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    Sputnik: Reducing Energy Dependence on Russia 'Wrong Method' for EU

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President of Eurogas Gertjan Lankhorst says that the EU's politically motivated attempts to reduce energy reliance on Russia is the "wrong method"

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Sputnik: Reducing Energy Dependence on Russia 'Wrong Method' for EU

Politically motivated efforts to reduce European dependence on Russian natural gas is the wrong approach for the European Union, Eurogas President Gertjan Lankhorst said on Friday.

"There is a strong sentiment in Central and Eastern Europe, that the real danger comes from Russia and that political interference has to make the dependence on Russia lower. I think this is the wrong method," Lankhorst said at a Brookings Institute discussion on Europe’s energy future.

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