Who Said That Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, And The Baltics -- But Not The Russian Federation, Ukraine, And Belarus -- Are Part Of A European Union?

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Map illustrates Europe's major natural gas pipelines. Ukraine is the main route for Russia's gas exports to western Europe, with more limited amounts going via Belarus.

SOURCE: Inogate (EU oil and gas transport co-operation programme) via BBC.

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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Russia-Ukraine Gas Dispute: Expert Briefing
December 30, 2008

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"The answers to these challenges lie in how soon the European Union fully recognizes Ukraine's long-expressed identity as a European state, how swiftly Ukraine improves its malfunctioning constitutional order, and how promptly it addresses corruption."

How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy
by Anders Åslund
Forthcoming [March 2009] • 248 pp. ISBN paper 978-0-88132-427-3