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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9181

28 April 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/russia/energy
Vladimir Putin describes EU energy policy as a threat - Barroso calls for mutual understanding

Brussels, 27/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, President Vladimir Putin of Russia repeated the threat made last week by the boss of Gazprom (Europe 9176) that Russia may decide to take a new approach in its hydrocarbon exports and start seeking other outlets in the event the EU decided to halt Russian energy companies' expansion into the EU market. At a press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a summit in Tomsk, Putin said that Russia interpreted the EU's reluctance to...

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