Russian Gas
Moldova to resume gas talks with Gazprom after decision on EU Energy Package III
December 17, 2011Moldpres/ Chisinau -- Moldova's negotiations on a gas new contract with the Russian gas giant Gazprom will be resumed after Moldova decides on the actions needed to implement the EU Energy Package III. Economics Minister Valeriu Lazar today made...
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...
Ukrainian government examines Belarusian gas trade model with Russia
April 02, 2010By Vladimir Socor Ukraine’s newly elected President, Viktor Yanukovych, and the new government clamored for low-priced Russian gas from their first day in office. As an opening gambit they called for a price similar to that paid by Belarus; or...
Gazprom discusses Romanian participation in South Stream
February 21, 2010By Vladimir Socor Gazprom playing with poor options on South Stream in the Black Sea On February 17 in Bucharest, Gazprom Vice-President Aleksandr Medvedev conferred with Romanian officials on a range of bilateral projects. Medvedev hinted at possible...
Russia: Situation in oil and gas region threatens to go ‘out of control’
February 10, 2010By Paul Goble The social-political situation in the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous District, whose oil and gas supplies make it “the most important region” in Russia, now “threatens to go out of control of the powers that be” as...
Moldova to pay more for Russian gas in 2010
January 05, 2010Russia s gas giant Gazprom has announced the preliminary price for gas supplied to Moldova in the first quarter of 2010 - 233 dollars per 1,000 square metres of gas. The new price is by about 40 dollars higher compared with the fourth quarter of 2009...
Ukrainian Government fears a new winter gas crisis
January 04, 2010By Roman Kupchinsky Ukrainian Government Fears a New Winter Gas Crisis In December Ukrainian officials descended on Washington with one overriding mission –to convince the Obama administration that without the financial help of the IMF, Ukraine...
Gazprom dominates Russian political power making
October 08, 2009By Roman Kupchinsky In 2003 a team of Russian foreign policy and energy experts wrote a 70 page memo about the role of Gazprom, the state-owned gas monopoly, in Russia’s domestic politics and the country’s foreign policy strategy. The document...