Gazprom Deputy Meets With EU Officials

BERLIN - JANUARY 06: German Economy Minister Michael Glos (L) and Alexander Medvedev, second in charge at Russian gas supplier Gazprom, speak to the media after talks on January 6, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Medvedev is meeting with European Union officials as Gazprom reduces its gas supplies to Ukraine in an ongoing dispute over payments. Several European countries are claiming that the amount of gas reaching them through pipelines that go through Ukraine is declining, and German energy supplier E.on has warned of possible shortages. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)