Ukraine Prepares To Impose Russian Gas Transit Ban, Commit Economic Suicide
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
08/08/2014
While Ukraine has long since ceased being a customer of Gazprom (for the simple reason being that it can’t afford to pay for historical gas purchases let alone future ones, and with a long cold winter just 3 months ahead, Kiev is praying that its brand new Western “allies” will give it the loans it needs to buy Europe-sourced gas), the bulk of Russia-sourced gas into Europe still transits through Ukraine. Not surprisingly, Ukraine correctly understands this is the last trump card it has in any negotiation with the west, or the east. It is this trump card that went into play moments ago when Ukraine’s Prime Minister who recently resigned and whose resignation was not accepted, said that Ukraine is considering banning the transit of all Russian “energy resources”, i.e. European gas.
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