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“Ukraine’s gas storage not critical for EU supply”

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Published 22 May, 2009, 21:08

Only about a third of the currently available storage facilities in Ukraine would be enough for an uninterrupted gas supply to the EU says Mikhail Krutihin, who's from the gas industry analysts RusEnergy

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