There are some who unfairly complain that the Kremlin just uses its state-owned energy monopolies Gazprom and Rosneft as political instruments to threaten Western-leaning governments of Eastern Europe with supply cuts. That’s just not true! Clearly as we’ve seen from Belarus in the past and most recently in Serbia, Gazprom is willing to cut off virtually any country to force lopsided business transactions – even staunch allies of Russia. In its abuse of competitive markets, no one could accuse the Gazprom of not being impartially ecumenical.