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WINTER IN EUROPE MAY BE SPRINGTIME FOR PUTIN


RUSSIA’S ENERGY WAR DEPLOYS HIGH PRICES TO PROMOTE SOCIAL TURMOIL AND EMPOWER
POPULIST PARTIES.

WSJ Opinion: Putin's Threats Fail to Deter Finland, Sweden NATO Bid
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The second front has opened in the battle for Ukraine—an energy war in Europe.
There’s no mystery about Vladimir Putin’s strategy. He laid it out at an
economic conference in St. Petersburg in June: high energy prices, which bring
hardship as they radiate through the European economy, which will create social
turmoil, which will mean that people vote their pained pocketbooks. This in turn
will bring to power populist parties that will, to use his own language, change
“the elites” in Europe.

The ultimate aim is to bring governments to power in Europe that aren’t
committed to supporting Ukraine and thus fracture the Western coalition. The
strategy is already at work. Last month a right-wing party pulled out of Italy’s
governing coalition, citing “the terrible choice” that Italian families face “of
paying their electricity bill or buying food.” This forced the resignation of
Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who in June had traveled to Kyiv to affirm Italy’s
support for Ukraine.

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