The mutual exchange of goodwill between Russia and Ukraine is expected to come to an end.

　　Cctv newsBefore Beixi 2 pipeline was put into use, most Russian natural gas could not be transported to Europe without Ukraine. The natural gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine has a long history. Since the "orange revolution" in Ukraine in 2004, the relationship between Russia and Ukraine has deteriorated, and the "fighting" between Russia and Ukraine has become a fixed repertoire that will be staged almost every year. However, this year, with the arrival of the new Ukrainian president, Russia and Ukraine have released goodwill to each other, creating an opportunity to resolve the natural gas dispute between the two countries.

　　Since December 2005, there have been contradictions between Russia and Ukraine on the issue of natural gas, and the two sides have been arguing over the price of natural gas supply, transit fees and debt repayment. Since then, there have been many incidents in which Russia stopped supplying natural gas to Ukraine.

　　However, since Ukrainian President Zelensky took office this year, Russia and Ukraine have interacted many times and bilateral relations have eased. On September 7th this year, Russia and Ukraine released 70 detainees to each other. On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Zelensky. Both sides gave positive comments on the exchange of detainees, believing that it is very important to improve bilateral relations.

　　In order to ease the relationship between Russia and Ukraine, in June 2014, then French President Hollande took the opportunity to hold the commemoration ceremony of the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landing and invited Russian, German and Ukrainian leaders to hold consultations in Normandy to create the "Normandy model". On December 9th this year, the sixth "Normandy Model" four-nation summit aimed at resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine was held in France, during which Ukrainian President Zelensky held the first bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin said after the summit that the Ukrainian issue is "warming up" at present. And the Russian-Ukrainian quarrelling drama, which will be staged every winter for more than a decade, seems to have finally come to an end.