25 Jun 2009 10:24

Russian power industry coping with crisis

MOSCOW. June 25 (Interfax) - The Russian power industry is generally coping with the crisis, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, responsible in the government for the sector, said in his keynote address to the annual meeting of shareholders in electricity trader Inter RAO UES .

"Today we are seeing that the power industry is generally coping with the negative phenomena in the economy," said Sechin, who chairs the board of directors at Inter RAO.