Quotes of the Day
Monday, Jun. 21, 2010
Gazprom cannot accept debt repayments in anything — be it pies, butter, cheese or other means of payment.
- DMITRY MEDVEDEV,
- Russian President, ordering Russian gas monopoly Gazprom to begin cutting off supplies to Belarus after the country failed to pay $200 million in outstanding fees. Minsk has offered to repay the debt with machinery and equipment
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