![Shale gas and politics: Are Western energy giants interests behind Ukraine violence? Shale gas and politics: Are Western energy giants interests behind Ukraine violence?](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/u-1-310x168.jpg)
Economic interests, such as untapped shale gas resources, already sliced and diced by Western energy giants, are behind the Kiev government’s “anti-terrorist” operation against the pro-federalist regions, foreign policy expert Nebojsa Malic tells RT.