Putin to seek 2050 gas ‘roadmap’ on Brussels visit

Preview and reports of EU-Russia summit meeting in Brussels, 24 February 2011, including energy issues. Feature touches upon the uneasy relations between Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso.

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EurActiv, 25.2.11: Putin outwits EU's South Stream opponents http://www.euractiv.com/global-europe/putin-outwits-eu-south-stream-opponents-news-502504

European Commission: RAPID: Press Release: IP/10/210: European Commission meets Russian Government for executive-to-executive talks http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/210&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: DG Energy: External dimension: Russia http://ec.europa.eu/energy/international/bilateral_cooperation/russia/russia_en.htm

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/11/104: The EU-Russia Partnership – basic facts and figures http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/104&format=DOC&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

EUObserver, 24.2.11: Bereaved sons and mothers urge Barroso to be brave with Putin http://euobserver.com/9/31866

EUObserver, 25.2.11: Barroso-Putin tete-a-tete: three victims named http://euobserver.com/9/31877

ESO: Background information: EU nears energy liberalisation finishing line http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-nears-energy-liberalisation-finishing-line/

EUObserver, 24.2.11: Putin and Barroso in public scrap on EU energy law http://euobserver.com/9/31869

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/11/124: José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission Statement of President Barroso following the meeting of the European Commission with the Russian Government Joint Press Point Brussels, 24 February 2011 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/124&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

EurActiv, 21.3.11: Germany's Wintershall to join South Stream http://www.euractiv.com/energy/germany-wintershall-join-south-stream-news-503295

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