Drop: in gas via Ukraine
Russian transit gas via Ukraine down 26.4%
Transit of Russian gas via Ukraine to Europe fell by 26.4% 74.5 billion cubic metres in the January to October 2009 period from 101.2 Bcm in the same period in 2008, Ukraine's Fuel and Energy Ministry said today.
European countries have cut energy consumption as industrial activity has fallen due to a global economic slowdown.
Russian gas transit via Ukraine fell 29.9% in the first nine months of this year.