The European Union’s competition commissionerJoaquin Almunia said he is moving to the stage of preparing a case againstGazprom over perceived hindrance of competition in central and eastern states,Reuters reported.
"It would be premature toanticipate when the next steps would be taken in this investigation, but wehave now moved to the phase of preparing a statement of objections," thenews wire quoted Almunia as saying at a conference on Thursday.
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