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Chairman of Gazprom Predicts $100 Oil Because of Speculation. Speculation, Really?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, Treasury Department, World, Opec, Trading Exchanges, Speculation, Cftc, Gazprom, Bank Holding Companies, Alexei Miller, State Deoartment, Oil, Russia, Manipulation, Natural Gas, Commerce Department, Philip Verleger, Donald Marron, Green Energy, Cnbc, NY Mercantile Exchange, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

"Manipulation" is immeasurably more sinister than "Speculation." It bespeaks of controlling, orchestrating and maneuvering to falsify and rig.

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The Road to Tehran Does Not Run Through Moscow

Jeffrey Mankoff | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Mohammed-Elbaradei, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Gazprom, Sergei Lavrov, UN Security Council, World News
Jeffrey Mankoff

Washington's long quest for Russian aid has failed, and the Obama Administration needs to shift its focus elsewhere while it still has time to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

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Obama Does Moscow, and Vice Versa

William Bradley | Posted 08.08.2009 | World

Read More: Bishkek, Russia, Islamic Jihadist, Boris Yeltsin, Ussr, Kremlin, Iraq, Georgia, Vladimir Putin, Soviet Union, Dacha, Ukraine, Kgb, Iran, Chechnya, Nato, Barack Obama, Kyrgyzstan, George W. Bush, Poland, Gazprom, Manas, Moscow, Afghanistan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Grozny, John McCain, Dmitri Medvedev, Czech Republic, Fsb, Dick Cheney, World News
William Bradley

Unlike most of the rest of Europe, Russia is hardly in the grips of Obamamania. He's certainly more popular than George W. Bush or John McCain, but that's damning with faint praise.

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The Oil Patch Vaudeville Act

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy Information Agency, James Simmons, Oil Industry Public Relations, Norway, American Petroleum Institute, Opec, Wall Street Journal, Statoil, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Price of Oil, Goldman Sachs, Norway Oil Trust, Peak Oil, Jad Mouawad, Gazprom, Oil, T.Boone Pickens, New York Times, Petoro, Crude Oil Prices, Oil Prices, Matt Simmons, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

The current oil price of $52 per barrel reflects an increase of 400% from one decade ago. What else in your day to day experience has gone up that steeply in the past 10 years? Think about it.

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Russia, Ukraine Locked In New Gas War

Inter Press Service | By Kester Kenn Klomegah | Posted 04.14.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Europe, European Commission, Belarus Prime Minister Sergey Sidorsky, Ukraine, Gazprom, South Stream Gas Pipeline, Russia-Ukraine Gas War, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller, Russia Gas Pipelines, Inter Press Service, World News

MOSCOW, Mar 5 (IPS) - The Ukraine-Russia gas dispute has boosted plans for construction of the South Stream and North Stream gas pipelines that woul...

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Engaging Russia: Energy Could Still Be the Answer

Macha Levinson | Posted 04.02.2009 | World

Read More: Energy, William Burns, Vice President Biden, Senator Richard Lugar, Nabucco Pipeline, Secretary of State Clinton, Cold War, US-Russian Relations, Nato, Davos, Sergei Lavrov, Energy Cold War, Russia Oil, Prime Minister Putin, Gazprom, Russia, Ukraine, Dimitri Medvedev, Munich Security Conference, World News
Macha Levinson

Russia needs Western know-how and financing to exploit its vast energy resources. And the US needs new energy suppliers until country is effectively weaned off foreign oil.

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Russis, Ukraine Agree To Gas Deal

BBC NEWS | Posted 02.18.2009 | World

Read More: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Russia, Russia Ukaine Gas Deal, Russia Europe Gas, Vladimir Putin, Ukraine, Gazprom, World News

The Russian and Ukrainian prime ministers have struck a deal to resume Russian natural gas exports to Europe via Ukraine as soon as Tuesday. Vladim...

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European Gas Crisis Spurs International Summit In Moscow

Themoscowtimes.com | By Nadia Popova | Posted 02.16.2009 | World

Read More: Russia President Dmitry Medvedev, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Moscow, Russia, Gazprom, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, European Union, European Gas Crisis, International Summit, World News

President Dmitry Medvedev will host an international summit to discuss the stability of gas supplies to Europe in Moscow on Saturday and the Foreign M...

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Gazprom, Russia's Largest Company, Acts More Like A Government

GlobalPost.com | Miriam Elder | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Globalpost, Russia Ukraine, Gas, Gazprom Power, Gazprom Crisis, Gazprom Like a Country, Ukraine Russia, Russia Europe Gas, Urkaine, Gazprom, Ukraine, World News

MOSCOW -- It maintains a private army, employs a half million people and runs entire cities around Russia. Now, the power of Gazprom has struck Euro...

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Gazprom Crisis: Russia Says Ukraine Has Blocked Gas To Europe

BBC NEWS | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

Read More: Gas to Europe, Gazprom Crisis, Russia Ukriane, Europeans Without Gas, Russia, Moscow, Europe, Europe Gas, Kiev, Ukraine, Gazprom, World News

Russian gas giant Gazprom says Ukraine has blocked gas deliveries to Europe, dashing hopes of ending a row which has hit several countries' supplies. ...

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Gazprom: Ukraine Signs Gas-Monitoring Deal

AP | MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 02.12.2009 | World

Read More: Ukraine Gas Deal, Russia Ukraine, Gazprom Ukraine, Ukraine Russia, Russia, Ukraine Gazprom, European Union, Ukraine International Monitors, Ukraine, Gazprom, World News

KIEV, Ukraine — Russia's state gas monopoly has promised to resume shipping Europe-bound gas through Ukraine on Tuesday morning, nearly a week a...

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Gazprom Promises To Restore Gas To Europe (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, History of Gas War, Ukraine Gas, Russia Gas Europe, Eu Gas, Cold War, Ukraine, Gazprom, Video, Russia Stops Gas Supplies, Europe Gas Shortages, Gas War, Europe, Putin, Russia Halts Gas Supplies to Europe, Russia Gas, Soviet Union, World News

Gazprom pledged to restore gas to Europe on Thursday, on the condition that international monitors check supply flows in Ukraine, reports Spiegel. Thi...

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Russia Turns Off European Gas Supplies Sparking Fears Of New Cold War

The Independent | Daniel McLaughlin in Budapest and Vanessa Mock in Brussels | Posted 02.07.2009 | World

Read More: New Cold War, Russia, Russia Ukraine, Gas, Russia Europe, Russia Gas War, Cold War, Gas War, Russia Gas Supplies, European Union, Russia Turns Off Gas to Europe, Ukraine, Gazprom, World News

Fears of a deep chill spread across Europe yesterday after a row between Russia and Ukraine over gas prices cut supplies to the rest of the continent ...

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Natural Gas Shortages Hit European Countries As Russian-Ukraine Dispute Continues

Times Online | David Charter | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Gas, European Union, Vladimir Putin, Ukraine, Gazprom, Natural Gas, World News

Gas supplies from Russia to Europe plummeted overnight with four countries reporting a complete halt as the dispute between Moscow and Ukraine over pa...

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Gas War Prompts Crisis Talks In Brussels

The Independent | David Randall | Posted 02.04.2009 | World

Read More: Gas Europe, Russia, Eu Talks Gas, Gas, Gas Eu Talks, Eu Crisis Talks Gas, Gas Europe Supplies, Gas Dispute Russia Ukraine, Ukraine, Gazprom, Bulgaria Gas, World News

The gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine was causing widespread collateral damage in Europe yesterday, as supplies were disrupted to at least seven ...

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Russia Cuts All Gas Supplies To Ukraine

AP | LYNN BERRY and MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 02.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Gazprom, Ukraine, Russia, Russia Natural Gas, Russia Ukraine Gas Talks, Natural Gas, Business News

MOSCOW — Russia made good on its threat to cut off all natural gas supplies to Ukraine on Thursday _ but the two uneasy neighbors took great pai...

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Russia Set To Stop Gas Shipments to Ukraine

New York Times | ANDREW E. KRAMER | Posted 01.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Gazprom, Ukraine, Russia, Russia Natural Gas, Natural Gas Shortages, Business News

Negotiations over gas prices between Russia and Ukraine unraveled Wednesday and executives at Gazprom, the Russian natural gas monopoly, said they wer...

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Russia's Once Mighty Oil Giant Gazprom Buried In Debt, Seeking Government Bailout

New York Times | ANDREW E. KRAMER | Posted 01.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Russian Oil Company Debt, Gazprom Debt, Gazprom Russian Bailout, Gazprom, Business News

A year ago, Gazprom, the Russian natural gas monopoly, aspired to be the largest corporation in the world. Buoyed by high oil prices and political bac...

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Russians in Georgia, Chavez in Moscow, Gas Panic In Atlanta Georgia. Whodunit??

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Hugo Chavez, Congress, Nopec, Venezuela, Preisident Medvedev, Opec, Oil, Russia, Atlanta, Citgo, Petroleos De Venezuela Sa, Gazprom, Putin, Gas Shortage, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

The more vulnerable we feel, the more self-assured and bombastic Chavez and his Russian friends become.

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High Oil Prices: Is That The 800 Pound Russian Bear Dancing In The Trading Pits

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Cia, Cftc, Gazprom, Congress, United States, Alex Miller, Putin, Russia Oil, President Medvedev, Medvedev Oil, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

The price of oil has done for Russia what the cold war Kremlin was unable to achieve with all its missiles, tanks and mind numbing divisions of men and armor.

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CEO Of World's Largest Energy Company Predicts Oil Will Hit $250 A Barrel

Independent UK | Danny Fortson | Posted 06.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil Prices, Oil, Gazprom, Alexey Miller, Business News

The chief executive of the world's largest energy company has issued the most dire warning yet about the soaring the price of oil, predicting that it ...

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