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'Possessing transit network is Ukraine’s only tool'

Published 17 Jan, 2009 18:44 | Updated 17 Jan, 2009 21:44

Control over Russia’s gas transit to Europe is the only leverage that Kiev has when it comes to the supply of Russian gas to Ukraine, says Vitaly Yermakov from Cambridge Energy Research Associates.

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