Jakub Mielnik
Jakub Mielnik specializes on international affairs and energy issues for the daily Polska, which he joined after working for the BBC and the weekly Przekroj. He has also been a Far East special correspondent and a war reporter in Iraq. His articles have been published in many major newspapers and magazines including Gazeta Wyborcza, Polityka, Newsweek and Wprost.
Updated: 12 November 2009
Current or former heads of government, European commissioners, national energy company chiefs — in Brussels, the Russian energy giant has fielded a formidable team of lobbyists to defend its interests and projects, which are not always compatible with European initiatives.