Ukraine’s best hope for keeping furnaces and factories running through next winter is to store as much natural gas as it can after a U.S. aid pledge fell far short of the nation’s needs. Energy supplies have given Russian leader Vladimir Putin powerful economic leverage in his battle with Ukraine. The former Soviet republic gets half its gas from Russia, and it’s the transit route for 50 to 60 percent of the gas Russia sells to other European nations.
Bloomberg Businessweek: Ukraine’s unpaid Russian gas bills dwarf US aid offer
Energy supplies have given Russian leader Vladimir Putin powerful economic leverage in his battle with Ukraine.
