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_ The vice-premier of the Russian Federation, Arkady Dvorkovic, stated that Greece proposed that Russia establish a joint mining venture, the Gazprom group was negotiating substantively.

"There are projects proposed by Greek colleagues. There's, like, a related business, Mining here on Greek territory, he said to journalists.

According to him, it's not about the Gazprom itself, a group of companies, and a joint venture with Greek partners, including the Gas Prometheus Company, with which Gas Prompom has a long-standing relationship.

"I can't talk about commercial ideas, it's their projects, but they're offering them at the highest level, including the Greek Prime Minister. Yeah, absolutely substantive negotiations, researched business case, that's totally understandable. It requires a decision by the Greek authorities, added a vice-premier.