(Reuters) - A Ukraine state gas company Chornomornaftogaz official said its rigs off Crimea were not occupied by armed men, after a regional separatist leader said on Thursday that local authorities were guarding the facilities.
Reuters: Ukraine gas firm says no forces around offshore Crimea rigs
A worker checks wires in front a gas pipe line section before a ceremony to launch the construction of South Stream gas pipeline outside the Black Sea resort town of Anapa, on December 7, 2012.
