Putin Makes Energy Partnership Pledge

Of course Venezuela is helping. Too bad our President doesn't get along with the rest of the world ...

LONDON (AP) -

Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged Tuesday to be Europe's reliable partner as an oil supplier and hailed an agreement on visas as a step toward free travel between his country and the European Union.

At a news conference with Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, Putin said Russian oil met a third of European demand.

"Russia has constantly been augmenting her supply of oil, helping the world economy, including Europe, by constraining prices," he said after an EU-Russia summit in central London. "Without the contribution of Russia to the energy effort, prices would have been much higher."

"Russia is a reliable partner and never ... failed her counter-partners in Europe," he said.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/invest-corp/2005/oct/04/100402954.html

only putin sends the oil to the EU in the real world...