Vadym Glamazdin, Special Envoy on government relations at Naftogaz, Ukraine's state gas provider, believes that as soon as Nordstream2 is built dooming Ukraine's status as a gas transit country, the EU will experience the full extent of Russian gas manipulations. Meanwhile, Andrius Kubilius, Member of Seimas of Lithuania and ex-Prime Minister of Lithuania, said that the construction of Nordstream 2 will make Putin consider he got a license to use large numbers of military forces for a military offensive in Ukraine. This was told during the 11th Kyiv Security Forum which took place during 12-13 April 2018 in the Ukrainian capital. Euromaidan Press offers a summary of what was said there speech.
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This is an illustration of how to do business with Russia. Those who support Nordstream in the EU say it has nothing to do with international politics, it’s just business. They will have a contract and it will be enforced. But we had such a contract with Russia and they didn’t honor it.What Russia does to Ukraine is violate every obligation that it has. Once it achieves its aims, not a single obligation or commitment will ever prevent Russia from doing the same with our EU partners.
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