Word: rosukrenergo
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...bill is based on changes in the complex mix of gas that Gazprom supplies Ukraine. Most of it has come from Central Asia, primarily Turkmenistan, with a minor share of more expensive Russian gas. These supplies are delivered through a company called Rosukrenergo, 50% of which is owned by Gazprom. But the cold winter has seen Central Asian suppliers reduce their supplies to Ukraine, increasing the Russian share of the mix to 25% - which has sharply raised the cost of the entire package...
...existing divisions in Ukraine's anti-Moscow ruling coalition between Yushchenko and Premier Yuliya Tymoshenko. The two politicians who have waged a four-year struggle for leadership of the coalition take different positions on the gas issue: Tymoshenko demands that Ukraine raise transit prices for Russian gas and dump Rosukrenergo as a supplier. The latter campaign received a vigorous boost, late last month, when alleged crime boss Semyen Mogilevich, wanted by the U.S. on fraud and extortion charges, and long suspected of owning Rosukrenergo, was arrested in Moscow. Tymoshenko insists that Mogilevich stands behind the Rosukrenergo/Gazprom arrangement, although...
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