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Analysis: Money at root of Russia's gas war

Published January 8, 2009, 12:56 pm, The Charlotte Observer

(By DOUGLAS BIRCH, Associated Press Writer) Five months after Russia crushed the Georgian army in the foothills of the Caucasus, Moscow is once again embroiled in a conflict with a former Soviet neighbor: waging an economic war with Ukraine that has disrupted natural gas delivery across Europe. This time, the Kremlin may be looking more for cash than political clout. But, even with the deal ...

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