BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia and Ukraine ended months of uncertainty and finally reached agreement Friday on supplies of natural gas to Ukraine for the coming winter, a high-ranking European Union official announced.Maros Sefcovic, the EU Commission vice president for energy union, said the deal in talks he brokered assured that Ukraine would receive Russian gas for six months ending in March 2016.The uncertainty over Russian gas supplies has taken place against the backdrop of the wider conflict between Moscow and Ukraine. In 2014, Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine, and a pro-Russian armed insurgency continues in parts of eastern Ukraine, with …read more
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