Marcel Kramer, Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer of Gasunie will be appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the South Stream pipeline project. The date of his inauguration is scheduled for October 1, 2010.

Marcel Kramer will be responsible for the comprehensive execution of the South Stream project including for the engineering, permitting process, financing,

Today at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2010 Gazprom, Eni and EDF signed a trilateral Memorandum in the presence of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The Memorandum provides for specific steps towards the French company’s entry in the shareholding structure of South Stream AG.

The Memorandum contemplates that EDF’s entry will be accomplished before the end of 2010 through

Today within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2010 Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom met with Paolo Scaroni, Chief Executive Officer of Eni.

The parties discussed cooperation between the companies within the South Stream project at the pre-FID stage, i.e. before the Final Investment Decision is taken on the pipeline’s offshore section. In addition, the meeting addressed the

Today at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2010 Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom met with Dusan Bajatovic, Director General of Srbijagas.

The negotiations focused on development of the following joint strategic projects: the trans-national South Stream gas pipeline and the Banatski Dvor underground gas storage (UGS) facility. The parties pointed out the success of the joint ventures,

Today at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2010 Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee met with Gjorge Ivanov, President of the Republic of Macedonia.

The meeting participants discussed the current issues of cooperation in the energy sector. During the negotiations the Macedonian party expressed its interest in receiving an increased amount of natural gas from Russia and joining the South