A worker turns a valve at an underground gas storage facility near Striy May 21, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukraine began preparing on Friday for Russia to cut off its gas after talks on long-running price dispute broke down, raising the prospect of supplies to the European Union also being disrupted from Monday.
Kiev was still scrambling late on Friday to arrange talks before Monday, the deadline for it to start paying billions of dollars in unpaid gas bills, but Moscow showed no interest in new talks and rejected a new compromise offer by Ukraine.
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