Moldovan Economy Minister Valeriu Lazar says Russia’s Gazprom raised the natural gas price for Moldova by more than 20 percent on January 1, RFE/RL’s Moldovan Service reports. The new price, which is valid for the first quarter of the year, is reportedly $233 per 1,000 cubic meters — $40 above the previous price. Lazar said on January 4 that the increase was announced by Gazprom in an official …