Russia orders Gazprom to stop Ukraine gas flow

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ordered gas export monopoly Gazprom to halt gas supplies via Ukraine on Wednesday, Russian news agencies reported.

In a meeting with Putin, Gazprom chief executive Alexei Miller proposed halting deliveries of gas to the Russian-Ukraine border because Kiev was siphoning off the fuel, Interfax news agency reported.


Putin agreed to the proposal and said: “This should be done openly, in the presence of international observers.”