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David Howell

David Howell was British Conservative Secretary of State for Energy and Transport and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons. Today, he is the spokesman of the opposition in the House of Lords with regard to Foreign Relations affairs.

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“Gas as a weapon of choice”

by David Howell

2 February 2006

What did the Russian expect? Since the beginning, it was known that their threat of cutting off gas supplies to Ukraine would have a negative effect on them too. First of all, putting the threat into practice was very difficult. 90% of the Russian gas directed to western Europe goes through (...)