Unprecedented talks across the European Union on Tuesday showed it scrambling for solutions on the ground to break its dependence on Russian gas and help supply Ukraine.

• Date: 16.04.2014  |  Published on EGF: 16.04.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia and China aim to wrap up a 10-year series of talks about Russian gas supplies before President Vladimir Putin visits China in May, media quoted the deputy prime minister as saying on Monday.

• Date: 15.04.2014  |  Published on EGF: 14.04.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Gennady Timchenko, the billionaire Russian gas trader hit with U.S. sanctions over his alleged ties with the Kremlin following Russia's annexation of Crimea, said being singled out by Washington was a badge of honor.

• Date: 12.04.2014  |  Published on EGF: 12.04.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine's state-run energy company Naftogaz has suspended gas payments to Russia until the conclusion of price talks, chief executive Andriy Kobolev was quoted as saying on Saturday.

• Date: 12.04.2014  |  Published on EGF: 12.04.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Japan's cabinet on Friday approved an energy policy reversing the previous government's plans to gradually mothball nuclear power plants, a move likely to be unpopular with a wary public following the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

• Date: 11.04.2014  |  Published on EGF: 11.04.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine said on Friday it would turn to Europe for gas and won a promise of help from Brussels after Russia warned it could cut supplies over Kiev's refusal to pay Moscow's "political, uneconomic price" for supplies.

• Date: 11.04.2014  |  Published on EGF: 11.04.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian gas exports to Ukraine have been falling since early April, a gas industry source said on Friday, declining to give a reason for the reduction.

• Date: 11.04.2014  |  Published on EGF: 11.04.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

President Vladimir Putin warned European leaders on Thursday Russia would cut natural gas supplies to Ukraine if it did not pay its bills and said this could lead to a reduction of onward deliveries to Europe.

• Date: 10.04.2014  |  Published on EGF: 10.04.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/