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Ukraine has made good on its promise to halt the transport of Russian gas to Europe through its territory after a key deal with Moscow expired on Wednesday. Ukraine’s refusal to renew the ...

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MOSCOW/KYIV-Russian gas exports via Soviet-era pipelines running through Ukraine were halted on New Year’s Day, marking the end of decades of Moscow’s dominance over Europe’s energy markets.

This is a historic event. Russia is losing its markets, it will suffer financial losses. Europe has already made the decision to abandon Russian gas,” Ukraine’s Energy Minister German ...

Russian gas stopped flowing to Europe via Ukraine, closing off a route that’s operated for five decades after Kyiv refused to allow any transit that funds Moscow’s war machine. Both sides ...

Before the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia supplied some 35 percent of Europe’s pipeline natural gas exports. With the shutdown of Russia’s oldest gas route to Europe, functional for more ...

A transnational pipeline was shut down on Wednesday after Kyiv refused to renew a prewar agreement that allowed for the transit of Russian gas through its territory. By Marc Santora Andrew Higgins ...