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Derek Kilmer: “Consensus is that, that will weaken the economic energy security, I should say of Europe so given that those profits…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2018
Consensus is that, that will weaken the economic energy security, I should say of Europe so given that those profits feed right back into both the military and the intelligence operations of Russia, presumably to undertake activities such as the interference in our 2016 elections and on an ongoing basis.
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Derek Kilmer
Democratic · Washington

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Kilmer discusses the negative impact of Russian gas projects on European security.

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