Bloomberg: Putin ... will keep up the pressure (л)
01/06/2006 | троль ak1001
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Russia-Ukraine Gas-Price Deal May Not End Pressure From Putin
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine's success in warding off demands from Russian President Vladimir Putin for a quadrupling of the price it pays for gas may only win it a temporary respite in pressure from its northern neighbor, analysts said.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko yesterday won a deal that means the former Soviet republic will pay Moscow-based OAO Gazprom, Russia's state-owned natural-gas company, an average $95 per 1,000 cubic meters for the fuel for five years, less than double the $50 it was previously charged.
``At first glance, Yushchenko looks like the winner, but Putin knows his options and will keep up the pressure,'' Wolfram Schrettl, an economics professor at Berlin's Free University, said in a telephone interview.
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Russia-Ukraine Gas-Price Deal May Not End Pressure From Putin
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine's success in warding off demands from Russian President Vladimir Putin for a quadrupling of the price it pays for gas may only win it a temporary respite in pressure from its northern neighbor, analysts said.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko yesterday won a deal that means the former Soviet republic will pay Moscow-based OAO Gazprom, Russia's state-owned natural-gas company, an average $95 per 1,000 cubic meters for the fuel for five years, less than double the $50 it was previously charged.
``At first glance, Yushchenko looks like the winner, but Putin knows his options and will keep up the pressure,'' Wolfram Schrettl, an economics professor at Berlin's Free University, said in a telephone interview.
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