Putin's Gas-for-Rubles Gambit Hits EU Fault Lines as Stakes

(Bloomberg) -- After suffering months of punishing sanctions, Vladimir Putin used a powerful tool to impose some economic pain on Europe -- and to fracture the unity of his opponents -- by shutting off natural gas this week to a pair of NATO members.

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