Background to the Russia-Ukrainian Gas Crisis

Clarifying Central Issues and Concepts

Author(s): Margarita Balmaceda
Editor(s): Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 53
Pages: 22-23
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2009

Media accounts and the statements of interested parties often use such terms as Ukraine's stealing of gas, Russian's subsidization of Ukraine, and Gazprom's move to market prices. Often these phrases hinder an accurate understanding of the issues at stake. Thus, it is worth taking a second look at some of these issues and how they play out in today's conflict.

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