Millions in Georgia without heat

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) — More than 4 million people in Georgia were without heat for a third straight day Tuesday after a series of blasts destroyed the Russian pipeline that supplied the country’s natural gas needed for its central heating.

The crisis comes as the former Soviet republic battles the coldest weather it has seen in three decades.
Hopes were high that heating would be restored in the next couple of days, but a number of factors now appear to be complicating that effort.

While Russian officials repair the pipeline, Georgia was set to receive about half of what it needs from Russia through neighboring Azerbaijan.

But that supply has now been cut off after Russia reported a problem with a compressor unit, the head of the Georgian presidential administration, Georgy Averladze, told CNN.

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