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Natural gas meter - 80 percent of Russian gas exports to the EU go through Ukraine (Photo: eastpole)

EU turns blind eye to corruption in eastern gas trade

The EU is sending a "fact-finding" mission to Ukraine to see if its financial troubles could lead to a new gas crisis. But it is wary of tackling deeper problems of politics and corruption in the eastern gas trade, which also threaten EU energy security.

The team of senior European Commission officials will travel to Kiev "in the coming days" and produce a report in time for a regular summit of EU leaders in Brussels on 18 June.

The move comes after Russian Prime Minister Vladimi...

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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.

Natural gas meter - 80 percent of Russian gas exports to the EU go through Ukraine (Photo: eastpole)

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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.

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