Russia may halt coal supplies to Ukraine over Crimea energy crisis – report

‘The Kremlin has warned Kiev it could face a possible coal export ban if Ukraine fails to repair power lines supplying energy to Crimea. The information is not official yet, but according to Russian business daily Kommersant, some supplies were cut off on Tuesday.

According to Kommersant’s sources in the industry, Russian customs is not letting coke and bituminous coal for power generation into Ukraine. However, there are no problems with coal transit through Ukraine, Kommersant reports.

On Tuesday, Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak accused Ukraine of not repairing sabotaged power lines supplying energy to the Crimean peninsula for ‘political reasons’. He warned that in response, Moscow could cut off coal supplies to Ukrainian power stations, which could partly disrupt their output.’

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