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40 comments on Ukraine-Russia gas spat: some background and context
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Jerome, nice clarifications thx.
I’ve been puzzled with this annual gas-hustling taking place during the last few new year shifts …
If I was Czar Putin I would have cut a long hustle short.
1- Install a gas-metering station on the Russian side of the Rus- Ukrainian border.
2- Send some e-mails to the gas customers of Europe (EU) & Ukraine, where you note that Russia only will sell to one buyer (eg a consortium)
3- This means that EU and Ukraine will have to join hands to solve the issues with payments and distribution from that very meter-station onwards …
4- Any contractual troubles will result in the closing of the spigot at the Russian border.
5- Case closed. Ehhh and yeah, please pay the running tariff, thx
Indeed. But doing this would eliminate the possibility of the Trade. Someone is working hard to avoid that outcome...
Why would this eliminate the possibility of the Trade?
IMO it would simplify the trade, seen from Russia’s point of view - talk and negotiate with only ONE counterpart.
EU will have to "guarantee/subsidize" Ukraine every once in a while to ensure their access to nat.gas, but that comes with the concept- no ?
After all the nat.gas trunk pipes is sitting on Ukrainian soil – and that is something of real value IMO
It would be hard to do this under the watch of EU officials. According to the article parts of the Russian elite also benefit from this Trade, why would they want to ruin it?
I am always amazed though by the idea that such corruption is only possible in the East. I believe the same level of corruption is present in most places, but it is much better hidden in the West. And in some cases it is blatantly obvious even in the West. Think Haliburton.
The main difference between the West and East lies in the depth of corruption. In the East you can easily bribe an official or a policeman as an average citizen. In the West corruption is mostly limited to the top of the power pyramid.
Ok, thx Bl4ckVo1d for illuminating that Trade-issue of mine. I did not read Jerome's external "Trade" link.
That's absolutely true!