In our top story: The prime ministers of Russia and Ukraine reached an outline deal in their gas dispute on Sunday. But it doesn’t mean the conflict has been resolved. Our Ukraine bureau has more. The ongoing gas dispute between Ukraine and Russia is causing problems for both countries. It’s also been a headache for the rest of Europe, which normally gets about one fifth of its gas from Russian pipelines through Ukraine. On New Year’s Day, Russia had cut the flow of natural gas to Ukraine over a price dispute. Now, almost three weeks later, Russia is still withholding the gas flow to Ukraine, and many Ukrainians have been living without heat during a frigid January. But one thing *is* heated: the negotiations. Russia is losing money every day that Ukraine doesn’t buy its gas. On the other hand, Russia wants Ukraine to pay more than twice last year’s price for gas. Some economists say that if Kyiv submits to Moscow’s proposed price of 418 dollars per thousand cubic meters, it will cause a humanitarian disaster in Ukraine. [Andrii Novak, Ukrainian Economist]: male, Ukrainian: “The latest developments on the ‘gas front’—which are happening because of the conflict created basically by Russia—show that the Russian Federation as a country is taking the attitude of a gas-energy dictatorship.” Some foreign media are saying that the gas conflict is actually a well-staged strategy to hurt the reputation of Ukraine in the eyes of the West. This analyst from Ukraine’s Foreign Policy …
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