Last year’s experience with interrupted gas supplies did have one benefit: new life was blown into plans for alternative routes, like the Nabucco pipeline that is to bring Azeri gas to Europe through Turkey. An early warning system on potential supply cuts has also been agreed between Russia and the EU.
当然，有了去年遭遇切断天然气供应的经验也有一个好处：新的可替代管线计划孕育着新的希望，比如借道土耳其将阿塞拜疆天然气输往欧洲的“纳布科”管线。欧盟和俄罗斯双方也达成了在可能停气之前事先知会对方的协议。而充满魅力的乌克兰女总理尤丽亚·季莫申科似乎已经成功说服普京签订一个新的供气协定。但在那些最可能面临停气的国家中，恐慌依然严重。