Russia has edged closer to cutting gas supplies to neighbouring Belarus as talks in Moscow on a price dispute entered their final hours, prompting fears of energy disruptions in western Europe. Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said on national television on Sunday that marathon negotiations over the weekend had so far failed. “We have not been able to agree, but Gazprom is doing everything so that a contract be signed on gas delivery for 2007.” Full Story