The standoff between Russia and Ukraine over the flow of natural gas left millions of homes in Europe without heating fuel for another day on Wednesday. The Russian gas monopoly, Gazprom, said in a news release that Naftogaz, its Ukrainian counterpart, had refused for a second day to accept natural gas from Russia for transit to Europe, despite the presence of European monitors whose presence was meant to ensure the flow of exports. In Kiev, Ukraine, Prime Minister Yulia V. Tymoshenko was quoted by the national news agency as saying that the transfer of Russian gas to Europe had not been restored because of Russian actions. In Strasbourg, France, José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, told members of the European Parliament that officials were considering legal action against the Russian and Ukrainian companies involved in the cutoff.
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