Gazprom cuts gas shipments to Ukraine, citing unpaid debt |
International Herald Tribune - Mar 3, 2008 |
Gazprom cut shipments of natural gas to Ukraine on Monday after failing to resolve a debt dispute, rekindling concern about Russia's reliability as an energy supplier.
Gazprom, Russia's state-run export monopoly for natural gas, reduced deliveries to Ukraine by 25 percent, said a Gazprom spokesman, Sergei Kupriyanov. Gazprom would supply European consumers in full, he said.
The standoff echoes a pricing dispute in January 2006, when Gazprom turned off all Ukrainian exports of natural gas for three days, causing volumes to fall in the European Union. About a fifth of Russian natural gas supplies to Europe travels through Ukrainian pipelines.
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- Posted: 2008-03-03 09:35:36
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