Over the years, Gazprom has perfected a strategy whereby it whets the appetite of Europe’s political and business elite with potentially lucrative pipeline deals, even though the prospects of realising these projects are often unclear. How? By tempting different countries with promises of turning each of them into a “gas hub”, which creates confusion and division between those who expect billions in transit fees and those who see contradictions between the pipeline project and the policies agreed at EU level writes Sijbren de Jong in his column for EUobserver.
The full article can be read here.
The article also appeared in the Morning Vertical daily Russia briefing by Radio Free Europe.
The article also appeared on Polish news website Biznes Alert. The whole article (in Polish) can be read here.
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