The 7 Most Powerful People in Russia

Posted by Matt in November 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Global Elite, Russia, Basic Element, Ceo, Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, Lukoil, Minister Of Finance, Oleg Deripaska, Patriarch, Russia, Vagit Alekperov, Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin – Prime Minister, Russia
Igor Sechin – Deputy Prime Minister, Russia
Dmitry Medvedev – President, Russia
Alexei Kudrin – Minister of Finance, Russia
Vagit Alekperov – President of Lukoil
Oleg Deripaska – CEO, Basic Element Co.
Patriarch Kirill I – Patriarch Kirill I

Russia Tightens Europe’s Energy Noose

Posted by Matt in November 30th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Energy, Europe, Russia, Catalan, Cni, Construction Company, Energy Companies, Energy Supplies, Independent Oil Company, Intelligence, La Caixa, Long Time, Lukoil, moscow, Noose, Percent Stake, Repsol Ypf, Russia, Russian Energy, Sacyr Vallehermoso, Southern Europe, Spain, Spy Agency

A leaked intelligence document issued by Spain’s CNI spy agency in October warns that Russia is aggressively pursuing a plan to “monopolize access to energy supplies to Europe.” The report validates what many analysts have been saying for a long time, namely that Moscow is using Russian energy companies to gain geo-strategic control over northern, [...]

Russia may cut off oil flow to the West

Posted by Matt in September 26th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Europe, Oil, Russia, Agenda, Brussels, Business Source, Daily Telegraph, Friendship, Germany, kremlin, Level Business, Lukoil, moscow, Oil Flow, Pipeline, Poland, Russia, Russian Oil Companies, sanctions, summit

Reports have begun to circulate in Moscow that Russian oil companies are under orders from the Kremlin to prepare for a supply cut to Germany and Poland through the Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline. It is believed that executives from lead-producer LUKoil have been put on weekend alert.
“They have been told to be ready to cut off [...]