Other Voices

An interview with Professor Jonathan Stern, Chairman and Senior Research Fellow at Oxford's Institute for Energy Studies, on the reign of Russia as Europe's biggest supplier of natural gas, despite other sources of gas making their way onto the European market.

Future energy relations between Bulgaria and Russia could be decided on 15 November, the deadline for Bulgaria to sign a deal to build the South Stream gas pipeline across its territory. European officials say they are closely watching the developments but don’t see South Stream as a priority.

Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been widely and comprehensively discussed in the national media. Experts and journalists expressed a number of doubts on the wisdom of Russia's decision to join the organisation, claiming that the move might have a negative impact on the country’s development.

Well, now that the accession has become a reality and the Russian WTO membership is already three months old, it is possible to analyze the first results of this partnership, which Moscow had been seeking for 18 years in a row.