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The region will struggle to survive through the winter and may run out of gas by March, Aleksey Miller claims Entire cities in Europe could freeze over during the cold peak of winter, CEO of Russian energy major Gazprom, Aleksey Miller warned, speaking at Russian Energy Week on Wednesday.

Such a move could help cut dependence on Western financial infrastructure, Izvestia reports The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) is interested in setting up a common payment system with BRICS nations, the newspaper Izvestia reported on Monday. The Russia-led free trade bloc aims to cut reliance on the Western monetary system.