Ukraine left out in the cold by Germany.

Oxymoron · Sep 10, 2015

http://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-slovakia-premiers-condemn-nord-stream-2-project-125731047.html

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) The prime ministers of Slovakia and Ukraine condemned on Thursday a recent deal to expand a pipeline that delivers natural gas directly from Russia to Germany.

After their meeting, Ukraine's Arseniy Yatsenyuk called the plan known as Nord Stream 2 "an anti-European and anti-Ukrainian project." He warned that the plan will threaten gas supplies for the southeastern EU countries and will lead to a higher price of gas.

His Slovak counterpart, Robert Fico, said the project contradicted the European Union's discussion on how to help Ukraine and that his country feels betrayed.

"They're simply making fools of us," Fico charged at a news conference. He said he will address the issue at the EU Council.

An agreement signed earlier in September between Russian giant Gazprom and energy companies from Western EU countries, including E.ON, OMV, Royal Dutch Shell and others, is meant to expand the current Nord Stream pipeline under the Baltic Sea that directly links Germany with Siberia's natural gas reserves.

The deliveries are expected to begin in 2019.

As the pipeline bypasses both Ukraine and Slovakia, the traditional transit countries for Russian gas to Europe, Yatsenyuk said his country would lose $2 billion and Slovakia $800 million in transit fees.

The project was also criticized by Poland.

A year ago, Slovakia began to send natural gas to Ukraine from Western Europe by reverse-flow that is, transporting the gas in the opposite direction to its normal flow as Ukraine was facing a threat from Russia to cut off supplies because of a massive debt.

"If (the Slovaks) hadn't done that, Ukraine would not have survived the winter," Yatsenyuk said.
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Seems Ukraine is left out in the cold, Maidan has been a disaster for Ukraine and its shift toward Europe has crippled their economy. Home for the Ukrainian people, that they are able to redirect their foolish government, before they fall any further.

JakeJ · Sep 10, 2015

This the price Ukraine gives for giving up their nuclear weapons. Disarmed people are subjugated people.

Oxymoron · Sep 10, 2015

JakeJ said: ↑

This the price Ukraine gives for giving up their nuclear weapons. Disarmed people are subjugated people.
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Price they pay for leaving the Soviet Union without giving people right to referendum, price they pay for forcefully taking down a democratically elected President.

MrFirst · Sep 13, 2015

JakeJ said: ↑

This the price Ukraine gives for giving up their nuclear weapons. Disarmed people are subjugated people.
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What would they do if they had nuclear weapons? Blew them up to get warm?

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