PARIS, March 6 (UPI) — The International Energy Agency said it is keeping close watch over natural gas transits through Ukraine to Europe, but hasn’t observed a physical disruption. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev this week warned Ukraine may face consequences because of its outstanding debt obligations to Russian energy company Gazprom. Europe gets about a quarter of its natural gas from Russia, though the majority of that runs through the Soviet-era pipeline network in Ukraine. Gazprom in 2009 cut natural gas supplies through Ukraine because of debt issues, though IEA said in a briefing Wednesday there has been "no physical disruption in supplies of crude oil or natural gas transiting Ukraine to Europe." The European community in response to the 2009 debt row started looking to diversify its energy market. IEA said gas transit through Ukraine to Europe increased 4.3 percent from 2012 to 2.9 trillion cubic feet, […]