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Gazprom Confirms Interest In DEPA Bid, But Not DESFA

A senior Gazprom official has confirmed earlier MEES reports that the Russian company is interested only in buying gas utility DEPA and not gas grid operator DESFA, under Greece’s privatization program (MEES, 23 April). One of the reasons why Gazprom is not interested in DESFA is the fact that Russia would remain the dominant supplier of natural gas to Greece and would thus not be able to set...