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• Are Claims Of Peak Oil Production In Russia Overblown?

  Published 21 October 2018 | viewed 10,294 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 14,065 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 14,199 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 9,873 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 7,732 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 8,256 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 10,737 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 8,915 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 8,765 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 6,337 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 8,922 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 6,248 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…

• Middle East Tensions Put China In A Difficult Position

  Published 08 July 2017 | viewed 10,691 times

  On June 5, Saudi Arabia announced it was cutting diplomatic ties with Qatar and closing its land border in response to Qatar “supporting terrorism.” Bahrain,…

• Armenia To Choose Between Energy Diversification And Loyalty To Russia

  Published 01 July 2017 | viewed 12,828 times

  In mid-June, the CEO of Russia’s gas monopolist Gazprom, Alexei Miller, paid a spontaneous visit to Yerevan, where he met with Armenia’s Prime Minister Karen…

• Russian Cyber Strength Pushes EU Into The Modern Era

  Published 25 June 2017 | viewed 12,323 times

  On June 14, during the first international Global Cybersecurity Summit, in Kyiv, the secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council, Oleksandr Turchynov, stated…

• Is Russia Overextending Itself In The Middle East?

  Published 18 June 2017 | viewed 13,544 times

  Russia’s best chances to claim a prominent role in the Middle East usually come amidst a regional escalation of tensions. But the confluence of diplomatic…

• Ukraine Says No To Russian Coal, Gas – Favors Nuclear Power

  Published 20 May 2017 | viewed 12,406 times

  In spite of a blockade on shipments of anthracite coal from occupied Donbas to Ukrainian thermal power plants (TPPs) since this past winter, the country…

• Is China Overreaching In Its Global Power Play?

  Published 13 May 2017 | viewed 11,485 times

  Despite the tough challenges facing the Chinese economy, President and “core leader” Xi Jinping is going ahead with ambitious plans to project Chinese power worldwide…

• Olive Trees vs Pipelines: Will The TAP Pipeline Ever Be Completed?

  Published 30 April 2017 | viewed 7,153 times

  On April 6, Italy’s Lazio Regional Administrative Court (LRAC) suspended the environmental impact permit for the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), which would have allowed for the…

• LNG Brings Russia And China Closer

  Published 15 April 2017 | viewed 9,356 times

  Since 2001, Russian-Chinese relations have been largely grounded in security issues, both military and economic. The former is a shared perception of an increasingly aggressive…