Quote Originally Posted by cocco
Why do you think EU is ever buying Russian oil or gas again, wether it's on offer or not?
Why do you think anyone will care in ten years? We've been buying gas off Russia after they annexed Crimea. When it comes to money, people are fickle, and that includes countries. The UK sells weapons to Saudi Arabia for Christ's sake.

They're literally scrambling to replace it with just about anything.
And if they succeed, if they pay more for gas to "stick it to Russia", then we're no longer economically competitive when compared with China, who will be more than happy to buy Russia's gas.

Sticking it to Russia will come at a huge economic cost to both the West and to Russia, but it hurts us more if Russia are still able to sell their gas. And they will.