Vladimir Putin
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...
Gazprom, Turkey Revive and Reconfigure Blue Stream Two
August 11, 2009By Vladimir Socor Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wooed Turkey's AKP government with grandiose vistas of a bilateral partnership on energy during his visit to Ankara (EDM, August 7, 10). Along with his proposal to build Gazprom's South Stream...
EU Warns Member States of New Russian-Ukrainian Gas War
July 08, 2009By Roman Kupchinsky Following a recent telephone conversation between the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, and the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the commission urged all E.U. member states to immediately begin filling gas...
Gazprom Stays the Course Under Putin's "Manual Management"
June 29, 2009By Pavel K. Baev Russian energy super-giant Gazprom has taken severe blows in the still-deepening recession, and the worst setbacks have happened in its most profitable market - the European Union. Various assessments show that the volume of its export...
Russia Rejects Ukraine Gas Proposal, Talks Stall
May 22, 2009Russia has rejected a Ukrainian proposal to defer payment on up to $5 billion in gas storage payments as energy talks between the prime ministers of the ex-Soviet neighbors ended in stalemate. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin dismissed the proposal...
Zinaida Greceanii is in Moscow to talk gas matters
January 14, 2009Moldova’s Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii went to Moscow earlier today to discuss the issue of gas supplies, the Government’s press service has said. The quoted source does not specify what meetings Greceanii will have in Moscow, but the...
Putin: Russian food prices alarming
October 15, 2007Russian officials vowed to stabilize food prices in the country after President Vladimir Putin said he found the increases alarming. The rising cost of grain on the world market was cited as one reason for food price increases in Russia, Itar-Tass...
Putin advocates 'new architecture' for world economic relations
June 12, 2007Addressing the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 10, President Putin called for "a new architecture of international economic relations." According to a transcript of the speech posted on the Kremlin's website, kremlin.ru,...