STEVE INSKEEP, Host: NPR's business news starts with Russia restoring the flow of gas.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, Host: After intense negotiations, EU officials brokered a deal to get some gas flowing again. Yet we're told the gas is still not getting through Ukraine, which the Ukrainians blame now on what they describe as a technical problem.
Russia says it is pumping gas through pipes that run through Ukraine. If true, that would resolve Europe's energy crisis. Russia shut off gas to Ukraine because of a price dispute. Gas then stopped flowing through Ukraine to European nations that suffered a painful wintertime loss of energy supplies. After intense negotiations, E.U. officials brokered a deal to get some gas flowing. However, the gas is still not leaving Ukraine, which the Ukrainians blame on a technical problem.