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Wed 01 Jan 2009EU faces energy crunch over Russian gas
Russian gas supplies to Europe and Turkey have more than halved from regular volumes after Ukraine shut all export pipelines, despite increased supplies via alternative routes, a senior Gazprom official said.
Alexander Medvedev, Gazprom's deputy chief executive, said today gas supplies to the European Union and Turkey were running at around 200 million cubic metres (mcm) a day, compared with the usual 430 mcm.
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