Russia has underlined Europe's dependence on its gas, while keeping EU powers guessing over its next move on Ukraine.
Germany was to blame for record-high gas prices in Europe because it was trying to profit from Poland and Ukraine instead of shipping gas further west, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said at his end-of-year TV press conference on Thursday (23 December).
"They turned this route [the Yamal pipeline from Russia to Germany] into reverse from Germany to Poland ... Why?...
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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.