EU risks mini-repetition of last winter’s gas crunch

With EU gas transit state Belarus and Russia locked in a bitter row over energy prices for next year, some north and eastern EU states risk seeing a mini-repetition of last winter’s Ukraine gas crunch.

But even if the winter of 2007 passes uneventfully, experts at the IEA and leading think-tanks, such as CEPS, are beginning to convince EU policymakers that Russia itself is heading for a major gas supply shortfall in the next few years.
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