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lovuian

(19,362 posts) Thu Jan 15, 2015, 04:26 PM Jan 2015

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-14/russia-to-shift-ukraine-gas-transit-to-turkey-as-eu-cries-foul.html

Gazprom has reduced deliveries via Ukraine after price and debt disputes with the neighboring country that twice in the past decade disrupted supplies to the EU during freezing weather.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1106382/Europe-plunged-energy-crisis-Russia-cuts-gas-supply-Ukraine.html

Europe plunged into energy crisis as Russia cuts off gas supply via Ukraine

Russia wants to go through Turkey and Greece not Ukraine. Natural gas prices look to be going higher as oil drops what do you think?

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Is Europe heading for a energy crisis as Russia cuts off gas supply via Ukraine (Original Post) lovuian Jan 2015 OP

Daily Mail article is 6 years old - nothing has been cut off muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #1

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1. Daily Mail article is 6 years old - nothing has been cut off

Thu Jan 15, 2015, 04:36 PM

Jan 2015

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6088524

The Bloomberg article is about Russia's plan to build a new pipeline to Turkey and send the gas via that - which will take at least 2 years.