by CBBSS | Jun 9, 2021 | International News and Analysis
An EU Observer piece suggest Russia’s planned Nord Stream 2 pipeline is good for Germany but bad for Europe. Additionally, there may not be enough demand for the gas and EU regulators may determine the project violates EU law. Yet German officials are pressing on with...
by CBBSS | Jun 7, 2021 | Regional News
Ukraine’s Naftogaz has asked Russia’s Gazprom to resume delivering gas to Ukraine, The Moscow Times reports. Kiev is requesting gas supplies covering the final six months of 2016 and the first three months of 2017. At the end of 2015, Ukraine halted gas...
by CBBSS | May 24, 2021 | Regional News
Bne IntelliNews reports Russia’s Gazprom has sold its 37 percent stake in Esti Gaas, Estonia’s gas importer and supplier. Estonia unbundled its gas pipelines from Esti Gaas in 2012, making Gazprom’s stake in the utility largely worthless. Estonia...
by CBBSS | May 16, 2021 | Regional News
Bne IntelliNews reports EU energy commissioner Maros Sefcovic said Russia’s planned Nord Stream 2 pipeline — which would bypass Ukraine by carrying gas under the Baltic Sea to Germany —must follow EU energy rules. Moscow claims Nord Stream 2 is outside EU energy...
by CBBSS | May 3, 2021 | International News and Analysis
EU Observer runs a piece by Sijbren de Jong, of The Hague Center for Strategic Studies, who argues EU countries are doing Gazprom’s bidding. Gazprom makes empty promises to EU states, like promising to turn them into a “gas hub” or promising they...