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The 2006 Russia–Georgia energy crisis describes an international incident triggered by two explosions on the Mozdok–
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pipeline in
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on January 22, 2006. The explosions suspended gas supply to
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at a time when the weather was particularly cold, leading to allegations of deliberate energy blackmail carried out by the Russian government.


Background

The explosions took place with the backdrop of the 2006 Russia-Ukraine gas crisis that same month. They also coincided with sabotage on electricity lines just several miles from the pipeline, which descended large parts of
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into darkness. Due to these suspicious coincidences, Georgia accused Russia of conducting deliberate acts of sabotage with the aim of forcing the nation into surrendering its pipelines to
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– the Russian state-owned monopoly. Russia dismisses the accusations, claiming the charges could be set by terrorists. The pipelines were eventually fixed on 7 February 2006https://www.pipeliner.com.au/internationalnews/mozdok-tbilisi-gas-pipeline-restored/


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