Nord Stream has very huge strategical value. It allows to sell gas directly to Germany while letting Poland and Ukraine to &quot;starve&quot;. It is in my opinion the enabler of crisis in Ukraine which possibility was obvious for me since the Nord Stream was announced - the question was only the timing.<p>At the same time Nord Stream can used as an excuse to strengthen the Russian military presence on the Baltic Sea. In this sense the discovery of a UAV is strongly in favor of Russia.