Wie stellt man am besten Osteuropa ruhig? Man macht die widerspenstigen EU-Staaten abhängig von russischen Gaslieferungen und stellt sie damit politisch kalt. Ob die osteuropäischen Staaten sich allerdings ganz so einfach wieder in die Fänge Russlands treiben lassen, oder die Klimastrategie der EU nach hinten los geht, bleibt abzuwarten: The EU is pushing through measures aimed at cutting CO2 emissions by a fifth by 2020, compared with 1990 levels, in hopes of averting the worst effects of climate change. But ex-communist EU members such as Warsaw fear such targets will increase their reliance on imports from their former overlord Russia of natural gas, which produces much less carbon dioxide than coal, a resource Poland has in abundance. Moscow’s war with ex-Soviet Georgia in August has reignited regional fears of becoming too dependent on Russian energy. But EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, a Latvian, told Reuters in an interview this week the 27-nation bloc should build up its energy ties with Russia.