The OPEC oil-producing states of the Middle East, including Iran, through the skillful mediation of Russia, are carefully laying the foundations for a truly new world order. The first step in testing this will be if they collectively succeed in eliminating the threat to Syria of the Islamic State, and prepare the basis for serious, non-manipulated elections there.
When gas was discovered in Palestine in 1999, Yasser Arafat proclaimed it was a “gift from God.” So what’s stopping the country from exploiting that gas to the tune of an estimated $2.5 billion to $7 billion, and relieving a host of development problems? MintPress investigates.
Editor’s Note: This Investigation is a follow-up to an article exploring how oil and gas grease the wheels of war around the world. The first installment can be found here. WASHINGTON --- Energy
Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday “there are absolutely no changes in plans, I have absolutely no doubt that this halt is only temporary.”
BELGRADE, Serbia — Russia's foreign minister insists the EU's order to halt construction work on the South Stream pipeline in Bulgaria is only a brief delay in the project planned to bypass Ukraine as a transit country and consolidate Russia's energy grip in Europe. Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday "there are absolutely no changes in
President Yanukovych finds himself in an uncomfortable position, having to reconcile irreconcilable forces.
BRUSSELS --- The Ukrainian president announced on Nov. 21 that he would not sign a political Association Agreement and an economic Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the European Union, leaving the Europeans empty-handed just days before what was hoped to be a historical summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, and facing the near
“The real threat to the Russian Arctic comes not from the crew of the Arctic Sunrise but from Gazprom, ” Greenpeace said.
Armed agents—from Russia's coast guard service, its security agency the FSB, or both—stormed the ship of Greenpeace activists trying to save the Arctic region from oil and gas drilling on Thursday, and after more than 12 hours without communication, the 'seized' Arctic Sunrise on Friday morning is reportedly heading back towards Russian-controlled
