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Desperate In Kiev, Too.(Gazprom shuts off gas to Ukraine)
Byline: Owen Matthews
The last time Russia cut off gas to Ukraine, in 2006, energy prices were soaring, and with them the Kremlin's ambitions. The then President Vladimir Putin vowed to use the country's vast gas reserves to make it into an "energy superpower." Now the tables have turned. Gazprom once again shut off gas to Ukraine, and to European customers too, in a dispute over Kiev's unpaid bills. But this time, it acted out of desperation. Gas prices are expected to fall from a current high of $460 to as low as $280 per 1,000 cubic meters by the middle of 2009. Six months ago, it looked as though Gazprom might become the world's largest company by market cap. Now the company, whose revenues provide more than 20 percent of the national budget, looks like proof of Russia's ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Desperate In Kiev, Too.(Gazprom shuts off gas to Ukraine)