Passage: Niyazov in his turn pledged to treat Russia as a preferential partner, even while raising gas prices up to 100 dollars per 1,000 cubic meters, Kommersant recalled. However, now the price was likely to stay the same, while "political pledges to stay loyal to Russia and not to participate in various other pipeline projects and transit to the EU are gone with Turkmenbashi," the daily warned.
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