I think America should borrow the money from China to pay Ukraine’s debts. After all, it only seems fair.
Ha, I nailed it weeks ago this was going to happen. Wait until the EU gets their new rates from Putin. They don't like it, he'll shut 'em off.
Ha, I nailed it weeks ago this was going to happen. Wait until the EU gets their new rates from Putin. They don't like it, he'll shut 'em off.
Maybe the thug government could sell eastern Ukraine to Russia to pay for their fuel.
And when Russia cuts the gas, is the US going to start airlifting supplies??
Russia is planning/running new lines that bypass the Ukraine and should be operational or nearly so by now - how long before they just stop supplying the existing lines?
It doesn’t seem that Ukraine has much of a choice —
Russia has them by the short hairs and their only choice is to turn the thermostat down or go begging to Europe for money to pay Russia or raise the price of what they sell to Russia.
I reject the price set by the Cable company for service. This is great,,,, didn’t know you could do this.
According to a report in Kommersant-Ukraine, the finance ministry of Washington’s stooges in Kiev who are pretending to be a government has prepared an economic austerity plan that will cut Ukrainian pensions from $160 to $80 so that Western bankers who lent money to Ukraine can be repaid at the expense of Ukraine’s poor.
Get a hold of them next December and see if they've reconsidered.
Europe has the same problem...shutting down coal and nuclear plants, but failing to switch immediatly to windmills and pond scum. With pond scum in the summer and windmill power only when the wind blows what could possibly go wrong? Other than a European depression for example. But so environmentally sound!
Maybe we can go broke faster by sending them some of our grandchildren`s money to pay?
If so, the US has an over abundance of it and it's time we start shipping more LNG to those who want it. Don't know what the logistics are, but we are rich in natural gas. Still, don't know why our gas bills haven't gone down. Pretty much suspect the speculators. Same above for oil.
The price wasn’t raised for Ukraine....the billions in vast subsidies were cut and price raised to what other European countries pay. This puts Ukraine in position for renewed negotiations.....they will have no choice but to meet with Russia...which is what Putin wants.
This pressure is exactly as the EU and US do as well, when they want to force their agendas. Ukraine is in the squeeze now to get that from all players.
“Tell those whiners to turn down their thermostats and put on a sweater!” ~ President Carter
Russia agreed to sacrifice $40 billion in state revenues by selling cheaper gas to economically hamstrung Ukraine in exchange for a longer lease of a naval base in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, the presidents of both countries said Wednesday.
President Dmitry Medvedev announced after a meeting with Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych that Russia would give a 30 percent discount for most of Ukraine's gas imports. Ukraine will record the savings as an increase in Russia's lease payment for the naval base, Medvedev said.
“These issues are directly and unequivocally linked in the agreement,” Medvedev said at a news conference that the two presidents gave in Kharkiv, the biggest Ukrainian city near the Russian border.
The gas deal — a revision of the stringent gas trade contract signed with Ukraine's previous government last year — and permission for the Russian Black Sea Fleet to rent the Sevastopol base through 2042, are the first major steps toward an improvement of bilateral ties that deteriorated after former President Viktor Yushchenko swept to power in Kiev five years ago.
... The discount will apply to 30 billion cubic meters of gas sold this year and 40 bcm of gas annually until the contract expires in 2019, Gazprom said in a statement.
You can always count on Russia when it signs a deal.
LOL.
No soup gas or you. Come back two weeks!
Ukraine can just raise the price of wheat for Russia. This will get wicked as the year goes. The Ukraine is the bread basket for Russia. So it will be annexed soon anyway.
