Ukraine, Russia, EU: Gas Politics

Antal Dániel of Central Europe Activ believes that Ukraine is “one of the most corrupted countries, a quasi-bankrupt and quasi-failed state” and quotes Gazprom's deputy chairman to emphasize that “the EU must find out what it want to do with Ukraine.” Hugo Lane of Lands Far Away… argues ^[1] in the comments section that “the final gas agreement has taken us a step closer by finally bringing transparency to the gas business in Ukraine.” On his blog, Lane writes ^[2] that “[t]he biggest loser here though is Gazprom and Putin. Only the willfully blind (i.e. Gerhard Schroeder) can now hide from the notion that Gazprom is being used as a vehicle for Russian foreign policy and is not a normal company.”