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Another complication for Ukraine, and maybe some impact on Russia
    Ukraine to end transit of Russian gas into Europe

Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine are to end on Wednesday, when a five-year deal between Ukraine's gas transit operator Naftogaz and Russia's Gazprom expires.
...a number of eastern [EU] member states still depend largely on the supplies, making Russia about €5bn ($5.2bn; £4.2bn) a year.
On Friday, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico - who had just made a surprise visit to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin - threatened to stop the supply of electricity to Ukraine.
Poland has offered to support Kyiv in case Slovakia cuts off its electricity exports - supplies that are crucial to Ukraine, whose power plants come under regular attack from Russia.
Moldova - which is not part of the EU - could be seriously affected by the end of the transit agreement.
Once the Ukrainian transit route is cut off, the Black Sea's TurkStream - which reaches Turkey, Hungary and Serbia - will be the only Russian gas supply to European countries.

[M T]

Another complication for Ukraine, and maybe some impact on Russia
    Ukraine to end transit of Russian gas into Europe

Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine are to end on Wednesday, when a five-year deal between Ukraine's gas transit operator Naftogaz and Russia's Gazprom expires.
...a number of eastern [EU] member states still depend largely on the supplies, making Russia about €5bn ($5.2bn; £4.2bn) a year.
On Friday, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico - who had just made a surprise visit to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin - threatened to stop the supply of electricity to Ukraine.
Poland has offered to support Kyiv in case Slovakia cuts off its electricity exports - supplies that are crucial to Ukraine, whose power plants come under regular attack from Russia.
Moldova - which is not part of the EU - could be seriously affected by the end of the transit agreement.
Once the Ukrainian transit route is cut off, the Black Sea's TurkStream - which reaches Turkey, Hungary and Serbia - will be the only Russian gas supply to European countries.