Nord Stream 2: Business unusual

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...

Ukraine asks Russia to resume gas supplies

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...

Empty Gazpromises

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...