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    EurActiv: Russia's Silent Shale Gas Victory in Ukraine

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The fighting and insurgency in the separatist-held Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Lugansk regions may benefit Gazprom through shale, Szilvia Batkov writes

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EurActiv: Russia's Silent Shale Gas Victory in Ukraine

Despite the truce, fighting in Ukraine's Donetsk is still ongoing – and however surprising this may sound, one of the main winners of the situation may be Russia's Gazprom. While the Russian energy giant keeps complaining about its deteriorating supply security through Ukraine and fights a debt repayment battle with its neighbour's new government, in reality the armed turmoil in the breakaway regions is helping Moscow in a way that hardly anyone would expect: shale gas.

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