Russia-Ukraine gas row spreads

Published: 7 January 2009 y., Wednesday

Moscow and Kiev have clashed every winter for the past few years, since a dispute over gas prices briefly cut supplies to western Europe in January 2006.

 

And this fresh argument when Russia cut gas tranzit through Ukraine on january 1st is likely to make European countries think once again about finding other ways of getting gas.

 

Šaltinis: Reuters
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