Gas prices set for Lithuania by Russian company OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) are political and not based on economics, the Baltic state's president said Tuesday, blaming the Kremlin.
Gas prices set for Lithuania by Russian company OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS)
are political and not based on economics, the Baltic state's president said
Tuesday, blaming the Kremlin.
"Gazprom's prices have a political character, not an economic one,"
Grybauskaite told reporters amid a war of words between
Lithuania
and
Gazprom, its sole supplier.
"The difference in price for
Lithuania
and
on global markets has a purely political tone. That is why everything depends
on politics and on the attitude of
Russia
's
leaders towards cooperation with
Lithuania
."
The price set in Gazprom's supply deal with
Lithuania
is
confidential, but Grybauskaite has estimated that her country pays 30%-40% more
than
Germany
, for
example.
In January,
Lithuania
asked
the European Commission--the European Union's executive--to probe Gazprom for
abusing its market clout.
Gazprom has denied
Lithuania
's
claims.
Lithuania
's
reliance on
Russia
for
gas is a legacy of its time as a Soviet republic.
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