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Moldovan authorities must reconsider gas pricing formula
December 30, 2010Moldovan authorities together with the Gazprom Russian company must reconsider the natural gas pricing formula for Moldova and the payment for transited gas via Moldovan territory in 2011. The statement was provided by the Institute for Development...
European commission urges corrections to Bulgarian-Russian south stream agreement
November 19, 2010By Vladimir Socor The European Commission is calling for changes to the Bulgarian-Russian inter-governmental agreement on the South Stream gas project. The project agreements, just signed for the Bulgarian section of this Gazprom-led project (EDM,...
EU supports Nabucco against South Stream
August 05, 2010By Vladimir Socor On July 30 in Berlin, Gazprom’s Vice-President, Aleksandr Medvedev, deprecated the EU-backed Nabucco project and claimed that Russia would imminently proceed with the rival South Stream. “There is complete certainty about...
Gazprom play map games in the Balkans with South Stream
June 22, 2010by Vladimir Socor Romania’s economy ministry announced on June 16 that it had persuaded Gazprom to include Romania, instead of Bulgaria, in South Stream and other gas projects on Romanian territory. The Romanian ministry sounded self-congratulatory...
Belarus demands more concessions from Russia on oil and gas
June 21, 2010by David Marples During a visit to Mahileu on June 18, Belarusian President, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, expressed his frustration over his country’s obligatory payment of customs duties for oil and oil products to Moscow, which has delayed the ratification...
Belarus 'to pay for Russian gas debt' within two weeks
June 21, 2010Belarus has said it will settle its gas debts to Russia within two weeks, after its eastern neighbour started cutting supplies in a dispute over payments. Deputy Prime Minister Uladzimir Syamashka said Belarus would borrow the nearly $200m (£1...
Russia cuts gas supplies to Belarus
June 21, 2010Russia has cut natural gas supplies to Belarus in a dispute over outstanding debts. The move could backfire against Russia if it is seen as a threat to gas deliveries to Europe. In a televised meeting with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, Gazprom chief...
Yanukovych rejects Putin’s Gazprom-Naftohaz Ukrainy merger proposal
May 21, 2010By Pavel Korduban Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, met with his Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yanukovych, for the seventh time this year, in Kyiv on May 17-18, but contrary to general expectations no new gas agreements were reached. Ukraine rejected...
Moldova's official doubts Russia plans to control its energy sector
May 20, 2010Moldovan Economy Minister Valeriu Lazar has rejected media speculation that the Russian energy giant Gazprom is trying to take over Moldovagaz, the country's sole distributor of Russian gas, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. "I haven't seen such...
Moldova increases energy prices again
May 17, 2010The Moldovan government promised to help low-income people pay their bills after announcing a 14 percent raise in utility prices, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. The country's pro-Western government pledged on May 14 to give compensation to the poorest...