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Kremlin vs. Kiev: Ukraine Admits Blocking Gas to Europe - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
Kremlin vs. Kiev: Ukraine Admits Blocking Gas to Europe - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
A gas pumping station in Russia: The valves have been opened and energy supplies are flowing to Europe again.
FT.com / Comment / Opinion - The battle of the oligarchs behind the gas dispute
ft.com — A monolithic, Putin-led Kremlin using the “energy weapon” to browbeat neighbouring Ukraine and beyond and threaten the... rest of Europe with natural gas shortages: the image has become commonplace during the “gas spats” of the past few years. Yet those ... (more) FT.com / Comment / Opinion - The battle of the oligarchs ...
Russia stops all gas supply to Europe via Ukraine - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com — KIEV, Ukraine Russia shut off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine on Wednesday, forcing countries to... scramble for alternative sources of energy during a winter cold snap. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin endorsed the move, even as factories shut ... (more) Russia stops all gas supply to Europe via Ukraine - ...
FT.com / Europe - Europe baffled by broken gas promises
ft.com — The bitter gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine descended into near-chaos on Tuesday, leaving European Union diplomats... baffled as promises to restart supplies fully were broken and Moscow suggested that the US had meddled in the affair. In a ... (more) FT.com / Europe - Europe baffled by broken gas promises
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Around the World: China, Zimbabwe, Somalia, the Ukraine, and the Vatican
The Reaction — ... 4) Ukraine: "Just hours after Russia resumed delivery of natural gas to the European Union through Ukrainian pipelines, Kiev has admitted to blocking the supplies. Ukraine is claiming that Gazprom has established 'unacceptable' conditions for the transit of the gas to Europe." ...

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/14/2009
Gates of Vienna — ... Ukraine Admits Blocking Gas to Europe Just hours after Russia resumed delivery of natural gas to the European Union through Ukrainian pipelines, Kiev has admitted to blocking the supplies. Ukraine is claiming that Gazprom has established “unacceptable” conditions for the transit of the gas to Europe. Calm in the gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine lasted for only a few hours on Tuesday. After six days of blocking supplies, Russia began pumping natural gas through Ukraine at 8 a.m., bound for European ...

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