Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Reuters: Russian gas disruption spreads across Europe

By Christian Lowe 

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia sharply cut gas flows to Europe via Ukraine on Tuesday in a dramatic worsening of a pricing dispute with Kiev that threatened to disrupt supplies as far west as Italy and Germany.

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But most larger EU countries say they have large amounts of gas stockpiled after several mild winters, and have access to supplies from sources such as Norway and Algeria.

Long informative article at:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090106/ts_nm/us_russia_ukraine_gas

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