Posted on 09/20/2005 3:52:14 AM PDT by .cnI redruM
Russia's major oil producers agreed Monday to freeze their gasoline prices in the country until the end of the year, the Interfax news agency said, citing the Industry and Energy Ministry.
The oil companies made the decision at a meeting with Industry and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko, Interfax quoted ministry spokesman Stas Naumov as saying. The ministry could not immediately be contacted Monday.
"The result of the meeting was a voluntary decision by the management of Russia's largest companies; prices won't rise any further on the domestic market until the end of the year," the official said, according to Interfax.
Surging oil prices worldwide have boosted the cost of gasoline in Russia, the world's second-largest oil exporter after Saudi Arabia, provoking criticism from Kremlin-loyal politicians. Gas prices rose by a ruble in the space of a week as of Tuesday, to 18 rubles ($0.63) per liter (0.26 gallon).
The biggest Russian crude oil producer, Lukoil, announced a unilateral cap on gasoline prices Monday with immediate effect. Another major oil company, TNK-BP, which is a 50-percent joint venture with British oil giant BP, declined to confirm the price freeze, but said it would make an announcement Tuesday.
"We support the government's efforts to ease up tensions on the fuel market," TNK-BP spokeswoman Marina Dracheva told The Associated Press.
In a statement, Lukoil blamed high mineral-resource taxes that are pegged to world prices, as well as under-investment in domestic refineries.
And leave it Spanalot to once more prove he knows nothing. Russian gasoline is sold in Europe, the Germans removed lead from paint, gasoline, etc a long time before we did. The Soviets are gone, mind blasting concept for you I know, and with them most of their practices.
"The Moldovan nation is grateful to the Soviet Army for the 1944 liberation, in spite of statements by the so-called historians who have falsified the truth about World War II." - Moldovan President Voronin
Russianized?? I through that you will say Georgianized. At least it was one of the pretext to proclaim independence and noew they are using Russian... So they were Russianized. Any comments? Sakashvilli offered them wide autonomy so problem with Ossetian language doesn’t exist anymore.
That is because Russia granted them citizenship (scandalous international precedents ) after their gang proclaimed independence. Russia has unofficial territorial claim towards Georgia. And Kremlin is so afraid of potential Estonian territorial claim! Again, what a big hypocrisy…
"And leave it Spanalot to once more prove he knows nothing"
Like I said, leave it to jb6 to extol the virtues of the Russians still "marketing" more lead in their gasoline.
"Many Central and Eastern European countries are preparing themselves to become members of theEuropean Union and have to meet their requirements for gasoline which includes a phase out of lead.Although, Russia no longer produces leaded gasoline it is still marketed"
Why ethnic Russians who are non-citizens in Baltic states didn’t received Russian citizenship but Ossetians and Abkhazians?
Lots of freepers were embracing this idea two weeks ago when the price was going up.
Wouldn't you know it. I was NOT.
Makes me a real 'Free Traitor'
You can't take the commie out of the commies.
The anti free market forces are already converging on this thread to tell us all why we need a state controlled economy.
In a minute they will start calling everyone who embraces freedom a traitor. You will not be exempt.
Makes you wonder why these goofs think anyone will mistake them for conservatives when they readily embrace liberal/commie ideology.
>>>In a minute they will start calling everyone who embraces freedom a traitor.
Yeah, I'm just forgetting that freedom is slavery and that ignorance is strength.
There was no genocide of Abkhaz by Georgians. There was a war, and Basayev fought on the Abkhaz side, beheading Christian Georgians.
Try to get your groups straight, we are talking about the Abhaz not the Ossessians. I'm sure that if Poland asked the Ukrainians to forgive them and come region Poland, you'd get much the same answer.
Doesn’t matter, they Russia should be more interested in their internal affairs. Especially that they themselves have problems with separatists.
Try to get your groups straight, we are talking about the Abhaz not the Ossessians.
Sakasvilli offered wide autonomy to both Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
I'm sure that if Poland asked the Ukrainians to forgive them and come region Poland, you'd get much the same answer.
Nonsense, these lands are internal part of Georgia. Comparison with Poland and Ukraine is invalid.
On the other hand, you statists continue to cry because your communist "5 yr plans" keep failing. As they always have, time and again throughout history. Bad ideas advocated by elitists aren't rare, just relatively uncommon on a site called FREErepublic.
Brother Stalin would have put an end to that, eh comrade?
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