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Hard time for Piebalgs in Moscow |
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06 May 2008 |
Russian Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko gave EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs a hard time on his latest visit to Moscow, writes Dafydd ab Iago. The meeting between the two took place just before chain smoker Khristenko, who is also responsible for industry and commerce, passed on the energy side of his portfolio to newcomer Sergei Shmatko. Khristenko told Piebalgs that the EU would be discriminating against Russia if it adopted the so-called Gazprom clause contained in the energy market liberalisation proposals put forward by the European Commission on 19 September.
Read the article in full at Europolitics.
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