14/03/2017at 10:58

Vestager: This is why Gazprom was not fined

It was a choice between a fine or changing practices, says the EU's Competitions Commissioner Margrethe Vestager in a comment on why Gazprom was not ultimately fined in a major competitions case about to be closed.

by METTE MANDRUP

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