Central_Energy_Italian_Gas_Holding

Central Energy Italian Gas Holding

Central Energy Italian Gas Holding

Italian gas distribution and trade company

Central Energy Italian Inc is an Italian gas distribution and trade company. It is a part of Central Energy, a company related to Gazprom. A deal between Italian Eni and Gazprom picked CEI as a partner delivering gas to Italy.

Investigations by members of the Italian parliament revealed that Bruno Mentasti-Granelli, who is known as a close friend of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, owns 33 percent of CEIGH through two companies, Hexagon Prima and Hexagon Seconda.[1]

The deal was denounced due to the spreading scandal.[2] Italian parliament blocked the contract, accusing Berlusconi of having a personal interest in the contract.[1]

Robert Nowikovsky, an Austrian lawyer linked to Russian operations, was one of the company's directors.[1]

The 2008 article "Berlusconi, Centrex, Hexagon 1 and 2 and Gazprom" suggested:[1]

This subterfuge suggests that the Italian Prime Minister is deeply indebted to Moscow and will play the role of a loyal puppet, similar to that played by former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and former EU Commissioner Romano Prodi, who have been promoting the Kremlin’s energy, and possibly other, interests in their home countries and in the EU in any which way they can.

References

  1. [1]
    "Berlusconi, Centrex, Hexagon 1 and 2 and Gazprom". The Jamestown Foundation. 2008-12-01. Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  2. [2]
    The Putin and Pals Project Archived 2012-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. Kommersant. Dec. 24, 2005
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