BBC NEWS: 'Lessons' For EU From Gas Crisis
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posted by FerrasB on January, 2006 as Imperialism
Wednesday, 4 January 2006, 22:46 GMT BBC NEWS 'Lessons' for EU from gas crisis The European Union has expressed relief that a dispute threatening gas supplies from Russia is over, but said lessons must be learned from the crisis. Russia has agreed to start pumping gas to Ukraine again, after turning off the taps in a row over prices. Lower gas pressure meant supplies fell to states like France, Poland and Italy, which use Ukraine's pipeline. The EU's energy commissioner said clearly Europe needed a more "cohesive policy on security of energy supply". Andris Piebalgs had been leading an emergency meeting of EU gas experts when news of the deal came through from Moscow. We have to think about energy supply security in general, gas supply security... and we have to learn the lessons Austrian Energy Minister Martin Bartenstein Under the five-year agreement, Ukraine will buy Russian gas, mixed with Central Asian gas, for $95 (£54) per 1,000 cubic metres ... >> full
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BBC News: Ukrainians Fear Winter Chill
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Monday, 2 January 2006, 20:52 GMT Ukrainians fear winter chill By Helen Fawkes BBC News, Ukraine Ukrainian woman cooking with gas Russia supplies 30% of Ukraine's natural gas Irina Bondarenko is busy preparing food for a new year party. The festive period lasts for many days in Ukraine, but the celebrations are being overshadowed by the escalating gas crisis. Russia cut off the gas it supplies to Ukraine on New Year's Day because of a row over prices. Irina lives in a village a few kilometres away from the capital, Kiev. It is snowing outside but the radiators in her kitchen are on full blast. "I'm apprehensive about what might happen," Irina says. "I remember the heating shortages following the collapse of the Soviet times. Back then the places where my parents worked had no heat. Now lots of people are buying electric heaters." Political dispute This dispute comes a year after Viktor Yushchenko became Ukraine's president. Woman sawing wood in a village near ... >> full
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Reuters/Aljazeera: Russia Blinks First In Gas Row
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Russia blinks first in gas row Tuesday 03 January 2006, 1:23 Makka Time, 22:23 GMT Ukraine said that the Russian gas blockade was blackmail Russia has all but abandoned a gas blockade against neighbouring Ukraine after European trade partners complained that their own supplies had been hit and warned Moscow that relations would suffer. Gazprom, the state-controlled monopoly, said on Monday that it would restore full gas supplies to Europe by Tuesday, two days after it cut supplies to Ukraine in a dispute over a steep price rise. Gas deliveries across Europe, which imports a quarter of its supply from Russia, fell by up to a quarter as Moscow reduced exports through a pipeline to Ukraine that continues on to European customers. Russia accused Ukraine of siphoning off supplies intended for customers further along the pipeline. Russia, which took over the G8 chairmanship for the first time this month and promotes itself as a reliable ... >> full
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Chron.com: Gas Dispute Prompts Questions About Russia
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Russia's natural gas monopoly Gazprom Deputy Chairman Alexander Medvedev attends a news conference, with company's logo at right, in Moscow, Monday, Jan. 2, 2006. Gazprom said on Monday it would increase the amount of gas being shipped to European customers through Ukraine, a day after it shut off natural gas deliveries to Ukraine, resulting in pressure falloffs in Europe. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze) MISHA JAPARIDZE: AP photos Jan. 2, 2006, 12:52PM Gas Dispute Prompts Questions About Russia By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press Writer © 2006 The Associated Press PARIS — What kind of neighbor cuts off gas supplies in winter? That question is being asked of Russia after it closed natural gas taps feeding Ukraine, a decision with implications for the rest of Europe. In language reminiscent of the Cold War, many Europeans castigated Russia on Monday for shutting gas supplies to Ukraine over a price dispute. Russia's critics say the cutoff was Ukraine's punishment for reaching ... >> full
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CNN NEWS: Russia-Ukraine 'Gas War' Escalates
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Russia-Ukraine 'gas war' escalates Russia accuses Ukraine of diverting gas intended for Europe language=JavaScript type=text/javascript> </SCRIPT> Monday, January 2, 2006; Posted: 12:07 p.m. EST (17:07 GMT) language=JavaScript type=text/javascript>var clickExpire = "-1";</SCRIPT> story.yushchenkosun.ap.jpg Yushchenko, right, talks at a meeting on the gas crisis in Ukraine's capital Kiev on Sunday. MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- A move by Russia's state-owned natural gas monopoly Gazprom to suspend supplies to Ukraine has sparked a war of words between the two countries and disrupted gas flows to other parts of Europe. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has called the supply cut -- prompted by a pricing dispute -- "unacceptable" and the Foreign Ministry said it amounted to economic "blackmail." Russia has responded by accusing Ukraine of diverting about 100 million cubic meters of gas -- valued at $25 million -- intended for European customers, the Interfax news agency reported. Gazprom said Monday it would increase the amount of gas being shipped to European customers through Ukraine ... >> full
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