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Gazprom on menu of Fillon's Moscow visit

Former French prime minister François Fillon at the 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2021) on 4 June 2021. © Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS via Reuters Connect

In Moscow next week for his first Russian public oil company Zarubezhneft board meeting, former French PM François Fillon will pay a call on Gazprom's influential director Alexei Miller. [...] (402 words)

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