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Russia’s Gazprom to shut gas pipeline to Europe for 3 days

The Associated Press · last updated

MOSCOW (AP) — A key pipeline conveying Russian natural gas to Europe will shut down for three days at the end of this month to undergo “routine maintenance,” Russia’s state-owned energy company Gazprom said Friday.

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