28/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - On an official visit to Italy, the Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin, told reporters on Monday 26 April 2010 that Russia had signed a deal with Italy whereby French electricity company EDF would be involved in the South Stream gas pipeline programme that is seen as a rival to the Nabucco gas pipeline programme. Putin said the deal on EDF's involvement alongside Italy's ENI and Russia's Gazprom would be signed in St Petersburg in June this year. EDF is...