Re: (russian)Talks With EU Stall Due to Lithuanian Veto

On Apr 25, 10:02=A0am, "J. Anderson" <anderso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Mikhail Medved" <mikhail_b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> news:b3a863df-deed-4659-a597-2083390ebd9e@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Russia can and will happily live without EU or Lithuania.
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> Yes, of course. Totally dependent on oil and gas exports, Russia doesn't
> need any buyers of its oil and gas. That's why the Nord Stream pipeline
is=

> being projected. And if the EU doesn't behave, Russia will dig up its
> pipelines and drag them somewhere else.
>

If Europe can live without buying energy, then Russia can live without
selling it to Europe. I hope the piepline to the Far East is finished
soon, and the EU will have to buy liquified gas from somewhere else
for 10 times the price. How much do you pay for gas in the winter?
$100 a month? It will soon be $1 000.  Your loss will be China's and
Japan's gain.

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> > Nobody in Russia really cares.
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> For once you are 100% right.
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EU will buy every cubic millimeter of gas that Russia decides to sell
to EU.  However, right now Russia is selling its gas at half the price
it can get. Why? out of good will.

You don't believe me? Well, Belarus and Ukraine didn't appreciate
Russia's generosity either, when Russia was selling its gas to them at
one third the price EU pays.

Given that energy exporters like Russia will soon rule the economic
world completely, trying to fuck it out of pettiness is not a good
idea. As the Russians say, don't spit in the water well - someday you
will get thirsty and will need water.