States of emergency declared across Europe over gas

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Alan

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Governments across Europe declared states of emergency and ordered factories to close as Russia cut all gas supplies through Ukraine yesterday in their worsening dispute over unpaid bills.

José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President, accused the two countries of taking the EU’s energy supply “hostage” amid a cold snap across the Continent, and urged them to reopen the pipelines immediately.

Schools and factories were closed and trees were felled to keep home fires burning after Russia turned off the gas taps to more than a dozen countries. It was a clear demonstration of the dependence of the Continent on Russian gas supplies.

Despite temperatures as low as minus 27C and the threat of heating cuts to millions of households, Moscow said that it had no choice but to cease supplies because Ukraine, the country through which 80 per cent of Russian gas bound for Europe flows, had closed its pipelines. The claim was denied by Kiev.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5469834.ece

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Hosehead said:
Good. Now let Russia just get on with getting their money from those freeloading Ukranians.
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The Ukrainians have been trying to get Putin to do this for a long time. Ukraine knows it will make the Russians look bad, but I think they tried it too many times and they aren't fooling anyone.
 
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