Russia, Ukraine Hope for Gas Deal This Week

Russia and Ukraine signaled on Tuesday they hope to resolve a dispute by the end of this week over billions of dollars in unpaid gas bills that threatens supplies to Europe and is stoking their political conflict.   Russian state-owned exporter Gazprom gave Kyiv some respite on Monday by allowing it six more days to pay its debts, averting the risk of an immediate cut in supplies under an advance payment system that had been due to come into force.   Although the two sides...

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