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Kyiv's gas worries and a new parliament speaker
Summary
A look back at two developments in Ukrainian politics and energy in the days before 14 October 2021.
What was weighing on Kyiv as 14 October 2021 arrived? Energy security and a change of leadership in parliament were among the matters in focus in the preceding days.
On 12 October 2021, the European Union vowed to help Ukraine with its gas supplies. President Volodymyr Zelensky had underlined his concern that Russia could gain political leverage in the region, following the agreement with Germany on the Nord Stream pipeline.
A few days earlier, on 8 October 2021, the Verkhovna Rada elected Ruslan Stefanchuk as head of parliament.
Together, the two developments marked a period in which Ukraine's leaders were dealing with anxiety over gas supplies and the region's politics, while the country's legislature settled on a new speaker.
