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KIEV, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - Ukrainian...
had earlier sought a loan of over $4 billion from the EU to pump gas into its underground storage facilities to avoid interruptions with gas transit to Europe.Russia, which supplies around one quarter of Europe"s gas, briefly shut down supplies via Ukraine"s pipeline system at the start of the year during a dispute with Kiev over gas supply debt.
The conflict was resolved in January, when Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Tymoshenko agreed deals on deliveries to and gas transit through Ukraine for 2009.
The ex-Soviet state transits around 80% of Russia"s Europe-bound gas.
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