Russian president Vladimir Putin may try to freeze Ukraine out this winter as the bigger country controls much of Ukraine’s gas flow.
Putin has moved to slash gas exports to countries supplying fuel to Ukraine, which experts say indicates that he’s ready to let some Ukrainians freeze this winter in order to maintain his agenda.
Michael Labelle, an energy expert at the Central European University in Budapest, noted that European Union states will be fine this winter even if there’s gas cutoffs, but the cutoffs will impact Ukraine heavily.
“It’s really the Ukrainian people who are going to suffer,” he told Global Post, …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
