{"id":998640,"date":"2021-11-11T12:14:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T17:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=998640"},"modified":"2021-11-11T12:14:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T17:14:27","slug":"belarus-president-threatens-to-cut-off-gas-to-eu-as-group-warns-of-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/belarus-president-threatens-to-cut-off-gas-to-eu-as-group-warns-of-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus President Threatens To Cut Off Gas To EU As Group Warns Of Sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbelarus-president-threatens-to-cut-off-gas-to-eu-as-group-warns-of-sanctions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=998640&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"p1\">The migrant crisis at the border between Belarus and Poland has become more serious each day with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko now threatening Europe with eliminating gas resources. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Lukashenko <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/europe\/belarus-threaten-europe-gas\/2021\/11\/11\/970c725c-42df-11ec-9404-50a28a88b9cd_story.html\">reportedly<\/a> told Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko that if Europe creates new sanctions, \u201cyou must not forgive them anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe are warning Europe, and yet they threaten to close the border,\u201d Lukashenko said, per the Belarusian state news source, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/11\/11\/world\/belarus-poland-border-migrants#tensions-escalate-at-the-poland-belarus-border-as-migrants-face-dire-conditions\">reported<\/a> by The New York Times. \u201cWhat if we close off the natural gas headed there? I would recommend the leadership of Poland, the Lithuanians and other brainless people to think before they speak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/europe\/belarus-threaten-europe-gas\/2021\/11\/11\/970c725c-42df-11ec-9404-50a28a88b9cd_story.html\">reported<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Europe relies on Russia for most of its natural gas supplies through pipelines such as Nord Stream 1 via the Baltic Sea, TurkStream and Blue Stream via Turkey and the&nbsp;Yamal-Europe&nbsp;pipeline via Belarus and Poland to Germany.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A controversial new pipeline Nord Stream 2, opposed by Ukraine and criticized by the United States, is undergoing a regulatory approval process in Germany, with Russia pressing Europe to speed the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Europe relies on Russia for about 35 percent of its natural gas. The 1,242 mile Yamal-Europe pipeline has an annual capacity of 32.9 billion cubic meters, according to Russian gas giant Gazprom, compared to 31 billion cubic meters for TurkStream and 16 billion cubic meters for Blue Stream. The capacity of Nord Stream 1 is 55 billion cubic meters, and Nord Stream 2 will double that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The border crisis has been escalating since earlier this year when Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland experienced an influx of migrants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The European Union has blamed Lukashenko for orchestrating the new crisis in order to create an issue at the Polish border in retribution for the European Union\u2019s sanctions on Belarus earlier this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Authorities have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/11\/11\/world\/belarus-poland-border-migrants#tensions-escalate-at-the-poland-belarus-border-as-migrants-face-dire-conditions\">said<\/a> that eight people died due to the conditions on the border, but the number reportedly could be far steeper. As the situation is prolonged, the humanitarian crisis worsens.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Times reported:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-1i6lz47 evys1bk0\"><em>In&nbsp;a statement posted Thursday&nbsp;on Facebook, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of Poland compared events on Thursday to those that cost Poland its statehood more than a century ago. While stressing that the situation now \u201cis not so dramatic,\u201d he said: \u201cWhat we are dealing with is a new type of war. This is a war in which civilians and media messages are the ammunition.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Polish border officials said Thursday that 150 migrants had attempted to get through the border from Belarus in a large<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The migrant crisis at the border between Belarus and Poland has become more serious each day with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko now threatening Europe with eliminating gas resources. \u00a0Lukashenko reportedly told Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko that if Europe creates new sanctions, \u201cyou must not forgive them anything.\u201d\u201cWe are warning Europe, and yet they threaten to close the border,\u201d Lukashenko said, per the Belarusian state news source, as reported by The New York Times. \u201cWhat if we close off the natural gas headed there? I would recommend the leadership of Poland, the Lithuanians and other brainless people to think before they speak.\u201dThe Washington Post reported:\u00a0Europe relies on Russia for most of its natural gas supplies through pipelines such as Nord Stream 1 via the Baltic Sea, TurkStream and Blue Stream via Turkey and the\u00a0Yamal-Europe\u00a0pipeline via Belarus and Poland to Germany.A controversial new pipeline Nord Stream 2, opposed by Ukraine and criticized by the United States, is undergoing a regulatory approval process in Germany, with Russia pressing Europe to speed the process.Europe relies on Russia for about 35 percent of its natural gas. The 1,242 mile Yamal-Europe pipeline has an annual capacity of 32.9 billion cubic meters, according to Russian gas giant Gazprom, compared to 31 billion cubic meters for TurkStream and 16 billion cubic meters for Blue Stream. The capacity of Nord Stream 1 is 55 billion cubic meters, and Nord Stream 2 will double that.The border crisis has been escalating since earlier this year when Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland experienced an influx of migrants.\u00a0The European Union has blamed Lukashenko for orchestrating the new crisis in order to create an issue at the Polish border in retribution for the European Union\u2019s sanctions on Belarus earlier this year.\u00a0Authorities have said that eight people died due to the conditions on the border, but the number reportedly could be far steeper. As the situation is prolonged, the humanitarian crisis worsens.\u00a0The Times reported:\u00a0In\u00a0a statement posted Thursday\u00a0on Facebook, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of Poland compared events on Thursday to those that cost Poland its statehood more than a century ago. While stressing that the situation now \u201cis not so dramatic,\u201d he said: \u201cWhat we are dealing with is a new type of war. This is a war in which civilians and media messages are the ammunition.\u201dPolish border officials said Thursday that 150 migrants had attempted to get through the border from Belarus in a large group during the night, and authorities reportedly cautioned of a potential effort to \u201cstorm\u201d the boundary Thursday night due to the Independence Day affairs that were depleting security forces in Poland.As The Daily Wire reported earlier this week, \u201cOn Tuesday, Lithuania declared a state of emergency on its border with Belarus, while Poland also reacted to the thousands of migrants who have flocked to the border between Belarus and Poland.\u201d\u00a0Poland\u2019s president, Andrzej Duda, said at the time: \u201cThe Belarusian regime is attacking the Polish border, the EU, in an unparalleled manner. We currently have a camp of migrants who are blocked from the Belarusian side. These are aggressive actions that we must repel, fulfilling our obligations as a member of the European Union.\u201d\u00a0The role of Russia is also being heavily discussed.\u00a0\u201cPolish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki accused Putin of orchestrating the flow of migrants trying to illegally enter Poland from Belarus, saying to an emergency session of the Polish parliament, \u2018This attack which [Belarus President Alexander] Lukashenko is conducting has its mastermind in Moscow, the mastermind is President Putin,\u2019\u00a0The Times of Israel noted,\u201d The Daily Wire reported.\u00a0Several countries placed sanctions on Belarus over the claims of fraud in Lukashenko\u2019s 2020 election. Additional sanctions were put on the country after Lukashenko reportedly grounded a civilian plane earlier this year in order to have a dissident journalist arrested.\u00a0As\u00a0The Daily Wire\u00a0reported in May, \u201ca Ryanair commercial aircraft was suddenly diverted and forced to land as it began its descent into Vilnius, Lithuania. The passengers, having been given no explanation from the pilot or crew, were left panicked and terrified as the plane changed course.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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