Europe turns up the heat on Russia

Monday, January 2, 2006

Russia shut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine yesterday as a dispute over prices escalated. Today, Russia agreed to turn the gas back on, but the effect has rippled across the continent and hit some other members of the EU. Stephen Beard reports.

Valves of gas-holder in Ukraine (Gennadiy Minchenko/AFP (c) Getty Images)

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