KIEV, Feb. 9 - Russia reduced crude oil supplies to Europe via Ukrainian oil pipelines in January 30.6% on the year after UkrTransNafta had increased transportation tariffs by 35%, according to government data.

Ukraine’s transit of Russian crude for exports dropped 30.6% year-on-year to 1.8 million metric tons in January, down from 2.6 million mt shipped in January 2009, an energy and fuel ministry official reported.