Thanks Chris. Let me rephrase it, if you like. Blowing up NorthStream was the culmination of the whole caboodle of diverting energy resources away from Russia by septics. As a result, Europe, incl. the UK and especially Germany suffers serious energy poverty. Personally, it *really* does affect me here in the UK, the energy bills are mouth-wateringly expensive. It may not affect you (since you live in HK) or perhaps Macay who obviously hasn't noticed, but people on the poverty line are suffering. One would have thought that event/s like these are worth mentioning in an M-L analysis on what is important to us plebs. Just saying