Russia Says It Will Halt Delivery of Natural Gas to Ukraine

[smsnead2]

Keep an eye on this situation.

Here is an article from November that talked about some potential problems here...

http://www.europac.net/voicesframeset.asp?id=13

And here is an update as of this evening....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...12/31/AR2008123102832.html?hpid=moreheadlines

 

[fatjohn]

Hope they kiss and make up, but this seems to be the spark of something very big.

 

[torchbearer]

Good time for another country to pick up a new customer.

 

[smsnead2]

Gazprom shuts off gas links to Ukraine

In comments broadcast Wednesday evening on Russian state television, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that any interference with Russian gas exports to Europe would carry "serious consequences for the transit country itself." He did not elaborate.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/01/europe/gazprom.php

 

[danberkeley]

Didnt Stalin also do this to the Ukraine?

 

[smsnead2]

Didnt Stalin also do this to the Ukraine?

Here is an interesting article discussing the parallels...

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/12/russia_rubs_raw_nerves_in_ukra.html

 

[DFF]

Looks like everyone in the world's colluding together to boost the price of oil/natural gas.

 

[hypnagogue]

I believe they did that just a couple years ago. It may not have been Ukraine, though.