You can have too much of a good thing:
This is the least Photoshop-looking photo of her from this page. Looking like she weighs 65 lbs. after a good lunch of celery sticks, and with a head that makes up a good half of that weight, she gives Ukrainian girls a bad name.
(Via Reality Carnival.)
But not before letting Europeans feel the pain.
Eighty per cent of Russia’s gas supply to the EU goes through Ukraine. You’d think Putin would want to keep Ukraine happy, instead of acting as if punishing it for choosing independence was more important to him than being seen by Europe as a reliable supplier of the only product he has to offer it.
When another cut-off of gas supply to Ukraine over its debt loomed late last year, Putin assured Europe that this time it would not be affected. If EU leaders were still worried, they were right to be:
Russia shut off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine on Wednesday — leaving more than a dozen countries scrambling to cope during a winter cold snap.
As of Wednesday, nations including Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey all reported a halt in Russian gas shipments. Others — including Austria, France, Germany, Hungary and Poland — reported substantial drops in supplies.
In the Balkans, people celebrating Orthodox Christmas scrambled to find other sources of heat for their homes as authorities cut off some gas to conserve supplies. Croatia announced a state of emergency, which allows it to begin rationing to industrial users.
Schools and kindergartens in Bulgaria closed down as authorities tried to find alternative heating. In Bosnia, where gas operator Sarajevogas said the situation was close to a humanitarian disaster, woodcutters revved up chain saws to cut wood for fireplaces.
Romania and Bulgaria held national security meetings to address the issue, while Hungary and Slovakia, which receives all of its gas from Russia, began reducing natural gas deliveries to big industrial customers.
Putin needs to decide what is more important to him - Ukraine’s relatively small debt, or Russia’s reputation as a reliable energy supplier in Europe’s eyes. He’s ruining the latter by pursuing the former. He is even alienating Russia’s traditional allies in the Balkans by cutting off their gas on Orthodox Christmas Day.