Russia threatened Tuesday to cut off natural gas and to halt coal deliveries to Ukraine, worsening a dispute over a power blackout in Crimea.
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak accused Kyiv of deliberately refusing to help rebuild electricity pylons which were blown up by unidentified, pro-Ukrainian attackers over the weekend, causing the interruption of gas supplies to Russia-annexed Crimea.
The Ukrainian government has denied the accusation as “absolutely groundless.” Ukraine also said that it intends to block food shipments to Crimea as reprisal for Moscow’s ban on imports of Ukrainian food to Russia.
Novak said that the first phase of an energy bridge …read more
Source: Voice of America
