The head of Russia's state-run natural gas export
monopoly, Gazprom, said it is stopping supplies to Ukraine, dpa reported.
Alexei Miller said in Moscow on Thursday that Kiev had not paid in
advance for future supplies, nor had it placed new orders.
The move was widely expected after Ukraine said earlier that it did
not need more gas from Russia for now.
Ukraine is a key transit country for Russian gas to Europe. "The
refusal to buy Russian gas creates serious risks for the safe gas
transit to Europe as well as to supplies to Ukrainian customers in
the coming winter," Miller warned.

Source: SPA