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Thu 01 Jan 2009Balkans freeze as Russia accuses Kiev of stealing gas
RUSSIA INSISTED last night that it would not supply gas to Ukraine until it agreed to pay the full European market price for the fuel, something Kiev says would cause economic meltdown.
The condition did not appear to apply to gas exports to Europe via Ukraine, which Russia officially stopped yesterday after again accusing its neighbour of illegally siphoning the fuel from pipelines. Ukraine reiterated its own claim that Kremlin-controlled firm Gazprom had simply turned off the gas.
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