Soviet era ends as Gazprom pays market price

摘要

GAZPROM is to pay Kazakhstan,Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan European prices for their natural gas.Officials from the three countries reached the agreement on prices at a meeting with Gazprom's leaders on 11 March,the first of its kind.The deal points to a new mood of confidence in energy-rich Central Asia,long regarded by the Kremlin as Russia's back yard.