There is more than one way you can get hurt when you throw your weight around diplomaticly. The EU government couldn't make too much noise agaist the Russians as they knew they could turn off the gas flow to the EU, something which Russia has done before.
But as the Russians have found out, if you try and tell the world market what to do, the market woun't be kind to you, especialy after some of the russian "takeovers" of energy companies.
I don't know if they will learn anything from this, but it may make them think twice before doing it again.
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