Showing posts with label Ukrainian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ukrainian. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

EU puts energy at top of agenda

BRUSSELS, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Nothing is more important to European energy security than power and natural gas transports, the European energy commissioner said from Brussels.

The European community is looking for ways to break the Russian grip on the energy sector. Market vulnerabilities were exposed most recently in 2009 when disputes between Kiev and Moscow over gas contracts prompted Russian gas company Gazprom to cut supplies through Ukraine's gas transmission network.