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

captain. wrote:
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> On Apr 25, 2:43 am, "captain." <spammersmust...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "J. Anderson" <anderso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "captain." <spammersmust...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> Russia's ambassador to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, voiced concern last 
>>>> week
>>>> that the EU was allowing the negotiations to be taken hostage by new
>>>> member states that were once Soviet satellites and bore a grudge 
>>>> against
>>>> Moscow.
>>> Surprise, surprise!
>> lol, yes, it sounds as if it was ripped straight from the "pages" of
SCB.
>>
> 
> Europe can do a lot of damage to Russia. I hear EU wants to reduce the
> consumption of Russian gas by half. What is going on with the
> construction of the Russian gas pipeline to the Far East? Russia
> should give in to EU, let it have its way, and sell all its gas to
> Japan, South Korea and China.
> 
> When is the pipeline going to be ready?
> 
> - simply put, europe must be the most desirable customer to the
russians. if 
> i am to believe what i read, russians are fascinated with europe; more
so 
> than they are with japan or south/east asia. so the pipeline is a
political 
> tool to help keep their fingers in europe's pie. it's actually kinda
funny 
> when you think about it but i can respect it.
> 

Let put lyrics aside - Europe is not a monolith and even EU isn't 
legally a monolith, what allows the sensible part of Europe to have 
mutually profitable economic relations with Russia,- watch French, 
German, Italian, GB and some of new members in their successful dealings 
with Russia through bilateral contracts. Part of these deals are 
subcontracted to other sensible EU members. The troublemaker countries 
simply kept out and empty handed. When and if they become a real problem 
the core EU will find a way to straighten them up. Until then - let them 
play their pathetic games, it just makes their bill to grow.

VM.