More important, the Ukrainians, who have engaged in plenty of pipeline hanky-panky in the past, have this time around readily agreed to let Europeans and Russians monitor their transit pipelines.

• 更为重要的是，乌克兰人，在过去牵涉进不少在输气管道上捣鬼的勾当，这次却愿意同意欧洲国家和俄罗斯共同监视他们的运输管道。