Sharu on 07 March 2014
| Augen said: If Crimea does become Russian are there concerns Ukraine might take it out on the province in terms of infrastructure such as energy? We saw this happen when Russia shut off gas to Europe years ago. Could it become a nebulous region like Kashmir is viewed by India and Pakistan? Is there any concern that if this sort of precedent is set provinces all around the world could point to it as legitimate way to leave a country, join a country or found a new new nation? For example, the Basques in Spain. Could we see a new tactic of acquiring resources and land by immigration and elections along border regions? |
I'm not a good person to answer these questions! ))
Just one thing - from our point of view Russia didn't stop gas to Europe. It was Ukraine stopping gas transit trying to negotiate better prices for themselves. That is why Russia started building North Stream And South Stream gas pipes - to be independent from Ukrain authorities on the gas deliveries to Europe.
