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Russian gas cuts - why there is no need to worry | 168 comments (100 topical, 68 editorial, 1 hidden)

Re: Did you read what I wrote? (none / 0)

It would be good for Gazprom and for Russia (and probably also for Ukraine) that there be direct buying, but not for Gazprom managers with their hands in the pie, thus it is not happening

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Jan 2nd, 2006 at 10:40:19 AM EST
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Re: Did you read what I wrote? (none / 0)

Wha? That is exactly what Gazprom suggests.

by blackhawk on Mon Jan 2nd, 2006 at 10:43:14 AM EST
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Gazprom Did Nor Quite Meet Expectations (none / 0)

Russia CANNOT afford to cut off gas and be seen by Europe as an unreliable partner in the energy sphere, the only one where it is a serious player.

BTW 75% of Gazprom's profits originate in Western Europe.

Today's diary faces reality of Gazprom (Kremlin) having cut gas supply to Ukraine for failure to meet a new agreement per year's end. Ukraine as poor man has not been able to pay its bills for gas it got serviced. I personally would cut supplies too when I don't get paid for delivery. I am sure it's mostly politics, complicated by the upcoming Ukrainian parliamentary election in March 2006.

"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

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by Oui on Mon Jan 2nd, 2006 at 02:35:28 PM EST
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Russian gas cuts - why there is no need to worry | 168 comments (100 topical, 68 editorial, 1 hidden)

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