http://www.zeenews.com/links/articles.asp?aid=217248&sid=WORKiev, May 14: Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko today accused Russia of suspending oil deliveries to Ukraine, and gas stations throughout this ex-soviet republic began running out of fuel.
"Oil deliveries to Ukraine are being deliberately stopped even though all contracts have been paid for," Tymoshenko said after a cabinet meeting today.
Tymoshenko said that "for five days, no oil was pumped at all, even though we have all the necessary agreements."
The allegations are just the latest charges the Ukrainian government has lobbed against Russian oil companies, which supply 80 percent of Ukraine's fuel. Last month, Ukrainian officials accused Russian oil majors of conspiring to raise the price of gasoline and ordered a moratorium on prices, which the companies reluctantly agreed to after being threatened with court action.
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