UK gas security safe from Russian reprisals

Russia is in a weak position to directly hinder UK gas supply in response to diplomatic disputes. Brexit creates more risk for future energy security

The fall-out from the nerve agent attack on an ex-Russian spy and his daughter in the UK, for which the Kremlin has been blamed by governments in UK and other countries, has inevitably triggered concerns over the impact of any disruption to Russian gas imports on UK energy security. The March assassination attempt in Salisbury on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, who both remain critically ill in hospital, has led to a round of expulsions of Russian diplomats by governments around the world, led by the UK. Given Russia's clout in international energy markets, speculation has mounted over the potential for Moscow to respond by restricting international energy flows. That scope seems to b