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China’s BRI & AIBB – Minus U.S. & Japan

By Ian Pryde on March 19, 2018 in Africa, Americas, Asia, BRIC, BRICS, Canada, Central Asia, China, Economics, Business, Finance, Economy, Energy, Eurasia, Europe, Gas, India, International Relations/Geopolitics, Islam, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Migration & Immigration, Oil, One Belt-One Road, Russia, South Korea, Tajikistan, The Middle East, The West, Trans-Caucasus, Transport, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan

China’s Long-Term Strategy vs The West’s Civil War and Short-Termism While the effectively bankrupt West is tearing itself apart and undermining its society, economy and science, China is not just […]

Time for Common Sense

By Ian Pryde on June 19, 2013 in China, Economy, Energy, Gas, Oil, Russia, Shale Oil & Gas, United States

On June 18, 2013, President Putin warned that government revenues would be less than previously expected and that the budget policy for 2014-2016 had to be planned accordingly. He also said that while revenues from natural […]

Gas, black gold and the country’s future

By Ian Pryde on December 04, 2012 in Economy, Energy, Gas, Oil, Russia, Shale Oil & Gas

Most observers agree that after making generous promises during the presidential election campaign, Vladimir Putin has finally realized that Gazprom is no longer the state’s cash cow. In October, he […]

Russia’s energy strategy must look to the future

By Ian Pryde on December 14, 2011 in Economy, Energy, Gas, Oil, Russia, Shale Oil & Gas

As more and more countries explore the possibility of shale gas, Russia’s reliance on energy exports for future economic growth looks more and more fragile. As rising political risk spooks […]

Nord Stream – sign of Russia’s maturity?

By Ian Pryde on November 10, 2011 in Economy, Energy, Gas, Germany, Russia

The inauguration of the long-anticipated Nord Stream pipeline gave both Russia and EU representatives the opportunity to say nice things about the other – but the actions behind the words […]

Going Nowhere – Russia is Unlikely to Unite with the Middle East in a GOPEC

By Ian Pryde on March 01, 2008 in Energy, Gas, International Relations/Geopolitics, Oil, Russia

About a year ago, the international media buzzed with talk about the idea of countries such as Russia, Algeria and Iran forming a cartel for natural gas along the lines […]

Energy nexus: Russia and Central Asia

By Ian Pryde on May 14, 2007 in Azerbaijan, Central Asia, Energy, Europe, Gas, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Oil, Poland, Russia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA-Novosti) – Last Thursday, Russia’s President Putin arrived in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, for the start of a week-long visit to Central Asia, which will […]

The Other Side of Security. Energy in the East Rarely Receives Enough Attention

By Ian Pryde on March 22, 2007 in Asia, Central Asia, China, Energy, Gas, Japan, North Korea, Oil, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan

Although the December-January pricing spat between Russia and Ukraine focused attention on Europe’s dependence on outside sources of gas, the political/energy security nexus in East Asia has been acute for […]

Staking a Claim: Having Won a Battle in the Gas Wars, Russia is Still Fighting

By Ian Pryde on March 13, 2007 in Belarus, Energy, Gas, Russia, Ukraine

Following the disputes over energy with Ukraine in 2005-6 and the interruption to supplies to Georgia after bombs took down two electricity pylons on Jan. 21, 2006 and the gas […]

New markets in the Far East – China’s growing industrial sector looks to Russia for its energy needs

By Ian Pryde on November 09, 2006 in China, Economy, Energy, Gas, International Relations/Geopolitics, Oil, Russia, Stock Exchanges

The steadily improving relations between Russia and China reached a new high earlier this year when the two countries signed 29 bilateral agreements on energy, telecommunications, information technology, banking and […]

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