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Russia Stops Supplying Gas to Ukraine

Europe worried about supply disruptions if dispute continues

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(Newser) – Russia's gas export monopoly has cut off Ukraine's supply over a contract dispute, and has boosted European supply to head off worries about reliability, Reuters reports. The EU gets 20% of its gas from Ukrainian pipelines. Kiev has already tapped the country's reserves, and maintaining the pressure in the supply pipelines is a concern. Crisis-battered Ukraine is sending negotiators to Moscow later today.

Seen through stockpiled pipes, is a gas pressure gauge of the main gas pipeline from Russia near the capital Kiev.
Seen through stockpiled pipes, is a gas pressure gauge of the main gas pipeline from Russia near the capital Kiev.   (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
Sergei Kupriyanov, Russia's state gas monopoly spokesman, shows a letter from Ukraine's state gas company Naftogaz in Moscow.
Sergei Kupriyanov, Russia's state gas monopoly spokesman, shows a letter from Ukraine's state gas company Naftogaz in Moscow.   (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
Gazprom's deputy chairman Alexander Medvedev, center, speaks to the media during a news conference in Moscow, Russia.
Gazprom's deputy chairman Alexander Medvedev, center, speaks to the media during a news conference in Moscow, Russia.   (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Gazprom has stopped its gas supply to Ukraine due to unpaid debt, though a quarter of the previous year's amount, 400,000 cubic metres, is still passing through Ukraine.   (RussiaToday)

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