UKRAINE CUT OFF FROM RUSSIAN ELECTRICITY.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 1 Issue: 148

December 6, 1995 08:00 AM Age: 29 years

Ukraine has been uncoupled from a joint power grid with Russia because it was taking too much power from its northern neighbor, government officials said yesterday. "This happened because of a worsening energy balance between Ukraine and Russia. We started to take too much power from Russia and violated agreements," said Olexander Voyevoda, a top engineer at Ukraine’s energy ministry. (4)

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