Estonia-Finland undersea cable loosens Russia's energy grip on Europe
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Estonia has taken a key step towards loosening Russia's energy grip on the Baltic states with the inauguration of an undersea electricity cable linking it with Finland.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin wins backing from Greece and Bulgaria to push ahead with a key oil pipeline.
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Bulgaria backs a gas pipeline deal with Russia that is set to strengthen Moscow's grip on energy to Europe.
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Gazprom softens its hardline stance on international involvement in exploiting the lucrative Shtokman gas field in Russia's arctic north.
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In Putinâs Russia Gazprom is by no means a mere natural monopoly, nor a newly established ministry for oil and gas. Gazprom is an instrument of public administration just like the pro-Kremlin United Russia
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Russia won the right on Friday to route a major gas supply route to Europe through its ally Serbia, a move analysts described as marking a Kremlin victory in a "pipeline war" with the European Union.
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As the battle over oil-giant Yukos ends, Russia tightens its grip on an industry once dominated by private firms.
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Italian oil company Eni  and Russia's Gazprom  have agreed to study building a new gas pipeline to distribute Russian gas to Europe, the two companies said on Saturday.
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MOSCOW  - Russia's natural resources minister said Monday foreign companies would be welcome to help develop offshore oil fields, the same day a senior U.S. diplomat expressed concern about the minister's earlier statement that foreign access to oil and gas deposits would be limited.
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Business & money: Â· EC concern at company's grip on supply linesÂ· Russian state monopoly may be forced to divest
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The Scandinavian nation spends a lot in R&#38;D, which has kept them buoyant. Next: Finland wants to move into clean tech.
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Visitors discover Estonia's romantic capital. Ten years ago this year, the Soviet Union loosened its grip on the three countries separating the Communist Block from Northern Europe, and after 50 years of Soviet ...
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BUDAPEST, Jun 20 (IPS) - Whereas most of Eastern Europe embraces the United  States, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is finding common  ground with Russian President Vladimir Putin in both energy  cooperation and geopolitics.
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The sensitive issue of energy supplies is to feature in a renewed pact between Moscow and the European Union, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said ahead of a meeting with top officials from the bloc.
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The European Commission has adopted draft legislation that would separate power generation from distribution networks. The aim is to restrict the influence of big utility companies. In part, the initiative is aimed at Russia, which provides around a quarter of Europe's gas, since the proposals would ban foreign firms from owning transmission networks -- unless agreements are reached between the EU and the companies' home countries.
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Poland wants talks with Germany and Russia about a controversial Baltic Sea gas pipeline project steered by Russian giant Gazprom, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in an interview published Monday.
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Russia&#39;s Gazprom would have to pull out of a controversial project to lay a pipeline in the Baltic Sea if new rules on energy companies are passed by the European Union, Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said here Friday.