Russia agrees to restore oil flow to Czech Republic
Articles — By forcechange on July 24, 2008 5:00 am
Russia, which was recently accused of limiting oil flow to the Czech Republic over the Czech’s agreement to host a U.S. anti-ballistic missile radar system in their country, has taken steps to restore the full flow. Russia’s former president and current prime minister, Vladimir Putin, instructed the Russian government to ensure that oil flow to the Czech Republic is fully restored. However, Putin also asserted that Russia was not to blame for the decrease in flow, but was rather due to the behavior of offshore oil trading companies.
Regardless of who was responsible for the decrease in flow, it is clear that in this day and age, the trade of oil and gas will be increasingly vulnerable to geopolitical disagreements. While the Czech Republic was not seriously harmed by these events, future disputes may be much more debilitating for vulnerable nations, such as the United States. This fact acts to further highlight the importance of rapidly and substantially decreasing our dependence on foreign oil.
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