Russia cut off gas supplies to Ukraine

Updated: 2006-01-02 15:57

Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko speaks to journalists in front of Ukraine's pipeline operator Ukrtransgaz in Kiev January 1, 2006. Russia cut gas supplies to Ukraine on Sunday in a dispute that could hit deliveries to a wintry Europe just as Moscow takes over as chairman of the Group of Eight wanting to showcase its role as a reliable energy source. [Reuters]