Archive for January, 2009

Russia cut off the gas to its neighbor Ukraine

MOSCOW/KIEV Russia cut off the gas to its neighbor Ukraine on Thursday after a contract dispute but increased supplies to other European states to try to reassure customers worried about possible disruption.
The European Union, which receives a fifth of its gas from pipelines crossing Ukraine, and the United States urged further negotiations to resolve the dispute and...
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Venezuela slashes US dollar quota

The Venezuelan government has cut the official number of dollars Venezuelans can spend abroad with their credit cards from $5,000 to $2,500 a year.
The measure aims to preserve foreign currency reserves amid the global economic crisis and Venezuela's own declining oil revenues.
It tightens restrictions in place since a prolonged oil strike in 2003.
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