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  This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 83%. (I'm a bot)
  
  
  Vladimir Putin has gambled away his gas leverage over Europe, Germany's vice-chancellor has claimed as he sounded a note of cautious optimism over his country's energy supplies during a visit to Norway.
  At the start of 2023 Germany was "One-third done" being able to replace ceased Russian deliveries of gas, oil and coal through other channels, such as speedily built liquefied natural gas terminals and an increase of imports from Norway, now Europe's largest supplier of gas.
  Amid shortages of gas and fears of power outages, European neighbours have voiced incredulity with Germany sticking to its plan to phase out nuclear power - a decision made under the conservative chancellor Angela Merkel but massively pushed for by Habeck's Greens.
  
  
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context: Sanctions
  UA retakes territories
  Gas leverage demolished
  RU:  "Ceasefire!  Ceasefire!" >
  
  Just like a game of Civ.  They only ever ask for ceasefires when they're getting their asses handed to them. >
  
  After a war they started as well