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The Ukraine shall pay the same price as Belarus, especially because both countries have the same conditions in their treaties.

We are in the stronger position, because Russia - at the moment - depends more on the trade and economic support with and of the EU than we depend on their gas. Nuclear energy is part of the solution, and thus essential for our national energy and security.

The Baltic pipeline is idiocy at best. We don´t need to waste hundreds of millions to allow Russia blackmailing Poland or the Baltic States. I suggest you read the handelsblatt.de commentatory (Energie als Waffe) of today.

We are in the stronger position, because Russia - at the moment - depends more on the trade and economic support with and of the EU than we depend on their gas.==

If you blackmail Russia then surely you will be left with your "stronger position" but without gas.

i read it and i agree but that´s the way it is.

russia makes politics with it´s gas but that´s what they made for decades. All former eastern european countries got cheap gas from russia in the old times of communism. But these days are over and russia only wants market prices as every western company.
They have to find a compromise about the date but not about the fact. No western company would sell their gas for 50$. You can ask the norwegian state company if they sell us their gas for this price i don´t believe you will get an answer.
What would you do in terms of russia?
Glose made it right to signal russia that they have to find an end to this conflict but his other comment does not show the reality. If you look at the map there is no other realistic option to buy natural gas from and we need more. Kohl and Schroeder realized that and following Merkels comments she said the same about that topic simply because that´s the reality we live in.