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Tue 01 Jan 2010Russia seeks to allay EU fears over oil supply crisis
RUSSIA SOUGHT to soothe EU fears of another winter energy crisis yesterday, as Moscow’s officials tried to resolve an oil price dispute with neighbouring Belarus.
Russia reportedly halted oil supplies to Belarus briefly over the weekend, rekindling memories of last January’s gas row between Moscow and Ukraine, which left millions of central Europeans without heat and light and forced many firms to scale back or stop production.
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