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Ring in the New Year

January 7, 2009 - 2:19 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Roderick Reilly
2009-01-07 15:09:38

“”"”"”Moscow had wanted to raise its prices and charge Kiev $250 per 1,000 cubic metres, up from $179.5 last year. The Ukrainians thought that excessive and refused to pay a cent more than $201. Russia promptly put its price up to $450.”"”"”"”

Wow, that’s smart, returning with a counter offer of $450. Do you suppose the Russians were serious about negotiating?

Hard to tell the difference between the Russian Mob and the Russian Government.