Interfax: Conditions proposed to Ukraine on gas shipments better than those...
GORKI. June 16 (Interfax) – The conditions that were proposed to Kyiv during gas talks were better than the conditions in place under former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, Gazprom (MOEX: GAZP)...
View ArticleRussia cuts Ukrainian gas supplies
(Business New Europe – bne.eu – June 16, 2014) Russia’s state-owned Gazprom cut Ukraine’s gas supply off at 10 a.m. Moscow time for failing to pay its bills after talks broke down ahead of a June 16...
View ArticleExactly what is a fair price for Ukraine to pay for Russian gas?
(Business New Europe – bne.eu – Ben Aris in Moscow – June 16, 2014) [Charts here http://www.bne.eu/content/exactly-what-fair-price-ukraine-pay-russian-gas] Russia cut Ukraine off from gas deliveries on...
View ArticleGazprom’s EU customers not at risk for now
(Business New Europe – bne.ru – Teneo Intelligence – June 17, 2014) Following the failure of negotiations on natural gas pricing and debt between Russia and Ukraine last weekend, Russian company...
View ArticleInterfax: Accidents on Ukrainian gas pipelines to continue, not enough...
(Interfax – June 18, 2014) Accidents on Ukraine’s gas transportation system will continue because not enough is being spent on maintenance, Gazprom Deputy CEO Vitaly Markelov told journalists,...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: Russia-EU Gas Transit Through Ukraine Compliant With Contract –...
MOSCOW, June 23 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s EU-bound gas flows through Ukraine comply with transit contraparameters, Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said Monday. “The transit of Russian gas through...
View ArticleUkrainian sanctions on Gazprom could threaten European economy
(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Kira Egorova, Anna Kuchma, RBTH – August 19, 2014) On August 14, the Ukrainian parliament passed a law enabling Kiev to introduce sanctions against Russian...
View ArticleGazprom’s Grip on Russian Gas Exports Weakens as Novatek Gets Export License
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Alexander Panin – September 9, 2014) Novatek, Russia’s largest independent gas producer, has been granted a license to export liquefied natural gas, or LNG, marking...
View ArticleInterfax: Russian PM tells minister to seek compromise with Ukraine on gas
(Interfax – October 6, 2014) Russian Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev said on 6 October that the search for a compromise with Ukraine over the gas issue needs to continue, with the understanding that...
View ArticleGazprom proposes to pay for gas transit with Ukrainian debt
(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Alexei Lossan, RBTH – October 6, 2014) Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has proposed to pay for gas transit through Ukraine using debt owed by Ukraine’s national...
View ArticleFiring of Ekho Moskvy Reporter Prompts Speculation Over Fate of Editor-in-Chief
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Anna Dolgov – November 7, 2014) A state-controlled media holding has fired an Ekho Moskvy radio journalist, citing ethical norms, and threatened to dismiss the...
View ArticleChina Gets Upper Hand in Gas Deals Amid Russia-West Tensions
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Alexander Panin – November 11, 2014) Speaking at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on Monday, President Vladimir Putin vowed that Russia would develop all...
View ArticleEmbattled Ekho Moskvy’s Long Record Of Riling Officials
(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Carl Schreck – November 18, 2014) The doggedly independent Russian radio station Ekho Moskvy is facing an existential crisis this week, with its editorial leadership and its...
View ArticleGazprom Media to consider proposal on selling stake in Echo of Moscow to...
(Interfax – November 19, 2014) Gazprom Media Board Chairman Mikhail Lesin is ready to consider a proposal from the Echo of Moscow radio minority shareholders on selling them a controlling stake...
View ArticleRussian independent radio board chairman says not aiming to destroy station
(Interfax – November 18, 2014) Mikhail Lesin, chairman of the board of directors of Gazprom-Media, which owns the Russian editorially independent radio station Ekho Moskvy, met the station’s members of...
View ArticleRussia 2014 Gas Exports Seen Lowest in Decade as Nations Cut Use
(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Elena Mazneva – January 13, 2015) Russia, the world’s biggest natural-gas exporter, probably cut 2014 fuel exports to the lowest in a decade as consumption in Europe and...
View ArticleRussia Beyond the Headlines: Gazprom throws down the gauntlet to Europe over...
(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Alexei Lossan, RBTH – January 19, 2015) Russian gas giant Gazprom says Europe must build a new pipeline from Turkey if it wants to secure energy supplies via...
View ArticleIs Gazprom a “buy”?
(Business New Europe – bne.eu – MOSCOW BLOG: Ben Aris in Moscow – May 7, 2015) [Chart here http://www.bne.eu/content/story/moscow-blog-gazprom-buy] With the RTS Index up 30% year-to-date, foreign...
View ArticleA wakeup call for Gazprom
Widely considered one of Russia’s most potent weapons, Gazprom’s financials show the slow erosion of its core business. (Business New Europe – bne.eu – Mark Adomanis in Philadelphia – May 19, 2015) As...
View ArticleNEWSLINK Reuters: Russia’s Gazprom presses on with Turkey pipeline despite...
Russia’s Gazprom plans to start building a pipeline to Turkey this month to get gas to Europe without going through Ukraine, company sources said, although it has no firm agreement with Ankara and...
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