If they can’t pay Gazprom (and note 20 yrs is longer than Putin has been in power so the Gazprom entity was the negotiator), then why should Slovakia expect to be paid?
All they gotta do is write the check. If they don’t have the money to cover the check, then time to surrender.
(and note 20 yrs is longer than Putin has been in power so the Gazprom entity was the negotiator)In the years before Putin actually traveled to China determined to make the deal, even a bad deal just so he could score political points with the stuck on stupid Russian population that allows him to game the political system and keep power, Boris Yeltsin was not made desperate by economic sanctions slapped on by 32 countries to travel to China and make a bad deal.
Slovakia will get paid. Ukraine is in a dispute with Russia about the price owed and it is being negotiated. In case you haven't noticed... Russia has been invading Ukraine and causing hostilities between them.
As for "time to surrender"... obviously not. But if that is your mentality on geopolitics then you should be expecting Putin to be the one surrendering. LoL!
Your short response has been reduced to doubling down on stupid not worthy of further attention and your sick attitude of "time to surrender" over the price of energy is testament to the mafia thuggish type of ignorant people that Putin attracts as supporters.