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Russia winds down gas supply to Europe via Ukraine as transit deal expires

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73% Informative

Gazprom is expected to cut its remaining exports to Europe through Ukraine 's pipelines on New Year’s Day .

A gas-transit deal struck between the countries five years ago comes to an end overnight .

The last volumes of Russian gas to be piped into central Europe via this key route will mark a historic shift.

Russia was once Europe 's biggest supplier of gas but it has lost almost all of its EU customers.

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English

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