Gazprom threatens Ukraine with extreme measures

russia ^ | 1/5/09 | russia

[Flavius]

Gazprom would have to use extreme measures to make Ukraine return to the negotiations table, says Gazprom CEO Aleksey Miller. Ukraine has declined every Russian proposal concerning a new gas agreement and is continuing to steal Russia’s gas destined for Europe.

Speaking at a media conference on Sunday, Aleksey Miller said that Ukrainian disagreed to pay the average European market price of $US 418 per 1,000 cubic metres for Russian gas.

They also didn’t like the proposal to receive gas from Central Asia for $US 370 as well as the offer to pay $US 250 per 1,000 cubic metres – which is almost half the market price.

[mylife]

Looks like Ukraine is poking Ivan in the eye.

Good for them

[gondramB]

>>They also didn’t like the proposal to receive gas from Central Asia for $US 370 as well as the offer to pay $US 250 per 1,000 cubic metres – which is almost half the market price<<

I’d certainly like to be supportive of Ukraine opposing Putin but it sounds like they don’t even want to pay 60% of what other people have to pay.

[mylife]

Thats because they own the distribution pipelines.

Remember this is a Russian article.

There is a whole lot of **** **** going on here.

[mylife]

Russia is acting as if Ukraine is cutting off the heat to Poland and the Balkans.

No one benefits more from cutting off the heat than Russia.
They sure would like to teach those renegade states a lesson believe me.

[FreeInWV]

I had some riffraff neighbors steal some gas off of me once. I didn’t like it and eventually got even. I wouldn’t be very happy with someone telling me that I “had” to sell them them things at half of the going rate either. It really sounds like extortion.

I would tell them to pound sand and find someone else to sell them gas.