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ABU DHABI — Bahrain has ordered natural gas from Russia.

Officials said Bahrain would begin importing liquefied natural gas from
Russia by 2014. They said Russia would replace Iran as a supplier of liquid
gas amid deteriorating relations between Manama and Teheran.

“Whether Russia supplies us with Iranian liquid gas or from anywhere
else is up to them,” Bahraini Energy Minister Abdul Hussein Mirza said. “We
have a deal that they are our main supplier.”

On Feb. 20, Mirza told the Shura Council that the agreement stemmed from
a recent visit by King Hamad to Moscow. In 2011, Bahrain canceled a gas deal
with Iran, accused of supporting the Shi’ite revolt in the Gulf Cooperation
Council kingdom.

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