MOSCOW, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom ordered its pumping station on one of the pipeline routes to Ukraine to halt gas supplies on Thursday, Russian state television reported.
In a live broadcast from the pumping station near Russia’s border with Ukraine, Vesti-24 television station said Gazprom headquarters in Moscow had ordered the cut-off, and the volume of gas flowing to Ukraine was four times below the normal level. (Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Charles Dick)
