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Originally Posted by Osem
It'll be interesting to see, if this 'crisis' develops much further, just how 'unified' the EU approach is and how unanimous the support for any action is. It's at times like this that the Euro/single state rhetoric will be put to the test. Those EU states which rely heavily on Russian gas, for example, might be rather less inclined to support sanctions on Russia than those who don't.
Anyone checked out the share prices of the fracking companies lately BTW?...  |
Comrade Putin needs that gas revenue just as much as those EU countries need the gas. He's not universally liked in his own back yard, far from it in fact so, if Putin wants to fall due to action from the inside as the Russian economy crumbles then he just needs to carry on as-is.