Fourniture de gaz à l’Ukraine, un très classique : ok, pour discuter des tarifs, payez les arriérés d’abord…
Russia ready to discuss gas discount with Kyiv after debt repaid
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Russia is ready to accommodate Ukraine and discuss the reinstating its gas discount, but only after debts for gas supplied in the past when the discount applied are settled, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with media bosses in St. Petersburg.
“We’ve told the new authorities [in Kyiv], okay, we understand your difficulties, we’re ready to met you half way, we’re ready to discuss possible discounts with you, but pay us at least the debt that was accrued during that period when these discounts applied, until April 1 this year,” Putin said.
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Et dans l’autre brève sur le sujet au Forum de Saint-Pétersbourg, un rappel aux fondamentaux du libéralisme…
Russia is open to ’constructive’ natural gas talks with Ukraine
▻http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/russia-is-open-to-constructive-natural-gas-talks-with-ukraine-349210.html
Russia is “open to a constructive dialogue” on natural gas issues with Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday.
“We are open to a constructive dialogue, bit it must be based not on demands or ultimatums with unclear motivations but on civilized market work,” Putin said at a meeting in St. Petersburg with the heads of principal global news agencies.
Dans un prochain communiqué, V. V. Poutine devrait bientôt employer les termes rituels concurrence libre et non faussée…