Tag: Gas conflict
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Another gas conflict and supply disruptions freeze Europe at the peak of winterThe collapse in the negotiations on a new gas contract between Gazprom and Naftogaz in December 2008 prompted disruptions in gas supplies by Russia via Ukraine to its European consumers, thus putting the continent on the brink of fatal freezing in January 2009... |
Ukraine-EU gas declaration contradicts Kiev’s gas agreements with MoscowCommenting on the Declaration on the Modernization of Ukrainian Gas Network, signed recently by Kiev and Brussels, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted the discordances between the new document and the existing gas agreements between Kiev and Moscow... |
Problematic transit and other risks highlight the urgency for gas market diversificationThe numerous energy crises caused by problems of shipping fuels to consumers via unreliable transit states such Ukraine once again call for urgent diversifications of energy supply routes in Europe — both by gas producers and its consumers... |
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Russia and Europe have again fallen victims to Ukraine’s gas transit blackmailIn a typical display of the ‘deja-vu’ syndrome, Russia and other European countries were again at the epicenter of an avoidable energy crisis, as Ukraine resorted to gas transit blackmail... |
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