Russia Cuts Off Gas to Ukraine in Cost Dispute - New York Times: "MOSCOW, Jan. 1 - Russia cut off the natural gas intended for Ukraine on Sunday as talks over pricing and transit terms unraveled into a bald political conflict that carried consequences for Ukraine's recovering economy and possibly for gas supplies to Western Europe.
The dispute comes a year after the Orange Revolution brought a pro-Western government to power in Ukraine. It ends a decade of post-Soviet subsidies in the form of cheap energy that allowed Russia to retain some influence over the former Soviet republics. "
This was just another attempt of Russia and its would-be Czar, Vladimir Putin, to control Ukraine and extert its imperialist vision a la Putinesque. For those of who are in the dark, Putin wrote a thesis on world domination through the control of energy. He is taking his plan step by step, minus finesse.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
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