Ukraine gas networks costly, Gazprom says

Ukraine gas networks costly, Gazprom says St. Petersburg, Russia (UPI) Jun 16, 2016 - It will be less expensive for Russian natural gas to move through a pipeline system in the Baltic Sea than through Ukraine, a Gazprom official said. Europe gets about a quarter of its natural gas needs met by Russia, though the bulk of that gas runs through Soviet-era pipelines running through Ukraine. Contractual disputes during the previous decade disrupted supplies through Ukraine an ... more

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