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Moscow turns off the tap
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Moscow turns off the tap

For the first time in six decades, Russian gas is no longer flowing to Europe via Ukraine. At 8 a.m. Moscow time on New Year’s Day, Russian state energy giant Gazprom ceased delivery through its Sokhranivka pipeline. Kyiv refused to renew its 2019 pipeline transit deal with Moscow while Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues.

Election officials display a ballot paper while sorting and counting votes after polls close at a polling station during Zambia's general elections.
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The mineral-rich southern African nation of Zambia is slipping into political crisis following last week’s disputed election, in which incumbent President Hakainde Hichilema won a second five-year term.