Ukrainians Will Get Gas, Too, But Their Cost and Risk of Cutoffs Remain High
European Union leaders in Brussels may be celebrating the gas deal signed Thursday between Ukraine and Russia as an assurance of Russian gas supplies to Europe this winter, but Ukrainians can at best take cold comfort from the agreement. EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger, who had been brokering the talks for months, partly dictated the timing of the deal, applying the pressure to complete it one day before his term in office ended. The terms of the deal do more to protect Russia’s flexibility to manipulate …read more
Source: Atlantic Council