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Prague, June 2 (Interfax) - Europe is asking for new supplies of gas for power generation, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said at the European Business Congress in Prague.

"The head of the European companies and regions are coming to Gazprom and saying: we need new volumes of gas for gas-fired electric plants in Europe," he said.

"There has been a tectonic shift on the market in hydrocarbons. They are so significant that we haven’t been able to appraise them and analyze them, because they are continuing, in North Africa, in Japan. Our job is to respond adequately to these challenges from the standpoint of producers and consumers," he said.

"Does Europe need another Libya for the sake of reducing dependence on Russia?" Miller said.