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Russia Cuts Gas Supplies To Europe Via Ukraine After Pipeline Contract Expires

Russian state gas giant Gazprom said it had suspended gas supplies to Europe via a major pipeline traversing Ukraine, after Kyiv refused to renew a transit contract signed before Moscow’s all-out invasion.The move, announced early January 1 in a post to Gazprom’s Telegram channel, was not expected to cause major immediate problems for most European customers, due to a years-long effort by many countries to wean themselves off Russian gas.Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, and several…