FACTBOX: Countries affected by Russia-Ukraine gas row

Tue Jan 6, 2009 6:49pm GMT
 
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(Reuters) - Following are comments from European customers affected by the cut-off in gas supplies by Russia's gas export monopoly Gazprom to its neighbor Ukraine over a pricing dispute:

FRANCE

Russian supplies to France dropped by more than 70 percent on Tuesday. French Energy group GDF Suez has guaranteed supplies for customers.

BOSNIA

Bosnia's main gas operator BH Gas said on Tuesday that Russian deliveries have stopped. Bosnia consumes around 350 million cubic meters of gas annually, most of it from Russia. Consumption in the past two days rose to 1.6 million cubic meters because of low temperatures.

SERBIA

Serbia's gas company said its natural gas supply from Russia were cut off on Tuesday. Serbia imports 92 percent of its gas from Russia via Hungary and Ukraine.

"All major consumers are cut off already," news agency Tanjug quoted Dusan Bajatovic, the head of Serbia's gas monopoly, as saying.

Natural gas accounts for 15 percent of Serbia's fuel use.  Continued...

 

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