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ST. PETERSBURG, June 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is a reliable supplier of natural gas, the U.S. treasury secretary said Saturday. John Snow, speaking after the G8 finance ministers' meeting in St. Petersburg, said in reference to the gas dispute between Russia and neighboring Ukraine at the beginning of the year that a satisfactory resolution had been reached. Italian Minister of Economy and Finance Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, when asked about risks related to energy supplies from Russia to the European Union, declined to discuss the issue. The minister said it was a bilateral issue between the EU and Russia, and was not part of G8 talks.