\u00e0 persa<\/strong> , insieme a ogni prospettiva sul mercato europeo. Nuovi contratti non sembrano pi\u00f9 possibili, fatta eccezione per quelli con la Serbia e l'Ungheria, Paesi con cui la Russia mantiene ancora stretti legami politici.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeff Makholm, direttore generale di NERA Economic Consulting, afferma che la Russia sa che i suoi interessi di lungo periodo nelle forniture di gas all'UE sono ormai comunque tramontati. <strong>Ecco perch\u00e9 ora esercita una pressione cos\u00ec forte. <\/strong>Nel maggio 2022, Gazprom ha chiuso l'importante gasdotto Yamal e a met\u00e0 giugno ha ridotto le forniture di gas attraverso Nord Stream-1 <strong>del 75%<\/strong> &#8211; from 170 million cubic meters of gas per day to approximately 40 million cubic meters. At the beginning of July, the corporation stopped the exploitation of Nord Stream-1 for 10 days, explaining the need for it to be repaired. And now, after its restoration, Gazprom <strong>ha ridotto il volume delle forniture<\/strong> della met\u00e0, portandolo a 20 milioni di metri cubi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il taglio delle forniture ha fatto aumentare i prezzi all'ingrosso del gas in Europa del <strong>10% dall'oggi al domani.<\/strong> I prezzi del gas sono ora <strong>superiori del 450%<\/strong> rispetto allo stesso periodo dell'anno scorso. La creazione di <strong>una carenza artificiale<\/strong> is a means of Russia&#8217;s influence and its weapon in the international arena. Gazprom now claims it is cutting gas because of the need to shut down one of its turbines for maintenance, although few believe it. EU High Representative for Energy Policy Kadri Simson called this move &#8220;<em>politicamente motivata<\/em>&#8220;. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, called it <em>&#8220;an open gas war that Russia is waging against a united Europe\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volodymyr Putin accuses the West of the reduction of gas supplies as if the sanctions were to blame. Russia\u2019s high-ranking officials do not stop the supplies completely, they just reduce it to create an image that the main violator isn\u2019t them, but the West and its sanctions policy. Putin is seeking to push forward the idea that the West, not his unprovoked war against Ukraine, is responsible for the gas shocks in the world. If it weren&#8217;t for the war, gas prices would have increased gradually, not immediately with the start of the invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u00abHa una narrazione che pu\u00f2 usare per manipolare le opinioni in Russia e nei Paesi terzi, nonch\u00e9 in parte in Europa<\/em>,&#8221; said Veronika Grimm, member of the German Council of Economic Experts and professor of economics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00e4t Erlangen &#8211; Nuremberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riattivando ora Nord Stream 1, Mosca dimostra di poter ripristinare o interrompere le forniture ogni volta che vuole. Questa possibilit\u00e0 <strong>rappresenta la minaccia di un blocco completo delle forniture di gas all'Europa.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I leader mondiali hanno ripetutamente sottolineato l' <strong>uso del gas come arma <\/strong>da parte della Russia. \u00ab<em>Mosca non esita a usare come arma le forniture di cereali e di energia. Dobbiamo essere risoluti nel proteggerci<\/em>,&#8221; said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Russia is blackmailing us. Russia is using energy as a weapon and therefore, in any event, whether it&#8217;s a partial major cut-off of Russian gas or total cut-off&#8230; Europe needs to be ready<\/em>,&#8221; said Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-46.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6149\" style=\"width:344px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-46.png 655w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-46-600x435.png 600w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-46-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L'Europa sta cercando di accelerare il suo distacco dalla Russia, anche se ci\u00f2 richiede la creazione di nuove infrastrutture e lo sviluppo di nuove partnership. Kadri Simson, commissaria europea per l'energia, ha dichiarato: \u00ab<em>Ridurre la nostra dipendenza dal gas russo \u00e8 un imperativo strategico per l'Unione europea.\u00bb <\/em>Nel 2020, oltre che dalla Russia, le importazioni di gas naturale dell'UE provenivano da Norvegia (21%), Algeria (8%) e Qatar (5%). L'UE presta ora ancora maggiore attenzione a questi Stati. Anche Canada, Egitto, Israele, Nigeria, Senegal e Angola sono di interesse per l'Europa; quest'ultima intende aumentare le forniture di GNL di 50 miliardi di metri cubi (bcm) all'anno. L'UE prevede inoltre di sostenere il raddoppio della capacit\u00e0 del Corridoio meridionale del gas, che fornisce gas dall'Azerbaigian fino a 20 miliardi di metri cubi all'anno. E mentre un gruppo di lavoro intende valutare l'aumento delle forniture di gas dal Canada, Paesi come Giappone e Corea del Sud hanno gi\u00e0 dirottato verso l'Europa diverse spedizioni di gas naturale liquefatto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ogni Paese <strong>cerca alternative<\/strong> al gas russo: la Germania cerca maggiori forniture da Norvegia e Paesi Bassi, mentre Italia e Spagna tentano di importare pi\u00f9 gas dall'Algeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I leader europei ordinano maggiori quantit\u00e0 di gas naturale liquefatto, che arriva via nave, e cercano di ottenere pi\u00f9 gas tramite gasdotti da Paesi fornitori alternativi. Cambiano anche le loro politiche interne: accelerano il ricorso all'energia eolica e solare e promuovono misure di risparmio energetico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Russia&#8217;s weaponization of natural gas could backfire by destroying demand for the one of the main Russian sources of income. Indeed, Russia is losing the funds it used to receive from exports. Therefore, the state will have fewer opportunities and capital to manufacture its deadly weapons and sponsor the war against Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nowadays hybrid wars require more than just the usage of conventional arms. The possession of vital resources may be seen as a soft power tool while being even more damaging for the opponent than heavy weaponry. Reducing dependence on terrorist state resources should be a priority for the developed world. 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