Ukraine is already starting to make nice with the Russians. On Friday, Ukraine natural gas importer Naftogaz said it was “ready to consider gas supplies from Russia”. A few weeks ago, Naftogaz press releases were full of anti-Gazprom bravado. The Vice-President of the European Commission, Maroš Šefčovič, met with Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak recently to discuss the transit of Gazprom natural gas into Europe via Ukraine. This dependence on Russian gas forced Ukraine into political and economic concessions with the Kremlin.

Source: Forbes November 25, 2016 18:54 UTC