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Putin in Vienna amid diplomatic push to deter sanctions
"The signing of the OMV-Gazprom deal is part of Russia’s attempt to drive a wedge in the EU’s response to the Ukraine crisis," said Rem Korteweg, a fellow at London’s Centre for European Reform, a policy-advisory group. "It is not a good day for a common European approach against Russia or for a common EU energy policy."