The European Union Monday again postponed a decision on whether to grant Russia full access to its OPAL natural-gas pipeline, frustrating Moscow’s efforts to boost energy exports to the 28-country bloc. The European Commission cited technical reasons for the delay, which coincided with its announcement that planned talks between Russia, Ukraine and the EU to resolve a gas feud were also postponed. The commission had hoped to hold the three-way gas talks in Berlin on Saturday in a bid to break the long-running deadlock between Kiev and Moscow, but said an agenda clash on the Russian side meant the negotiations would have to be held at a later date. Russia suspended gas deliveries to Ukraine in June over a pricing dispute that the EU has been hoping to resolve ahead of winter, fearing energy shortages in several European countries that are heavily dependent on Russian gas imports. No fresh […]