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Winter in Europe - does Russia have enough gas for everybody if domestic consumption spikes? (Photo: Wikipedia)

EU soothes fears of new winter gas crisis

The European Commission keeps repeating promises there will be no rerun of last winter's EU gas crisis, but some analysts say lack of transparency in Russia-Ukraine gas contracts and political instability in Ukraine give cause for concern.

"It's completely clear for me that this year we will have no difficulties with gas transit toward the European market," energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs said on Wednesday (18 October) night, while standing next to a smiling Ukraine energy minister...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Winter in Europe - does Russia have enough gas for everybody if domestic consumption spikes? (Photo: Wikipedia)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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