Russia Steps Up Energy Wars With Gas Cuts to Europe's Top Buyers.

NATURAL gas prices; NATURAL gas pipelines; LIQUEFIED natural gas; GASES

RUSSIA; KREMLIN (Moscow, Russia)

"These significant gas outages East and West of Europe are a reminder of the fragility of the physical infrastructure that underpins the global gas market", said Zongqiang Luo, an analyst at Norwegian consultant Rystad Energy. Keywords: ENI@IM; ENR@GR; GAZP@RM; UN01@GR; BUSINESS; CMD; COS; ELC; EUROPE; GEN; GER; GOV; INDUSTRIES; MARKETS; NORTHAM; NRG; OIL; RUSSIA; US; UTI; WORLD EN ENI@IM ENR@GR GAZP@RM UN01@GR BUSINESS CMD COS ELC EUROPE GEN GER GOV INDUSTRIES MARKETS NORTHAM NRG OIL RUSSIA US UTI WORLD Russia stepped up the use of energy as a weapon by further cutting natural gas shipments via its biggest pipeline to Europe, prompting Germany to accuse the Kremlin of trying to drive up prices. [Extracted from the article]

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