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Turkmenistan Boosts Ties With Georgia in Anticipation of Strategic Transit Corridor

Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov paid his first official visit to Georgia on July 2–3. The most important topics of the meeting between Berdimuhamedov and his Georgian counterpart, Giorgi Margvelashvili, included cooperation in the energy and transportation spheres. During the visit, President Berdimuhamedov reaffirmed that Turkmenistan... MORE

Why Is AGRI Back on Europe’s Energy Security Agenda?

The Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector (AGRI)—a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, which aims to bring Azerbaijani gas and, in the future, gas from Turkmenistan to Romania and Hungary by way of Georgia and across the Black Sea—was at the center of attention of regional decision makers late... MORE

Turkmenistan Complains Gazprom Is Not Paying Its Bills

On July 8, Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Oil and Gas noted that Russian state natural gas company Gazprom had failed to pay for imports since the beginning of the year, stating, “The Russian company OAO Gazprom has failed to pay under its contracts for buying and... MORE

BRICS for Greece

It appeared too great a temptation to pass up for the Kremlin when Greece’s impending default and exit from the Eurozone or even the European Union (the so-called Grexit) occurred simultaneously with the annual BRICS summit, this time under Russian leadership, in Ufa, on July... MORE

Russia’s New Energy Accords: Are They for Real?

Given the centrality of energy to the Russian economy and the withering impact of continuing low energy prices and sanctions, Russia has ample reason to promote energy deals with anyone it can find. The annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum has historically served as a... MORE

Azerbaijan Increases Gas Production for Export

On June 3, the president of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), Rovnag Abdullayev, said that by the 2020s, gas production in Azerbaijan will reach around 40 billion cubic meters per year (bcm/a) (News.az, June 3), from the current level of 30 bcm... MORE