This is the story of a trade that brings natural gas from the Central Asian country of Turkmenistan through Russia and Ukraine to the European Union (EU). Far from being open to scrutiny by the citizens of these countries, this trade has long been controlled...

REUTERS | 29.11.05 | 15:38 MOSCOU (Reuters) - La première compagnie pétrolière russe, Loukoil, estime qu'elle aura raffiné en 2005 47,6 millions de tonnes de pétrole brut par jour, soit 13% de plus qu'en 2004.Des analystes ont observé que les droits de...

Source: http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3214,36-658241,0.html Le géant gazier Gazprom, dont l'Etat russe est le principal actionnaire, a pris le contrôle vendredi 3 juin de l'un des quotidiens les plus importants du pays, les Izvestia. Une transaction...

The Russian Government is pursuing a strategy of very high economic growth, with the objective of doubling gross domestic product in ten years. It recognises the central role the electricity sector has to play to achieve this target and has embarked on...