“There is no such thing as a gas market prices, because there is no such thing as gas market. What they are doing to Ukraine is obvious price discrimination.”

—  Andrey Illarionov

In response to the question: The Kremlin says it just charges market prices.
"Q&A: Putin's Critical Adviser," 2005

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