Posted on 06/23/2006 9:00:47 AM PDT by sergey1973
While she is not yet Ukraine's prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday began outlining what she wanted to do once in office, beginning with revisiting a Russian gas deal forged after supplies were halted in January.
"I think all issues on gas supplies to Ukraine now require further deep revision and review," Tymoshenko told the parliament in Kiev.
Tymoshenko stressed that "all new relations with Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan should be built on a friendly basis."
But sources close to the Kremlin immediately homed in on Tymoshenko's remarks, warning of a wider energy conflict.
"It is another wake-up call for Europe," Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said. "Realization of the threats voiced today is the path to a new gas crisis."
Political analyst Sergei Markov said: "If Tymoshenko does revise the gas agreements with Russia, this could lead to a widescale war that would engulf the whole of Europe."
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She looks like princess Leia.
"she's so fine, there's no telling where the money went"
:)
Yulia is cute--that's for sure !
but she kills every serious discussion about her goverment in the FR :)
I'm cusious how...
Every Ukraine-Russia negotiation should have a mediator. Because Ukrainians are pu**ies and Russians are bullies, it's hard to get a fair deal. Russian propoganda machine is so huge, Ukraine loses half a battle before entering the negotiations. Get a Western observer on the Ukraine-Russian and Ukraine-EU border, then Gasprom ass clown Medvedev won't be appearing every other day on TV calling Ukraine thieves. He'll get two fingers instead- one from Ukraine, the other from the observer.
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