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What did 28 September 2022 reveal about Europe's pressures?
Summary
A look back at two reports from the days around 28 September 2022: a new gas link for Poland and an admission by Yevgeny Prigozhin.
What was taking shape across Europe by 28 September 2022? Two reports from the preceding days, one about energy and one about a private army, give part of the answer.
On 27 September 2022, leaders from Poland, Norway and Denmark held a ceremony to open the Baltic Pipe. The natural gas pipeline was built to carry gas from the Norwegian shelf via Denmark to Poland.
A day earlier, on 26 September 2022, Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, publicly admitted for the first time that he had founded the Wagner Group. The private military company stood accused of war crimes in places where it had been deployed. Prigozhin had previously denied any involvement with the organisation.
The two reports concerned different subjects: the opening of a pipeline route linking Norway, Denmark and Poland, and a public acknowledgement from a man who had earlier distanced himself from Wagner. Both were on record as of 28 September 2022.
