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Link: https://www.rt.com/business/550359-gas-price-spikes-europe-nord-stream/
The dramatic surge was attributed to a wide range of factors, including an increased demand for LNG in Asia, limited supply from major exporters, and under-filled European storage facilities after last year’s hot summer and harsh winter.The latest surge comes a day after Germany suspended its certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, putting the energy project with Russia on hold indefinitely. The move was among the penalties imposed on Moscow following President Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognize the independent status of the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine.