Catherine Belton, Moscow correspondent, Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent, and Ed Crooks, Energy Editor, emailed written questions to Alexei Miller, the chief executive of Gazprom. He sent his replies to the FT on June 24, 2008

FT: Does Gazprom still have appetite for further acquisitions in the Russian oil sector, including TNK-BP? A senior government official has said Gazprom acquiring control over TNK-BP would be the worst possible outcome of the standoff between shareholders, and Mikhail Friedman, one of TNK-BP’s Russian billionaire shareholders has said officials have told him the state should not increase its presence further in the oil and gas sector. What could be a trigger for a deal for Gazprom?