Honestly it looks to me like both Lithuania and Ukraine (and a few others) are pissed because they believe Gazprom is charging unfair prices.
The numbers you cite are what these countries contend they SHOULD have paid if Gazprom was fair.
Gazprom contends that's the price, pay it or we stop shipping our gas to you.
Sheesh, that's like me going to the gas station and filling up for $80, driving the tank empty and then telling Chevron they owe me $20 because they artificially increased the price above fair market value.
If they don't like what Gazprom charges they can buy it someplace else. There are bunches of LPG tankers in the world.
“Honestly it looks to me like both Lithuania and Ukraine (and a few others) are pissed because they believe Gazprom is charging unfair prices.”
“The numbers you cite are what these countries contend they SHOULD have paid if Gazprom was fair.”
No, you are misrepresenting the facts. The complaints from the many European nations against Russia’s Gazprom monopoly is its noncompliance with the terms of the contracts and regulatory laws. Gazprom is alleged to have overcharged the prices and quantities set forth in the terms of the contracts. These allegations have already been confirmed in at least one case by an arbitration court ruling in favor of Germany’s RWE complaint against Gazprom overcharges. See the Freerepublic post.