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Russia Denies Plans For Gas Cartel
January 31, 2007
Russian Security Council head Igor Ivanov (file photo) (epa)
But Igor Ivanov said on January 30 that Moscow would continue to hold "active talks" with other gas producers to coordinate policies.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on January 28 suggested Russia and Iran create the gas equivalent of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Speculations that Russia might seek to form such a group have alarmed the West.
Russian officials have repeatedly denied these claims.
(Reuters, AP)