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12.01.2009, 15:43

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15.01.2009, 05:47

'EU sees transit as source of gas problem'

Andrzej Szczesniak, an independent gas industry expert, says the EU now realises that this is a problem of gas transit through Ukraine, rather than a supply problem from Russia.

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Published: 15 January, 2009, 12:58

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Russia and Ukraine bear shared responsibility for the gas crisis and interrupted supplies to Europe, says Sami Andoura, a member of the Royal Institute for International Relations.

That is why he believes the EU, affected by its consequences, has the right to directly intervene in the settlement of the bilateral conflict.

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