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Mon 01 Jan 2009EU treads warily as gas supply from Russia falls off
THE EUROPEAN Union refused yesterday to mediate in the gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine, despite several of its eastern members suffering a drop in supply and amid warnings of more problems to come, writes Daniel McLaughlinin Budapest
Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, new EU presidency-holder the Czech Republic and Turkey, received less Russian gas than usual through pipelines crossing Ukraine, where state gas firm Naftogaz is in a dispute with Kremlin-controlled energy giant Gazprom over alleged unpaid bills and the price of gas imports for 2009. Russia stopped pumping gas to Ukraine on New Year's Day.
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