Crisis talks bid to end gas dispute

Russia, Ukraine, and the European Union are bidding today to end a crisis which has left at least seven EU countries facing major gas shortages amid a winter freeze.

Talks in Moscow between Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom gas company and Ukraine’s Naftogaz are aimed at resolving a row in which Gazprom has turned off the gas tap to Ukraine – hitting onward supplies to the EU in the process.