Poland's conservative President Lech Kaczynski criticised the centre-right government for prolonging gas negotiations with Russia and deepening Poland's already-heavy reliance on Russian gas. Poland, the biggest ex-communist European Union country of 38 million, imports about two thirds of its gas from Russia and has so far failed to clinch a new gas deal with the Kremlin to cover an annual deficit of 2.5 billion cubic metres. "The information about prolonged intergovernmental negotiations on supplies as well as signals that the agreement draft makes Poland even more dependant on Russian gas, forced Mr. President to ask Prime Minister Donald Tusk for clarification," a statement on Kaczynski's web page said.
Kaczynski is a frequent critic of Russia and accuses it of trying to reassert its influence in the former Soviet bloc by means including energy supplies.
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