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Ukraine rejects Moscow's price hike
pjohns:
From AGI:
--- Quote ---Ukraine has declared they will not pay the price of almost 500 dollars per cubic metre for Russian gas, announced recently by the Russian gas consortium Gazprom.
Kiev has also accused Moscow of conducting 'economic aggression'. "Political pressure will prove useless, we are not accepting the price of 500 dollars", Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenuk said during a cabinet meeting. He added: "Russia has not succeeded in conquering Ukraine with military aggression, so now they are opting for an economic aggression."
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And the impending showdown looms ever closer...
Anyway, here is the link: Latest Online News | Agenzia Giornalistica Italia | AGI
SPQR:
--- Quote from: pjohns on April 07, 2014, 06:38:24 am ---From AGI:
And the impending showdown looms ever closer...
Anyway, here is the link: Latest Online News | Agenzia Giornalistica Italia | AGI
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The Ukraine has no choice. Either pay for Gazprom gas prices or freeze unless they get it from outside sources.Ukraine hadn’t been paying Gazprom the $268 rate and racking up billions of dollars in unpaid bills.
SPQR:
--- Quote from: SPQR on April 07, 2014, 06:40:53 am ---The Ukraine has no choice. Either pay for Gazprom gas prices or freeze unless they get it from outside sources.Ukraine hadn’t been paying Gazprom the $268 rate racking billions of dollars in unpaid bills.
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The EU pays the rate $500 per 1,000 cubic meters
SPQR:
pjohns:
--- Quote from: SPQR on April 07, 2014, 06:40:53 am ---The Ukraine has no choice. Either pay for Gazprom gas prices or freeze unless they get it from outside sources.Ukraine hadn’t been paying Gazprom the $268 rate and racking up billions of dollars in unpaid bills.
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Or, alternatively, it could simply tell Russia to keep its gas; and then, acquire it from a different source.
Which, I believe, is precisely what is planned by the government in Kiev.
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