Worldcrunch: Gazprom, The Latest Stage For EU-Russia Hostility

It is highly unlikely that Russia's government will leave the European Commission's antitrust attack upon state-owned energy giant Gazprom unanswered. The company's vast domestic and international influence —  a far-reaching network of more than 400,000 employees, 160,000 kilometers of pipeline, and some 1,000 subsidiaries with a combined turnover of more than 100 billion euros — is simply too vital to Moscow's interest for the Kremlin to not rush to its defense. 

After taking on Google, this is now the second time in two weeks that Brussels is going up against an internationally dominant company. And by doing so, it will probably increase tensions between the EU and Russia over the simmering conflict in Ukraine.

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