No end in sight for Russiagas dispute Freezing temperatures continue as gas flow drops in the Balkans, Turkey, Austria and south-eastern Europe. | | | RSS Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMoney.com RSS FEEDS (close) Last Updated: January 6, 2009: 7:08 AM ET MOSCOW, Jan 6 (Reuters) -- Russian gas supplies via Ukraine to the Balkans, Turkey and south-eastern Europe were halted on Tuesday and flows to EU-member state Austria dropped by 90% in a deepening price row between Moscow and Kiev. Russia and Ukraine blamed each other for the crisis, which has struck at a...
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