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Gazprom's shares took a further hit on news of the EU investigation (Photo: davidgordillo)

Kremlin backs its dog in EU-Gazprom fight

The Kremlin has started putting pressure on the EU for a friendly "settlement" on Gazprom one day after the European Commission said the affair is a purely commercial matter.

Speaking in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Thursday (8 September), Russia's EU ambassador, Vladimir Chizhov, said: "We always favour negotiated solutions because nobody wants a gas war."

He added that...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Gazprom's shares took a further hit on news of the EU investigation (Photo: davidgordillo)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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