Main news of January 7

RUSSIA

Russian energy giant Gazprom halted gas supplies to Ukraine for transit to Europe

A sailor was killed in a fire on board a Russian aircraft carrier during a visit to Turkey, the Russian Navy commander said

A Russian Pacific Fleet destroyer, the Admiral Vinogradov, started escorting two commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden, where pirates based in Somalia have been active

Eighteen people in Moscow died as a result of fires during the first week of 2009, up from last year even though there were fewer fires, an emergencies ministry spokesman said

WORLD

Ukraine shut off the fourth and final pipeline pumping Russian gas to Europe, Gazprom deputy head Alexander Medvedev said

As a complete shutoff in Russian gas deliveries to Europe via Ukraine deepened supply problems across the continent, the EU called for transfers to resume

Two days of UN Security Council discussions on Gaza could end with a non-binding presidential statement, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Yakovlev said

Bulgaria has offered the European Commission to reanimate its Kozloduy nuclear power plant, mothballed over EU accession requirements, the Belgian Libre Belgique newspaper reported