The year 2009 started with Russia and Ukraine in a brawl over payments for Russian gas, with Europe seeing its gas deliveries siphoned off by Ukraine. On New Year’s Eve, Russia and Ukraine failed to reach an agreement on prices for gas deliveries to Ukraine, and this issue remains to be resolved. What are the Russian and Ukrainian objectives in this gas crisis? Who is more likely to achieve them – Moscow or Kiev? Is the issue strictly commercial or purely political? How are the Russian and the Ukrainian leaderships handling the crisis?
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