War of words deadlocks gas deal
Updated on 13 January 2009
A deal to get gas flowing again across the European Union was deadlocked in a new war of words between Russia and Ukraine.
The EU-brokered plan saw Russia reopen the gas taps after closing off supplies to Ukraine, seriously hitting onward deliveries to a dozen EU member states.
But within hours Moscow reported that "little or no" gas was heading for the EU and blamed Ukraine for not opening the transit pipelines.
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