Europe is Cold

Russia cut off its gas supply to the European Union last week leaving more than 15 countries without or with little heat. Russia's reasoning behind this was because they argued that the Ukraine, whose pipes supply more than 80% of gas to the EU, missed payments, their expired contract and disputes over gas prices. It was mutually agreed upon that the dispute between the two countries would not affect the rest of Europe, but the supply was cut off anyway. Moscow said it will resume sending gas once Russian, Ukranian and EU monitors start working again. I think Russia has a motive for doing this but not quite sure what that is yet...

1) "EU Gas Monitors Arrive in Ukraine"