Russia And Azerbaijan Outline Energy Cooperation
August 20th, 2013
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), some analysis on Russia and Azerbaijan’s plans for energy cooperation: As the geopolitical dynamics in the Caucasus continue to shift, Russia and Azerbaijan have given indications of what their future energy cooperation will look like. Rovnag Abdullayev, the head of Azerbaijani state energy company SOCAR, said Aug. 19 that the […]
Read more »Kyrgyzstan: Future Economic Colony Of Russian Gazprom And China?
August 18th, 2013
Via the Emerging Markets blog, an interesting report on Kyrgyzstan: The sale of Kyrgyzgaz company for a symbolic price of US $1 to Russian gas monopoly Gazprom OAO has been finalized and may represent a landmark of a new type of Russification of Kyrgyzstan. This new deal followed the one related to the military base […]
Read more »Russia’s Gazprom to Buy Kyrgyz State Energy Firm
July 17th, 2013
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a report on Gazprom’s upcoming acquisition of a Kyrgyz energy firm: Russia’s looming acquisition of a key energy company in Kyrgyzstan will boost its position in the strategic country, with economic and security implications for the broader Central Asian region. Kyrgyz state energy firm Kyrgyzgaz head Turgunbek Kulmurzayev said July 17 that Russia’s […]
Read more »Gazprom Takes A Fall
May 9th, 2013
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting article on Gazprom: After years as Eurasia’s energy bully, Russia’s state-controlled natural gas monopoly, Gazprom, is getting a taste of its own medicine. Even as Gazprom seeks to build the tallest skyscraper in Europe as its new headquarters in St. Petersburg, pressure from Russia’s neighbors led to a 15 percent […]
Read more »Russia And China: Shared (Border) Interests
November 14th, 2012
Via Mark Mobius, some commentary on the shared interests of Russia and China: Whether our neighbors are as close as the airplane seat next to us or across a national border, most would probably agree that while we may not see eye to eye, peaceful cooperation makes more sense than tense relations. China and Russia […]
Read more »A ‘Pipe Dream?’ Russia, North and South Korea’s Gas Pipeline Quest
October 31st, 2012
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article examining the chances for a pipeline across N. Korea to provide natural gas to S. Korea: The idea of building a commercially and politically viable gas pipeline from Russia’s Sakhalin Island fields across North Korea to provide a long-term supply to South Korea has been percolating for years as […]
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