Russian Energy and Foreign Policy

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his anointed successor, Dmitri Medvedev, were in Bulgaria on Jan. 17. [more]

Crude oil began to flow April 2 through the first section of Russia's first major infrastructure project since the Cold War. [more]

Russia is using its natural gas dispute with Ukraine as a tool to punish Europe over Kosovo and to shatter Ukraine's pro-Western governing coalition. [more]

Russia cut natural gas supplies to Ukraine by 25 percent March 3 as part of a dispute over Kiev's debt to Gazprom. [more]

Russia and Algeria are discussing the formation of a natural gas cartel. Such a move could have serious implications for Europe. [more]

Details of Russia and Ukraine's recent natural gas deal have begun to emerge. [more]

A natural gas deal between Russia and Ukraine announced Feb. 12 has more to do with Ukrainian politics. [more]

Russia and Ukraine are engaged in a natural gas payment dispute. [more]

Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft announced Jan. 30 that it has not honored its deal, signed in June 2007, with the Chinese state-owned oil company Sinopec to export crude to China. [more]

Serbia and Russia have signed an energy cooperation deal that, for most of the interested parties, has nothing to do with energy -- or even with Kosovo. [more]

Russian energy giant Gazprom's 2007 natural gas production was 1.3 percent less than production in 2006. The decrease could be merely a blip on a chart, but it could also indicate that Gazprom is past its prime. [more]

The Turkish Energy Ministry said Jan. 9 that it had halted the new flow of Azeri natural gas to Greece in order to meet Turkey's domestic needs. The cut is the latest in a domino effect that could cause Europe to lose confidence in the countries involved. [more]

Uzbekistan is a large natural gas producer that is locked into Russia's interests, though it has many potential export options beyond its large neighbor. [more]

Russian natural gas giant Gazprom is pressuring Serbia to hand over the majority stake in Serbian state-owned oil and natural gas company Nafta Industrija Srbije (NIS). [more]

Gazprom's Yuzhno-Russkoye oil and natural gas field will come on line Dec. 18. [more]

A section of the Europe-bound Urengoi-Pomary-Uzhhorod natural gas pipeline in Ukraine exploded Dec. 6. [more]

Three Rosneft vice presidents have been removed, with three more reportedly facing the sack. [more]

The recently concluded natural gas pricing deal between Russia and Ukraine will run into considerable practical and institutional hurdles. [more]

Venezuela and Russia have seen their stars rising over the past decade -- but there are clouds on the East Asian horizon. [more]

The Turkmen government managed to force upon Russian state energy giant Gazprom a sharp price increase Nov. 29. Ashgabat's success will almost automatically translate into a new natural gas crisis involving Ukraine and Europe in 2008. [more]