Gazprom Keeps the Heat on Europe by Pressing Libya

Posted by Matt in July 13th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Energy, Russia, Chief Executive, Dominance, Energy Resources, Europe, Gas Exports, Gas Monopoly, gazprom, Gazprom Russia, Head Of State, Libya, Libya Oil, Locks, Mercantilism, Monopoly, Muammer, Oil And Gas, Political Clout, Russian Energy, World Market

This is example of Russian energy mercantilism. Russia locks up energy resources from other countries and takes it off the world market. Russia gains power at the expense of other countries.
From the article:
OAO Gazprom, Russia’s state- sponsored gas monopoly, is offering to buy all of Libya’s oil and gas exports in a bid to increase [...]

Gazprom’s aggressive growth

Posted by Matt in July 2nd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Energy, Russia, 10 Years, Aggressive Growth, Blush, Capitalism, Capitalization, Ceo, Cold-War, Energy Companies, Gas Monopoly, gazprom, Gazprom Russia, June 27, Laurels, Lenin, Monopoly, Natural Gas, Pound Gorilla, Rapacity, Russian Energy, Trillion

At the height of the Cold War, the West feared the Soviet military. Now, it fears Russian energy companies, and the 800-pound gorilla of them all is Gazprom, Russia’s natural gas monopoly, currently the world’s third-largest company by capitalization.
Having absorbed capitalism with a rapacity that would make Lenin blush, Gazprom does not intend to rest [...]

The strange story of MiG-31s for Syria

Posted by Matt in June 25th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Military, Russia, Syria, 1 Billion, Aviation, Business Daily, Fighter Bombers, Jet Fighters, jets, Kommersant, M2, Mig, Military, Monopoly, moscow, Novgorod, Planes, Rosoboronexport, Russia, Russian Defense Ministry, Sokol, Stockpile, Strange Story, Syria

Moscow’s respected business daily Kommersant reported that Russia’s arms-trading monopoly Rosoboronexport has begun to fulfill an arms deal it secretly signed with Syria this year to sell five MiG-31E jet fighters, considered among the best in the world, and an additional unspecified number of the newest MiG-29M/M2 fighter-bombers.
The paper reported the total price to be [...]

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Gazprom Keeps the Heat on Europe by Pressing Libya

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