Tuesday, 24 June 2014

NATO vs cheap energy



Well, here we go. According to this piece, Russia is following its dream scenario trying to persuade Baltic states to leave NATO in exchange for cheaper oil or gas.

 

Ukraine is NOT a member of NATO, so there is no legal reason for Western allies protect it against Russia’s attempts while Baltic states are members of NATO and thus can’t be messed with. As it works out Russia has had a thought about it and here it is – the solution – a deal! Russia is offering cheaper gas! Brilliant, isn’t it? Who will not jump at such opportunity?

As impossible as it seems, the silly little precedent is already there - Hungary on Monday approved a multi-billion-euro loan from Russia for an upgrade of the country’s only nuclear power plant, which will increase Hungary’s dependence on Moscow dramatically.

Sometimes I truly wonder how shortsaigthed ones can be in Brussels? Does EU really wants its members to be tied in deals like this right now with a country which by all means is acting like Devil’s empire again? While unsettled blood is still pouring in Ukraine?

About possibility Baltics accepting the Russian offer... It depends. The current generation of politics in Baltics had been born and lived under Soviet Sun so there is always a possibility of blackmail on top of legal way pro-Russian parties taking over at the next elections which is rather possible. Back into the UdSSR?

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