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Sat 11 Nov 2008Ukraine president gives PM five days to resolve Russian gas dispute
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT Viktor Yushchenko has given prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko five days to resolve their country’s gas dispute with Russia, as their personal battle threatened to hamper efforts to avert a potential energy crisis.
Mr Yushchenko blamed Ms Tymoshenko’s government for Kiev’s alleged failure to pay $2.4 billion in fuel bills to Russia, amid growing fears of a repeat of a January 2006 energy dispute which prompted Moscow to cut fuel supplies to Ukraine, causing a sharp drop in gas flow to EU countries further west.
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