Russia and Ukraine relations have soured since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and now they are fighting about gas supplies again. On Wednesday morning, the CEO of Gazprom, Russia’s biggest state-owned natural gas producer, said that the company has cut off gas supplies to Ukraine after the country failed to pay in advance for more energy. As first reported by the Financial Times, Russian wire services say that Gazprom boss Alexei Miller told reporters all supplies have stopped. AFP reported that Miller said as of 7 a.m. GMT Ukraine’s Naftogaz had used up all the gas it had …read more
Source: Business Insider
