BBC: Gazprom to double Georgia charges

[blackhorse]

Gazprom to double Georgia charges

Russian energy giant Gazprom has said it will more than double prices of gas supplies to Georgia from 2007.

Gazprom said it would charge Tbilisi $230 (£121) for 1,000 cubic metres of gas, compared with the $110 cost now.

Russia has often been accused of using Gazprom, a state-controlled natural gas monopoly, as a political weapon to keep its neighbours in line.

Georgia's foreign minister is in Moscow for talks in an effort to defuse tensions between the two nations.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6108950.stm

[Odin2005]

1. This is blackmail.

What Russia is doing is no better then what the US does to it's "uppity vassals", "vote for anyone you like as long as he's our lackey."