Russian permits for Nord Stream 2 secured
The consortium managing the second leg of the Nord Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Europe said it has all the permits needed for Russian installation. Russian energy company Gazprom Continue Reading
Nord Stream 2 Clears Another Hurdle
Russia has moved one step closer to seeing its controversial Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline become a reality. On Wednesday, the consortium managing the pipeline said that it has Continue Reading
Russian oil industry would weather U.S. ‘bill from hell’
Stiff new U.S. sanctions against Russia would only have a limited impact on its oil industry because it has drastically reduced its reliance on Western funding and foreign partnerships and Continue Reading
Amid Kremlin Victories, Putin Fails to Persuade West on Russian Sanctions
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has yet to translate divisions in the West into fewer sanctions against Russia. MOSCOW — From Moscow to Washington to capitals in between, the Continue Reading
Russia loses bulk of WTO challenge to EU gas pipeline rules
Russia largely failed in its bid to overturn the European Union’s gas market rules in a World Trade Organization ruling published on Friday. Russia launched the dispute in 2014, claiming Continue Reading
Denmark considers Nord Stream 2 permits
Denmark, one of the last countries yet to sanction Russia’s Nord Stream pipeline, is reviewing new route plans, the country’s energy agency stated Friday. Ture Falbe-Hansen, a spokesman for the Continue Reading
U.S. curbs on Russian banks would be act of economic war: PM
Russia would consider any U.S. move to curb the operations of Russian banks or their foreign currency dealings a declaration of economic war, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday. Continue Reading
Russia Boosts Global Oil Supply
The world’s oil supply expanded in July on the back of surging Russian crude production, the International Energy Agency said Friday, in a concrete sign of the unraveling of a Continue Reading
The tightening vice of US sanctions on Moscow
To the perhaps mutual chagrin of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, the Russian and US leaders’ chummy summit in Helsinki last month appears to have backfired. Instead of a thaw Continue Reading
Russian shares and rouble hit by US sanctions
The Russian stock market fell on Thursday and the rouble hit a two-year low after the Trump administration prepared sweeping new sanctions against Russia in response to the poisoning of Continue Reading