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FILE - In this file photo taken on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, Alexander Medvedev, Gazprom's deputy chief executive, smiles as he speaks to the media in Moscow, Russia. Gazprom's deputy CEO, Alexander Medvedev, said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that the company's obligations reflected its readiness to "duly address relevant concerns of the European Commission on gas market issues." (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)