You support these Stalinists? For shame!
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.
Btw Where have you been? Short vacation? Let me guess you visited Belarus? North Korea? China? ehhh doesn’t matter! I’m glad that you are back on FR. It was really boring time without you, there was nobody to ague with (you know Gary cannot be treated seriously).
Japan and Germany both had a parlimentary system before they were hijacked in the prewar years. Even Russia had a nascent parlimentary system that was equally hijacked (and then just plain outright killed).
More like troll :)
Hah, considering you cheerlead for quite a few of those apparatchuks yourself, just the ones who belly dance to the EU tune.
Oh and the fact that prices were 3 times more expensive on everything, to include food was something I hadn't planned on, more expensive then I thought. Now I will say they were repaving the streets, the traffic lights were working and the cops had new cars, thanks all to the US taxpayer, but the average joe was poorer then ever. Almost everyone in Tbilisi were mountain villagers since the original city people all left the country. Oh and the hotel rooms were as expensive as Moscow's.
Speaking of yourself and your EU paymasters again?
So you are telling me that you visited the country that you want basically destroy, slashing their territories into little pieces? Do you shared your brilliant views with locals?
ON please, and thank you in advance.
I agree. The defeated must be forced, by it being the least harmful choice, to abandon a lifetime of strongly held beliefs.
You know, if you were have as crafty as you think you are, you'd be dangerous. Guess the part that I went to Tbilisi escaped you...but the truth usually does, those nasty details you hate so much. You tried your lieing lines before, trying to convince people I wasn't from the US, even tried with some North Carolinians. About ten minutes later they knew the liar you are, once I finished talking with them about the tarheel state and where what is located. But then again, never stopped a good propagandist like you, does it?
So you are telling me that you visited the country that you want basically destroy, slashing their territories into little pieces? Do you shared your brilliant views with locals?
There is a saying here: Better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool rather then to open your mouth and dispell all doubt.
You've once again dispelled all doubt. The fact that the Georgians were in the midst of genocide in those territories doesn't bother you, not as long as they kiss up to your masters in Brussels and you get your pay check and your government gets its handouts, all is good. They bend their knee to the EU, just like the communists ruling Moldova and you declare them heros, how typical. Watch yourself, the poison ichor dripping from your fangs is showing again.
The truth is that the genocidal Basayev himself fought with the Abkhazians against the Christian nation of Georgia in order to fulfill the dream of a muslim Caucasus. Dhimmis like you continue Basayev's jihad to this day.
"Russia's major oil producers agreed Monday to freeze their gasoline prices in the country "
Sounds like they are going back to communism.
"Something to note, their lowest standard of gas is 93 octane, our highest."
Leave it to jb6 to praise the virtues of still putting lead into gasoline.
Wow, Joe!... High volume list. Looks good, but OFF for now, thank you.
Purely voluntary. Right.
You support these Stalinists? For shame!
It matches the paint chips they ate when they were kids.
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