| Author (Person) | Kardaś, Szymon |
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| Publisher | Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) |
| Series Title | OSW Analyses |
| Series Details | 25.02.15 |
| Publication Date | 25/02/2015 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
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On 19 February 2015, Gazprom began direct gas supplies to areas controlled by the Ukrainian armed separatists (in parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts). This happened after Naftohaz announced a freeze for several hours of gas supplies to the Donbas on the grounds of damage to the infrastructure. The suspension by Naftohaz of gas supplies to the Donbas (a move which Kyiv says is purely temporary; meanwhile, Gazprom and the separatists argue that currently only gas sent directly from Russia is reaching the Donbas) has been treated by Moscow as a pretext to unfreeze the Russian-Ukrainian gas dispute, which the Kremlin has been using as an instrument to destabilise the situation in Ukraine. |
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| Source Link | http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2015-02-25/russian-gas-donbas-games-being-played-kyiv-and-brussels |
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| Countries / Regions | Russia, Ukraine |
