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'Ukraine and Russia could lose Europe'

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Published 05 January, 2009, 19:22

Europe could start looking for other sources of energy, which would hurt both Ukraine and Russia, says Daniel Klein, investment and legal adviser from law firm Hellevig, Klein & Usov.

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