Russia’s energy giant Gazprom said it wants to increase the gas price for Georgia from the current USD 110 to USD 230 per 1000 cubic meters starting from 2007, Interfax news agency reported on November 2.

Georgian Deputy Energy Minister Alexander Khetaguri told Civil Georgia on November 2 that no official notification has been received from the Russian side about the new price proposal.

The gas distribution company in Tbilisi, owned by the Kazakh state-run KazTransGaz, said on November 2 that it also has not received any official notification from Gazprom.