The old gas price was far below market rates, a subsidy meant to buy influence. The new price is market based. Anyone who misleads about that has zero credibility.
Liberal Logic:
Obama doubles American’s energy costs = Good.
Putin doubles Ukraine’s energy costs = Bad.
You're misleading about this. You have no credibility (you're words).
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.