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China, Russia Sign Deals Worth Billions of DollarsOctober 13, 2009
By Stephanie Ho China and Russia have signed billions of dollars worth of deals during Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to Beijing. The trip is aimed at bolstering business, political and military ties. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao greeted...
Negotiations on the Transnistria Conflict in a Deep Freeze
October 09, 2009By Vladimir Socor Authorities in Tiraspol are watching the political deadlock in Chisinau with barely concealed satisfaction. Moldova’s political and constitutional crisis since April has further deepened the freeze on both tracks of negotiations...
Moldova's Leaders Struggle To Find A Common Language
September 02, 2009By Louis O'Neill August 31 was Limba Noastra (Our Language Day) in Moldova, marking 20 years since the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic passed a language law establishing Romanian as the country's official tongue and returning...
Moldovan president praises Russian loan, criticizes IMF
June 25, 2009The Moldovan acting president and leader of the ruling Communist Party, Vladimir Voronin, has thanked Russia for the support it has provided. He said this at a news conference on Wednesday, 24 June. "Russia understands how difficult the situation...
Nord Stream, Matthias Warnig and the Gazprom Lobby
June 15, 2009By Roman Kupchinsky The ongoing battle over the construction of the Russian-German Nord Stream gas pipeline is reaching a critical stage. In June the German ministry of defense once again voiced its opposition to the proposed route of the pipeline, and...
Serbia\'s Oil Industry: A Christmas Gift to Gazprom
January 08, 2009by Vladimir Socor On December 24, 2008, the Serbian government ceded control over Serbia’s Oil Industry (Naftna Industrija Srbije, NIS) to Russian Gazprom’s oil subsidiary, GazpromNeft. Motivated to a large extent politically and negotiated...
Analysis: Gazprom on a shopping spree for gas
July 14, 2008Author: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor Gazprom has embarked on a grand shopping tour for gas. Although Russia is the world’s largest gas producer and exporter, the Kremlin seeks to maximize gas imports into Russia from other producer countries...
Analysis: Gazprom set to pounce on Serbia as Putin moves into the Balkans
January 11, 2008Author: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to visit Bulgaria on January 18 for the signing of a Russian-Greek-Bulgarian agreement to build the South Stream gas pipeline. A joint project of Gazprom and Italy...
Hungary opts for Gazprom over EU
March 13, 2007The Paris-based "International Herald Tribune" wrote on March 13 that "as the EU struggles to achieve a common energy and security policy, the Socialist-led government of Hungary has broken with the bloc by joining forces with Gazprom to...
Gazprom says supplies to Europe will not be disrupted
December 27, 2006A Gazprom official said the company will continue to deliver Europe-bound natural gas via Belarus even if no contract is signed with Minsk, RIA Novosti reported the same day. "All volumes of gas on our export contracts will be delivered to the Belarusian...