Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Ukraine and Russia found an agreement

After several days of tensions between Russia and Ukraine on the price of gas provided by Russia to Ukraine, the Ukrainian natural gas company agreed to a price of $230 per thousand cubic meters of gas. I will ask today to Olena, the Internationa Secretary of Young Socialists of Ukraine (which were to the MJS Congress) to know what they think on this agreement. Just before the electoral campaign, this dispute could have strong consequences on the electoral game in Ukraine. Strong consequences also on a broader problem: how to deal with the energetic issues. Russia seems to use their natural resources as a political weapons. This could have strong consequences on international relations. We saw the lack of solidarity between members of the European Union towards this dispute. A European energetic policy is more than ever necessary.

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