EU simply wants its gas
Published: 15 January, 2009, 12:58
Russia and Ukraine bear shared responsibility for the gas crisis and interrupted supplies to Europe, says Sami Andoura, a member of the Royal Institute for International Relations.
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A three-way gas transit deal between Russia, Ukraine and the EU has been signed without attaching amendments, according to Gazprom, which held crucial talks in Kiev on Monday morning.
Ukraine will have to pipe its own gas reserves to Europe to make up for the fuel that Gazprom claims was stolen by Kiev. Gazprom also says it is being forced to cut the volume of gas piped tor Europe via Ukraine.
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“I hate politics, but understand that without being involved in it, you won’t do good for your nation and your country,” said Ukraine’s outgoing president, summing up his presidency at a press conference in Kiev.
17.01.2009, 14:00
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“The current gas crisis can be used by Europe as an excuse for pushing forward projects, like the Nabucco pipeline, which could stop Russia being one of their providers,” said Pavel Sorokin from the Unicredit Aton bank.
09.01.2009, 07:28
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As talks aimed at ending the gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine broke down in Brussels, PM Vladimir Putin accused the government in Kiev of deliberately plotting to block supplies of Russian gas to Europe.
Either Ukraine will pay the market price for gas, or Russia will have to use Nord Stream and South Stream for gas transit in the future, says Leonid Sevastyanov, energy analyst from Stratinvest company.
‘The Ukrainian leadership should admit that the country’s economy reached bankruptcy even before the gas conflict with Russia,’says Kirill Koktysh, political analyst at Moscow State University of International Relations.
Europe is annoyed with the gas conflict between Russia and Ukraine and makes little distinction in terms of who is to blame for the interrupted gas supplies, believes Fred Weir from The Christian Science Monitor.
There are some that do not want to see Russia and Europe working together and have tried to bring up past phobias, says Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Andrzej Szczesniak, an independent gas industry expert, says the EU now realises that this is a problem of gas transit through Ukraine, rather than a supply problem from Russia.
Published: 15 January, 2009, 12:58
Russia and Ukraine bear shared responsibility for the gas crisis and interrupted supplies to Europe, says Sami Andoura, a member of the Royal Institute for International Relations.