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• Russia To Supply Gas To China As Part Of $400B Energy Deal

  Published 05 July 2017 | viewed 17,725 times

  (Click to enlarge)Russia will start supplying natural gas to China through a new pipeline by the end of 2019 as part of the two countries'…

• Could Russian Hackers Cause Power Outages In The U.S.?

  Published 13 June 2017 | viewed 13,350 times

  Hackers believed to be allied with the Russian government have devised a cyberweapon that has the potential to be highly disruptive against the world's electrical…

• Putin And Erdogan Agree On Normalization Of Relations

  Published 06 May 2017 | viewed 7,082 times

  Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have agreed that their countries have overcome a period of difficulties in bilateral relations and…

• Poland Seeking New Energy Sources For ‘’Security Reasons’’

  Published 07 April 2017 | viewed 9,763 times

  In a visit to the United States this week, Mateusz Morawiecki, who is also Poland's minister of economic development, met with U.S. Energy Secretary RIck…

• Georgia’s Gas Transit Agreement With Gazprom Sparks Unrest

  Published 28 January 2017 | viewed 12,974 times

  A new transit agreement reached earlier this month between the Georgian government and Russia's Gazprom on how Georgia will be compensated for the transit of…

• Can Russia Really Afford Its Military Campaign In Syria?

  Published 13 October 2015 | viewed 9,290 times

   Rough estimates suggest that Moscow has spent at least $87 million for air and cruise-missile strikes in the first two weeks of its bombing campaign…

• Oil Firms In Talks With Iran Ahead Of Nuclear Deal

  Published 25 June 2015 | viewed 5,278 times

  Executives from Royal Dutch Shell and Eni have met Iranian officials in Tehran to discuss investing in the country’s energy industry, the first time international…

• Yemen Conflict Could Be A Catalyst For Something Much Bigger

  Published 30 March 2015 | viewed 11,095 times

  Yemen is at the center of a proxy war between regional heavyweights Iran and Saudi Arabia. It's the source of fears of a broader Sunni-Shi'ite…

• Iran-U.S. Make Progress In Latest Nuclear Talks

  Published 04 March 2015 | viewed 5,020 times

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif have wrapped up three days of talks over Iran's nuclear program, as…

• Could Iranian Gas Be The Solution For Europe?

  Published 24 February 2015 | viewed 14,877 times

  Russia, beware, Iran is trying to get into the European gas market. In recent months, Iranian officials have been signaling to potential customers in Europe,…

• Gazprom Threatens To Cut Off Gas To Ukraine

  Published 24 February 2015 | viewed 5,444 times

  Russian natural-gas giant Gazprom is threatening to cut off supplies to Ukraine entirely as early as February 26, a move the Russian company says could…

• Nuclear Ambitions Hurt Iran More Than War With Iraq

  Published 20 December 2014 | viewed 7,737 times

  Professor Sadegh Zibakalam (left) speaks as former legislator Ahmad Shirzad looks on at a conference about Iran's nuclear program at Tehran University on December 17.…

• Weak Ruble Damaging Neighboring Economies

  Published 13 December 2014 | viewed 7,642 times

  As the value of Russia's ruble tumbles amid low oil global prices and Western sanctions, it is taking the currencies of many former Soviet republics…

• India And Russia Sign Nuclear Energy Deal

  Published 11 December 2014 | viewed 5,665 times

  Russia has signed deals to build nuclear power plants in India and supply it with oil during a visit by President Vladimir Putin, who is…

• South Stream Pipeline May Not Be Dead Yet

  Published 06 December 2014 | viewed 9,784 times

  The European Commission's new energy chief says that Russia could revive the South Stream natural-gas pipeline project if it follows EU rules. In an interview…

• Putin's Luck Runs Out

  Published 04 December 2014 | viewed 15,876 times

  2014 was good. 2015, not so much. Vladimir Putin has been on quite a roll for about a year now. But December 1, 2014, just…

• End Of The South Stream Pipeline: Who Are The Winners And Losers

  Published 03 December 2014 | viewed 7,972 times

    A worker welds pipes during the symbolic start of the construction of the Bulgarian section of the South Stream pipeline near the village of…

• Norway’s Energy Policies A Lesson For The World

  Published 29 November 2014 | viewed 21,887 times

  A specially designed ship with a helicopter pad prepares to take supplies from Stavanger harbor to an offshore oil platform. OSLO, Norway -- Kristian Midtoy…

• Khamenei: West Will Not 'Bring Iran To Its Knees' On Nuclear Issue

  Published 25 November 2014 | viewed 5,776 times

    "In the nuclear issue, arrogants have made their best to bring Iran to its knees, but they were not able and will not be…

• Iranian Nuclear Talks To Continue Until July

  Published 24 November 2014 | viewed 9,391 times

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (right) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Vienna before talks on November 24, 2014. Iran and six…