4 Jun 2012 14:27

Russia finds retroactive application of Third Energy Package unacceptable - Putin

ST. PETERSBURG. June 4 (Interfax) - Russia finds unacceptable the application of provisions of the Third Energy Package to contracts signed before its enforcement, President Vladimir Putin has said at a press conference following the Russia-EU summit.

"We expressed our concern about the Third Energy Package and hope that we will be able to settle these problems through talks. We find it unacceptable that the document is retroactively applied to contracts signed earlier," he said.