New York (AFP) – The head of the Ukraine’s national energy company has called on European officials to pressure Gazprom over the Russian energy giant’s dealings with Slovakia.Andriy Kobolev, chairman and chief executive of Naftogaz, said that the European Union should require Gazprom to step back from a key pipeline connection between Slovakia and Ukraine. “If they (Gazprom) want to see how gas is metered, they can stay there,” Kobolev said in an interview with AFP. “But they cannot stop European countries from selling gas to Ukraine.”Kobolev’s remarks came as a tense standoff between Russia and Ukraine over natural gas …read more
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