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Steven Pifer, a senior adviser with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, was quoted by the Washington Times, "Ukraine’s Gas Supply Reduced."
March 4, 2008

Author:

Svitlana Korenovska

Associated Programs:

Russia and Eurasia Program

Related Research Focus:

Russia & Eurasia

Experts :

Steven Pifer

Excerpt:

Russia flexed its muscles just hours after Dmitry Medvedev won the presidential elections by lowering gas supplies to Ukraine yesterday in a long-running price dispute.

A 25 percent gas cut was announced by the Russian state-run gas monopoly Gazprom, which was headed by Mr. Medvedev before Sunday's elections. [...]

"Europe wants Kiev and Moscow to find a quick resolution," said Steven Pifer, a senior adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former ambassador to Ukraine.

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