In Long Term, Moscow-Kyiv Gas Dispute Could Re-Draw Europe’s Energy Map
23/1/2009In-depth analysis written by Bruce Pannier for RFERL on the political and economic implications of the recent Russo-Ukrainian gas row — the article contains excerpts of my interview on the issue.
There is no quick way for the European Union to penalize Russia and Ukraine for the gas dispute that led to a frosty two-week cutoff in gas supplies this month. So, for the time being, the EU continues to receive one-quarter of its gas supplies from Russia — and four-fifths of that via pipelines in Ukraine — just as it did before the feud began.
But the 27-member bloc has already signaled that it will neither forgive nor forget, with EU officials exploring new energy alternatives that circumvent Ukraine, or Russia altogether.
