Aleksandr Medvedev said today Georgia could offer assets in exchange for lower prices.
Gazprom has demanded that Georgia pay $230 per 1,000 cubic meters in 2007, up from $110 now.
Georgia says the proposed price is political.
(Interfax, Reuters)
Moscow And Tbilisi
WHAT COMES NEXT? Although Russia is unlikely to push an aggressive military response to the current tensions with Georgia, it has a number of economic, political, and diplomatic options at its disposal. Already on October 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin summoned his inner circle to weigh Moscow's options... (more)
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MORE: Coverage of the situation in Georgian from RFE/RL's Georgian Service and in Russian from RFE/RL's Russian Service.