A general view shows the headquarters of the Russian natural gas monopoly giant Gazprom building in Moscow on January 7, 2009. All deliveries of Russian gas through Ukraine were halted on January 7, intensifying a bitter dispute between Moscow and Kiev, which risks depriving Europeans of gas amid freezing weather. In a new twist, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told state-run energy giant Gazprom on January 7 to cease all deliveries of natural gas into Ukraine. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

A general view shows the headquarters of the Russian natural gas monopoly giant Gazprom building in Moscow on January 7, 2009. All deliveries of Russian gas through Ukraine were halted on January 7, intensifying a bitter dispute between Moscow and Kiev, which risks depriving Europeans of gas amid freezing weather. In a new twist, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told state-run energy giant Gazprom on January 7 to cease all deliveries of natural gas into Ukraine.

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  1. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller (R) attend the Global Energy Awards ceremony in St. Petersburg on June 5, 2009 during the Economic Forum. Medvedev warned that it was "too early to open the champagne" to fete an economic recovery, at a forum dominated by gloomy admissions on the crisis.
  2. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) and Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller (2nd R) speak with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (2nd L) and CEO of Italian ENI S.p.A. oil and gas company Paolo Scaroni (L) during a signing ceremony in Sochi on May 15, 2009. Russian gas giant Gazprom and Italian energy firm ENI signed a deal to increase the capacity of the planned South Stream pipeline across the Black Sea, an.
  3. Gazprom headquarters are seen in Moscow on Friday, June 26, 2009. Gazprom, the world's largest natural gas producer, said Friday it hoped to sign key deals in Azerbaijan next week, raising the possibility that Russia will seek to secure Azeri gas to feed pipelines to Europe.
  4. Gazprom headquarters are seen in Moscow on Friday, June 26, 2009. Gazprom, the world's largest natural gas producer, said Friday it hoped to sign key deals in Azerbaijan next week, raising the possibility that Russia will seek to secure Azeri gas to feed pipelines to Europe.
  5. Russia's state-controlled gas company Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller speaks at an annual shareholders meeting in Moscow on Friday, June 26, 2009. Gazprom, the world's largest natural gas producer, said Friday it hoped to sign key deals in Azerbaijan next week, raising the possibility that Russia will seek to secure Azeri gas to feed pipelines to Europe.
  6. Russia's state-controlled gas company Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller speaks at an annual shareholders meeting in Moscow on Friday, June 26, 2009. Gazprom, the world's largest natural gas producer, said Friday it hoped to sign key deals in Azerbaijan next week, raising the possibility that Russia will seek to secure Azeri gas to feed pipelines to Europe.
  7. Russia's state-controlled gas company Gazprom Chief Executive Alexei Miller (L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shake hands in St. Petersburg June 5, 2009. Germany's E.ON group said on Friday it has signed a deal to complete the acquisition of a 25 percent stake in the Siberian Yuzhno Russkoye gas field from Gazprom OAO, wrapping up more than four years of preparation to co-own the strategic asset. The St Petersburg International Economic Forum is attended by top chief executives and officials.
  8. Russia's state-controlled gas company Gazprom Chief Executive Alexei Miller (R) looks as Chairman of German natural-gas utility E.ON Rurhgas AG Bernhard Reutersberg (L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shake hands after signing an agreement in St. Petersburg June 5, 2009. Germany's E.ON group said on Friday it has signed a deal to complete the acquisition of a 25 percent stake in the Siberian Yuzhno Russkoye gas field from Gazprom OAO, wrapping up more than four years of preparation to co-own the strategic asset. The St Petersburg International Economic Forum is attended by top chief executives and officials.
  9. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin seen during a meeting while visiting a farm in southern Krasnodar region, Russia, Friday, July 3, 2009. Vladimir Putin visits Krasnodar region to discuss grain harvest.
  10. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin seen during a meeting while visiting a farm in southern Krasnodar region, Russia, Friday, July 3, 2009. Vladimir Putin visits Krasnodar region to discuss grain harvest.
  11. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) speaks to farmers in Vyselki on July 3, 2009 during a routine working visit to the wheat fields of the Agrokoplex farm.
  12. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) speaks to farmers in Vyselki on July 3, 2009 during a routine working visit to the wheat fields of the Agrokoplex farm.
  13. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) speaks to a farmer in Vyselki on July 3, 2009 during a routine working visit to the wheat fields of the Agrokoplex farm.
  14. Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R), accompanied by workers, walks through the "Agrocomplex" Farm's wheat field in the southern Krasnodar Region July 3, 2009.
  15. Picture taken on June 15, 2004 shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) welcoming Russian famous national singer Lyudmila Zykina before awarding her with the Order of Saint Andrey at the Kremlin in Moscow. Russian singer Lyudmila Zykina died on July 1, 2009 at age 80, Russian media reported.
  16. Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) and Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer shake hands at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow June 27, 2009. Putin moved again to ease his government's clasp over the energy sector on Saturday, capping off a week of foreign energy deals with a surprise offer for Royal Dutch Shell, inviting the energy company to help develop the giant Sakhalin-3 and Sakhalin-4 projects off Russia's Pacific coast. Picture taken June 27, 2009.

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