Russia nearly doubles Ukraine gas price in a week
For the second time in three days, Russia has raised the price of gas for Ukraine, stepping up pressure on an economy already on the brink of bankruptcy.
The head of state-owned energy giant Gazprom, Alexei
Miller, told Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev that 1,000 cubic metres would now cost $485.
That means that since the start of the week, the price Moscow is charging Ukraine has nearly doubled. An earlier increase was announced on Tuesday.
In hiking the price, Russia has scrapped two discoun...
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