The natural-gas monopoly Gazprom dismissed on April 30 complaints from Western governments that Russian energy policy is unpredictable, calling them an attempt to interfere in its business dealings, Interfax reported. "For several decades we have been steadily supplying Europe with natural gas, we look forward to the continuation of this cooperation and see every reason for it to be successful," Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said on Ekho Moskvy radio. "The main thing is that politicians not stand in [our] way," he added. Speaking about the conflict over natural gas supplies to Ukraine earlier this year, Kupriyanov accused European Union politicians of "trying to interfere in business relations between companies, to limit our operations and attempt to impose their conditions." BW // Copyright (c) 2005. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. RFE/RL


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