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The Russian Ukrainian conflict

I will start my presentation by telling that this is going to be a differentessay. Why is that? Im going to present the Russian Ukrainian conflict, but its

not an armed conflict its more a political and an economical dispute.

I will start by referring to The Gas War as Europe named the conflict that

is still going on as we speak. This conflict hasnt began this year or the year before,

it has a history behind.

The RussiaUkraine gas disputes refer to a number of disputes between

Russianstate-controlled gas supplierGazprom and Ukrainian national oil and gas

companyNaftohaz Ukrainy overnatural gas supplies, prices and debts. Thedisputes have involved politicians of both countries and have threatened natural

gas supplies in numerous European countries that depend on Russian natural gas.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, oil import prices to Ukraine reached

world market levels in 1993, but both Ukrainian gas import prices and transit fees

for Russian exports to Europe were set in bilateral negotiations, below European

levels to some degree. At the same time Ukraine remained the main transit corridor

for Russia's gas export. In 20042005, about 80% of Russian gas exports to the

European Union were made through Ukraine. Two-thirds of Gazprom's revenue

comes from the sale of gas that crosses Ukraine.

A serious dispute started in March 2005 over the natural gas and transit

prices. This dispute culminated on 1 January 2006 with the cutting of gas supplies

to Ukraine. The situation calmed on 4 January 2006 when supply was restored and

a preliminary agreement between Russia and Ukraine was achieved.

Another gas dispute arose in October 2007 over gas debts and culminated in

the gas supplies reduction in March 2008. During the last months of 2008 relations

between Gazprom and Ukraine again became tense because of a dispute over thesize of debts owed by Ukraine.

In January 2009, the dispute resulted in 18 European countries reporting

major falls or cut-offs of their gas supplies from Russia transported through

Ukraine.
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Ill now present the conflict throw the eyes of Europeans, mainly journalists.

I found some articles written in the journal Le Monde at the beginning of the year.

On its January 3rd editorial, La guerre du gaz (The Gas War), the chief

editor wrote: The first war of the 21st Century has been declared. A country has

just cut off the energy supply to another one because it does not comply with itsdemands. Russia, the first largest gas producer in the world, has just pressed the

button of energy alarm. In the middle of the winter, Vladimir Putin cut off the supply

that enabled 50 million Ukrainians to warm up and boost their economy.

As such, the bombings on Afghan and Iraqi populations have not been wars,

while correction of Russian gas prices as per the market is a war. Therefore,

Vladimir Putin is a monster ready to freeze to death 50 million Ukrainians!

On January 4, the secretariat of the chief editors office changed the title of

an article, very moderate, and wrote instead: Moscow is committed to re-establishgas supply to Europe, which made people to mistakenly think that Russia had alsocut off gas supply to good paymasters, the Europeans, declaring at the same time

the Gas War.

Just on January 5, in an article that reads Russia imposes its conditionsupon Ukraine regarding gas prices, the readers finally get to know that Vladimir

Putin had indeed good reasons to claim the application of market prices, although

they were five times higher than the political price of friends charged so far toKiev.


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This dispute had an impact on European countries such as: Hungary (25%),

Romania (30%) and Poland (6%) reported pressure on their pipelines had dropped.

Bulgaria also reported supply was falling and that transit to Turkey, Greece and

Republic of Macedonia were affected. According to Gazprom "the problem was

not with Russia, but Ukraine" that's why it wants to develop "as soon as possible",

alternative transit routes (Nord Stream and South Stream pipelines). The deputy

chairman of Gazprom, Alexander Medvedev, hoped EU countries would back

these developments. On 4 January 2009 Czech Republic (5%) and Turkey (small

fall) reported pressure on their pipelines had dropped. Germany and France were

unaffected.

On 6 January 2009 many countries reported a major fall in supplies from

Ukrainian pipelines carrying Gazprom gas:

Austria 90% Gas flows stopped on 7 January

Bosnia and Herzegovina 100%

Bulgaria 100%

Czech Republic 75% Main transit pipeline from Russia to the Czech

Republic and Western Europe was halted from 7 January 00.00 hours

Croatia - 100%

France 70%

Germany 100% of gas shipments via Ukraine but imports continue via

Belarus Greece 100%

Hungary 100%

Italy 90%

Republic of Macedonia 100%

Moldova - 100% from 7 January

Montenegro's gas supply was down by 100% (Minimal gas use, uses

mostly oil and coal).

Poland 90% Russian deliveries via Ukraine halted on January 7 but

imports continue via Belarus Romania 75%, 100% early on January 7, Romania produces around

65% of its annual domestic consumption

Serbia 100%

Slovakia 70%,[92] 100% from 7 January 00.00 hours

Slovenia 90%, 100% from 7 January 00.00 hours
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Turkey 100% from the pipeline passing through Ukraine, Turkey raised

supplies of Russian gas via a pipeline under the Black Sea from Southern

Russia.

For the moment this conflict is a peaceful one, but I want to remind that

Russia also had a energy dispute with Belarus and a so called territorial conflict

with Georgia that ended with the invasion of Georgia by the Russian army in

2008. I hope the argues between Russia and Ukraine will finally have a

solution, because we never now but someday this will become an armed

conflict and God knows what the Russian are capable of.
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