Govts across Europe declared states of emergency and ordered factories to close as Russia cut all gas supplies through Ukraine in their worsening dispute over unpaid bills. Despite temps at minus 27C and the threat of heating cuts to millions of households, Moscow said that it had no choice but to cease supplies because Ukraine through which 80% of Russian gas bound for EU flows, had closed its pipelines. Kiev denies closures. |
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Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.