US Pays Half Of Gazprom's Overdue Invoice With $1 Billion Ukraine Loan Guarantee

By helping Ukraine with a $1 billion loan guarantee, US taxpayers just paid off Ukraine's gas bill to Gazprom, Russia's largest gas exporter.

And people wonder why Putin is playing chess while his counterparts in the West are playing checkers.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-14/us-treasury-pays-half-gazproms-overdue-bill-1-billion-ukraine-loan-guarantee