Yanukovych attacks Orange leaders
13/1/2009Notwithstanding the European-Russian-Ukrainian deal on the deployement of EU and Russian monitors to end the gas row, the situation remains critical, as Ukraine apparently blocked the gas destined to Moldova and Balkan countries on January 13. In the while, pro-Russian decision-maker Viktor Yanukovych stepped in and called for a political reversal in Kiev:
“We demand … the immediate dismissal of the government and the start of procedures for the impeachment of the president,” said Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych, a former prime minister and presidential candidate.
“In the middle of a political and economic crisis, the authorities have left Ukraine without gas and without prospects. Ukraine is in the process of losing its status as a transit country,” he added.
[…] Analysts said that supplies to Europe would continue to be threatened as long as the two countries did not resolve their bilateral dispute.
“Until they resolve the bilateral dispute there’s zero chance of supplies not being disrupted,” said Andrew Neff, an energy analyst at IHS Global Insight.
