Russia 'to restore gas to Europe' - BBC

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Thursday, 8 January 2009

Russia 'to restore gas to Europe'

Russian PM Vladimir Putin has said Moscow will
resume pumping gas to Europe once independent
monitors are in place to check the flow to EU
markets.

Ukraine, whose dispute with Russia over pricing
led to the crisis, said it would guarantee
transit to Europe.

The Russian announcement came after a morning
of acrimonious talks in Brussels between Russian
and Ukrainian gas executives and EU officials.

The talks were aimed at ending the row that has
seen supply to Europe cut off.

Ten of thousands of homes in Europe have been
left with no heating, a situation which the
European Commission has described as completely
unacceptable.

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