Russian gas supplies via Ukraine to southeast Europe and Turkey were halted on Tuesday as a result of a pricing row between Moscow and Kiev, and Austria and the Czech Republic reported sharp falls in supplies. The following is an overview of how the European Union, which receives about a quarter of its gas from Russia, and about a fifth of its gas via pipelines through Ukraine, is reacting and what options it has.

While Europe is shaken by the recent energy crisis initiated by a Russian-Ukrainian row, Turkey says the flow of Russian natural gas through a pipeline via the Balkans has stopped entirely. Ankara seeks other alternatives including Iran.

Giorgi Lomsadze

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