Almost whole EU hit if Russian gas exports stop - update

(ANSA) - Brussels, May 28 - If Russian gas exports were stopped, "almost the whole of the EU, except the Iberian peninsula and the south of France, would probably be directly affected," a European Commission report on energy security said Wednesday. There have been concerns that friction between the EU and Russia over Ukraine could hit gas supplies. Italy is heavily dependent on imported energy, including Russian gas, which at the moment reaches Europe via pipelines through Ukraine.