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Russian Energy and the European Union: Gassy Issues

Margot Light, November 2006

The World Today, Volume 62, Number 11

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With the approach of colder weather in Europe there is new nervousness about energy supplies. Russian actions earlier this year created a climate of mistrust, but is the west guilty of hypocrisy? Could the new energy superpower pump its products east rather than west, or are there dangers in getting cosy with China?