ASSESSMENTS
Russia Poses a Triple Threat to Ukraine's Energy Supplies
Sep 18, 2014 | 09:31 GMT
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Summary
Although much of Russia's formal energy negotiations with Ukraine center on natural gas, the Kremlin also has influence over the country's coal and nuclear fuel supplies. Russia thus has the ability to significantly disrupt Ukraine's electricity and heating markets and will use this influence to elicit both commercial and political concessions from Kiev.
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