Yes, Russia already has some monopoly powers, and its position is like to strengthen further. Analysis by Veritas Global shows that Russia is likely to already have monopoly power across several EU markets. For 11 of the 27 EU members, Russian natural gas consisted of over 60% of all imports. For 7 of the 27 EU members, Russian natural gas was over 90% of all imports.

In past articles I have mentioned that my wife and I run an estate selling business. We have met many extraordinary people during this venture, but no one more extraordinary than a man named Bill Clark. I first met Bill at one of our sales. He stood out right away;