Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Stealing European Gas -- Yahoo News/ReutersMOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia accused Ukraine of stealing gas destined for the rest of Europe on Friday, a day after cutting supplies to its neighbor in a contract dispute.
The volumes Russian export monopoly Gazprom said Ukraine was off siphoning were small, but the accusation suggested Moscow was in no mood for compromise in a re-run of a 2006 argument that led to supply shortages across the EU.
Gazprom said it was responding to Ukraine's actions by increasing exports via alternative routes, including Belarus. Energy companies in Europe said they had not felt any disruptions to their supplies since the cut-off.
"The Ukrainian side openly admits it is stealing gas and is not ashamed of this," Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said.
The European Union -- which receives a fifth of its gas via pipelines through Ukraine -- said it considered the row between Moscow and Kiev to be a bilateral issue and would not step in unless supplies to Europe started to suffer.
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