[RealJustme]

BBC- Russia's state energy giant Gazprom has said it will halt natural gas shipments to Ukraine on 3 June unless the country pays in advance for supplies. Gazprom boss Alexei Miller said the move was because of outstanding debts.

If there is no payment by the deadline then "Ukraine will receive zero cubic metres [of gas] in June," Russian news agency Interfax reported. And Prime Minster Dmitry Medvedev was quoted on Russian TV saying they could no longer "nanny" Ukraine. Mr Miller said Ukraine must pay in advance for its June deliveries because of debts amounting to $3.51bn

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry responded by saying "It's not in the interest of the United States or Europe for Ukraine's gas supplies to be cut and we will do what ever is necessary to insure it doesn't happen."

[sillydaddy]

Ukraine already paid.....they let them have Crimea.

[Benny]

Aren't you one of the same crowd that is always bitching that America should stay out of foreign entanglements? America doesn't need to be the world's police force. Why not let the Europeans handle their own business?

[johnforbes]

Used to date this gal who had Russian hands..

[Clownkicker]

^^^^^That stupid 'joke' stopped being even slightly humorous the 6th or 7th time you posted it.

Get some new material already, dimwit.

[RealJustme]

Now we know why John Kerry volunteered the United States to fund Ukraine's gas needs. The Ukraine Gas Company hired Biden's son in return for the Billions we will be paying the gas company that hired him. Corruption at the highest levels of our government.

Son of U.S. Vice President Biden Joins Ukraine Gas Company. "As a new member of the board, I believe that my assistance in consulting the company on matters of transparency, corporate governance and responsibility, international expansion and other priorities will contribute to the economy and benefit the people of Ukraine," Hunter Biden said in the statement.

Burisma owns several Ukrainian oil and gas companies, including Esko Pivnich and Pari, Lenta.ru reported Tuesday. The company also has assets in Ukraine's Dnepr-Donetsk, the Carpathian and the Azov-Kuvan basins.

[JenySmith]

Hey guys i am surprised you have different points of view. Not the only one cnn comes with.Im talking about the whole Ukrainian thing. I have a step sister living in east ukraine and she tells me about the things going on there now. They are totally different we are told by CNN or BBC.

[RealJustme]

They are totally different we are told by CNN or BBC.

CNN and BBC haven't covered Biden's son getting rich off this, are you saying Ukraine is covering it?

[JenySmith]

They are totally different we are told by CNN or BBC.

CNN and BBC haven't covered Biden's son getting rich off this, are you saying Ukraine is covering it?

thats cleary visible the states have their own plans for ukraine. and I'm sure they have had plans for crimea. But russians got crimea first. now USA will do everything just to show russia that was a bad idea to cross the obama's plans. Biden's son in the ukranian gas company is the first singn. We have the same thing at iraq when US gas companies got the oil contracts there.
thats frustrating the world politic in 21 century never cares about saving the lives. it is all about earning money.

[sillydaddy]

I hear more about Magic Johnson's hurt feelings than about what"s going on in Ukraine.

[RealJustme]

Just came out that Harry Reid's son is a "consultant for Biden's son on his new job with the Ukraine oil company. Pigs at the trough. Now why would Ukraine's biggest oil company pick Biden and Reid's sons to work for them...I don't get it, they know nothing about oil, so what can they offer?