news.yahoo.com - 12/27/2008
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AFP/File The newly built Bobrovnytska gas compressor and holding station near Kiev on December 16, 2008. There
news.yahoo.com - 12/21/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
MOSCOW (AFP) Russia is heading towards another New
Year's showdown with the embattled Ukrainian government over its...
failure to pay off gas debts amid apparent deadlock in negotiations, analysts say. Talks between Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and ...
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Russia and Ukraine again face New Year gas showdown - ...
news.yahoo.com - 12/31/2008
peakoil.com - 1/1/2009
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peakoil.com —
Russia has stopped all gas supplies to Ukraine
after the collapse of talks to end a row...
over unpaid bills and prices. Russia's gas giant Gazprom said it turned off the taps at 0700 GMT, when its contract to supply Ukraine ended.
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Russia shuts off gas to Ukraine
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Chances of gas cut '50-50', Russia warns Ukraine
Peak Oil News —
... spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov told radio station Moscow Echo in an interview, when asked if Russia would cut gas deliveries or the two sides would clinch a last minute deal. Gazprom says that Ukraine's state gas company Naftogaz owes it over two billion dollars for gas delivered in November and December and fines for late payment. It also says Kiev has warned Gazprom it will be unable to repay the debt by the end of the year as revenues from its gas consumers are insufficient. AFP
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The Oil Drum —
... Opec, but it has also not announced an anticipated cut in its production to bolster the 2.2m (4.2m if cuts since September 2008 are considered) barrels a day Opec cut that takes effect from the first week of January 2009.
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Chances of gas cut '50-50', Russia warns Ukraine
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