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• Russia Leverages Coal In Regional Shadow War

  Published 06 November 2019 | viewed 9,194 times

  The press service of the Ministry of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan reported, on October 25, that Russia’s current ban on the transit of some…

• Is Trump Losing The Silent War For Latin America?

  Published 27 October 2019 | viewed 11,714 times

  It has only recently become clear to analysts in the United States that Russia is playing a big role in Latin America to destabilize Washington’s…

• Why Russia Won’t Abandon OPEC+ Just Yet

  Published 24 October 2019 | viewed 9,328 times

  Russian President Vladimir Putin pried loose a couple of energy investment deals from Saudi Arabia on his latest visit to the region, on October 14…

• Russia's Next Nuclear Power Play Is Underway

  Published 23 October 2019 | viewed 7,162 times

  On October 3, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev paid an official visit to Russia to attend the 16th annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club, in…

• Central Asia’s Biggest Energy Challenge

  Published 17 March 2019 | viewed 9,135 times

  A major challenge for Central Asia’s oil and natural gas industry has always been how to transport petroleum products from the landlocked region to global markets.…

• Italy Turns Its Back On Russian Gas

  Published 16 March 2019 | viewed 21,595 times

  New natural gas discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean might be a boon for the European Union’s efforts to move away from dependence on Russian energy…

• Georgia, Gazprom To Renegotiate Gas Transit Deal

  Published 02 February 2019 | viewed 8,960 times

  The two-year contract between the government of Georgia and the Russian energy giant Gazprom on natural gas transit from Russia to Armenia expired on December…

• Russia-Ukraine Enter Gas Transit Talks

  Published 26 January 2019 | viewed 10,083 times

  On January 21, in Brussels, Russia and Ukraine held ministerial-level talks on the transit of Russian natural gas to Europe via Ukraine (TASS, January 22,…

• Are Claims Of Peak Oil Production In Russia Overblown?

  Published 21 October 2018 | viewed 15,090 times

  Russian authorities have announced that domestic oil production hit 11.36 million barrels per day (bpd), on average, in September (Vedomosti, October 2). This marks a…

• Will Bulgaria Become Europe’s Next Gas Hub?

  Published 14 July 2018 | viewed 17,974 times

  German support for Russia’s plans to double the capacity of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea has, in turn, encouraged Bulgaria’s…

• Germany Moves Forward With Controversial Nord Stream Two

  Published 12 May 2018 | viewed 15,901 times

  Vladimir Putin started his fourth term as Russia’s president by promising ambitious new social programs (Kremlin.ru, May 7). He may be able to deliver on…

• Georgia To Purchase Natural Gas Only From Azerbaijan

  Published 17 February 2018 | viewed 12,719 times

  In January, the Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development approved its annual energy assessment (balance), which shows that Georgia will not purchase any natural…

• Ukraine Looks To Boost Domestic Nuclear Capacity

  Published 10 February 2018 | viewed 9,101 times

  Westinghouse will extend nuclear fuel deliveries to seven of Ukraine’s fifteen nuclear power units to 2021–2025, in line with a contract signed between this firm…

• Moscow Braces For More U.S. Sanctions

  Published 09 December 2017 | viewed 9,875 times

  Whatever friendly feelings United States President Donald Trump might personally hold toward Moscow, the anti-Russian policy of his administration is even bolder than the course…

• Fuel Crisis Hits Kazakhstan Hard

  Published 18 November 2017 | viewed 13,938 times

  Despite being the second-largest oil producer and exporter in the former Soviet Union, only behind Russia, Kazakhstan has been historically plagued by chronic deficits of…

• Putin Aims To Profit From China’s Silk Road Initiative

  Published 11 November 2017 | viewed 10,132 times

  Russian state-owned oil giant Rosneft continues to think big and strike major deals on the global stage. It recently announced a program to sell bonds…

• Can Ukraine Combat Its Natural Gas Crisis?

  Published 04 November 2017 | viewed 10,681 times

  Ukraine has entered a new heating season with almost 17 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas stored in its underground reservoirs, according to Ukrtransgaz,…

• Rosneft Looks To Expand Its South American Portfolio

  Published 07 October 2017 | viewed 7,515 times

  Despite the multiplicity of major and urgent international crises around the globe, Russia still finds time to invest its political resources in Venezuela’s long-running collapse.…

• Erdogan And Putin Expand Military, Economic And Energy Relations

  Published 05 August 2017 | viewed 9,679 times

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an met with his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, at the G20 summit, held in Hamburg, Germany, on July 8. Their…

• Ukraine Aims To Join European Power Grid

  Published 15 July 2017 | viewed 7,218 times

  The Ukrainian state operator of power transmission lines, Ukrenergo, signed an agreement on June 28 with the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity…