Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Ucraina, cresci

It is time for Ukraine to grow up and get serious. Since the collapse
of the Soviet Union, Ukraine has stolen natural gas from Russia and
now it is blackmailing Europe. Ukraine steals Gazprom’s natural gas
and then sells it to Europe at a huge profit. Today, Ukraine is
stealing gas from the European Union. There are ways to put this state
of affairs to an end.
First, Ukraine must pay world prices for natural gas. At today’s
natural gas prices, Gazprom loses approximately $12 billion in revenue
subsidizing Ukraine’s economy. Why should Russia subsidize Ukraine’s
economy when Russian companies compete with Ukrainian companies? The
best example is the steel sector. Cheap energy keeps the Ukrainian
steel sector afloat. Paying market prices will force Ukraine to
undergo painful, but necessary energy restructuring.
Second, since Kiev has aspirations to join the EU, it should start
acting like it is worthy to do so. Russia doesn’t have the best
bilateral relations with a number of post-Soviet republics, but most
understand modern energy realities and pay market prices. Brussels
should make it clear that any future discussions about Ukraine joining
the EU should include strict transparency in energy relations.
Third, Ukraine must accept – and the EU should demand – that Kiev sign
long-term contracts at market prices. This is the norm for Russia’s
other energy partners. By doing this, we all will avoid the annual
ritual of a year-end crisis.
Fourth, we need some creative thinking. Ukraine’s economy has been
grossly mismanaged. The country is broke and on life-support with IMF
loans. It is obvious Kiev will face tremendous challenges paying world
prices for gas. However, there are alternatives in the short to med-
term to deal with this issue. Ukraine’s pipeline system is in a
serious state of disrepair. Ukraine’s pipeline operator has shown
little interest in its upkeep. This is a growing danger for Gazprom’s
European customers. Eighty percent of Gazprom’s exports go to Europe
through Ukraine. This is why Kiev should sell the pipeline system to
Gazprom. I know this is a very controversial proposition. Nonetheless,
this decision would solve the most immediate problem: Gazprom could
sell gas to Ukraine at lower than market prices over the course of,
let’s say, five years in exchange for gradual ownership of Ukraine’s
gas pipelines. This is what Belarus agreed to do at the start of 2007.
With ownership of Ukraine’s pipeline system, Europe and Russia could
work directly without Ukraine as an intermediary. And if this
arrangement is “politically too sensitive” for some, then allow
Germany and other EU members to become part of a pipeline consortium
to ensure transparency. This idea has been around for a while and it
is time to give it another thought.
Fifth, Brussels should embrace Russia as an energy partner. Rarely is
it pointed out that Russia is far more reliant on Europe as an energy
consumer than Russia is for Europe as an energy provider. Europe needs
Russian gas and Russia needs revenues to invest in its energy sector
to do this. The only thing that gets in the way of this is Ukraine’s
backward-looking approach to energy security. It is about time Europe
understood that it is Kiev playing politics with energy not Russia.
Even though the world is faced with a global recession, it needs to be
recognized that the era of cheap energy is over. And this recognition
should start with Ukraine being made responsible for the energy
security of other

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e tu non cresci mai? 

 e tu non cresci mai?
io non rubo il gas al vicino, e non ho vicini cagasotto che se fossi
così delinquente da farlo darebbero ragione a me anzichè al derubato

 E le biciclette?
Sono forse il guardiano di mia sorella? (cit.) E in ogni caso, era
diritto all'autodifesa. Le avevano rubato una bici e lei ne ha rubata
una. O può farlo solo Israele?

cosě delinquente da farlo darebbero ragione a me anzichč al derubato
premesso che la tua opinione č piuttosto irrilevante, con questa mossa la 
Russia senz'altro ha fatto passare un certo tipo di messaggio, ovvero che 
l'Europa dell'est dipende in tutto o in gran parte dal gas che gli arriva 
dalla Russia. Ovvero: č la Russia che tiene i cordoni della "borsa"... 
Certamente una risposta nei confronti dei paesi dell'est della Nato e piů in 
generale ai potenziali nuovi aderenti. Ad essere sinceri questa č una 
situazione che dal punto di vista strategico-militare non č accettabile. E' 
seriamente necessario correre ai ripari perchč una alleanza militare non puň 
permettere che il tuo potenziale avversario ti stacchi il gas a mezza Europa 
come vuole...
Volendo andare un po' oltre non č detto che la Russia non abbia voluto dare 
un segnale indiretto sulla questione di Gaza...dato che c'era... 

una. O può farlo solo Israele?
come Persio insegna secondo me sei un palestinese che si spaccia da 
riminese... :-))