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The EU should start building "today" or Russian gas will go to other markets, Gazprom said. (Photo: Mitya Aleshkovsky)

Russia to cut EU gas transit via Ukraine

by Peter Teffer, Brussels,

Russia has said it will stop EU gas transit via Ukraine and do it via Turkey instead in the second shock announcement on energy in as many months.

It said on Wednesday (14 January) that the EU should build new infrastructure to link up with a future Russia-Turkey pipeline or lose access to supplies.

Gazprom head Alexei Miller issued the ultimatum during a visit to Russia by EU energy commissioner Maros Sefcovic, who said he was

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