Georgia
Interest surging in Azerbaijani gas
July 02, 2010by Vladimir Socor Demand for Azerbaijani natural gas is surging, with potential buyers scrambling to Baku. The gas transit agreements, signed by Azerbaijan and Turkey on June 7, have opened prospects for unimpeded transportation of Azeri gas to consumer...
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania launch LNG project in the Black Sea
April 16, 2010By Vladimir Socor Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Romania are jointly launching a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, designated as the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector (AGRI). The three governments regard their project as an element in the EU-planned...
Moldova, Ukraine become members of the EU Energy Community
December 22, 2009On Friday the Council of Ministers of EU Energy Community has approved the admittance of Moldova and Ukraine to the membership of this organization. However before the harmonization of their gas legislation with the European one and the ratification of...
IMF, WB revise loan conditions to support E.Europe through crisis
October 07, 2009By Ron Synovitz Russia said this week that it will not disburse the last $500 million tranche of a stabilization loan to Belarus and that it will not grant a $5 billion loan to Ukraine. Speaking in Istanbul at the start of the annual International...
Economic Crisis Threatens to Kill Off the CIS
June 25, 2009By Paul Goble The economic crisis in the Russian Federation and other post-Soviet states may finally lead to the complete collapse of the Commonwealth of Independent States because, in the absence of agreement on a common plan of action, the number...
Georgia: Official Says Position Unchanged On Russian WTO Negotiations
May 01, 2007Russian officials have expressed hope that bilateral negotiations with individual World Trade Organization (WTO) members can be wrapped up by June, freeing its membership bid to be voted upon by the bloc as a whole. But one of the handful of states whose...
No WTO deal until Russia uses legal customs checkpoints -Georgia
November 21, 2006Georgia will support Russia's bid to join the world's largest trade body only after it starts using Tbilisi-controlled customs checkpoints, Georgian diplomats and economic officials said Tuesday. Russia is currently using customs checkpoints in Georgia...