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Titolo: Russia warns of 'fatal' consequences for Ukraine (The Guardian)

 Tanto per aver piu' chiari i vari lati del problema.
Repubblica giunge pero' ad una conclusione non menzionata dal Guardian. 
Che Mosca voglia strappare la proprieta' del pipeline transucraino agli 
ucraini.
Si aspetta qualche dichiarazione UE,visto che e' utente di quel gas e 
futuro partner politico dell'Ucraina.
Am.
Russia warns of 'fatal' consequences for Ukraine as gas price row escalates
 By Michael Mainville in Moscow
 Published: 28 December 2005
 A dispute between Russia and Ukraine about gas prices has escalated, 
with Kiev threatening to tap Russian gas shipments heading for Europe - 
and Moscow warning that attempts to raise the rent it pays to base its 
Black Sea fleet in a Ukrainian port would have "fatal" consequences.
 The two are locked in a dispute over plans by the state-controlled 
Russian gas giant Gazprom to more than quadruple the price it charges 
Ukraine for natural gas, from about $50 (£29) per 1,000 cubic metres to 
$230, in line with world prices. Gazprom provides one-third of 
Ukraine's gas and has warned it will turn off the taps on Sunday if 
Kiev refuses.
Ukraine has sought to have the increase phased in over several years 
and upped the stakes this month by saying it was considering raising 
the $98m in annual rent Moscow pays for the use of its naval base in 
Sevastopol, on Ukraine's southern Crimean peninsula.
The Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov warned yesterday any attempt 
to change the terms of Moscow's lease would threaten agreements 
recognising Ukraine's post-Soviet borders. "The accord on conditions 
for the presence of the Russian Black Sea fleet is part of the main 
Russian-Ukrainian treaty, the second part of which includes the point 
on recognition of the inviolability of state borders ," he told state 
television. "To revise those agreements would be fatal."
The Ukrainian Prime Minister, Yuriy Yekhanurov, said Ukraine had the 
"unquestionable legal right" to take 15 per cent of Russian gas 
shipments to Europe that pass through its territory as a transit fee. 
About 80 per cent of Gazprom's European exports pass through Ukraine 
and the company supplies about half the European Union's gas.
Sergei Kuprianov, at Gazprom, said any attempt by Ukraine to siphon off 
gas destined for Europe would be regarded as theft. "All responsibility 
for shortage of Russian gas supplies to European customers will lie 
completely with Ukraine."
Mr Kuprianov denied claims by Ukraine's Energy Minister Ivan Plachkov 
that a deal had been reached to phase in the price rise. Mr Kuprianov 
called Mr Plachkov's statement "a provocation." Russia's Energy 
Minister Viktor Khristenko also denied an agreement was in place.
Russian officials insist the gas price rise is financially justified 
because it will end Moscow's long-standing energy subsidies to its 
former Soviet satellite. But many Ukrainians see the move as punishment 
for the country's pro-Western course under President Viktor Yushchenko, 
elected after last year's Orange Revolution. Gazprom has also announced 
gas price rises for Georgia and Moldova, both ex-Soviet republics 
seeking stronger ties with the West, but has extended a deal with 
Belarus, which is strongly allied with Russia, that will price natural 
gas at $46.68 per 1,000 cubic metres.
Mr Yushchenko's deputy chief of staff, Anatoly Matviyenko, raised the 
issue of the Black Sea fleet this month, saying if Gazprom wanted to 
charge world prices for gas, Ukraine "has the right to raise the 
question about suitable world prices... for the existence of foreign 
troops."
 

 
Credici pure ghghghg l'Ucraina non ha alcuna speranza di entrare nell'UE.
Infatti il silenzio UE sulla questione è tombale.

 amalric wrote:
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gia',è un po' strano questo silenzio.
Vale il detto "chi tace acconsente" ?
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 amalric wrote:
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ma perche' l'omuncolo tarato di Londra sta rosicando cosi' tanto sul fatto
che Mosca chiede all'Ucraina di pagare il gas a prezzo di mercato?
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