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Albania neither confirms nor denies oil concessionaire’s alleged links to Russia’s Gazprom

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TIRANA, June 28 – The Albanian government has neither confirmed nor denied that a Switzerland-based company with alleged ties to Russian giant Gazprom is conducting contract negotiations to acquire three oilfields in southern Albania. Albania’s Energy Minister Damian Gjiknuri says that from a legal point a view there is no barrier for Russian companies to operate in Albania as long as they are not on the U.S. or EU sanctions list. Gjiknuri’s comments came in an interview with VoA in the local Albanian service speaking from Washington where he attended the World Gas Conference in Albania’s debut appearance as the…

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