Showing posts with label Russian natural gas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russian natural gas. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Side deals with Moscow thwart drive to wean Europe off Russian gas

(Reuters) - While officials in Brussels were calling for Europe to reduce its dependency on Russian natural gas and negotiate with Moscow as a bloc, Austria was quietly bypassing the European Commission to cut its own bilateral deal on building a pipeline.