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Speaking at the 54th Munich Security Conference, Poroshenko spoke out against holding a presidential election in the Crimea and restoring Russia's powers in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Ukrainian president called Northern Stream-2 the "political and energy expansion" of Moscow and the project that "has nothing to do with economic interests."
"Neither politics nor business can exist apart from values. Moscow's current policy does not have a place for fair play, which is why the Russian flag does not fly at the 2018 Winter Olympics," Poroshenko said.
The president of Ukraine also accused Russia of "unleashing a hybrid war, gradually turning into a world war."
"The Russian flag should not be flying anywhere in the world while Russia continues to incite a worldwide hybrid war, and Russian bullets are aimed at our symbols," he concluded.
Comment: Poroshenko's just angry that the Nord Stream 2 and the Turk Stream promise to sideline Ukraine from Europe's energy market. Sputnik
reports:
The Atlantic Council's fellow noted that attempts to pressure Russia into delivering its gas to Europe through Ukraine undermine the EU energy security. On the other hand, "the expansion of the Nord Stream pipeline would indeed mean that the far more stable Germany would replace Ukraine as a transit state for some of Russia's exports," she wrote.
Additionally, US decision makers need to keep in mind that Nord Stream "doesn't only have strong support in Moscow, but also in Berlin," the American scholar underscored and recommended Washington "carefully choose its battles with its allies in Europe." [...]
However strong Berlin's support for Ukraine is, it is clear that once the Turkish Stream gas pipeline becomes operational, Ukraine's role as a transit state will fade into oblivion, the journalist noted.
Under these circumstances it is up to the German leadership to decide who will become Europe's major energy hub - Germany or Turkey. According to Lekukh, Berlin is unlikely to miss this opportunity.
Comment: Poroshenko's just angry that the Nord Stream 2 and the Turk Stream promise to sideline Ukraine from Europe's energy market. Sputnik reports: