"GAZPROM" WON A VICTORY OVER REFORMERS

A&G Information Services, April, 2003

A&G Information Services 04-28-2003 "GAZPROM" WON A VICTORY OVER REFORMERS ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, APR 28, 2003 (A&G News via COMTEX) -- According to the latest offers by the Ministryof economic development, the partition of thecompany and admission of independent producersto the export pipelines might be postponed till2006.

For the right to keep the monopoly"Gazprom" in its turn will more slowly increaseprices for gas on the internal market. Maximumselling price of gas in 2006, according to theconcept, will amount to $40 for 1000 cubicmeters of gas against $50, as "Gazprom" had beeninsisting upon. URL: http://www.aginform.com Copyright 2003 A&G Information Services (via Comtex). All rights reserved