Russia Refutes Kiev’s Claim about the Cut-off of Gas to the E.U. in Winter
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Reuters
Ukrainian Prime Minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, claimed that Russia is planning to cut off gas to the European Union via Ukraine this winter. He has advised countries of the E.U. to stockpile gas, just as Ukraine has been doing. Russia has completely denied this claim and has said that there is no planned cut-off of gas.
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- debt
- долг
- to refute, to rebut, to deny
- опровергать/опровергнуть
- regular, systematic, uninterrupted
- бесперебойный
- to cut off, to turn off
- отключать/отключить
- provision, assurance
- обеспечение
- unlikely
- вряд
- heating (here: describing the months when the heat is turned on)
- отопительный
- to live through, to endure
- переживать/пережить
- to be delivered
- поставляться
- supposedly, allegedly
- якобы