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Hoppenstedt: Capping Russian gas at 20% would have eliminated Putin's leverage

Wolfram Hoppenstedt · A new narrative series on the origins of Europe's energy crisis · Jul 6, 2023 · at 16:31

Historian Wolfram Hoppenstedt assesses Germany's historical energy decisions and their geopolitical fallout.

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“I would say if we had limited it to 20% in our relation to Russia of today, there would have been no leverage for Putin.”

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