Diplomatie de la Russie
Posted at 2pm UK time
In 2006, Russia cut off its natural gas supply to Ukraine due to a dispute about gas prices and payments – and, no doubt, informed by geostrategic matters.
Russia was condemned for this action by the West, including by the European Union and its member states. This morning, The Daily Telegraph reports that France has threatened to cut off electricity supplies to Jersey if the UK does not give French boats the fishing access to Jersey waters France wants.
At least when Vladimir Putin sought to bend Ukraine to his will through threats to remove one of the cornerstone resources of modern civilisation, he did so on a related matter – the price of gas. There is no such connection to France's threat.
