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Czechs send emergency gas to Slovakia
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Officials say the Czech Republic is sending emergency shipments of natural gas to neighboring Slovakia.
Slovakia has been among the countries hardest hit by the Jan. 7 cutoff of Russian natural gas shipments via Ukrainian pipelines. Under gas rationing, about 1,000 Slovak companies haven been forced to close down or limit their production since the dispute between Russia and Ukraine erupted 11 days ago. The rationing has allowed Slovakia to still heat homes with gas, but those reserves are dwindling.
Czech gas distributor RWE Transgas said Sunday it has started shipping some 4 million cubic meters of gas — or 15 percent of Slovakia's daily needs.
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