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All News</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:42:07 +0400</pubDate><link>http://www.prime-tass.com</link><title>*Ukraine denies illegal use of Russian gas</title><description>for subscribers</description></item><item><category>PRIME - All News</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:25:22 +0400</pubDate><link>http://www.prime-tass.com</link><title>Russia&apos;s NRB to close 15 offices, fire staff to cut costs</title><description>for subscribers</description></item><item><category>PRIME - All News</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:20:52 +0400</pubDate><link>http://www.prime-tass.com</link><title>*Russia may pump no gas via Ukraine when S, N Streams launched fully</title><description>for subscribers</description></item><item><category>PRIME - All News</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:13:16 +0400</pubDate><link>http://www.prime-tass.com</link><title>Russia&apos;s Power Machines to consolidate shares with 2:1 ratio</title><description>for subscribers</description></item><item><category>PRIME - 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All News</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:18:21 +0400</pubDate><link>http://www.prime-tass.com</link><title>Ukraine hands over to Russia tech data on doubtful cheese makers</title><description>for subscribers</description></item><item><category>PRIME - All News</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:14:43 +0400</pubDate><link>http://www.prime-tass.com/news/0/%7B60E003A6-BA13-42D2-9959-95170221EDF7%7D.uif</link><title>Miller: Ukraine failed to transit up to 40 mcm of Russian gas Feb</title><description>MOSCOW, Feb 22 (PRIME) -- Ukraine failed to transit up to 40 million cubic meters of Russian gas delivered to European customers a day on several occasions in February, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said Wednesday, as cited by RIA Novosti.</description></item><item><category>PRIME - All News</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:14:57 +0400</pubDate><link>http://www.prime-tass.com</link><title>UPDATE: Ukraine failed to transit up to 40 mcm of Russian gas Feb</title><description>for subscribers</description></item><item><category>PRIME - 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