'We view ourselves as much a European as a Russian Company'

Interview Vagit Alekperov, ceo Lukoil
Vagit Alekperov, CEO of Russia's largest private oil company, travelled to Brussels for the first tme in his life earlier this year to attend the European Business Summit. He calls for more serious and substantial consultations with energy producers regarding decisions and legislation adopted at the EU level: 'The good intentions to fight climate change, to increase the use of renewable energy sources, and so on, should not have negative effects on existing production capacities'.