From WSJopinion: Putin won’t shut off Germany’s gas supply because he already has what he wants, writes HolmanJenkins
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Mr. Putin won’t shut off Germany’s gas because it wouldn’t improve his position. He understands democratic society well enough to know that no elected government can be seen submitting to naked blackmail by a foreign dictator. In wrecking the German economy, Mr. Putin would only earn for Russia 100 years of German hostility, and we know how that goes.
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