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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9357
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/russia/energy

Vladimir Putin considers setting up gas OPEC is interesting idea but says he's against a cartel

Brussels, 01/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - During his annual press conference at the Kremlin, Russian president, Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that, “the creation of a gas OPEC is an interesting idea”. He added, however, that Moscow did, “not intend to set up a cartel”. Putin affirmed that, “In the first place we agree with the Iranian specialists and partners in some other countries that are big gas producers. We are trying to coordinate our efforts in third country markets. We do...

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