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Russia cuts off gas supplies to Europe
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by mudricky | January 7, 2009 at 01:25 pm
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Russia has cut off all gas supplies to Europe because of a dispute with its neighbour, Ukraine.
Tens of thousands of people have been left without heat in some parts of central Europe as governments tried to find alternative gas.
Early today, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Croatia, Serbia and Turkey all reported a halt in gas shipments, while France, Germany, Austria, Poland and Hungary reported substantial drops in supplies.
Bulgaria looks to be the country worst affected by this.
RUSSIA cut off all gas supplies to Europe today in a dispute with its neighbour. Russian gas giant Gazprom stopped sending any gas to European consumers at 5.44am GMT today, Ukrainian state gas company Naftogaz said.
Russia confirmed the cut-off, but said it was Ukraine's fault because it had shut down the last pipeline carrying Russian gas.
Exports of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine appear to have completely stopped amid a dispute over gas supplies between the two countries.
Heating systems shut down in some parts of central Europe, as outdoor temperatures plunged to -10C or lower.
Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other, and the EU says it wants its own monitors to check the flow of gas.
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at 15:11 on January 7th, 2009
Other countries in Europe will have to look at other ways of creating power.
They can't go into winter hoping the Russians don't turn of their pipes.
I would think some nations may go down the road of increasing coal power stations or more nuclear options.
at 02:35 on January 8th, 2009
the real problem is, that there are countries without any gas supply. It is highly irresponsible for Russia to go down this road. And i will stop here before i say something that would need to be censored, sigh.