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A final resolution would not bequick: Ukraine says it has enough gas stockpiled to last untilthe winter is over. Another stumbling block in talks betweenMoscow and Kiev could be the future of gas trader RosUkrEnergo,which Kiev wants to scrap as the monopoly importer of Russiangas to Ukraine. NO DEAL AT ALL If the dispute drags on into next week with gas flows viaUkraine still halted, European Union economies will start tofeel real pain. Countries likeGermany, the continent's biggest economy, have large gasstockpiles and alternative sources of gas. But the longer thegas switch-off goes on, the more problems they will face,especially if there is no let-up in freezing temperatures. Russian diplomatscould also lobby the European Union to punish Ukraine, perhapsby cancelling some of the joint programmes Kiev sees as astepping stone to eventual EU membership.

ECONOMIC SANCTIONS: Restricting the movement of people,capital and goods across the border with Russia and Ukrainewould have a crippling effect on Ukraine, which exported $15billion worth of goods to Russia this year. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev already threatened Ukrainewith sanctions in December. Before their war last year, Russia imposed a partialeconomic blockade on Georgia. MILITARY ACTION: This would be a last resort and noofficial in Russia has mentioned this as an option. There havebeen no indications that anyone in Russia is even consideringit.

But Medvedev has made clear Russia reserves the right to usemilitary action in certain cases. "Russia's interests must be secured by all means available,this is my deep conviction First of all, by international andlegal tools ... but, when necessary, by using an element offorce," Medvedev said in a television interview in December. Russia demonstrated these were not empty words last August,when it launched a massive offensive on Georgia after Tbilisi'sforces tried to retake South Ossetia, a separatist region wheremost of the population hold Russian passports. Taking on Ukraine's army would be a very differentproposition Georgia has around 30,000 troops who were quicklytrounced. Ukraine has a 200,000 strong military and, as one ofthe world's top 10 arms exporters, has much more militaryhardware at its disposal than Georgia.

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