Asia
Gazprom grows with acquisition of KyrgyzGaz
It took three years of negotiations and one dollar for Kyrgyzstan and Russia to finalise the sale of Kyrgyz gas company KyrgyzGaz to Russian gas monopoly Gazprom. The contract for purchase and sale of the company, dated 10 April, was signed by Alexei Miller and the head of KyrgyzGaz...
The Middle East within the anti-Russian plans of the White House
The real failure of President Obama's visit to Saudi Arabia is shown by their refusal of his attempt to initiate an energy war against Russia in retaliation for the annexation of Crimea. The war would have been undertaken by means of compelling...
Syria, Russia, and the US: Cold War Residue Redux
Though Syria has somewhat fallen off the media radar in the West because of a Malaysian plane crashing into the Indian Ocean and Crimean referendum consequences booming across Europe, an on-going conflict and crisis continues in a critically important region of the world. The problems in Syria remain poorly understood in the West across the board, but especially so when...
