Re: Russkie Knife in Back for Ukraine
- From: holman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Eugene Holman)
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:40:36 +0200
In article <1135903661.055927.13610@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
lorad474@xxxxxx wrote:
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> Maybe pooety will send Gerhardt out with a monkeywrench to turn off the
> valves.
Easier said than done, seeing as most of Russia's oil to the EU is shipped
via pipelines traversing Ukraine.
If we are going to operate in a market economy, subsidies will have to be
phased out, so Ukraine will gain from this tempest in a teapot, while
Belarus, with highly subsidized gas, will continue to stagnate. Ukraine
was obviously prepared for this eventuality and seems to have stowed away
adequate reserves. It will not have to siphon off oil from Russia's pipes
unless it wants to prove a point. Teaching its population to be more
conservationist with oil is also a positive outcome here.
What we see is Russia shooting itself in the foot when it threatens to use
the oil weapon. Back to the drawing boards...
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