Russia
Gazprom resists EU-backed reform of Lithuania’s energy sector
February 11, 2011Lithuania seeks the European Union’s support for gas sector reform in line with EU law, against pressures from Gazprom. The Russian company enjoys a supplier’s monopoly in Lithuania and controls the country’s gas pipeline system. The...
Cheap gas for basing rights: Russia offers Ukrainian type deal to Moldova
February 08, 2011Russia’s ambassador to Moldova, Valery Kuzmin, insinuated via Chisinau media on February 1 that Moscow can grant Moldova a price discount on Russian gas, as it granted one to Ukraine, in return for military basing rights. Kuzmin said: &ldquo...
Moldova facing price shock from Gazprom
February 08, 2011The Russian government’s offer of cheap gas to Moldova, in return for military basing rights (“Cheap Gas for Basing Rights: Russia Offers Ukrainian-Type Deal to Moldova,” EDM, February 4) aims to pressure Moldova’s governing...
Salvgardare association thinks Moldovagaz steals 2 billion lei per month from citizens
January 25, 2011The Salvgardare people's association has said that the Moldovagaz Moldo-Russian natural gas supplying enterprise "steals over 2 billion lei from Moldovan population" every month. During the press conference on Monday, head of the association...
Moldovagaz proposes increasing gas tariff by 17.6%
January 19, 2011The Moldovagaz Moldo-Russian natural gas supplying enterprise has proposed authorities to increase the gas tariff for consumers by 17.6% - per whole year at once. During a public hearing in the National Energy Regulatory Agency of Moldova (ANRE) on...
Moldovagaz losses due to new tariff non-adoption go up 2.5 million lei every day
January 19, 2011The losses of the Moldovagaz natural gas supplying enterprise exceeded 40 million lei within first 16 days of 2011. According to the company press service, every day of the gas provision at former tariffs increases the losses by 2.5 million lei. A...
Moldovan energy regulator approves tariff-included expenses lower than demanded by gas operator
January 11, 2011The National Agency for Regulation of Energy (ANRE) has accepted to calculate new gas tariffs based on the new price for Russian gas, as well as on the basic costs for distribution, transportation and operational expenses as requested by the joint venture...
Moldovan gas supplier seeks 13-per-cent increase in gas tariff
January 05, 2011The Moldovagaz joint venture has asked the National Agency for Regulation of Energy (ANRE) to increase the gas tariff for the final consumers from 4,098 lei to 4,636 lei per 1,000 cubic metres, or by 13.1 per cent, according to a communiquй by the...
Iran invites foreign diplomats to nuclear sites
January 04, 2011Iran has invited foreign diplomats to tour its nuclear facilities, ahead of fresh talks with key world powers over its controversial nuclear programme. The offer was reportedly extended to Russia, China and several EU countries, but not the US. US...
Russia-China oil pipeline opens
January 03, 2011The first oil pipeline linking the world's biggest oil producer, Russia, and the world's biggest consumer of energy, China, has begun operating. The pipeline, running between Siberia and the northeastern Chinese city of Daqing, will allow a rapid increase...