[RusIvan]

BS - Ukraine had a contract to buy from Russia at $20 and it was good for another 2 years, except the Ukrainians refused to vote for Putin's lackey.

Ukraine also had a contract to buy gas from Turkmanistan where Russia gets its gas - also for $25.

That's when Putie shut off the valve. ==

Fairy tales. No proves to substanciate your claims.

[spanalot]

""That's when Putie shut off the valve. == ""

"Fairy tales. No proves to substanciate your claims."

Do you seriously think that Russia is not a bloodsucking parasite that regularly commits economic warfare on its neighbors to prop up its own inefficiencies?

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"In 1994, Russia's refusal to export Turkmen gas to hard currency markets and mounting debts of its major customers in the former USSR for gas deliveries contributed to a sharp fall in industrial production and caused the budget to shift from a surplus to a slight deficit... Turkmenistan is working hard to open new gas export channels through Iran and Turkey to Europe, but these will take many years to realize. In 1998-99, Turkmenistan faced revenue shortfalls due to the continued lack of adequate export routes for natural gas and obligations on extensive short-term external debt.