Katz, Mark N.2010-08-302010-08-302006-11-27https://hdl.handle.net/1920/5916© 2006 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Deposited with permission from UPI.com.In 2006, Russian-Algerian relations expanded markedly, fueling European fears that Russia and Algeria -- two of the European Union's three principal gas suppliers -- will collude to raise the price which EU countries must pay for natural gas. Yet while the improvement in bilateral ties has been dramatic, there appear to be limits on the extent to which they can collaborate in the natural gas sphere where their interests appear to be more competitive than cooperative.en-USInternational affairsEuropean UnionNatural gasArticle