MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russia has started pumping natural gas to Europe again through Ukrainian pipelines, a week after the gas flow was interrupted.
The chief dispatcher for Russian energy giant Gazprom was shown on Russian television giving the order to start pumping gas. Sergei Pavlov said the gas will be pumped via Ukraine to consumers in the Balkans, Turkey, and Moldova.
The order came after Russia signed an agreement to end a bitter dispute with Ukraine, which transports Russian gas to Europe.
The weeks-long confrontation between Moscow and Kiev interrupted supplies to countries from across northern, central and southern Europe to Turkey during an unusually cold winter.
An earlier deal brokered by the European Union had collapsed Sunday after Russia said terms which Ukraine had attached to the agreement were unacceptable. Video
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