“Ultimately, this is also a tremendous opportunity; it’s a tremendous opportunity to once and for all remove dependence on Russian energy and thus to take away from Vladimir Putin weaponization of energy as means of advancing his imperial designs. That’s very significant. That offers tremendous strategic opportunity for years to come, but meanwhile we are determined to do everything we possibly can to ensure that the consequences of all this are not borne by the citizens of our countries…” US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on explosions which recently occurred damaging Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, which have supplied primarily Germany, and the rest of Europe, with Russian gas. Similar remarks were heard from Polish officials immediately following the explosions.

While US and its mainstream media remained silent initially, their Eastern European vassals were very quick to place the blame on Russia. According to those who choose to blame Russia for the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines sabotage, Russia has invested several years and billions of Euros into constructing pipelines, which generate billions of Euros in profit for the country, only to have them destroyed and a source of its income removed. Does that make sense? To better understand this mindless train of thought, just think of the largest income generating industry in your country. Now imagine that your government just simply decides to destroy its infrastructure by planting explosives and, in turn, risks the possibility of never being able to put it back into function again: would your respective governments benefit from that? No, of course they would not. Therefore, Russia would not do so either. It has no interests whatsoever in carrying out such an act. However, there is someone that does. Read the first paragraph again to obtain a clearer picture.

Since the special operation in Ukraine began in February, thousands of anti-Russia sanctions have been introduced by the West, mainly targeting its energy sector. As a result, Germany, a country once dependent on cheap Russian gas, is now facing deindustrialization due to its shortage. Europe’s largest economy is experiencing turmoil in almost all sectors due to enormous energy costs faced by companies. One of the main reasons why Germany was able to rise to the position of a largest economy is because of the direct supply of cheap Russian gas. The supply is currently steady, especially the supply of liquified natural gas (LNG) from the United States, but at ten times the cost compared to the Russian pipe gas. The companies are simply not capable of bearing the burden of such costs and many are either choosing to close, while others have announced their move to relocate to the United States who has promised them tax breaks and cheap energy. Still not convinced?

Europe may be removing itself from being dependent on Russia for energy supplies, but it is becoming highly dependent on supplies from the United States. Coincidence? It is highly doubtful. The United States has its Eastern European vassals working overtime to ensure its goals are met. It is not a coincidence at all that it is Poland and the Baltic states who have been most vocal in condemning Russia and spreading Russophobia at the levels not seen since World War II. It is not a coincidence either that these are also the first states to sign an approval of Ukraine’s recent request to join NATO. These states are enjoying increased attention from the United States and increased aid as their geographic position between the three seas is of significant importance, hence the reason why the US is investing into the Three Seas Initiative.

The Three Seas Initiative was launched in 2015 as a joint Central/Eastern European project. The countries involved in the initiative are Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. These are all the countries that border on the Baltic Sea to the north, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, and the Black Sea to the southeast. The initiative drew attention of US president at the time, Donald Trump, and at the 2020 summit in Tallinn, Estonia, US Secretary of State at the time, Mike Pompeo, declared Washington’s readiness to commit $1 billion to the Three Seas Initiative fund. Although the US assistance to the fund has not been very consistent over the years, it is now gaining more attention amid the current crisis in Ukraine, therefore at the latest summit in Riga, Latvia, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken stated that the Three Seas Initiative development becomes “even more urgent.” During the summit, the US International Development Finance Cooperation announced a provision of $300 million to the investment fund.

From Washington’s foreign policy perspective, this initiative is one of the most important political and economic policy initiatives to emerge in the Eastern part of Europe. In reality, it is an initiative that does not bring anything valuable to Europe as a whole, but rather marks the shift of power from Western Europe, which has dominated European politics, to the East of Europe. The only issue with that is the fact that Eastern European states have very little independence, but rather have succumbed to the strong influence of the United States. The Three Seas Initiative could almost be viewed as Poland’s attempt to revive Jozef Pilsudski’s idea of Intermarium and to become a leading power in Europe by serving as a central hub of energy initiatives. Intermarium was a post-World War I geopolitical plan conceived by Jozef Pilsudski, former Prime Minister of Poland, to unite former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth lands within a single polity. To achieve this unity, there is already an infrastructure being built for transport of gas which would connect the three seas, Adriatic, Baltic and Black seas, into one single network. Warsaw is already hosting construction of new liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals for US LNG shipments. This is where the story of Ukraine joins the well orchestrated play.

Ukraine has joined the Three Seas Initiative during this summer’s summit. Ukraine’s President, Zelensky, joining the Three Seas Initiative summit via video conference announced: “The third proposal is energy. Ukraine has one of the most powerful gas storage facilities in the region and an extensive gas supply network. Therefore, by cooperating with our neighbors, using the capacities of the Poland-Slovakia, Poland-Ukraine interconnectors, as well as the LNG terminals available in the region, we can meet the needs of all countries…” Needless to say, these facilities have been built by the Soviet Union during Soviet times, as majority of other Ukraine’s infrastructure, which Kiev regime has forgotten over time.

Regardless of who built the infrastructure, in order for this initiative to gain momentum and to become successful, European Union (EU) would need to be disintegrated, as EU member states, especially the Western ones, would never vote to have the power shifted to Poland and its neighbors. However, that should not present a significant obstacle in the future because European Union has never been less united and is on a verge of a break up. As more member states experience government changes, such as Sweden recently, Italy, etc., the less support there will be for American style politics which Ursula von der Leyen has been promoting. The twelve countries participating in the Three Seas Initiative, of whom all are EU member states except most recent admittance of Ukraine, will likely strive to create not only economic partnership, but also a security alliance to jointly deter threats of their commonly created enemy, Russia.

This security alliance could possibly serve as a branch of NATO, just under a different name, creating an entire defense corridor between Russia and the remainder of Europe. This is where the Eastern Europe gets to enjoy the spotlight and attracts Western, particularly US, military funding. Military industrial complex, in turn, continues to reap benefits and high profits as its supply of weapons and supply for military bases continues. The US energy companies’ success would strengthen as well, as they continue to export their LNG through ports of Eastern Europe, while significantly weakening the Western European allies by selling them ten times more expensive LNG. Watching the situation unfold, one can only conclude that Germany has become as much of a victim of the US greed as Ukraine itself has. Germany has not been humiliated as much as it currently has since World War II, and it is very questionable how long it will continue to allow to be humiliated, especially by the neighboring Poland led by the US.