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Can a pipeline assert power? / Vallone, International Energy, IAEE energy blog, 2/11/2011On September the 6th Europe assisted to the opening ceremony of the $10bn NORD STREAM pipeline (http://www.nord-stream.com/en/). A project developed mainly by Russia in order to have its first direct export link to western markets, bypassing Ukraine and other central European countries. As some will recall, Ukraine is still currently locked in a series of disputes with Russia’s Gazprom, which in the past raised various concerns over possible supply disruptions to western Europe...