'Gas dispute improves Russia's image' — RT

breakingnews

Go to main page News 'Gas dispute improves Russia's image'

Follow RT on

facebook twitter YouTube Google+

MORE ON THE STORY

Yulia Timoshenko (AFP Photo / Prime Minister Press-service pool / Aleksander Prokopenko)

17.02.2010, 14:52 11 comments

“Timoshenko is my greatest mistake in five years” – Yushchenko

“I hate politics, but understand that without being involved in it, you won’t do good for your nation and your country,” said Ukraine’s outgoing president, summing up his presidency at a press conference in Kiev.

30.05.2009, 15:42 4 comments

EU might finance Ukraine’s gas bills

Europe may step in to pay a $5 billion gas bill Ukraine owes to Gazprom, says Gazprom spokesman Sergey Kupriyanov in an exclusive interview with RT.

17.01.2009, 14:00 3 comments

‘Europe can use gas crisis as an excuse for new pipelines’

“The current gas crisis can be used by Europe as an excuse for pushing forward projects, like the Nabucco pipeline, which could stop Russia being one of their providers,” said Pavel Sorokin from the Unicredit Aton bank.

06.07.2009, 13:25 2 comments

“Obama not keen to bring Ukraine and Georgia into NATO”

The Obama administration sees that Georgian and Ukrainian accession to NATO may never be possible, says New America Foundation senior researcher Anatol Lieven.

09.01.2009, 07:28 1 comment

Ukraine is blackmailing us – Putin

As talks aimed at ending the gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine broke down in Brussels, PM Vladimir Putin accused the government in Kiev of deliberately plotting to block supplies of Russian gas to Europe.

Dmitry Medvedev (AFP Photo / Pool / Alexander Zemlianichenko)

07.11.2009, 13:42 1 comment

Russia-EU relations the cornerstone of overall European development – Medvedev

As Germany is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, President Dmitry Medvedev has talked to Der Spiegel magazine about the significance this event had had for the whole Europe.

18.12.2008, 23:17

'No contract? No dice!'

It’s not a question of cutting off gas supplies to Ukraine, but a question of having no contract to continue them, Gazprom Deputy CEO Aleksandr Medvedev said to RT.

01.01.2009, 18:31

"Ukraine needs to put its house in order"

Why would Ukraine syphon off gas from Europe when it has ambitions to join the European Union, asks William Wilson, an economist with the Vanguard Group in Paris.

03.01.2009, 18:28

Legal action against Ukraine?

Europe has an obligation as a member of the Energy Charter to procure an unhindered supply of gas and must take legal action against Ukraine in case of dispute, says Konstantin Luzinyan, a lawyer in international law.

03.01.2009, 20:37

'Ukraine lacks means to pay off debt'

Ukraine is dragging in Europe and trying to blackmail Russia in the gas dispute, says Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine.

'Gas dispute improves Russia's image'

Link copied to clipboard

email story to a friend print version

Published: 11 January, 2009, 14:26

(6.7Mb) embed video

TAGS: Ukraine, Interview

Moscow's willingness to cooperate with the EU in settling the gas dispute has improved Russia's image, says William Wilson from the Vanguard Investment Group in Paris.

Follow @rt_com Back to top

Share

Share on Tumblr

previous next MORE NEWS

11.01.2009, 14:25

Four militants killed in Ingushetia

Four militants have been killed in a special police operation in Ingushetia on Sunday. According to the public prosecutor of Ingushetia, Yury Turygin, the militants had been involved in attacks on police.

AFP Photo / Sergei Supinsky

11.01.2009, 15:46

Gazprom-Ukraine gas row: two solutions possible

Either Ukraine will pay the market price for gas, or Russia will have to use Nord Stream and South Stream for gas transit in the future, says Leonid Sevastyanov, energy analyst from Stratinvest company.

myspace hit counter