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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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