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	03.12.06 Victoria Panova G8 research group, University of Toronto, Director for Russia
	03.12.06 Mona Bricke German NGO Forum Environment and Development
	03.12.06 Nigel Martin Montreal International Rorum (FIM)
	02.12.06 John Kirton Head of G8 Research Group, University of Toronto
	02.12.06 Regina Gunter Head of the WWF Germany

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Putin Denounces 'Unfair Competition" On Energy Markets

April 26, 2006 -- President Vladimir Putin denounced today what he called the "unfair competition" Russia is facing on energy markets.

He said Russia should focus on supplying with energy resources the fast developing economies of the Asia-Pacific region, adding that a planned oil pipeline from Siberia to Russia's Pacific coast is a key project that will allow Russia to diversify its markets.

Putin said the planned Siberian oil pipeline should be moved some 40 kilometers north from Lake Baikal. Environmentalists have protested against current plans for the pipeline to run less than a kilometer away from the lake, the world's largest body of fresh water.

Putin was speaking at a meeting on regional development in the Siberian city of Tomsk.

Later on April 26, he is due to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the city

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	02.12.06 Halter Marek Le College de France
	02.12.06 Olivier Giscard d’Estaing COPAM, France
	02.12.06 Mika Ohbayashi Institute for Sustainable Energy Poliсy
	02.12.06 Bill Pace World Federalist Movement - Institute for Global Policy
	01.12.06 Peter I. Hajnal Toronto University, G8 Research Group