The worsening of technical and safety condition of  the pipeline  infrastructure in Ukraine due to economic crisis following the end of the Cold War had driven Russia  to  provide  compensation  to  Ukraine  through  applying  subsidy  on  its gas price  and paying the Ukrainian gas imports as long as Ukraine keep its promise to pay  back  the country’s debt until 2005. However, since  Ukraine’s integration   with the  United States and its Western Allies by asking to become part  of  North  Atlantic  Treaty  Organization  and  European  Union  state members, it refused  to pay its high gas debts to Russia. This situation made Russia  feels  threatened  towards  its  national  security  where  there  will  be  a possibility to the fall of Russian political influence in Ukraine.  In 2006,  Russia decided to implement its coercive diplomacy actions towards Ukraine through politicizing its gas sector.