Gazprom: Lithuanian unbundling will not go unnoticed

MOSCOW, July 1 (Itar-Tass) -- Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on
Thursday the Lithuanian decision to separate gas supply and transportation
assets will "not go unnoticed", but did not specify which measures the
Russian gas monopoly may resort to in response.
Lithuanian parliament approved the lawbill on the so-called unbundling
of gas assets. If the national president signs it into law Gazprom will
have to sell its 37.1 percent stake in the Lithuanian Lietuvos Dujos
operator.
"Actually we have already provided very tough assessments to the
proposed option. I will not repeat them, but I can say the decision, if
implemented, will not go unnoticed," Miller said.
Earlier Gazprom and E.ON, which own a combined 76 percent of Lietuvos
Dujos, said the unbundling would reduce efficiency and increase costs at
consumers' expense. Gazprom also said it may take legal action to receive
compensation.