Are we supporting thieves?

Did you know that Ukraine used to steal Russian gas?
It's along story but boils down to massive theft over about 30 years:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_gas_disputes

Russia claimed Ukraine was not paying for gas, but diverting that which was intended to be exported to the EU from the pipelines. Ukrainian officials at first denied the accusation,[2][3] but later Naftogaz admitted that because of harsh winter (lower than minus 30C) some natural gas intended for other European countries was retained and used for domestic needs. Ukraine said it will still meet its contractual transit obligations. The dispute reached a high point on 1 January 2006, when Russia cut off all gas supplies passing through Ukrainian territory.[4] On 4 January 2006, a preliminary agreement between Russia and Ukraine was achieved, and the supply was restored. The situation calmed until October 2007 when new disputes began over Ukrainian gas debts. This led to reduction of gas supplies in March 2008. During the last months of 2008, relations once again became tense when Ukraine and Russia could not agree on the debts owed by Ukraine.

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Jasin wrote on Apr 10^th, 2024 at 6:12pm:



This is what's missing in our news.
There are background causes to the war.
Is that why Russia built Nord Stream - to stop Ukrainian theft?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Stream

That got blown up -   

Jasin wrote on Apr 10^th, 2024 at 6:20pm:



So - we are supporting thieves?
Why is that never mentioned in our news?

Bobby. wrote on Apr 10^th, 2024 at 6:16pm:


Oh, well.  That's alright then - there's background.

So you're fine with Putin's soldiers raping & killing innocent women & children because Ukraine took some gas?

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 10^th, 2024 at 6:55pm:



Some gas? - it's a massive theft over a long period of time
and the courts never seemed to sort it out.
No I'm not happy about any war - the whole thing is insane.
I'm attempting to understand why it happened?

There are many stories on a Google search about it:

https://www.rt.com/news/ukraine-steals-european-gas/


https://www.rt.com/business/420738-ukraine-gazprom-assets-arrests-court/


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/24/qa-could-putin-use-russian-gas-sup...

I read many articles -
Ukraine was getting the gas at less than half the European price and still weren't paying -
and they were also siphoning it off and stealing it too.
We're talking about 100s of $billions in theft.

I don't pretend to understand it all but it seems like Russia
did everything to avoid a war -
they even built Nord Stream to cut Ukraine out of the loop
and stop them stealing their gas but then Nord Stream got blown up as well.

You have to ask the question -
what could get the Russians so angry that they would start a terrible war?

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 10^th, 2024 at 8:11pm:



This has nothing to do with Trump - you idiot.
Don't try to divert every thread to your obsession.