Europe | Vestigial network

Why Russian oil and gas is still flowing through Ukraine

Even in war, old pipelines and contracts die hard

Flow direction arrows sit on trunk pipes at the gas metering station, operated by NAK Naftogaz Ukrainy, in Uzhgorod, Ukraine, on Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Ukraine aims to reach a natural gas deal with Russia in June to cover next winter, and has warned that failure to reach an agreement would make a new crisis "artificially created by the Russian side" very likely. Photographer: Vincent Mundy/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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