We didnt have to wait long for a new comedy to start in the new year.
The usually so pro-market (or in fact market-obsessed) countries like the USA have now told Russia & Putin that they are so evil. For demanding market prizes for russian gass to Ukraine.
SOMEONE IS DEMANDING MARKET-PRIZES FOR SOMETHING!!!!
oh god, how evil.
Some people seems a bit slow to get it. Just take this ukrainian, interviewed by bbc:
"We love Russian people, but we are an independent country," says Zoya Polychenko, a teacher in the capital.
"We are not Russia's little brother. We should be treated as equal partners."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4576370.stm
Yes, you are treated the way Gazprom (the russian company selling the gas) treats the EU. They charge EU 240$ per cubic meter and they want you to pay 230$.
Oddly enough, nobody complained when Chavez agreed to sell oil cheaper to Cuba and others..