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West looks to bypass Russia for energy

Posted by Matt in January 28th, 2007

Obscure republics of the former Soviet Union have taken centre stage in the new Cold War: the struggle to secure supplies of oil and natural gas.

Last month, without much ceremony but with huge ambition, engineers in Azerbaijan opened the taps at the Shah Deniz gas field in the Caspian Sea that should in the future supply western Europe. For now, it passes through Georgia into Turkey, circumventing two conflict zones, but, crucially, by–passing Russia altogether.

For Azerbaijan, a country of just eight million people still struggling to remove the Russian yoke, the opening represented a leap forward. For Europe and America, it was a triumph over Moscow.

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[Countries link to CIA Factbook. States link to Wikipedia.]


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