With EU gas transit state Belarus and Russia locked in a bitter row over energy prices for next year, some north and eastern EU states risk seeing a mini-repetition of last winter's Ukraine gas crunch.
Top level talks in Moscow between Russian president Vladimir Putin and Belarus leader Aleksander Lukashenko broke down this weekend with Mr Lukashenko cancelling an official dinner and a visit to a hockey rink as he travelled back to Minsk.
Russia wants Belarus to pay $200 per th...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.