EXTRACT: British politicians would face calls to resist a deal, given the pressure from Russian regulators that has forced both BP and Shell to cede control of key projects in Russia in the past year.
THE ARTICLE
August 10, 2007
Steve Hawkes
Gazprom, the Kremlin-backed Russian gas group, is negotiating a deal under which it could take a stake in up to five British gas-fired power stations, it emerged yesterday.
The move would be Gazprom’s biggest step in the UK market so far and would fuel fears about the security of future energy supplies.