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What did Kyiv do as Gazprom cut gas supplies?
Summary
A look back at the emergency energy measures the Cabinet of Ministers introduced in early March 2018, and a parliamentary vote on an anti-corruption court days earlier.
What was Ukraine's government doing about its gas supply on 3 March 2018? The Cabinet of Ministers had, a day earlier, on 2 March 2018, introduced a national action plan for five days to head off an energy crisis caused by the Russian company Gazprom's refusal to supply gas.
The measures included switching generating companies from gas to fuel oil and halting the work of educational institutions.
The emergency plan came as parliament was also dealing with a major institutional question. On 1 March 2018, the Verkhovna Rada passed in first reading a draft law on the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine.
Together, the two decisions, taken within 48 hours of each other, show the government handling an urgent supply problem while legislators advanced work on the new court.
