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Outside View: Why a Russia-Iran gas fight?

Iran has stepped up its diplomatic activity, suggesting that its conflict with the West over its nuclear program is losing momentum, and the use of military force to settle it is no longer the only option. ...

From IGOR TOMBERG, United Press International,  15 Apr 2008
Related Topics: European Union,  EGL, Inc.,  Manouchehr Mottaki

Outside View: Gazprom gets Libyan assets

President Vladimir Putin discussed energy relations with top managers of the Italian companies Eni and Enel at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence near Moscow on April 2. ...

From IGOR TOMBERG, United Press International,  4 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Vladimir Putin

Outside View: Russia's Serbia energy blitz

UPI Outside View Commentator MOSCOW, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- On Feb. 25 Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev made a one-day working visit to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The presence of the foreign minister and his deputy shows the ...

From IGOR TOMBERG, United Press International,  29 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Vladimir Putin,  Dmitry Medvedev,  Sergei Lavrov,  Vladimir Titov,  Vojislav Kostunica

Outside View: Russia-Bulgaria energy moves

UPI Outside View Commentator MOSCOW, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Several energy agreements were signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Bulgaria last week, including on the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline and the Belene nuclear power plant. ...

From IGOR TOMBERG, United Press International,  23 Jan 2008
Related Topics: European Commission,  Vladimir Putin,  European Union,  Vojislav Kostunica

Outside View: Nabucco cut by Caspian line

UPI Outside View Commentator MOSCOW, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The last few months of 2007 were good for Russia, which has been fighting this year to affirm its leadership in the hydrocarbons market. And it may have spelled the end for the Nabucco pipeline, ...

From IGOR TOMBERG, United Press International,  27 Dec 2007
Related Topics: Viktor Khristenko,  Vladimir Putin,  Islam Karimov

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