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Ukraine-Russia: some background and context
As we enter yet another episode of worried or sanctimonious articles about the gas conflict...
WRAPUP 1-Russia prepares to halt gas supplies to Ukraine | Deals | Regulatory News
uk.reuters.com — * Ukraine's gas to be cut at 0700 GMT on Thursday * Ukraine says it will maintain... European supplies * Europe has stocks to ride out crisis - analysts By Vladimir Soldatkin and Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW/KIEV, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Russia was preparing to ... (more) WRAPUP 1-Russia prepares to halt gas supplies to ...
FT.com / Comment / Opinion - The battle of the oligarchs behind the gas dispute
ft.com — A monolithic, Putin-led Kremlin using the “energy weapon” to browbeat neighbouring Ukraine and beyond and threaten the... rest of Europe with natural gas shortages: the image has become commonplace during the “gas spats” of the past few years. Yet those ... (more) FT.com / Comment / Opinion - The battle of the oligarchs ...
Europe | Ukraine-Russia gas spat: some background and context
europe.theoildrum.com — The 2004 orange revolution put Ukraine on the map, as a new, spunky member of the "democratic... world" against the axis of evil and other assorted dictatorships, a group that Russia was beginning to join in the White House view. Never mind that ... (more) Europe | Ukraine-Russia gas spat: some background and ...
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