NEWSLINK Reuters: Bypassing Ukraine Will Be Costly for Russia’s Gazprom –...
Russia’s plans to drop Ukraine as a route for pumping natural gas to Europe will still leave state-run Gazprom facing about $1 billion in annual transit fees to Slovakia and Bulgaria for years to come,...
View ArticleWashington ups the ante with sanctions on Gazprom
RBTH presents its weekly analytical program TROIKA REPORT, featuring a look at three of the most high-profile recent developments in international affairs. (Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru –...
View ArticleA Winter Of Discontent For Russia
(Oilprice.com – Colin Chilcoat – August 25, 2015) Winters are the stuff of legend in Russia and – despite a fair bit of warming – winter 2015/16 is shaping up to be one of the harshest, and most...
View ArticleGazprom’s Miller Tops Russia’s Best Paid Executive List With $27 Million
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – November 20, 2015) Russia’s highest-paid executive last year with earnings of $27 million was Alexei Miller, the head of natural gas producer Gazprom, according to...
View ArticleRussia Seeks To Drive Wedge Into Central Asia
(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Bruce Pannier – January 5, 2016) Russia appears to be practicing a bit of “divide-and-conquer” politics in Central Asia, and state-owned Gazprom is spearheading the campaign. On...
View ArticleWho benefits and who loses from revocation of anti-Iranian sanctions
If Moscow plays its cards correctly, it will be able to strengthen its positions not only in Iran but also throughout the entire Middle East. (Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – GEVORG MIRZAYAN –...
View ArticleTRANSCRIPT: [Putin at] Meeting with Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller
(Kremlin.ru – February 29, 2016) The head of Gazprom briefed Vladimir Putin on the company’s results in 2015, and discussed, in particular, gas supply figures for the domestic and European markets and...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “Mikhail Lesin’s Strange Death in U.S. Follows a Fall From...
It took more than four months for the city’s medical examiner to announce the cause of death … not a heart attack … but rather ‘blunt force injuries.’ But the autopsy left the manner of death...
View ArticleWhy Gazprom’s ‘Monopoly’ in Europe is Far from Over
(Oilprice.com – Ilana Stav – April 4, 2016) The first U.S. shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) arrived in Portugal last week and Gazprom did not immediately cut its own gas prices for Europe. While...
View ArticleRussian liberal radio station sees off “censorship” move
(Interfax – May 27, 2016) A dispute about freedom of speech at the Ekho Moskvy radio station in Moscow seems to be resolved to the satisfaction of the journalists and with the editor-in-chief’s...
View ArticleInternational Economic Forum opens in St. Petersburg
Russian observers expect dialogue and possible progress on the softening of EU sanctions against Russia from the forum, as well as Gazprom and Shell’s joint launch of an enormous LNG plant in Russia’s...
View ArticleRussia Shifts Focus From Oil To Agriculture
(Oilprice.com – Michael McDonald – October 13, 2016) Michael MaDonald is an assistant professor of finance and a frequent consultant to companies regarding capital structure decisions and investments....
View ArticleThe Beginning Of The End For Europe’s Natural Gas War
(Oilprice.com – Nick Cunningham – October 27, 2016) Russia’s Gazprom is on the verge of striking a deal with EU regulators to settle a half-decade old dispute over natural gas pricing, and the...
View ArticleWhy the Comey Hearing Was Frightening to a Russian
(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Leonid Bershidsky – March 21, 2017) Leonid Bershidsky is a Bloomberg View columnist. He was the founding editor of the Russian business daily Vedomosti and founded the...
View ArticleNew U.S. Sanctions on Russia Are a Mixed Bag; Europeans are rightly wary that...
(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Leonid Bershidsky – July 24, 2017) Leonid Bershidsky is a Bloomberg View columnist. He was the founding editor of the Russian business daily Vedomosti and founded the...
View ArticleWhat Jolted Russia’s Investments Is About to Fizzle Out; From pipelines to...
(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Anna Andrianova – August 30, 2017) [Text with charts bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-30/what-jolted-russia-s-investments-is-about-to-fizzle-out] Russian investments...
View ArticleRussian LNG Unfazed By U.S. Sanctions
(Oilprice.com – Tsvetana Paraskova – November 2, 2017) Russia’s energy industry faces a new round of U.S. sanctions – including on oil projects in any location if a designated entity holds more than 33...
View ArticleGazprom Speaks Out Against OPEC Production Cut Extension
(Oilprice.com – Tsvetana Paraskova – November 21, 2017) While OPEC is said to be mostly leaning toward a 9-month extension of the production cuts, Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak and major...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “Gazprom spends big to keep trillion dollar dream alive; Russian...
“In an effort to fight back, Gazprom is …. [r]amping up borrowing and raiding its … cash pile … splurging on critical new infrastructure …. it announced that it expected to spend 24 per cent more this...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “U.S. Criticizes Germany’s Support of New Russian Natural Gas...
“[Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs A. Wess Mitchell] offered harsh words … for Germany over the country’s continued support for a new Russian gas pipeline to Europe …...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Russia to Keep Its Grip on Europe’s Gas Market After Record 2017”–...
“Russia is working to keep natural gas exports to Europe near record levels in 2018 after the continent’s biggest supplier, Gazprom PJSC, said its deliveries this year signal it is achieving on its...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “Gazprom gas exports to Europe rise 8% to new record”– Financial...
“Russia’s gas exports to Europe rose 8.1 per cent last year to a record level of 193.9bn cubic metres (bcm), the company’s head said … as the world’s largest gas producer continued to increase sales...
View ArticleRussia Struggling To Expand Arctic Oil Production
(Oilprice.com – Tsvetana Paraskova – January 30, 2018) Oil production from Russia’s Arctic region increased in 2017 as new onshore developments and the only offshore producing platform ramped up...
View ArticleRussia Just Won Big In The European Gas War
(Oilprice.com – Tim Daiss – May 28, 2018) There’s been a lot of talk on both sides of the Atlantic about the U.S. pivot and efforts at locking in natural as market share in Europe. Much of this comes...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Ukraine marks 1,000 days without Russian gas”– Interfax-Ukraine
“Naftogaz of Ukraine has not been buying natural gas from Russia’s Gazprom for 1,000 days. Since Nov. 26, 2015, the country has been instead importing gas from the West. … in December 2017, the...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Busting Nord Stream 2 myths”– bne Intellinews/Ben Aris
“The proposed expansion of the capacity of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in Europe’s north, running from Russia’s Yamal gas fields to the German coast, has split Europe …. detractors claim it will make...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Russian oil and gas groups shrug off sanctions; Higher crude...
“Higher energy prices and a weakened rouble saw second-quarter profits soar at three of Russia’s largest oil and gas groups … the country’s energy industry … has weathered international sanctions to...
View ArticleRussia Takes Major Leap In European Gas War
(Oilprice.com – Vanand Meliksetian – Nov. 17, 2018) [Text with links and graphics oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Russia-Takes-Major-Leap-In-European-Gas-War.html] On November 19th, President Putin...
View ArticleRussia Outmaneuvers U.S. LNG
(Oilprice.com – Nick Cunningham – November 28, 2018) For years, boosters of U.S. LNG have trumpeted the fact that gas exports from the Gulf of Mexico could break Russia’s grip on the European energy...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Why are Russian stocks so cheap?”– Intellinews/ Ben Aris
“Investors into Russian stocks have almost given up on seeing any of the cash the country’s leading companies generate. The valuation of what should be some of the world’s richest companies are in the...
View ArticleWill The U.S. Slap Sanctions On Nord Stream 2?
(Oilprice.com – Nick Cunningham – May 23, 2019) There is a growing push in the U.S. Congress to slap sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The pipeline under construction would carry Russian natural...
View ArticleWill Europe Ever Shake Its Dependence On Russian Energy?
(Oilprice.com – Wenyuan Wu – August 24, 2019) Much of the current discourse over Europe’s economic “independence” has revolved around its increasingly-tense relationship with the Trump administration...
View ArticleRussia Could Allow Private Oil Firms To Explore Arctic Shelf
(Oilprice.com – Tsvetana Paraskova – September 4, 2019) The Russian ministry of natural resources is open to the idea that private oil and gas firms could be allowed to explore Russia’s Arctic shelf,...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Senators to Announce Sanctions Bill on Russia’s Nord Stream 2...
“U.S. senators [reportedly] will announce a bill this week expanding sanctions on … [the] Gazprom-led Nord Stream 2 project … [that] Washington says will make Europe too reliant on Russian gas. The...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Denmark Paves Way for Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Restart”– Moscow Times
Russia could restart construction on final pipeline stretch, while U.S. mulls super sanctions bill against project [...]
View ArticleIs This The Next Major Market For Russian LNG?
(oilprice.com – Viktor Katona – Aug. 17, 2020) Russia’s ambitious LNG plans have so far based on two producing assets – the Gazprom-operated Sakhalin LNG and the NOVATEK-operated Yamal LNG. The...
View ArticleRussia’s Relentless Quest For Arctic Oil
... Confronted with a series of delays, oftentimes quite problematic, ... the Russian Energy Ministry has started to gradually soften up long-term objectives [...]
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Gazprom Sets Record High Gas Exports to Europe”– Moscow Times
Russia’s gas exports to Europe hit a record high in January, according to ... VTB Capital, as pressure over ... Nord Stream 2 ... continues to mount [...]
View ArticleGazprom Plans To Start Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline This Year
Russia's gas giant Gazprom plans to commission the controversial natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 this year, ... TASS reported [...]
View ArticleWinter Is Coming: Europe’s Gas Markets Hit Unusual Turbulence — And Eyes Turn...
Natural gas prices are way up; reserves are way down; winter is around the corner; and energy traders, policy watchers, and regional experts are getting nervous [...]
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Russia Senses Opportunity in European Gas Price Crisis”– Moscow...
The Kremlin says spiraling gas prices demonstrate the importance of Nord Stream 2, long-term contracts with Russia’s Gazprom [...]
View ArticleRUSSIA, Gas, WTO and other calamities
Subject: RUSSIA, Gas, WTO and other calamities Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 From: Andrei Liakhov <gaffriloff@yahoo.co.uk> RUSSIA, Gas, WTO and other calamities By Andrei Liakhov This is the view of the...
View ArticleMoldova Says Gas Crisis Over After Deal With Russia’s Gazprom
Gazprom drastically raised the prices for gas deliveries to Moldova to $790 per cubic meter from $550, while slashing its gas supply by about one-third after their contract expired, prompting [EU]...
View ArticleRussia Says It’s Not Weaponizing Its Gas Exports. Really?
With natural-gas prices hitting record highs, Europe’s winter of discontent is only beginning, fueled by misgivings over ... energy policies and suspicions over [Russian] intentions .... The 27-member...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia increases gas flows to Europe, pushing down prices”–...
“… On Tuesday, Russia[‘s] Gazprom … said it had started to refill its European gas storage. … push[ing] down spot prices in the region although analysts said Moscow would have to do more to ease...
View ArticleThe Real Reason Russia Isn’t Pumping More Gas
(Oilprice.com – Alex Kimani – Nov. 15, 2021) While plenty of traders have accused Russia of withholding natural gas from Europe, it is now looking like the natural gas giant simply cannot significantly...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Russia’s Gazprom Reports Record Profits as Gas Prices Soar”–...
Europe receives a third of its gas supplies from Russia and has seen energy prices surge to record highs in recent months. (Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Nov. 29, 2021) Russian gas giant Gazprom...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Kremlin penetrates deeper into online world of Russians”–...
“Pressure grows on foreign social media platforms after state-run group’s takeover of Russia’s Facebook.” “The takeover … of VKontakte … by companies tied to … Gazprom has the feel of a final act in a...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia gas flows through Ukraine could stop next year, Kyiv...
“Ukrainian energy minister said renewal of five-year transit contract to supply Europe was unlikely” “One of the last arteries carrying Russian gas to Europe could be shut off by the end of [2024] when...
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