Europe freeze kills 89, fears rise over Russian gas supplies
<p><span word="Record">Record</span>-<span word="low">low</span> <span word="temperatures">temperatures</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Eastern">Eastern</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span> <span word="pushed">pushed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="toll">toll</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Arctic">Arctic</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> 89 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="Russian">Russian</span> <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="provider">provider</span> <span word="Gazprom">Gazprom</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="warn">warn</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="supplies">supplies</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>.</p><p><span word="Europe">Europe</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="enjoyed">enjoyed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="relatively">relatively</span> <span word="mild">mild</span> <span word="winter">winter</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="weekend">weekend</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Siberian">Siberian</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="swinging">swinging</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="east">east</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="abrupt">abrupt</span> <span word="halt">halt</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="source">source</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Russian">Russian</span> <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="export">export</span> <span word="monopoly">monopoly</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="supplies">supplies</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="quarter">quarter</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="imports">imports</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="requests">requests</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="export">export</span> <span word="markets">markets</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="physically">physically</span> <span word="accommodate">accommodate</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Russia">Russia</span> <span word="spikes">spikes</span>. "<span word="Despite">Despite</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="consumption">consumption</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Russia">Russia</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="frosts">frosts</span>, <span word="Gazprom">Gazprom</span> <span word="continues">continues</span> <span word="implementing">implementing</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="contractual">contractual</span> <span word="obligations">obligations</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="clients">clients</span>," <span word="it">it</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="Ukraine">Ukraine</span>, 43 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="days">days</span>, <span word="its">its</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="ministry">ministry</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="Soviet">Soviet</span> <span word="republic">republic</span> <span word="shivered">shivered</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="coldest">coldest</span> <span word="winter">winter</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p><span word="Overnight">Overnight</span> <span word="temperatures">temperatures</span> <span word="sank">sank</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="low">low</span> <span word="as">as</span> -33 <span word="C">C</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="heated">heated</span> <span word="tents">tents</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="shelter">shelter</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="homeless">homeless</span>.</p><p>"<span word="They">They</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="whole">whole</span> <span word="February">February</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="cold">cold</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="March">March</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="ready">ready</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="somehow">somehow</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Viktor">Viktor</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="streets">streets</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Kiev">Kiev</span>.</p><p><span word="European">European</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="alert">alert</span> <span word="network">network</span> <span word="Meteoalarm">Meteoalarm</span> <span word="warned">warned</span> <span word="of">of</span> "<span word="extremely">extremely</span> <span word="dangerous">dangerous</span>" <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Eastern">Eastern</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="Serbia">Serbia</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fourth">fourth</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="overnight">overnight</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="southwestern">southwestern</span> <span word="Suvobor">Suvobor</span> <span word="mountains">mountains</span>.</p>
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