Azerbaijan and The Diversification of Europe’s Natural Gas Supply
April 25th, 2021
Via Foreign Policy Association, a look at the role Azerbaijan can play in the diversification of Europe’s natural gas supply: It was recently reported that the Shah Deniz consortium has commenced natural gas deliveries to Europe. Shahmar Hajiyev, an AIR Center expert, noted, “This is very important because Azerbaijan became the first country to supply […]
Read more »How Yandex Evolved From Russia’s Google To Its Amazon
March 8th, 2021
Via Ozy, an article on Yandex: With most residents confined to their homes in Moscow’s sixth week of lockdown, one familiar sight remains on the Russian capital’s near-empty streets: tech giant Yandex’s yellow-jacketed army of couriers. Strict limits on when Muscovites can leave their homes have increased demand for Yandex’s delivery apps, whose user numbers […]
Read more »Gazprom Sign Off Mongolian SPV To Study Gas Supplies To China
January 25th, 2021
Via Russia Briefing, an interesting report on Gazprom’s recent actions to study the potential of gas supply from Mongolia: Gazprom has registered a ‘Special Purpose Vehicle’ (SPV) company in Mongolia to deal with design and survey and the feasibility study for the project of building a main gas pipeline across Mongolia for gas deliveries to […]
Read more »Pakistan-Russia To Build 1,100 KM Gas Pipeline
January 9th, 2021
Via Gulf News, a report on Pakistani and Russian plans to build 1,100-kilometre gas pipeline in summer 2021: Pakistan will start building a 1,100 kilometer pipeline in July with Russia that will allow it to operate more liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals. Pakistan will have a majority share of 51-74 per cent in the project, while Russia […]
Read more »The Secret Scheme To Skim Millions Off Central Asia’s Pipeline Megaproject
December 4th, 2020
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an insightful look at a secret scheme to skim millions off central Asia’s pipeline megaproject: A Gazprom director profited from a secret scheme linked to the construction of a multibillion-dollar gas pipeline between central Asia and China, according to documents seen by the Financial Times. The documents indicate that staff and consultants […]
Read more »Gas War With Russia Drives Turkey In The Caucasus
October 23rd, 2020
Via Asia Times, a report on Ankara’s hints that EU allies seeking to diversify from Russian gas should see Karabakh hostilities as a wake-up call: Turkey’s support for the war for Nagorno-Karabakh, a strategic mountainous enclave overlooking two Turkish-backed pipelines, is being propelled by a gas competition with Russia. “Russia is neither an ally, nor an […]
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