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Originally Posted by Zee
Ukraine's more or less Russia's bitch. 40 million people need gas supplies from Russia and if Ukraine tries to move towards EU then Russia can and will cut them off and the EU has no way of providing the Ukrainian people any kind of safety net seeing as it imports all its gas from Russia too. The EU wants Ukraine in its sphere of influence because 40 million people adding to the pool of resources is a good thing. Of course this situation has been aggravated by the West tampering in Russia's playground. The same thing would happen if they tried to incorporate Moldova or Belarus. As for Ukraine's government, it's just stuck between a rock and a hard place and has been trying to manoeuvre its way into a bargaining position by playing the field... but you can't do that when your population is so deeply divided and you've made the bold move of nearly signing EU papers and then slam the brakes on when Putin comes round offering concessions that the EU could never provide.
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Yes
the Russian side has all the Energy Plants
and Factorys.
Putin wants it out of Europe