Déja-vu in Brussels, Part 1 By Grigory Pasko, journalist In Moscow Recently, Polish prime-minister Donald Tusk visited Moscow and offered Russia a new variant for the construction of a new «Yamal-Europe» gas pipeline as an alternative to the «Nord Stream» gas pipeline. In the opinion of the Polish government, this will allow unsanctioned siphoning-off of gas and unpredictable increases by transit countries of the fee for the transit of the gas to be avoided. The Polish government has already attained approval of the project from the governments of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. However, before Tusk even left for Moscow, it was clear that Russia would not accept the alternative variant. Russian president Vladimir Putin uttered the standard stock phrase about being interested in developing relations with Poland. The position of Gazprom with respect to the Polish variant was voiced by one of the clerks of the gas monopolist: this variant is unacceptable for us. That’s it. End discussion. End discussion?