Brussels Moves Ahead with 2027 Russian Gas Exit Strategy

Europe’s failure to put long-term international security interests above short-term economic benefits over Georgia in 2008 and over Ukraine in 2014 was key in encouraging Russian President Vladimir Putin to launch the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Back then, Europe – and its de facto leader, Germany – had used cheap and plentiful imports of Russian gas and oil as a base to power economic growth for years. So when Russia launched military actions against two independent sovereign European countries within…