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Originally Posted by evy97
You should check the facts before getting too excited.
EU gets a third of its energy from Russia and no country on earth could survive a one-third cut in energy. EU needs Russian oil but Russia no longer needs Europe as a customer.
Russia finished the final stage of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline in 2013 ->
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil...-Supplies.html |
I think it's way easier to replace 1/3rd of energy (West), then 2/3rds of one's economy (Russia)...
(~2/3rds of Russia's economy is based on exporting energy to the West)