Fuel prices in the impoverished South American country, which had been frozen for almost a decade, will now rise by 73% for low-octane petrol and 83% for diesel.

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Nordic countries, for example, are already worrying that next winter, as in this one, they will find their sleeves being tugged for fuel, food and medicine by local governments in impoverished towns in Russia's desperate far north.

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