Putin lands key pipeline deal on second day of Bulgarian trip
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Russia and Bulgaria agreed a landmark gas pipeline deal on Friday that will strengthen Russia's grip on Europe's energy markets on the second day of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to the country.
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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  and Italian oil  firm Eni  unveiled a plan on Saturday for a big new  pipeline to take Russian gas under the Black Sea to Europe,  undermining an earlier plan to extend a Turkish route.
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Bulgaria, Albania and Macedonia give their political support for a private trans-Balkan oil pipeline.
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MOSCOW, Jan. 25 -- Russian and Serbian officials signed a multibillion-dollar energy deal Friday that would make Serbia a key hub for Russian energy supplies and strengthen Moscow's dominance of the European energy market.
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President Vladimir Putin gave his blessing on Friday for state energy firms to bid for oil major YUKOS&#39; assets if bailiffs put them up for sale to recover a huge back-tax bill.
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Russia added Serbiaâs oil monopoly to its recent string of energy acquisitions in a deal that will also allow Moscow to send more natural gas to Europe through its South Stream pipeline.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin met  several top officials in Beijing Friday, winding up two days of  official talks that were rich in symbolism but left unanswered  many key questions about energy supplies to China.
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Serbia said Tuesday it had agreed to a multibillion dollar gas pipeline project as part of an energy deal with Russia that would boost Moscow's control over supplies to Europe.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine is one of key partners for Russia, the Itar-Tass news agency reported on Saturday.
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Russia and Belarus achieved compromise and settled the gas pricing problem, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a joint press conference with his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.
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"The U.S. side warned about the political influence Moscow would gain by controlling energy resources in Serbia and the region, and expressed a negative assessment about the economic justification of South Stream"  By Oleg ShchedrovMOSCOW  - 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.The gas agreement, signed in the Kremlin before President Vladimir Putin and visiting Serbian leaders, alarmed the United States because it increased Moscow's control over energy supplies to Europe and could undermine a rival EU project.Strong Russian opposition to independence for the Serbian province of Kosovo was a key bargaining chip in the agreement for Serbia to join the South Stream gas pipeline. Belgrade also agreed to sell a majority stake in Serbia's oil monopoly NIS to Russian gas giant Gazprom at a favorable price. Read more
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is making a two-day official visit to Turkey, the first by any Russian leader in 32 years. Mr. Putin is expected to sign several economic cooperation agreements
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Albania, Bulgaria and Macedonia will sign Tuesday a trilateral memorandum of understanding to build an oil pipeline linking Bulgaria's Black Sea port of Burgas with Albania's Adriatic port of Vlore, officials ...
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U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips Inc. agreed to pay nearly &#36;2 billion Wednesday for the Russian government's remaining 7.6 percent stake in Lukoil, the world's No. 2 oil company &#151; a deal expected to clear the way for joint ventures in Siberia and Iraq, while allaying broader concerns about the Kremlin's commitment to foreign investment.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's regional tour took him to gas-rich Qatar where he mooted the idea of a gas version of oil cartel OPEC after having offered Saudi Arabia help to develop atomic energy.
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VOLGOGRAD. Feb 19 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Volzhsky Pipe-making Plant in Volgograd.