Commentary

All hail Putin

1.08.09- The Gazprom natural gas squeeze continues. Since Wednesday, the Russian gas giant cutoff gas shipments through Ukraine, leaving hundreds of thousands in Serbia, Bosnia and Bulgaria without heat in the dead of winter – as if things weren’t crappy enough in these desperate lands. Hopefully Papa Putin can set things right by negotiating a settlement with western-leaning Ukraine, which would turn the pumps on again at the Russian gas giant.

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