2006年伊始,俄罗斯挥起天然气“大棒”,直接指向了乌克兰。尽管这次较量以双方各让一步而暂时平息,但其结果及未可预知的深远影响令欧洲各国乃至全世界心有余悸。世界的目光集中到俄罗斯的能源问题上,联想到近年来俄罗斯围绕能源问题开展政治、经济和外交活动,人们不禁要问:俄 At the beginning of 2006, Russia waved the “big stick” of natural gas and directed it directly to Ukraine. Although this contest has been temporarily subsided by one step at a time, the outcome and the unpredictable and far-reaching impact have left many countries in Europe and even the world at large. The world’s attention has focused on the energy issue in Russia. In connection with Russia’s political, economic and diplomatic activities on energy issues in recent years, one can not but ask: Russia