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Re:U.S. to release oil from reserves in coordination with ot... by n8cpdx on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @11:10AM (#29319493)
Russia is clearly willing to fuck with energy supplies for strategic reasons, like preventing a vigorous response to the invasion of Crimea, or future sanctions against Belarus, or whatever else. Building dependence on Russia is obviously a bad idea given their current leadership.

https://www.wired.com/story/russian-hackers-attack-ukraine/a...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_gas_d...

Of course EU should be seeking energy independence, as US is also an unreliable partner (see Trump).

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Re:U.S. to release oil from reserves in coordination with ot... by Iwan-Zotow on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @12:57PM (#29320887)
You just posted a link where there is a clear statement about Ukes not paying money for gas.

"Russia claimed Ukraine was not paying for gas, but diverting that which was intended to be exported to the EU from the pipelines. Ukrainian officials at first denied the accusation, but later Naftogaz admitted that because of harsh winter (lower than minus 30C) some natural gas intended for other European countries was retained and used for domestic needs."

If you want to pay for it - go ahead

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Re:U.S. to release oil from reserves in coordination with ot... by the-dude on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @11:24AM (#29319671)
From that Wikipedia article I take that Ukraine was not paying the bills and such. What do you expect a supplier to do?
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Re:U.S. to release oil from reserves in coordination with ot... by signatoremo on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @01:00PM (#29320940)
Are you expecting landlord to kick out tenant when they are late in payment? Are you also expecting landlord to interfere with the domestic affair of the tenant and threaten to kick the tenant out when things don’t go their way?
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Re:U.S. to release oil from reserves in coordination with ot... by the-dude on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @01:20PM (#29321181)
> On 8 June 2010, a Stockholm court of arbitration ruled Naftohaz of Ukraine must return 12.1 billion cubic metres (430 billion cubic feet) of gas to RosUkrEnergo

So they stole billions of cubic metres, and let the conflict escalate to a lawsuit. That is not paying late, that is theft.

And landlords do kick you out when you are sufficient late in paying the rent. What would you suggest otherwise? Enter a relationship therapy with them?

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Re:U.S. to release oil from reserves in coordination with ot... by dandanua on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @02:05AM (#29327596)
This is a very selective take from all those Russia-Ukraine relationships.

It's clear now that Russia just wants to destroy Ukrainian independence and its culture. And it's using any possible leverage to achieve this.

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Re:U.S. to release oil from reserves in coordination with ot... by the-dude on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @04:12AM (#29328223)
Ah, thanks for your perspective which sounds totally objective.
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