Hannah was a perfect example.
Before this, she had never even heard of someone named Mikhail. It was only after Wang Ye took control of Russia's WTO accession efforts that Hannah, as a government trade representative, heard that name.
After looking into him, she was stunned to discover that this young man in his twenties seemed quite remarkable.
That long list of positions he held honestly made Hannah rather jealous...
She had been in politics for so many years and was nearly fifty, yet she had only managed to become a trade representative.
But Mikhail had been in politics for less than five years, and he had already become a pivotal figure in Moscow's political scene!
Of course, that was only because Hannah did not know Moscow's political circles well enough. If she truly understood them, she would realize that the power Wang Ye actually wielded far exceeded what his official titles suggested!
That was why she had tried to put Wang Ye in his place the moment they met. Unfortunately, she had run into a wall and been bluntly shot down by him.
Just as Wang Ye had said, although Russia was the seller while the European Union—or Germany—was the buyer, the side paying the money should theoretically have the initiative.
But the problem was that the buyer had very little room to choose!
It still depended on supply and demand!
Aside from Russia, it was difficult to buy affordable, high-quality natural gas anywhere else. Unless they were willing to be suckers and pay exorbitant prices for liquefied natural gas from other countries, shipped over on specialized vessels while also bearing huge transportation costs.
No matter how one looked at it, the opening of the Nord Stream Pipeline brought far more benefits than drawbacks to Germany and the European