Russia tightens stranglehold on Baltic energy

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The agreement on a natural gas pipeline running along the Baltic seabed between Vyborg, on Russia's Gulf of Finland Coast, and Greifswald, in northeastern Germany, has highlighted the increasing isolation of the three Baltic states from the Russian energy markets. Russia's Gazprom and Germany's E.ON and BASF signed a contract in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on September 8, 2005.

Electric Utilities, Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Germany, Electric services, CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, Energy policy, BASF AG, Design and construction, Chemical industry, Pesticides industry, Herbicides, Natural gas, Natural gas pipelines, E.ON Energie AG, Sulphur industry

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Resource nationalism: Russian moves provoke unfounded worries

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Fears that with the collapse of the Soviet Union Russia would pursue an anti-capitalist agenda prove unfounded as the country uses its natural resources as foreign policy leverage with a view to re-establishing its international status. This 'resource nationalism gives rise to different concerns as U.S. hegemony appears threatened but there are no signs that Russia would not welcome foreign investment.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Commodity & service prices, International politics, Prices and rates, Forecasts and trends, Economic conditions, Market trend/market analysis, Company pricing policy, Foreign policy, Natural resource policy

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Gas guzzler: Gazprom tightens grip on Central Asia

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Russia has secured a contract to build a new gas export pipeline from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan to Russia enhancing its monopsonistic position over the region's resources. Gazprom, a Russian state-owned gas company holds monopoly on the purchase of Central Asian gas, enabling the company to depress prices and giving Moscow the political edge over the region.

Water, sewer, and utility lines, Water, Sewer, and Pipeline Construction, International economic relations, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Gas Pipelines Construction, Gas pipeline construction

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