Russia to cut off gas to Georgia

ArmRadio.am
22.12.2006 17:49

Russian Gas Company Gazprom has said it will cut off gas supplies
to Georgia from 1 January in an escalation of a long-standing price
dispute.

Georgia has refused to accept Gazprom’s demand for a doubling in its
gas price to $230 per 1,000 cubic meters.

Georgia says it is being punished for its western-leaning policies,
but Gazprom says the rise will bring the rate into line with European
prices.

In a similar dispute earlier this year, Gazprom cut off supplies
to Ukraine.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS