XPost: soc.culture.russian, soc.culture.ukrainian, sci.energy   
   From: urjlew@bellsouth.net   
      
   DK wrote:   
   > In article <8e473d4a-dfb6-4ec0-b099-bdff6e756595@r15g2000prd.g   
   oglegroups.com>, MrPolitenessMan  wrote:   
   >> Bush's great friend Vlad means business!   
   >>   
   >> No more Comrade Nice Guy ... he wants Ukraine back under authoritarian   
   >> rule, and he won't dole out the gas until the Ukes come crawling back.   
   >   
   > All Ukraine needs to do is to start paying for the gas...   
   > Counting on free lunch is not a good long-term strategy.   
   >   
   Paying doesn't work if the seller doesn't want to acknowledge   
   payment. That's what's happening with Gazprom not acknowledging   
   the Neftgaz $1.5 B payment to their joint trading company   
   RosUkrNeft in Zurich, of which Gazprom owns 50%. So it's not   
   a case of not knowing of the payment.   
   --   
   Rostyk   
      
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