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Gazprom, Ukraine Agree on Gas Transit, Settle Legal Disputes

Deal will allow Russian gas to keep flowing through to Europe
Accord comes as U.S. imposes sanctions on Russia’s Baltic pipe

Russian And Ukrainian Gas Pipelines As Ukraine Gas Debt Raises Concern — Photographer: Vincent Mundy/Bloomberg

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By Dina Khrennikova, Olga Tanas, Ewa Krukowska, and Kateryna Chursina

December 21, 2019 at 11:13 AM UTC

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December 21, 2019 at 4:00 PM UTC

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Gazprom PJSC and Ukraine reached a landmark agreement that will allow Russian gas to flow to Europe via its neighbor through the end of 2024 and settle all of the related legal disputes, even as the U.S. imposed sanctions on a separate Russian pipeline project in the Baltic.