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• Kyrgyzstan Pursues Hydropower Plans Without Russian Support

  Published 20 January 2016 | viewed 4,224 times

  Until the close of 2015, Russia was the sole investor in two planned hydro-electric power projects in Kyrgyzstan: the Upper-Naryn cascade project and the Kambar-Ata-1…

• Russia And Turkey: Teetering On The Brink

  Published 05 December 2015 | viewed 13,927 times

    (Source: BBC News)The Russian state-run propaganda machine is currently fanning anti-Turkish vitriol full-time. Economic ties between Russia and Turkey are being effectively severed, while…

• Ukraine’s Naftohaz To Sue Russia Over Crimean Assets

  Published 14 November 2015 | viewed 4,276 times

  The Ukrainian national oil and gas company, Naftohaz Ukrainy, plans to sue Russia over the assets lost in Crimea following the peninsula’s annexation by Russia…

• Gazprom Tries To Tempt Georgia Away From Azeri Gas

  Published 10 November 2015 | viewed 6,500 times

  The leader of Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev, arrived in Georgia, on November 5, for a two-day official visit (Vestnik Kavkaza, November 5). This was Aliyev’s…

• Georgia Could Rue Potential Deal With Gazprom

  Published 24 October 2015 | viewed 3,951 times

  For the last several weeks, political life in Tbilisi has been largely dominated by ongoing negotiations between the governments of Russia and Georgia regarding Russian…

• Russia Is Still Limited In What It Can Achieve In Syria

  Published 16 October 2015 | viewed 9,009 times

  The Russian air bombing campaign in Syria began on September 30, with about 20 sorties a day. The bombing drastically increased on October 8, to…

• Ukraine To Resume Gas Purchases From Russia This Fall

  Published 03 October 2015 | viewed 6,515 times

  On September 25, Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission (EC), which has been acting as a mediator in the energy talks between Moscow and Kyiv,…

• Could Russia Have Had A Role In Recent PKK Attacks On Turkish Pipelines?

  Published 26 September 2015 | viewed 6,374 times

  On August 25, an explosion occurred on the South Caucasus Pipeline (also known as the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline), which transports natural gas from Azerbaijan, through Georgia,…

• Kazakhstan Joins The List Of Suffering Oil Exporters

  Published 22 September 2015 | viewed 11,086 times

  On August 20, the National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) came forward with a surprise announcement. The central bank’s chairman, Kairat Kelimbetov, made official the immediate…

• Ukraine Finds Itself Sidelined As Gazprom Advances With Nord Stream Two

  Published 22 September 2015 | viewed 8,477 times

  At Russia’s initiative, the Nord Stream Two natural gas pipeline project has advanced from agreements of intent to a binding agreement; and Gazprom has formed…

• Ukraine’s Shale Dream Falls Apart

  Published 05 June 2015 | viewed 6,045 times

  Ukraine’s hopes to cut its dependence on gas imports from Russia through shale gas development have been dashed. The two multinationals that won government tenders…

• Does Turkey Prefer A European Or Eurasian Energy Union?

  Published 30 April 2015 | viewed 14,003 times

  The sixth meeting of the World Forum on Energy Regulation is scheduled to be held on May 25–28, in Istanbul, and is being organized by…

• Ukraine Turning Its Back On Gazprom

  Published 13 April 2015 | viewed 5,615 times

  Quantitative indicators show a dramatic reorientation of Ukraine’s natural gas supply strategy. Dependence on Gazprom has become a thing of the past. Kyiv is demonstrating…

• Islamic State To Target Saudi Arabia Next

  Published 10 March 2015 | viewed 16,170 times

  The meteoric rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which has since styled itself the Islamic State in an affirmation of its broader…

• Russia Is Not Bluffing With Turkish Stream Project

  Published 25 February 2015 | viewed 19,631 times

  During his visit to Ankara in December 2014, Vladimir Putin announced that South Stream—a large pipeline that would have carried Europe-bound Russian gas under the…

• Kazakhstan Facing Serious Challenges From Low Oil Prices

  Published 17 January 2015 | viewed 12,901 times

  In the current volatile energy market, Italy has again bet big on hydrocarbon-rich Kazakhstan, trying to re-cement its cooperation with the Central Asian republic. The…

• How Effective Are The Attacks On Islamic State Oil Production?

  Published 14 January 2015 | viewed 8,812 times

  U.S. airstrikes launched on August 23 signaled the start of Operation Inherent Resolve. This is intended to eliminate the Islamic State terrorist group and the…

• Russia-Turkey Axis Could Ruin EU Pipeline Plans

  Published 20 December 2014 | viewed 16,255 times

  As 2014 draws to a close, energy developments in the Eurasian region have been gaining new prominence. Notably, on December 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin…

• The Russian Empire - Is Kazakhstan Next?

  Published 17 December 2014 | viewed 11,779 times

  Astana’s language and nationality policies have put Kazakhstan at risk of becoming a second Ukraine in 2015, according to Ilya Namovir, a Russian linguist who…