By: Dennis J. Hough Jr.
Do you remember how you felt on Wednesday, January 7, 2009? Perhaps you do not. I know how some Europeans felt — cold. 1 That was the day that Russia stopped all natural gas exports to Ukraine. 2 By itself, this was a serious course of action. However, be- cause Ukraine is the main transmission corridor for natural gas pipe- lines shipping gas to Europe, 3 the situation commanded worldwide attention.