[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [ufpj-activist] Russia Fires Ukraine as Natural Gas Transit for Europe

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Subject: 	[ufpj-activist] Russia Fires Ukraine as Natural Gas Transit 
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Date: 	Tue, 20 Jan 2015 04:47:01 +0000
From: 	Michael Eisenscher <m_eisenscher at uslaboragainstwar.org>
Reply-To: 	Michael Eisenscher <m_eisenscher at uslaboragainstwar.org>
To: 	UFPJ Activist List <ufpj-activist at lists.mayfirst.org>


Russia Fires Ukraine as Natural Gas Transit for Europe
> by Michael Collins {1}
> OpEdNews (January 15 2015)
> Russia executed a bold move on January 14, one that was largely 
> unanticipated. It shows the level of disgust with both the coup-based 
> Ukraine government and the European Union leaders and their small 
> state followers.
> Ukraine is finished as a supply route for Russian natural gas headed 
> for European Union countries. EU countries get 25 to thirty percent of 
> their natural gas from the Ukraine pipeline. The gas transiting 
> Ukraine will be diverted to the recently announced Russia-Turkey 
> pipeline {2}. The Turks will create a portal at the Greek border where 
> Europeans can purchase natural gas. The pipeline will be complete in 
> 2017 {3}.
> Of course, the EU countries will need to build the pipeline 
> infrastructure from the Turkish portal to various European countries.
> Russian natural gas delivered to Europe via Ukraine was off 47% in 
> 2014 {4}. The end of Ukraine transit will eventually eliminate $1.7 
> billion a year that Ukraine earns from hosting the pipeline.
> The Ukraine gas pipeline has been a headache for Russia for years. The 
> Russians claim that Ukraine siphoned off gas from amounts intended for 
> Europe. The issue came to a head in 2006 with Ukraine officials 
> confessing that they had taken gas intended for Europe {5}.
> Lost opportunity for Europe
> https://i0.wp.com/www.opednews.com/populum/uploadnic/turkruss-gif_3863_20150115-351.gif 
>
> Russia cancelled the South Stream gas pipeline to Europe and replaced 
> it with the Russia-Turkey pipeline
> Shock and Awe
> United States intelligence agencies tapping the phones of European 
> leaders must be getting an earful about this announcement. The EU must 
> replace the Russian gas, thirty percent of their annual supply, by 2017.
> As the conflict between Russia and the EU and Obama administration 
> festered, a number of suggestions were offered as replacement 
> alternatives for Russiaâ??s natural gas. This is wishful thinking 
> according to a revealing comment made by Germanyâ??s Economy Minister 
> in March 2014:
>    â??There is no sensible alternative to Russian gas to meet 
> Europeâ??s energy needsâ??, German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel 
> said on Friday.
>    â??Many people acted as if there plenty of other sources from which 
> Europe could draw its gas, but this is not the caseâ??, Gabriel told a 
> energy forum organised by the local daily Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung on 
> Thursday. {6}
> Will Europe be able to find a sensible alternative before the gas 
> shifts from the Ukraine pipeline to the Russia-Turkey pipeline in 2017?
> Russiaâ??s patience has reached its limit. Why would that be?
> * The US spent $5 billion to create an anti Russian government in 
> Ukraine, right on Russiaâ??s border.
> * The US and EU strongly supported the coup government despite its 
> attacks on civilians in the eastern part of the country and the 
> presence of extremist right wing elements and Nazi sympathizers.
> * The US and EU stenographers in the mainstream media routinely report 
> misinformation, for example, Russian invasions of Ukraine that never 
> occurred.
> * The US and EU immediately blamed eastern Ukraine resistance forces 
> and implicated Russia in the shoot down of Malaysian flight MH17. The 
> charges were and remain completely unsubstantiated.
> * The US and EU implemented economic sanctions against Russia and 
> specific individuals in Russia that are intended to attack the economy.
> * Since December 2014, Russia has endured a vicious attack on its 
> currency combined with directed efforts to drive down oil prices by US 
> protectorate Saudi Arabia. A significant portion of Russian government 
> income comes from oil exports.
> Itâ??s called regime change. The Russians know it. The Obama 
> administration and its EU puppets know it. Just about anybody paying 
> attention knows it.
> https://i0.wp.com/www.ukrainewar.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/eurogas.gif 
>
> European dependance on Russian natural gas (image by MIchael Collins)
> In response to this, Russia engaged in efforts at a diplomatic 
> solution to the Ukraine crisis {7}, making major energy deals with 
> China {8}, and construction deals with India through 2035 {9}.
> It is clear that Russia has taken the gloves off and will begin to 
> respond to the attacks on its people, nation, and leader with real 
> force. Eliminating 25 to thirty percent of European gas supplies in 
> two years is a stunning move. The EU must scramble to find 
> alternatives that the German Economy Minister says are fictional. Even 
> if it does have substitutes, the prices will be higher and the output 
> dirtier. (Image data)
> There is an alternative. The US and EU can stop trying to topple the 
> Putin government, stop causing suffering to the Russian people, and 
> stop propping up a virulently anti Russian government in Ukraine. That 
> might make a difference.
> Links:
> {1} http://www.opednews.com/author/author3863.html
> {2} 
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-13/putin-s-pipeline-bypassing-ukraine-at-risk-amid-conflict.html 
>
> {3} 
> http://ekurd.net/iraqi-kurdistan-turkey-gas-pipeline-to-be-completed-in-2017-2014-12-05 
>
> {4} 
> http://www.platts.com/latest-news/natural-gas/kiev/ukraines-oct-transit-of-russian-natural-gas-to-26941501 
>
> {5} http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4642684.stm
> {6} 
> https://uk.news.yahoo.com/no-alternative-russian-gas-europe-115316673.html#c94bafL 
>
> {7} http://rt.com/news/182776-putin-meeting-ukraine-poroshenko/
> {8} 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/22/world/asia/china-russia-gas-deal.html
> {9} 
> http://www.power-technology.com/news/newsrussia-india-sign-strategic-deal-for-construction-of-12-nuclear-power-reactors-by-2035-4467751 
>
> {10} 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_in_the_European_energy_sector#Natural_gas_deliveries 
>
> Creative Commons 3.0
> http://www.opednews.com/author/author3863.html
> http://www.opednews.com/populum/pagem.php?f=Russia-Fires-Ukraine-as-Na-by-Michael-Collins-European-Union_Natural-Gas-Pipelines-Transport_Novorussia_Russia-150115-446.html 
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